To my beloved ones (translation below)

An experiment ... hope you like it :)

Para ti, mae, escrevo estes versos,

obra imperfeita da minha alma agradecida,

pois sempre ajudai-me nos momentos complicados

de minha curta, estranha, corrida vida.

Per te, papà, questi versi da poeta alle prime armi,

Sappi che non porto il tuo ricordo nella mia mente,

quella pu™ deteriorarsi e il tuo ricordo allontanarmi,

lo porter™ nel mio cuore a mo' di ciondolo eternamente.

Agradeço-vos, meus primos, pela vossa compania;

por fazei-me sorrir cada dia mais do precedente,

pelos otimos momentos passados juntos em alegria,

por cada lembrança positiva que deram a minha mente.

Vi ringrazio, sorelle mie, che illuminate i miei giorni,

con tanta pazienza ascoltate i miei sciocchi pensieri,

senza esitare, ogni volta, mi date i consigli migliori,

per me sempre ci siete e sempre ci siete state volentieri.

Desejo, aos meus tios, tudo que ha de positivo,

como sempre quiseram o mesmo para seu sobrinho,

nao encontro palavras para descrever sentimento tao vivo,

quero bem a voces feito fosse vosso proprio filho.

Auguro, ai miei migliori amici, ogni sorta di bene,

non ho bisogno di vedervi tutti i giorni per sapere 

che di voi mi potr™ sempre fidare, mai mi lascerete,

non importa quanto lontano le nostre strade ci possano portare.

A' todos 'meus amigos obrigado por existirem

e minha vida com vossa presencia melhorarem.

A tutti i miei amici sono infinitamente grato

per il loro grosso sostegno che mi fa volare in alto.

TRANSLATION: To my beloved ones

For you, mum, I write these verses,

imperfect piece of my thankful soul,

'cause you always helped me in the complicate moments

of my short, weird, fast life.

For you, dad, (I write) these verses by a beginner poet,

Know I don't bring your memory in my mind,

it can fail and make me lose your memory,

I will bring it forever in my heart as if it were a locket.

I thank you, my cousins, for your company,

for making me smile everyday more than the last one,

for the great moments we spent happily,

for every positive memory you gave to my mind.

I thank you, my sisters, for lighting up my days,

so patiently you listen to my silly thoughts,

and suddenly, everytime, you give me the best advices,

You've always been gladly there for me.

I wish for my uncles, everything positive,

as they always wanted for their nephew,

I can't find words to describe such alive feeling,

I love you as if I were your own son.

I wish for my best friend everything good,

I don't need to see you everthing to know

I can always trust you, you'll never leave me,

no matter how far our lives may bring us.

To all my friends, thanks for existing

and make my life better with your presence.

To all my friends I'm infinitely thankful

for your great support that makes me fly high.

Author's Note

Used two languages (Portuguese for stanzas 1 3 5 7 and Italian for 2 4 6 8), it was both an experiment on a language level (tried to write a bilangual poem to see what it would look like) and on a technical level (this is a, somehow, "double-shakespeare sonnet": if you read only the italian stanzas or the portuguese ones, you get a Shakespeare-schemed sonnet).

Reviews

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

I nice dedication to your "beloved ones".
I like these parts:
"imperfect piece of my thankful soul,"

"I love you as if I were your own son."

"To all my friends, thanks for existing
and make my life better with your presence.

To all my friends I'm infinitely thankful
for your great support that makes me fly high."

[Buniheart]

i cannot become to describe how much this poem has touched my heart. Very few poems have ever made me cry as this - you are such a wonderful person and this poem shows it.

[外人 (Gaijin)]

wow, thank you very much ! =D
I'm glad you liked it ;)

[SHEEMA HUQ]

there is such passion and dedication in your thoughtful tributes

[Mockingbird]

a very moving piece in which you acknowledge and thank the people in your life.

[Mazie Tackett]

kewl i dont know any other languages so i could never do anything like this

[外人 (Gaijin)]

You can always learn ;)

[Mazie Tackett]

I'm a fast learner but languages are exactly my strong suit

[MandaBear]

Beautiful as always!

[Corset]

what a beautiful dedication, in any language to those you love, wonderful.

[Laura Maidah]

I hope you aren't into nonfiction. This is painful for me to have to read right now and not because I can't read chinese at the top of the page. lol I'm just joshing you. But really hope you are thankful for your source of inspiration!

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Hey, aligato ;) ... No wait, that's japanese, not chinese lol Thx for your review ... but I didn't understand the first sentence :( I'm sorry this was painful for u to read :( ... Can I ask you why?

[Krista Weiss]

Aww! Really cute!! :) I loved it!!! :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Love and appreciation for mother, family and friends mean you have wisdom. I like the reason and the purpose of the poem. Thank you for sharing the excellent poem.
Coyote

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thx for saying I have wisdom :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I believe you do.