international poems / sayings

[Memento Mori]

i've already seen some poem thread, but only for the english ones.

what about making an international one?

you can post here, you can translate your poem/saying to english if u want (even though it may not rhyme anymore and u need some bilingual skills to make it sound aesthetic again)

you can also write your own :)



"Einen Schuss Wüste braucht der Mensch - um des Glücks der Oase willen." - Martin Kessel, Gegengabe VI

"The human needs a shot of desert - for the sake of the oasis' luck"

 

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Voy a dormir
by Alfonsina Storni - Her last poem before se jumped from a cliff (or walked to the ocean according to the legend)

Dientes de flores, cofia de rocío,
manos de hierbas, tú, nodriza fina,
tenme prestas las sábanas terrosas
y el edredón de musgos escardados.
Voy a dormir, nodriza mía, acuéstame.
Ponme una lámpara a la cabecera;
una constelación; la que te guste;
todas son buenas; bájala un poquito.
Déjame sola: oyes romper los brotes...
te acuna un pie celeste desde arriba
y un pájaro te traza unos compases
para que olvides... Gracias. Ah, un encargo:
si él llama nuevamente por teléfono
le dices que no insista, que he salido...


I am going to sleep
Teeth of flowers, hairnet of dew,
hands of herbs, you, perfect wet nurse,
prepare the earthly sheets for me
and the down quilt of weeded moss.

I am going to sleep, my nurse, put me to bed.
Set a lamp at my headboard;
a constellation; whatever you like;
all are good: lower it a bit.

Leave me alone: you hear the buds breaking through . . .
a celestial foot rocks you from above
and a bird traces a pattern for you

so you'll forget . . . Thank you. Oh, one request:
if he telephones again
tell him not to keep trying for I have left . . .