Poema dedicado a cidade de Nova Iorque (translation below)

Been to New York a month ago, first time in the States ... first time in North America !

Gigantes de cimento rodeam meu olhar,

escuridao, luz e cores aranham o ceu,

Manhattan, desta forma, deixas-me sem ar

em ver o fruto do homem abraçar o ceu.

Nova Iorque, Nova Amsterda, novo mundo,

uma nova pessoa sinto-me em fundo,

esta è a magia da grande maça,

adimito, minha amiga, virei seu fa.

Do globo, pessoas vem de cada canto,

buscam em ti uma nova vida,

por isso para ti este poema canto,

de tantas culturas es uma cidade tao rica.

Nova Iorque, Nova Amsterda, novo mundo,

uma nova pessoa sinto-me em fundo,

esta è a magia da grande maça,

adimito, minha amiga, virei seu fa.

Pessoas de toda origem vivem neste encanto,

e dao novo significado à palavra "americano",

todas as cores e os idiomas ha de baixo do teu manto

estrelado.

Nova Iorque, Nova Amsterda, novo mundo,

uma nova pessoa sinto-me em fundo,

esta è a magia da grande maça,

adimito, minha amiga, virei seu fa.

TRANSLATION

Title: Poem dedicated to the city of New York

Cement giants surround my eyes,

darkness, light and colours scratch the sky,

Manhattan, this way, you leave me breathless

in seeing the work of men embracing the sky.

New York, New Amsterdam*, new world,

a new person I feel (I am) inside me,

this is the magic of the big apple,

I admit, my friend, I became your fan.

From the world, people come from every corner,

they look for a new life inside you,

that's why I sing** you this poem,

of so many cultures, you're such a rich city.

New York, New Amsterdam*, new world,

a new person I feel (I am) inside me,

this is the magic of the big apple,

I admit, my friend, I became your fan.

People from all countries live this dream,

and give a new meaning to the word "american",

there're all the races and languages below your starry

mantle***.

New York, New Amsterdam*, new world,

a new person I feel (I am) inside me,

this is the magic of the big apple,

I admit, my friend, I became your fan.

*New York used to be called New Amsterdam when it was a dutch belonging

**The use of the verb "to sing" has been chosen both because it is an old-style expression in neo-latin languages (to sing a poem instead of to recite a poem) and to play on the word "canto" which in Portuguese means both "corner" and "I sing"

***In the original language (Portuguese) the last word is "starry", in the English translation I had to put it first and use mantle as the last one in order to respect the adjective-noun order of the English language

Author's Note

This is not a song.

Reviews

[TL Boehm]

Wonderful poem. I am a genealogy buff and have traced some of my family back to New Amsterdam. It is fascinating and not well covered by history books the impact the relatively "small" colonization the Dutch had - they set the tone for both economics and the diversification of the "protestant" church movement here in the US

[KeeD]

the poem is beautiful in both languages, very cool

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thx :)

[Mikael Malmberg]

This poem almost resembles lyrics, it's so good.

Although in my opinion NY is a big filthy pile of dung, you described the city beautifully and almost made me overcome my deep-seated hatred of the Big Apple.

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thank you very much n nice to know it ;)

[quinfinn]

it makes me feel good to know that not all visitors to my beloved country hold nothing but hatred and disgust, because of our intervention in all things "foreign". yes, NYC (the big apple) is a grand place to visit, but i wouldn't want to live there....too many people crammed into such a small area for me to breathe...i hope that one day you may get to see some of the more bucolic and beautiful areas of America. this poem is lovely. thank you for sharing.

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thank you very much and agreed :) Wanna visit the America where country music was born !!! Also, if I'm not wrong, in Minnesota, ice hockey is very popular *____*

[quinfinn]

we have some beautiful forests and oceans and mountains and many, many wonderful sights to see....and yes, hockey is quite popular in all America but probably moreso in the northern states.....

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Makes me wanna go back there as soon as I can *___*

[Devanshu Rajput]

you described your love towards the city which you visited for for first time very beautifully, in precise manner, and in a manner that lead me to say..........WOW......WOW......WONDERFUL.....in previous poem you were hating titling but this time you kept a long name.....huh?......i liked buildings to be called cement giants.....very cute.....i don't see it like a song.....it's a beautifully done piece of writing by you who seems to have unique skills in this art.....you should put a video in it....really a nice write.....word bank empty for the poem.....keep writing.....would send RR's to my friends.....they would love it....

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Wow, thank you very much for such a kind review !! Well, more than a title it looks like an explanation (what is that? A poem dedicated to the city of New York), that's why I had no problem writing it ahahaha
Thank you very much again for the compliments ! I'll keep writing, promise you :) I'd be honoured if you send RRs to your friends, my friend :)
About the video ... suggestions? I have no clue xD

[Devanshu Rajput]

ya...put your poem in a video view....like David has done it here.....
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Dawei/1112562/

welcome

[外人 (Gaijin)]

ahhhhhhhhh, so u don't mean, put a video in this page, you mean put the poem on a video !! Man, u're definitely asking too much from me, it's already a miracle I can use Word and Power Point ahahahah, have no clue how to make a video ... plus I'm too shy to recite it :(

[Devanshu Rajput]

like you can sing your poem in the video.....it will be attractive....

[外人 (Gaijin)]

not with my voice !!

[Devanshu Rajput]

hahahah.....you at least can try

[Devanshu Rajput]

hahahah.....you at least can try

[外人 (Gaijin)]

man, look for "shy" in the vocabolary ... you will find my face !

[Devanshu Rajput]

i didn't understood.....what do you wantto say?

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

It does read like a song to be honest, very inept though, well done, good read.