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Translation: When he dies, turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in lo
by fouc 8y ago
Translation: When he dies, turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and not want daylight to come.
- rfrey 8y agoTranslating poetry into not-poetry seems like a sad hobby.
- frabert 8y agoIt's also part of the standard Italian education, it's called "paraphrasing"
- sincerely 8y agoThis is hardly some abstract modern poetry requiring an explanation...
- fromthestart 8y agoActually, I have trouble understanding even simple poetic writing, like Shakespeare, and I'm a native English speaker with a graduate degree. I'm sure there are more like me, especially among engineers!
- slowmotiony 8y agoTook me like three reads and I still didn't get it, maybe not being a native english speaker has something to do with it
- sincerely 8y agoFair enough, I might have underestimated how much a few uni literature classes may have helped me comprehend poetry.