I'm going to write Urdu using English alphabets

[Ilyas_Kashmiri]

OK I am going to request everyone t write a small poem that they like in their mother language and then translate it in english. I think this will be lots of fun :lol:
Happy translating to all.

[Ilyas_Kashmiri]

My first language is URDU so I amgoing to write urdu using english alphabets because I dont have a Urdu keyBoard :(

Tum jo mil gaye ho
to yeh lugta hai
keh jahaan mil gayya

eik bhutkay huway rahi ko
Carvaan mil gayya.

Translation:

Since I have found you
It seems like to me
that have the world

Like a lost traveler
has found his caravan. ;)

[Chesman]

hi Ilyas,
I agree with you and I will try to translate a spanish poem, but first of all I need to know the english name of some flowers.
I'll come back to you soon.

[Chesman]

I'm back
Here you are my spanish poem about a flower's weding, I hope you will understand it.

SPANISH:
Aquella rosita nacida en abril
quiere casarse con un alhelí.
Hará de padrino su tío el jazmín
e irán a la boda claveles cien mil.
Vestida de blanco, verde y carmesí
la rosa se casa con el alhelí.

ENGLISH
That little rose born in April
wants to marry a wallflower.
Her uncle, the jasmine, will be the godfather
and will attend the marriage
a hundred thousand carnations.
Dressed in green, white and red
the rose will marry the wallflower.

Did you enjoyed, Ilyas?

[Tilt]

Very enjoyable task! )) I am going to find something no less beautiful and translite )
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We are what we repeatedly do.

[Tilt]

So, it is poem of russian poet Lermonotov, translated by myself:

Без вас хочу сказать вам много,
При вас я слушать вас хочу;
Но молча вы глядите строго,
И я в смущении молчу.
Что ж делать?.. Речью неискусной
Занять ваш ум мне не дано...
Всё это было бы смешно,
Когда бы не было так грустно...

I want to say too much without you,
With you I want to listen you;
But keeping silence you are looking strictly
And I am confusedly silent
What should I do?... By inartful speech
I can’t come into your mind…
That’s all would be so funny,
When If would not be so sadly…

Great idea! Very amusing!

Regards,

Andrey
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We are what we repeatedly do.

[Milanya]

You are a brave man. Translating classics is a daunting task.

[Tilt]

Es, you are right, I am so brave, in many ways.

But, I translated it too word by word, The reason, I think... because the night. In any way, thanks for making it better and more understandable ))
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We are what we repeatedly do.

[Milanya]

Verbatim translation is a sin.
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con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.

[Tilt]

Oh... I beg you... do not ruin my last hopes)
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We are what we repeatedly do.

[Milanya]

My two cents worth:

Мать
(Марк Максимов)
Жён вспоминали на привале.
Друзей - в бою.
И только мать
Не то и вправду забывали,
Не то стеснялись вспоминать.

Но было,
что пред смертью самой
Видавший не один поход
Седой рубака крикнет:
- Мама!..
И под копыта упадёт.

Mother
(by Mark Maksimov)

We thought about friends in battles
Wives were mentioned at rest stops.
And only mothers seemed forgotten,
Or too embarrassing for talks.

But sometimes facing death in battle
Grizzled, no stranger to bloodshed
A soldier would cry out:”Mama!”
And fall under the hooves to death.
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con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.

[Ilyas_Kashmiri]

I am so amazed and moved by all you people. This is so wonderful to read and its knowledgeable at the sametime. Great courage guys. I had no idea how nice and deep russian poems are. After reading the translations I feel like I am more educated and entertained. the poems are simple yet an ocean of feelings and reality. I am so impressed please I encourage other people from other countries and regions to share some of their poetic wisdom with us be the carriers of knowledge and lets spread it out while benefiting ourselves too.;)
I also have another request if you guys can use english fonts so we can read your language the way it sounds like I did with Urdu and chesman did with spanish. I know its tuff and a pain in the neck but for the sake of us who love t read it and may learn a few words of your language at the same time. Only if you can other wise we will gladly accept what ever you can offer us.:D

[Infin1ty]

One of the most great scholars and thinkers of ancient China had said: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step(in English).
千(qian)里(li)之(zhi)行(xing)始(shi)于(yu)足(zu)下(xia)(in Chinese)
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[Jamie (K)]

[Ilyas_Kashmiri]

Thanks teacher ! What is this world going to do when you won't be around? I just wonder. :shock:
My Mother passed away 11 years ago :cry: so I can't borrow her "tounge" thats why it's not Mother Tounge :P but I can speak in the "LANGUAGE" she spoke to me (with the help of her "tounge") I think this define's Mother Language. :lol:

OK I am just kidding, you are right it is mother tounge and I wrote mother language. I should have written it as "Native language" or "mother tounge," and yes I should have capitalized the word English.

Thanks "Sir" Jamie (K) 8) you are not only a Scholar and a great thinker but also a proof reader and a teacher. :roll:
Now that we have pampered your ego and agreed with you, are you going to bless us with a wicked poem and a formal translation? If you are a Native english speaker or in your case if your "Mother Tounge" is english and thats all you know we can accept a nice english poem without and defination.
Thanks again. :)