(poem and song)
I am not asking you to bring me down a blue star,
I am only asking you to fill my space with your light,
I am not asking you to sign 10 grey papers to love,
I am only asking you to love the pigeons that I watch usually.
As to the past, I am not going to deny,
the future will come some day,
and as to the present,
what do I care the people,
they are always going to gossip.
Continue filling of reasons for breathing in this minute,
do not please me, do not refuse, do not talk for talk.
I am not asking you to bring me down a blue star,
ReplyDeleteI am only asking you to fill my space with your light,
I am not asking you to sign 10 grey papers FOR love,
I am only asking you to love the pigeons that I USUALLY watch.
As FOR the past, I am not going to deny IT,
the future will come some day,
and as FOR the present,
what do I care ABOUT the people THAT
are always going to gossip?
Continue filling THIS MINUTE WITH reasons for breathing,
do not please me, do not DENY YOURSELF, do not talk JUST TO talk.
Great work! Before I read yours completely, I translated it myself (below). In some respects your translation is better.
I don't ask you to bring down a blue star for me
I ask only that you fill my space with light.
I don't ask you to sign 10 gray papers for my love,
I ask only that you love the doves that I usually watch.
I'm not going to deny the past,
the future will come some day.
And as for the present, why should I care
that people are always going to talk?
Keep filling this minute
with reasons to breathe;
don't please me, don't deny yourself,
don't speak just for the sake of speaking.
Thank you Matt, I like your translation.
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