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Subject: Humorous Poetry # 62 - It's all Greek? - November11, 2003


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Humorous Poetry
Issue # 62
November 10, 2003

Hi Friends,

Ghazals, Haiku, Villanelle, etc
Poems from various nations.
I wish I could bring you, but
"Poetry is what is lost in translation! "
(Original)

Ghazals, Haiku, Villanelle, etc
Poems fum various nashuns.
ah wish ah c'd brin' yo', but
"Poetry is whut is lost in translashun!
Fry mah hide! "
(Redneck version)

Ghazaws, Haiku, Viwwanewwe, etc
Poems fwom vawious nations.
Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!
I wish I couwd bwing you, but
"Poetwy is what is wost in twanswation! "
(Elmer Fudd version)

Ghezels, Heeekoo, Feellunelle-a, itc
Puems frum fereeuoos neshuns.
Um gesh dee bork, bork!
I veesh I cuoold breeng yuoo, boot
"Puetry is vhet is lust in trunsleshun! "
(Swedish Chef version)

(All Translations are the brilliant handywork of
http://rinkworks.com/dialect/ ;)

Kidding aside, this week's issue is about ...
Translations !


English Translations of Catullus
-------------------------------
I stumbled across this page by mistake ! Yet once
there I was caught up by the amount of difference
in the various translations.
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bernstein/syllabi/readings/catullus.html

Can Translated Poetry Matter?
-------------------------------
Some very interesting thoughts on the subject.
(Especially the contrasting views of Ezra Pound
and Robert Frost)
http://www.poetryinternational.org/cwolk/view/20258


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Late in the day perhaps, when he changes stance !

;-)

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