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Evangelos and that film from 1986

by ~trynke

Evangelos and that film from 1986


I am not a fish.
My mother is a fish.

You should know, my great-uncle Peter
From Hungary has a daughter
With whom I fell in love when once
I was there
That time I braided her ashen grey hair
In braids

Two

My mother's best friend only spoke Italian
He did taekwondo, jiujitsu
And played Santa every year

He was Portuguese


I want to enchant you with my secret code
Once again it has to be said:
There is no story

The hedgehog is sleeping in the garden, his father and
The squirrel:
Today they are wearing
Winter scarfs
Instead of ties
They will hold session until deep in the night

About money of course


Maybe you should listen better
To the people
Their eyes
Because everybody has lied
to themselves some time in their lives




(original Dutch version: )

Evangelos en die film uit 1986


Ik ben geen vis.
Mijn moeder is een vis.

Je moet weten, mijn oudoom Peter
Uit Hongarije heeft een dochter
Op wie ik verliefd ben sinds die ene keer
Dat ik daar was
Toen heb ik haar asgrauwe haren gevlochten
In vlechten

Twee

De beste vriend van mijn moeder sprak alleen Italiaans
Hij deed aan taekwondo, jiujitsu
En speelde ieder jaar voor Sinterklaas

Hij was Portugees


Ik wil jou betoveren met mijn geheimtaal
Nog een keer moet het gezegd worden:
Er bestaat geen verhaal

In de tuin slaapt de egel, zijn vader en
De eekhoorn:
vandaag dragen ze
in plaats van stropdassen
warme wintersjaals
Ze gaan nog tot diep in de nacht vergaderen

Over geld natuurlijk


Misschien moet je beter luisteren
Naar de mensen
Hun ogen
Want iedereen heeft in zijn leven
Wel tegen zichzelf gelogen
:icontrynke:
I am quite happy with both the original poem and the translation.
The translation even has some nice rhyme in it :)
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Evangelos and that film from 1986 by ~trynke is a disjointed, curious poem presented in both English and Dutch. ( Suggested by `Amberlouie and Featured by ^lightningmonkey )
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The translation is amazingly well-done. I wish I could read the original. This part was really powerful:

Maybe you should listen better
To the people
Their eyes
Because everybody has lied
to themselves some time in their lives


--
If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. & there is nothing more to it than that.

~ Brian Andreas

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:icontrynke:
~trynke Feb 11, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you so much :D
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~rhyme-of-the-rain Feb 9, 2012  Student General Artist
oh my good golly jeebuz, this is lovely. :heart:

--
a wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand.
i think i, too, have known autumn too long.
-e.e. cummings
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:icontrynke:
~trynke Feb 10, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you so much! :D
What a lovely compliment!
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:iconbeeinthebottle:
This is delightful. :)

--
My muse has returned. I think I'll kill her.
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:icontrynke:
Mood: Love ~trynke Feb 10, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you! :D
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:iconbeeinthebottle:
My pleasure. :)

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My muse has returned. I think I'll kill her.
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:iconsbkaka2011:
awesome
you made it better

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:icontrynke:
~trynke Feb 9, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks :D
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:iconsbkaka2011:
np :)

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