NaPoWriMo 2023

Day 6 

prompt

Take a look around Poetry International for a poem in a language you don`t know.  Read it through, think about the sounds and shapes of the words and the degree to which these remind you of words in your own language.    Write a new poem.

Swedish poem

Du Ska Tacka

Du ska tacka dina gudar

om de tvingar dig a gar

dar du inga fotspar

har att lita pa

du ska tacka dina gudar

om de gor all skam till din

do far soka tillflykt

lite langra in

det som hela varlden

reder sig ibland ratt val

fagelfri var mangen

vann sin egen sjal

Duke`s Attack

Duke attacked her in the garden

on a single dig at Gar

they were searching each footprint

her hat let her spy

Duke attacked her in the garden

in the coral at dawn

though soaked at first flight

light lingered on

did some fellow warden

refer to a sign so bland

frightened and mangled

advancing in eternal hope.

Swedish poems  translation is -

You Should Thank

You should thank your gods

if they force you to walk

where you have no footprints

to rely on

you should thank your gods

if they turn all shame into yours

then you must seek refuge

a little further in

that which the whole world

sometimes handles quite well

many a bird-free soul

won its own self