PAD 2020 – Day 21

Who is in the mood for some utter nonsense? I tried the NaPoWriMo prompt today asking for a “homophonic translation” (words translated simply based the sound) of a poem in a language you don’t understand. I’ve included the original, untitled Dutch bit of text I found online, followed by my gobbledegook translation and an equally odd title. Certainly no danger of creating my own version of the genius Jabberwocky here.  My sincere apologies to anyone who understands Dutch.

 

 

Door of One

 

His state and mine go hugging, go great

all seen – backpack, door of one

after, again open my hood

 

travelling more, moving west to creek.

 

c99a71b389bed135cd633adff30fafb8 - Dutch poet Bert Schierbeek

 

 

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