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eldin raigmore · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 569 Location: SouthEast Michigan

:ita:
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

:eng:
In the middle of the highway of our life, I came to myself by a dark wood, where the straight way was lost.
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Tolkien_Freak · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 319 Location: Eiëra

:rai:

Úri dasámeome,
Ẃnw uevasw uihusídøkeogi
Riami estásenua ueviazui reimi.

we-POSS life.road-LOC
I-PAST came.upon dark.forest-ALL
SUBORD-place true.way lost-PASS DEM-place.

'Came upon' just feels like the best translation for 'uevasw', and the word 'ueviazw' literally means 'to cause to become unknown'.
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imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 73

:vie:
Giữa lối đi của đời sống mình
Tôi lại đến mình bên mũ đen thui
Nơi mà con đường thẵng tan đi

[middle path-path of life live our
I came to me by wood blackened
Place where the path straight dispersed-dispersed]]

Vietnamese is a very nice language when it comes to poetry. Rolling Eyes

eldin raigmore · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 569 Location: SouthEast Michigan

I like the replies so far. In fact, I like them a lot! Thanks.

I'd say the 'uevasw' and 'ueviazw' words mean the Raitoliste translation could actually be poetic.

A literal translation of "mi ritrovai" would be "I re-found myself". The implication is that he woke up; or that he suddenly realized he was lost without remembering exactly how he got that way; or some such thing.

Are you translating from the Italian or from the English? Because that English translation was my own work, and may not be as good as some others. There are several famous translations, and they aren't the same as each other[/url]. (Also here, and here, and here, and here.)

e.g.
"Midway through the walk/journey of life I found myself (or came to myself) near/in/by a wood/forest so dark that the straight/right/straightforward way was lost".
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Therefore love the child who holds your hand; and let your wife delight in your embrace; for this is the lot of mankind to enjoy:
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Vortex · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 54

Táosoa túntuhemayen nttáeyenengku,
kám túntuhema ícyetimpúm,
málusoa ngkkikkúlakisisoa kesu wáosaetísyuwe.
/"tao^.sw@ "tu.ndM_x.h@.m@.%jEn "nt_>ae^.y@.n@.%Ngu
"kam tu.ndM_x.h@.%ma "i.t`s`)@.tI.%mbum
"ma.lM_x.%soa Nk_>I."k_>u.l@.kI.sI.%soa "wao^.sE.%ti.s`M_x.w@/
táo-soa túntu-hema-yen nttáe-yen-ngku
kám túntu-hema i-cye<ti>mpu-m
málu ngkki-kkúlaki-si-soa kesu wa-o-tísyu-an-ma
middle-loc walk-loc.nom-gen live.gerund-gen-1pl.incl
straight.abs walk-loc.nom pass-to.lose<distant>-3sg.def-1sg.agt
dark-loc ass.pl-tree-pl-loc near near.past-perf-refl-to.find-1sg

Aeetlrcreejl · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 553 Location: Over yonder

Nogaroa hahja bahja, vit venom bzerla jakul d' ul pat lihareret.
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Vortex · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 54