On a Planet Which Was Ruthlessly Tiny
Dear friends! Here's my trial to translate a poem by Robert Rozhdestvensky, a poet from the USSR. Even a negative assessment is welcome..
On the planet
which was ruthlessly tiny,
there lived a man and he was tiny.
And he had a job which was tiny
And a very tiny briefcase.
And his salary was tiny.
And one a sunny beautiful morning
he had heard someone knocked on his window.
And it seemed it was a little war.
And his rifle was also tiny.
And they gave him new boots, they were tiny,
And his helmet was very tiny,
His trenchcoat was of a tiny size.
...And when he fell down—
unnaturally, unsightly,
And his mouth was distorted with a battle cry,
It turned out,
Earth had no enough of marble
to cut him out in his real great height.
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Some ideas based on the Russian :)
On a Planet Which Was Ruthlessly Tiny
Dear friends! Here's my trial to translate a poem by Robert Rozhdestvensky, a poet from the USSR. Even a negative assessment is welcome..On the planet
which was ruthlessly tiny,
there lived a man and he was tiny.
And he had a job which was tiny
And a very tiny briefcase.
And his salary was tiny.
And once, on a beautiful morning,
A seemingly small war knocked on his window.
And one a sunny beautiful morning
he had heard someone knocked on his window.
And it seemed it was a little war.
And his rifle was also tiny.
And they gave him new boots, they were tiny,
And his helmet was very tiny,
His trenchcoat was of a tiny size.
He was given a tiny rifle,
And new boots, which were also tiny,
And a helmet, it was also tiny,
And a trenchcoat of the tiniest size.
...And when he fell down—
unnatural and unsightly,
And his mouth was distorted with a battle cry,
It turned out,
The Earth had not enough marble
to cut him out in his real/true? great height.
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On a Planet Which Was Ruthlessly Tiny
Dear friends! Here's my trial to translate a poem by Robert Rozhdestvensky, a poet from the USSR. Even a negative assessment is welcome..On the planet
which was ruthlessly tiny,
there lived a man and he was tiny.
And he had a job which was tiny
And a very tiny briefcase.
And his salary was tiny.
he had heard someone knock
And it seemed it was a little war.
And his rifle was also tiny.
And they gave him new boots. They were tiny,
And his helmet was very tiny,
His trenchcoat was
...And when he fell down—
unnaturally, unsightly,
It turned out,
The Earth had not enough
to cut him out in his real great height.
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https://youtu.be/uzZjRIBPNQQ
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Yes, Katia!
На Земле
безжалостно маленькой
жил да был
человек маленький.
У него была служба
маленькая.
И маленький очень портфель.
Получал он зарплату
маленькую...
И однажды -
прекрасным утром -
постучалась к нему в окошко
небольшая,
казалось,
война...
Автомат ему выдали
маленький.
Сапоги ему выдали
маленькие.
Каску выдали
маленькую
и маленькую -
по размерам -
шинель.
...А когда он упал -
некрасиво,
неправильно,
в атакующем крике
вывернув рот,
то на всей земле
не хватило
мрамора,
чтобы вырубить парня
в полный рост!
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Can you add the Russian original? :)
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