Mayan poetry translated into English, French, Latin and Hittite = poésie mayanne traduite en français, latin et hittite a special post to honour Daniel de França's beautiful contribution/ un poste spécial en l'honneur de la belle contribution de Daniel de França... original Mayan poem in Mayan and Spanish: Matthew 7:7 (New Testament): Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.English You will go to school. You will not be empty-headed. You will cross the threshold of your imagination going all the way into your own house without having to knock on the door. français : Vous irez à l'école. Vous ne serez pas écervelé. Vous franchirez le seuil de ton imagination et vous irez jusqu'au bout et vous entrerez chez toi sans même devoir frapper à la porte. Spanish: See the Mayan poem above, followed by it in Spanish and then in English. Latin: Scholae operam dabitis. Non eritis ineptus. Ingrediemini domum cogitationis et ibitis procul et in domum tuum intrabitis neque ostium pulsare debebitis. Translation: You will devote your work to school. You will not be empty-headed. You will enter the home of your imagination and you will go all the way and you will enter your home and you will not have to knock on the door. Hittite (3,500 BCE): Hatrai istamasteni. Httatan harteni. Teshus istamasteni. Appezziyan tarhuteni appezziyan paitteni parnant appezziyan askan siyateni. Literally: You will learn to count. You will have wisdom. You will learn your dreams. Afterwards you will win (and) afterwards you will go to your house afterwards you will open the door. NOTES: 1. There is no future tense in Hittite. So the text actually reads: You learn to count. You have wisdom. You learn your dreams. Afterwards you win (and) afterwards you go to your house afterwards you open the door. 2. The Hittites never focused on stupidity, which they believed was beneath them, but instead honoured wisdom. 3. There was no word for “imagination”. The Hittites learned from their dreams, which they considered sacred. 4. Once again, the Hittites did not focus on obligation, but instead described positively what they meant. So to them it meant so little to have to knock on the door when all you had to do was to open it. Richard Vallance © by/ par Richard Vallance 2020
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haiku d’été and a stunning photo of Mars! – Mars – her ocean = Mars - son océan, et une photo éblouissante de Mars ! Mars’ sandy ocean laps her greening shores – can you imagine that?l’océan de sable de Mars clapote ses rives vertes – l’imagines-tu ? Richard Vallance
POST 1,400: another sonnet of mine, based on the previous 2 haiku in Mycenaean Greek: Never fearMatthew 14:27 But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is I: do not be afraid.
The Temple of Bahai’, Tel Aviv, Israel While you are so afraid of your own life, never fear for me, for I fear as well as well as you for every scrap of strife we shall have all endured by spiting hell: and it’s just as well, heaven willing earth shall allow Bahai’ the inspiration to distance wisdom of our precious worth, our spirit His, His imagination ours the “forever Was”, forever shared with every single soul, however ill: We’ll know the love of God has always spared us all and embraces us in his Will... ... and it’s just as well I can hear Him spell his Word on us to see us faring well. Richard Vallance, January 10, 2017