Does translate some verse (4)
I believe the answer is:
odes
'some verse' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'does translate' is the wordplay.
'translate' indicates an anagram.
'does' is an anagram of 'ODES'.
(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "Works by Pindar" , "poetry" , "Lyric poems" , "To a Skylark, To a Nightingale etc" , "Poets write them" .)