On rêve
pour mieux
vivre
Author notes
Free translation: We dream so our lives will come nearer to completeness.
PROMPT:
"The day we lose our need for dreams is the day the human race forfeits its soul."
-John Chiam
A contest entry
- Quote Inspired by Tattboyspet.
1000 points, ended April 15, 2008, 24 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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thank you for your entry, but just a quick observation:
I'm afraid I know NOTHING of French and this is all gibberish to me, ergo my suggestion would be that you should put a translation in the AN for people like myself
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But... but... but... there was nothing in the rules about that
OK I shall add a comment in the author notes - I will even try to make it 5 words if I can, and then you can judge it on that basis. It carries the sense of "we dream in order to live more fully" (literally it translates as "one dreams to live better", but a straight, word-for-word translation doesn't really work)
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lmao! yep, the rules said nothing about translations needed for foreign languages
Now, if you had added it in your AN BEFORE the judging, it would definitely have placed as those words ("we dream in order to live more fully" have a really profound impact
maybe next time????
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You mean you have already judged?
But... but... but... I put a free translation in the notes for you. -
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I'm SO sorry
Tattboy judged this morning (South African time) already ~sniff~ -
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BWAAAAAAHHH!!!
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Or: On vivre pour mieux rêve, peut-être c'est poésie de Palindrome.
merveilleux !
Love,
Me♥
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Merci.
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Bravo !!!
J'aime cette poésie.
Tellement admirablement mis.
Bravo, plus grand poèt
My French is VERY poor!!!
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You ain't kidding, bro.
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Gotta give me points for trying though
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You want POINTS????
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maybe not
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