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Post by Anna on Dec 4, 2012 0:08:28 GMT 1
Via an email we received...thanks!
Would you be so kind to translate this poem in Croatic language into English so I can understand ? Or do you know somebody who can help me ? You would be very helpfull.
Moja duša je kao štene.
Zašto laješ, moja dušo, zašto laješ?
Ne nateži uzicu i hodaj ko sve pristojne duše.
Još bi te tkogod mogo i ugrist,
još ću se morati tući za te.
Ej, moja dušo tankih nogu,
bit će najbolje, da te strpam u njedra
i da odanle gledaš ko svako crnooko štene.
Dušo, čuješ li, što ti govorim?
Ne zadirkuj u drugu štenad
jer – pazi se, kad dođemo doma!
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Post by boris on Dec 4, 2012 0:46:15 GMT 1
I will give it a stab, but please note that I have never translated a poem:
My darling is like a puppy.
Why do you bark, my darling, why do you bark?
Do not pull the lead, and walk like all the other decent darlings.
Someone could bite you,
and I will have to fight for you.
Hey, my darling with skinny legs,
The best would be to put you in my bosom
so that you can observe as all puppies with black eyes.
Darling, can you hear what I am saying?
Do not tease other puppies,
because, beware when we come home!
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Maybe someone can do better?
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Post by justapixel on Dec 4, 2012 9:31:33 GMT 1
Knowing Slamnig's works, I believe that in this song he's making heavy use of the fact that duša means both soul, and, when used affectionately, darling. That, essentially, makes this poem untranslatable.
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Post by gmh on Dec 4, 2012 9:45:22 GMT 1
Thought it might be interesting to see how google translates this.
Oddly enough it uses both 'soul' and 'honey' as translation for duša.
All in all, not a bad translation.
My soul is like a puppy.
Why are barking up, my darling, why're barking?
No its worst leash and walk like all decent souls.
Another would anyone mogo and bite,
I still have to fight for you.
Hey, my dear thin legs,
it will be best to put it in his bosom, and
and being there to look like every black-eyed puppy.
Honey, can you hear, what I'm saying?
Do not tease the other puppies
because - watch out, when we get home!
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Post by boris on Dec 4, 2012 11:00:34 GMT 1
gmh, brilliant, much better than me, I am not really into poems.
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Post by bertstreng on Dec 5, 2012 8:22:11 GMT 1
Is here anybody who will help me with translating this poem into the English language
POVRATAK
Ti i ne very *friendly* personiš
moj povratak i moju blizinu
U noći kada šumi u tvom uhu tiha mjesečina
znaj:
ne koraca* mjesečina oko tvoje kuće
Ja lutam plavim stazama u tvojem vrtu
Kad koracajući cestom kroz mrtvo svijetlo podne
staneš
preplašena krikom čudne tice
znaj:
to krik je moga srca s blizih obala
I kad kroz suton vidiš crnu sjenku što se miče
s onu stranu mrke mirne vode
znaj:
ja koracam uspravan i svečan
kao pored tebe
Antun Brank Simic
Thanks !
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Post by bertstreng on Dec 5, 2012 8:26:52 GMT 1
Is here anybody who can help me with translating this poem word by word into the English language?
Antun Branko Šimić (Drinovci (Hercegovina) 1898 – 1925 Zagreb; Kroatisch dichter)
POVRATAK
Ti i ne very *friendly* personiš
moj povratak i moju blizinu
U noći kada šumi u tvom uhu tiha mjesečina
znaj:
ne koraca* mjesečina oko tvoje kuće
Ja lutam plavim stazama u tvojem vrtu
Kad koracajući cestom kroz mrtvo svijetlo podne
staneš
preplašena krikom čudne tice
znaj:
to krik je moga srca s blizih obala
I kad kroz suton vidiš crnu sjenku što se miče
s onu stranu mrke mirne vode
znaj:
ja koracam uspravan i svečan
kao pored tebe
* = korača; koračajući; koračam
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