*Note: I think the beauty of this one is that the message remained clear even after moving through 5 languages, proving John Lennon a true genius and his song a wonderful universal message. Original: Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the … Continue reading Google Translate Poetry: Imagine
Month: May 2018
You Really Ought to Read it First: The Story of Esther
A lot of people claim the biblical story of Esther is their favorites. And, really, who can blame them? The tale of Esther has everything you could ever want: intrigue, revenge, misogyny, sex, violence. Oh yeah, there’s some courage, a little love and a smattering of devotion in there, too. You may be scratching your … Continue reading You Really Ought to Read it First: The Story of Esther
Google Translate Poetry: Hey Jude
Original: Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better Hey Jude, don't be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin Then … Continue reading Google Translate Poetry: Hey Jude
Google Translate Poetry: The Kennedy Inaugural
Original: In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The … Continue reading Google Translate Poetry: The Kennedy Inaugural
Google Translate Poetry: Smells Like Teenspirit
Original: Load up on guns, bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over-bored and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us … Continue reading Google Translate Poetry: Smells Like Teenspirit
Google Translate Poetry: Trump’s Inaugural Address
Original: Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s Capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land. That all changes – starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you. … Continue reading Google Translate Poetry: Trump’s Inaugural Address
Google Translate Poetry: The Wasteland Part 2
Original: If you don’t like it you can get on with it, I said. Others can pick and choose if you can’t. But if Albert makes off, it won’t be for lack of telling. You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique. (And her only thirty-one.) I can’t help it, she said, … Continue reading Google Translate Poetry: The Wasteland Part 2
