Dedicate Bush a poem!

[axi]

I dedicate this poem to G.W. Bush and his golden wings...

I will try to translate. It was written by one of the greatest Greek poets of the 20th century, who died in 1928

Êùíóôáíôßíïò Ã. ÊáñõùôÜêçò

ÓÔÏ ÁÃÁËÌÁ ÔÇÓ ÅËÅÕÈÅÑÉÁÓ ÐÏÕ ÖÙÔÉÆÅÉ ÔÏÍ ÊÏÓÌÏ

ËåõôåñéÜ, ËåõôåñéÜ ó÷ßæåé, äáãêÜíåé
ôïõò ïõñáíïýò ôï óôÝììá óïõ. Ôï öùò óïõ,
÷ùñßò íá êáßåé, ôõöëþíåé ôï ëáü óïõ.
Ðåôáëïýäåò ÷ñõóÝò ïé ÁìåñéêÜíïé,
ëïãáñéÜæïõí, ðüóá äïëÜñéá êÜíåé
óÞìåñá ôï õðåñïýóéï ìÝôáëëü óïõ.

ËåõôåñéÜ, ËåõôåñéÜ, èá ó' áãïñÜóïõí
Ýìðïñïé êáé êïíóüñôéá êé åâñáßïé.
Åßíáé ðïëëÜ ôïõ áéþíïò ìáò ôá ÷ñÝç,
ðïëëÝò ïé áìáñôßåò, ðïõ èá äéáâÜóïõí
ïé ãåíåÝò, üôáí óå ðáñïìïéÜóïõí
ìå ôï ðñïôñáßôï ôïõ Dorian Gray.

ËåõôåñéÜ, ËåõôåñéÜ, óå íïóôáëãïýíå,
ìáêñéíÜ äÜóç, ñçìáãìÝíïé êÞðïé,
üóïé Üíèñùðïé ðñïóäÝ÷ïíôáé ôç ëýðç
óáí Ýðáèëï ôïõ áãþíïò, êáé ìï÷èïýíå,
êáé ôç æùÞ ôïõò åîáêïëïõèïýíå,
íåêñïß ðïõ ç êáèéÝñùóéò ôïõ ëåßðåé.

Konstantinos G. Karyotakis
To the Statue of Liberty that illuminates the world

Freedom, Freedom you crown
it tears, it bites the skies. Your light
without scorching, it blinds your people.
The Americans, golden butterflies,
are calculating how many dollars
costs today your supersubstantial metal.

Freedom, freedom, you will be bought
by merchants and consortia and jews.
Many are the debts of our century
many the sins that the generations
will read when they will compare you
to the portrait of Dorian Gray.

Freedom, Freedom, you're being missed,
by remote forests, by destitute gardens,
by all the people that accept sorrow,
as the prize of the fight, and toil,
and go on with their life,
dead, lacking consecration.


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Let's get yours!

[Bereta_Eder]

It (necessairily) misses a lot in the translation but it is a good translation.

You know what they say... "poetry is not translated, it is re-written"

[Pekka]

Bush Bush I love you so
I can't wait to get all gun ho
390 billion dollars is not enough
We need all the choppers to be tough

From Iraq to North Korea
That is a good idea
From Saudi Arabia to Syria
They all match our criteria

Bush Bush I love you so
I really really want to go
We will be prepared for bad times
Not waiting for more terrorists crimes

From Somalia to Iran
That is what we agreed upon
From Libya to Pakistan
Let's finish what they began

[Pekka]

Damn it.. my poem actually sounds like anti-war stuff... AAARGH! A sad failure..

[Bereta_Eder]

actually that's a great ANTI-war poem Pekka

[MosesPresley]

THE ALIENS
Charles Bukowski
from The Last Night Of The Earth Poems

you may not believe it
but there are people
who go through life with
very little
friction of distress.
they dress well, sleep well.
they are contented with
their family
life.
they are undisturbed
and often feel
very good.
and when they die
it is an easy death, usually in their
sleep.

you may not believe
it
but such people do
exist.

but i am not one of
them.
oh no, I am not one of them,
I am not even near
to being
one of
them.
but they
are there

and I am
here.

[Pekka]

paiktis22, yeah.. I should keep my mouth shut

[MosesPresley]

One more:

The Genius of the Crowd
Charles Bukowski

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach love do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art

[Bereta_Eder]

Re: Dedicate Bush a poem!

Forgot to say that nomatter how great a poet Karyotakis may have been and nomatter that the poem was written before 1928,

this

Originally posted by axi
Freedom, freedom, you will be bought
by merchants and consortia and jews.

is slander.

[MrFun]

Any poem I would want to dedicate to baby Bush would not be of appropriate language for Apolyton.

[Guynemer]

Bush haiku

Born on third base, and
You think you hit a triple.
Not too bright, are ya?

[Combat Ingrid]

Hmm... I guess I can dedicate this one to mr Bush


Oh freddled gruntbuggly thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop I implore thee my foonting turlingdromes.
And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't!

[Mr. President]

Can I dedicate something written (actually sung) by the band Texas?

You can say what you want, but it won't change my mind,
I feel the same about you.
You can tell me your reasons but it won't change my feelings,
I feel the same about you.



Bring back Bill Clinton!

[Velociryx]

After what I just read re: the "strengthening" of the "Patriot" act, I would not waste my time coming up with a dirty limerick about our "president."



-=Vel=-

[axi]

Forgot to say that nomatter how great a poet Karyotakis may have been and nomatter that the poem was written before 1928,

this

Freedom, freedom, you will be bought
by merchants and consortia and jews.

is slander.

Howso? It's a stereoptype word for the era. Don't forget the poem needs to rhyme (in Greek "jews" rhymes with "debts")