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Tag Archives: poetry
Travesía (11)
Versión castellana del poema “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856) de Walt WhitmanEnglish text at http://www.poetryfoundation.orgSpanish Interpretation by JMN [Translator’s note: The whole of part 7 follows. Of the poem’s 9 parts this short one has its peculiar thorniness. The elfish spin … Continue reading
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Tagged English-Spanish, language, poetry, translation, Walt Whitman
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Neruda LXXXIII
Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada. Cien sonetos de amor1924, Pablo Neruda y Herederos de Pablo Neruda1994, Random House MondadoriCuarta edición en U.S.A: febrero 2004 [LXXXIII]Es bueno, amor, sentirte cerca de mí en la noche,It’s good, love, to … Continue reading
Travesía (10)
Versión castellana del poema “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856) de Walt WhitmanEnglish text at http://www.poetryfoundation.orgSpanish Interpretation by JMN [Translator’s note: I’ve arbitrarily divided part 6 into 3 segments. The third of the three segments follows. The poem has 9 parts.] [6.3][I] … Continue reading
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Travesía (9)
Versión castellana del poema “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856) de Walt WhitmanEnglish text at http://www.poetryfoundation.orgSpanish Interpretation by JMN [Translator’s note: I’ve arbitrarily divided part 6 into 3 segments. The second of the three segments follows. The poem has 9 parts.] [6.2]I … Continue reading
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Travesía (8)
Versión castellana del poema “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856) de Walt Whitman English text at http://www.poetryfoundation.org Spanish Interpretation by JMN [Translator’s note: I’ve arbitrarily divided part 6 into 3 segments. The first of the three segments follows. The poem has 9 … Continue reading
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Neruda LXXXIV
[LXXXIV]Una vez más, amor, la red del día extingueOne more time, love, the net of day extinguishestrabajos, ruedas, fuegos, estertores, adioses,labors, wheels, fires, death rattles, goodbyes,y a la noche entregamos el trigo vacilanteand we deliver to the night the unsteady … Continue reading
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Tagged language, Pablo Neruda, poetry, Spanish-English, translation
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‘Business in Great Waters’
I jotted on the fly several snatches of phraseology that resonated with me today as I watched Prince Philip’s live-streamed funeral service on the BBC. May what power that is deal graciously with those who mourn, and those who go … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, language, miscellaneous, music, personal, poetry, Prince Philip, religion, rhetoric, style, translation
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‘Endecha Sin Música’
Dirge Without Musicby Edna St. Vincent MillayText at http://www.poetryfoundation.orgSpanish paraphrase by JMN Endecha Sin Música I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.No me resigno a que se recluyan corazones tiernos en el … Continue reading
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Tagged Edna St. Vincent Millay, English-Spanish, language, poetry, translation
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But Also Thank the Devil
The worst way to defeat a social or cultural ill is to declare war on it. The U.S. declares war on problems it can’t or won’t solve. The worst way to foster a social or cultural good is to declare … Continue reading
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Tagged language, personal, poetry, rhetoric, society, style, writing
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The Wrath of Divines
Like cartooning, the act of translation has proven dangerous at times. For his role in putting Christian scriptures into English, John Wycliffe’s long-dead bones were dug up, burnt, and chucked into the river by order of churchmen. … The act … Continue reading →