One. I. Yo, je, ich. Me, mi, moi, mich.
You. Toi, tu, du. One and one makes
nous. Nosotras, wir, we. We.
Mia, tuyo, meins, dein.
Sie, ella, elle. She.
Er, el, il, he
said, she said.
You. It.
Me.
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Authors note - So, this story was not approved, and I was referred to the community guidelines, which do indeed clearly state that stories should be in English and any content in a different language should have a full English translation provided. This seems entirely fair and appropriate. I therefore would like to provide the following translation, which I think will be a gripping piece of poetic genius:
One. I. I, I, I. Me, me, me, me.
You. You, you, you. One and one makes
us. We, we, we. We.
Mine, yours, mine, yours.
She, she, she. She.
He, he, he, he
said, she said.
You. It.
Me.
Darn it, I have moved MYSELF to tears now. Such searing insights into the human soul, no?
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They say things happen when you're not looking for them. Falling in love, making a new friend, finding a new opportunity, conceiving a baby. It's not been my experience, in general. Indeed generally I have found that when I am looking for nothing, that is what I get, but this week, while I was busy not looking for it, I crossed that golden threshold of 5000 Vocal reads. Why this is the golden threshold I do not know, only I remember quite some time ago a rash of people I had subscribed to all posting this landmark at a similar time, and thinking how utterly unlikely 5000 reads seemed for me.
By Hannah Moore2 years ago in Poets
Comments (15)
Hahahah! I'm sorry but the English version is fucking hilarious!! 🤣 But also, I seriously love the creativity behind the original piece!! 💚
This had me rolling out of my seat, sorry! 😂
J’aime, I like, Ich liebe, Mi piace, Me gusta, 好きだ, Aku suka, يعجبني.
Cleverly done! Loved the poem and the explanation regarding the translation
Congrats on it.
Pfft, I've seen pieces published that are entirely not English with no English translation! And they weren't even poems! They were long stories/articles! Anyway, I loved your Nonet!
Gets my vote! Go you! Nice one Hannah.
ahh, so beautiful. original and translation.
You are one of a kind, Hannah! It’s a pity this was not allowed. Even I understood your poem without benefit of translation. Although I admit that the translation proved emotionally powerful in its own right. I agree with Cathy. This was fun and brilliant!
Lol. That was fun. Brilliant.
Creative.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 génie, tout ça ! 👏👏👏👏
I love all of this. All of it. So, screw them.
We have a global community and multi-lingual/cultural diversity should be allowed imo. Maybe that is an option everyone in Vocal can bring up. It was beautiful Hannah! Tack så mycket. Merci, Grazi, Gracias, Thank you.
I don't know, both versions have a feeling to them like they could become powerful songs if done right 🤔