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Daionii

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:01 am


I love foreign languages and I love poetry and I figured, it's about time I brought the two together :3

Now I know there's already a poetry thread but I thought maybe we could post a link to an audio version, maybe of us reading it? Because if you don't understand the phonetics of a language, reading a poem won't mean anything at all, in my opinion.

Good idea? >.< I'm sorry if it's too similar to the other thread we have.

It doesn't necessarily have to be in a language that's foreign to you, I think we could read poems in our native language too if we want :3

Oh, I guess this would suck for people who don't have microphones, or who aren't comfortable recording their voice >.<'

But yes... I think as listening to music is a great way to apprecciate a language, listening to poetry is just the tiniest bit better I think, since the language might be a bit more correct, and easier to listen to ^^'

Delete this if it's silly or pointless x3
PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:43 am


Here's a poem called 'Ynys' (Island) by Meirion MacIntyre Huws. One of my favourite Welsh language poets x]

[[Grr, Putfile is being weird so I had to YouTube it -o- I've added a picture of the island :3]]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WYn5dTLCGO8


It's about himself standing in the rain, looking at this small island called Enlli in North Wales. He's feeling sad, and as he looks at the island and the harsh sea around it, he stops to think about himself and who he is. At the end of the poem he says he finally knows who's who and what's what in the world, although he never explains any more than that.

Quote:
Mae llawnder y cwteri
yn storm yn fy nghlustiau i,
a holl adar bach llwydion
y wlad wedi ffoi o'r lôn,
yn dyst fod gofidiau'r dydd
ynof innau yn fynydd.

Islaw ac Enlli'n dawel,
a hen ofn ei swnt yn hel yn rheg,
rwy'n teimlo rhagor,
a gweld mwy na gwlad a môr.
Yn y glaw'n ei gwylio hi,
oedaf i weld pwy ydw i.

A Duw rhyngom ni ein dau
yn rhwygo dros y creigiau,
a'r dŵr cyn ddued a'r dydd,
mi wn yma'n Uwchmynydd
pwy yw pwy yn wyneb bywyd,
a be 'di be yn y byd.


I hope I didn't read it too fast sweatdrop

Once my Breton pronunciation isn't extremely embarrassing, I'll have a go at reading my favourite poem XD;

Daionii


lili of the lamplight

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:33 pm


I'll give it a try, but I don't know if I can upload it.
PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:22 pm


ZOMG im working on mine now!

Here's the Poem uploaded to Youtube!


Poem in English:


Ode To Enchanted Light

Under the trees light
has dropped from the top of the sky,
light
like a green
latticework of branches,
shining
on every leaf,
drifting down like clean
white sand.

A cicada sends
its sawing song
high into the empty air.

The world is
a glass overflowing
with water.

PiercedPixie2


Daionii

PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:58 am


I commented :'D Yes I'm MakeToastNotWar xD
It's lovely > w<
PostPosted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:19 am


May I do a poem in my conlang?

smile

Henneth Annun


PiercedPixie2

PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:33 pm


XWraith_LordX
May I do a poem in my conlang?

smile


I dont see why not xd
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Literature of Various Languages

 
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