Friday, November 04, 2005

It's Raining. The Visual Poem



It's Raining

it's raining women's voices as if they were dead even in memory

it's raining you too marvelous encounters of my life oh droplets

and those clouds rear and begin to whinny a universe of auricular cities

listen to it rain while regret and disdain weep an ancient music

listen to the the fetters falling that bind you high and low

-Guillaume Apollinaire

在 在     也  而  听 听
     落        
落 落    着  那  是   那
着 着      些  不   镣
      你    云  是   铐
雨 女       彩     
  人   我       在   从
          高       天
  的    生   高  落   而
       命  升     雨   降
  声    中    起     
  音            与   将
         美   并    此    你
  好      妙        同     
  像      的  哼    时   缚
               鸣        住
   即       邂    着   遗    
   便      逅       憾    从
               一          头
     在     哦    个     与     到
                        脚
    记       细    宇    轻
     忆      小   宙    蔑
           的    
     中         充     和
            雨   斥    着
      都     滴    着 
      是               远
              听       古
       死        觉     的
      的          的  
                      乐
               城      曲
               池            
                       抽
                         泣

            
the words laid out in chinese look like a milder, more drippy rain, the rain-drops rather too big, while that in french look gluey and stringy, more sentimental.

5 comments:

YayADuCK said...

sooo cheam... tho i don't really understand how it is composed, it really looks quite good..

sangyu said...

haha. me too was impressed by the visual effect, especially in the context of this poem. i mean the content.. yummy..

Jade said...

hehe why not write the Chinese version in flowing caligraphy~~! i'm sure the effect would be stunning ^^

sangyu said...

wish i had the gift of commanding those brushes.. haha. didn't manage to tame them in primary school, certainly not now. haha... :) you could try

Z said...

dun blame me for spoiling the aethetic feel. the chinese one looks like seaweed more than anything... oh btw i love the french sound for rain 'flic flac', so gentle and soft.