Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhat is your favourite poem, and why?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite poem, and why?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-27 months agoSubh Milis (Sweet jam). It’s a short and powerful Irish poem reminding parents to be kind to their kids. English translation below. Can’t seem to get the formatting correct on mobile… Bhí subh milis ar bháscrann an doras ach mhúch mé an corraí ionaim a d’éirigh mar smaoinigh mé ar an lá a bheadh an bháscrann glan agus an lámh beag – ar iarraidh…” There was jam on the door handle But I quelled the anger That rose inside me Because I thought of the day That the handle would be clean And the little hand - longed for
Subh Milis (Sweet jam). It’s a short and powerful Irish poem reminding parents to be kind to their kids.
English translation below. Can’t seem to get the formatting correct on mobile…
There was jam on the door handle
But I quelled the anger
That rose inside me
Because I thought of the day
That the handle would be clean
And the little hand - longed for