Open Book - Poems of appreciation 1

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At Open Book

I discovered, by hook

and by crook

At the age of 59

a talent

very valiant

To make things chime

And rhyme

Often in strange ways

I make these poetic forays

They´ve suggested I do it in some other languages I know

So, let´s have a go!

Starting with Portuguese

If you please!

Bom dia

da Ademia,

Ou mesmo perto

de ai, isto é certo

Moro em Lôgo de Deus

Numa vivenda

De três sub-prédios

com várias atividades e vizinhos pertos

Uma aldeia

Bonita, não feia

em Eiras,

União das freguesias de Eiras e São Paulo de Frades

Numa zona com algumas madres

nos arredores

com telhados

vermelhos nas suas cores

E, por agora, adeus!

Translation

Hello

From Ademia

Or, at least, from close to there

That much is certain

I live in Lôgo de Deus [literally, the Place of God],

In a villa

Consisting of three sub-buildings

With various activities and neighbours nearby

A pretty, not an ugly village, in Eiras,

In the “Union of the Parishes of Eiras [a word which means “threshing floors”] and St. Peter of the Friars”

In an area with a few mothers

On the outskirts

with the roofs

red in their colours

And for now, goodbye!

Μιλὰω και Ελλενὶκα

Η πρὲπει

να σου πω,

μωρο,

Αὺτο το σπὶτι μου

Να καρδὶα του

χωρο

Εὶναι

κοκκὶνο

Phonetic Transliteration:

Milow kay Ellenika

Ee prepee

Na su poe

Avto to spitee mu

Na kardeea tu horoh

Eeneh kokkinoh

Translation:

I also speak Greek too

And I have to tell you

Babe,

That this house of mine

In the heart of the

village

Is

Red

J´ai deux nationalités

Du Royaume Uni

et de Canada.

Pour maintenant, ça va.

J´ai vécu

Mon petit chou

Dans La Belle

Province,

Ma chérie,

Du Québec,

Mon mec.

Mais le froid d´hiver, parfois, c´est un échec

A Montréal, même dans le Cité.

Mais la bière de ici,

C´est très joli.

Translation:

I have two nationalities

That of the United Kingdom

And of Canada.

For now, that´s fine.

I lived

My dear friend,

In the Pretty Province,

My dear,

Of Québec,

mate.

But, the cold of the winter there, can be a challenge,

In Montréal, even in the City.

But the beer here

Is very nice.

Hablo un poco

De Español

Como un prole

Lo cual no es una locura

Y no es bravura,

Es divertido

Mi amigo cariño

Translation:

I speak a little

Spanish

Like a prole

This isn´t crazy

Nor is it bravura,

It´s fun

My dear friend

Scottish Gaelic, which I´ve started on Duolingo. My great grandfather was a native speaker

Chan eil mi à Barra,

ann an Alba,

Chan eil mi à Èirinn,

Tha mi à Lunnainn,

ann an Sasainn

Translation:

I´m not from Barra,

in Scotland,

I´m not from Ireland

I´m from London,

in England

Parlo anche italiano

e ho

um plano

da produzione

de poemas romanos

Translation:

I also speak Italian

And I have a plan

to produce Roman poems