Emma Lazarus " The New Colossus" The Statue of Liberty

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

                   

The last lines (yellow) are the best-known and the most quoted lines of the poem.

Translation:

Donnez-moi vos pauvres, vos exténués

Qui en rangs serrés aspirent à vivre libres,

Le rebut de vos rivages surpeuplés

Envoyez-les moi, les déshérités, que la tempête m'apporte,

De ma lumière, j'éclaire la porte d'or !