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Translation - Turski-Engleski - poem

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This text is available in the following languages:

Turski

Engleski

Rumunski

Category Poetry - Culture

Title	poem
Text Submitted by Rutebeuf	Source language: Turski CÃ¶mertlikte ve yardÄ±mda akarsu gibi ol Åževkat ve merhamette gÃ¼neÅŸ gibi, BaÅŸkalarÄ±nÄ±n kusurunu Ã¶rtmekte gece gibi ol, Hiddet ve asabiyette Ã¶lÃ¼ gibi, Tevazu ve alÃ§ak gÃ¶nÃ¼llÃ¼lÃ¼kte toprak gibi ol, HoÅŸgÃ¶rÃ¼de ise deniz gibi, Ya olduÄŸun gibi gÃ¶rÃ¼n, ya da gÃ¶rÃ¼ndÃ¼ÄŸÃ¼n gibi ol.

Title	appear as you are or be as you appear
Translation Engleski Translated by smy	Target language: Engleski Be like a stream in generosity and succor, And like the sun in tenderness and compassion, Be like the night in covering the faults of others, Like the dead in anger and irritability, Be like the earth in humility and humbleness, But like the sea in indulgence, Either appear as you are or be as you appear.
Remarks about the translation	ÅŸevkat= ÅŸefkat tevazu=alÃ§ak gÃ¶nÃ¼llÃ¼lÃ¼k (synonyms) earth means "soil" here and

Validated by IanMegill2 - 25 October 2007 12:50

Last messages

	Author	Message
		24 October 2007 23:27
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	Original form of translation before editing: Be like a stream in generosity and succor, and like the sun in tenderness and compassion, Be like the night in covering faults of others, like a dead in anger and irritability, Be like the earth in humility and humbleness, and like the sea in indulgence, Either appear as you are or be as you appear. --- PS: What a beautiful poem!
		25 October 2007 12:08
	smy Number of messages: 2481	Yes it is , could you change the "and" to "but" in "and like the sea in indulgence" line IanMegill? This would be better.
		25 October 2007 12:50
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	Sure, smy! It's done!
		25 October 2007 14:46
	smy Number of messages: 2481	Thank you!
		11 January 2010 20:41
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	This poem is from Mevlana (Turkey).