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Yay! "... sine Bello" ("...without a conflict" or "...without a war"), my first poetry book, will be published next year! It's oficial now! Ok...it will be a veeery small thing and I'll probably never see any money but...it's cool anyway!
Plant a tree... check! Write a book... check! Bear a child... hmmm...not yet. :-)
Back to my evil, lurking ways, Hatrack! Bye!
Here is the two first poems). They're in portuguese, unfortunatelly. I have a hard time translating poetry, even if they're my own.
"...sine Bello"
o processo começou... da delapidação pública dos santos e não santos.
Cada gira, cada pedra carinhosamente preparada ao suor e sangue do pai.
Ponto e gota-a-gota O vinho Se faz Presente Em nós.
Amém.
(Eduardo José)
Valsa da Espera
Tintile o timbre do tom. Toquemos tocantes sons. Marulho cintilante Da trova, do fim.
O tempo ruge, Vagalhão, intempérie. O tempo urge, A cada compasso.
Tambor rouco Bate cavo No peito Da espera.
Dia, Gota da criação. Sempre, Pó do instante.
Um violino! Por força! Um violino! Eu tenho um metrônomo Em mim!
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Hey, David! thanks for the translation! I't better than anything I could've done! About the "superior sister tongue", though... hehehe. I know you're just kidding.
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That's so cool Eduardo! Mega congrats to you!
Thanks for the translations, David - I enjoyed them, though I'm sure I would have liked them better if I could read them in their original form. I will say this - they look beautiful on the page in Portuguese!
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It seems the book will sell at least 20 copies. Mom said she'd buy that much so she could give them to friends and relatives. Moms... hehehe.
Now, seriously...I feel like a child today: all goofy and excited. Glad to share my happiness with you all, guys!
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quote:Originally posted by Eduardo_Sauron: Now, seriously...I feel like a child today: all goofy and excited. Glad to share my happiness with you all, guys!
That's a great feeling, isn't it? Savor it. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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BTW, it was a pleasure translating the poems, though English can never quite capture the nuances and flavor of Romantic languages... you've done an outstanding job with those two pieces.
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I was thinking about using my Darth Vader outfit ;-)
Your translation was really, really good, David. It's hard to capture nuances of languages when translating. It's even more difficult when their linguistic roots are so different. That's why I never could find a translation of Poe's "The Raven" in portuguese, that I liked, although two geniuses of Portugese language already tried to translate that piece: Machado de Assis and Fernando Pessoa.
But your translation of my poems was much better than the one I tried to make for my friend Tatiana (hi Tatiana!) once. Thanks a lot!
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