Collapse takes everything - a translation try
The day before yesterday, I posted a poem in Italian, called Collasso Pigliatutto, claiming it was impossible to translate in English, and regretting that the way I could write and compose verses in English was so distant from what I use for Italian. Then, an exchange of comments happened under a beautiful poem posted by @f3nix, Voli Effimeri – Ephemeral Flies. Thanks to the passionate and incredibly supportive @brisby, that tries with an heart big and warm as a cozy house to read and understand our efforts in Italian, I’ve decided to try the “mission: impossible”. A translation, or better a paraphrase with notes! That will certainly ruin the rhythm and the flow of the poem, but I want to do it anyway, since almost all my blog readers speak English and not Italian.
So, this is the poem and the paraphrase of each verse.
Collapse takes everything [play on words in Italian: “con l’asso” (“with the ace”) sounds like “collasso” (“collapse”)]
Required socket adapter
for the ass. [in Italian, “presa” is the power socket, but “presa per il culo” means “take the piss” (literally “take by the ass”]
it was not detected
no soul
in the BIOS
Good morning, beauties!
Get your interfaces
Even today sky
streaked of trails
cynical. [play on words between “scie chimiche” (“chem trails”) and “scie ciniche” (“cynical trails”)]
Perturbations are expected
in the late anthropocene.
The rush hour is from 0 to 24. [in Italian it’s like “all hours open”]
We have already signed up
a demographic contract,
let’s show off-reak [play on words between “mettersi in mostra” (“show off”) and “mostro” (“monster”)]
to increase our resolution.
Oil
of elbow [“olio di gomito” is like “elbow grease”]
but not palm oil:
God forbid
sin of own thought!
There’s a government crisis
of the self.
Temptation to drug ourselves
with faith.
Dying for dreams
living in nightmares.
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But what the hell... Sorry Marco for leaving behind this unique post. I'm really surprised of the others though..but it happened to me too with mine on martial arts. It looks like steemit is passing through a down and people doesn't feel the incentive of interacting without money push. Truly sad. Your poetry is definitely the most underrated thing here on steemit in these days. People should read and switch on their brains instead of farting around with empty bullshit.
Don't worry, the people for whom I have true esteem read it, even if they didn't comment here. ;)
Thank you!