Long Mala Poems

Date: April  2,   2051

NEXT DAY:
3:10 afternoon
 the family held a secret
Family conference in adjourned rooms of
Holly's family. CJ  and his wife Amaliah 
Desharah Dolly were present in
Father Hakim's and ma Lucinda's
Suite...

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It’s like being hit by a meteor
Where there’s no tomorrow
It is like doomsday, really
Where everything is ugly
And absolutely nothing is pretty
I just received the bad news
That my sister-in-law had died
Suddenly and extemporaneously
Without being sick tremendously
I...

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2025.4.16
Six year passing.
It was an early Tuesday morning.
You laid on your sick bed without moving.
For a while, you laid still with your eyes closed.
I decided to get close and climbed on your bed,
Placed my ear...

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You could never be me,
For I am not you,	
You could never do what I do,
 For my life’s path is not yours.

You are you and I am me,
We need each other,
 But still you can...

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NOTE: Submitted in the source language for comparative study and scholarly purposes.

Kwanera kwanera, mala kwabuka
Kamatere kachonjoma oli ko, ka mwaka,
Lisese wakela oli manya, sisombo
Ne khukholola nakhwo?Okhwa Papa kulenya sa,

Kimika emba khuchichakana ta
Nekukhabeya likhasi lie chinge
Likenda...

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Martial Translations

Coq au vin (Cook or wine)
by Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are you merely an éclair to the greedy?

2.
Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are...

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La conciencia no aguanto el remordimiento
el sufrimiento va consumiéndome Lento
pero se bien que yo me Lo eh ganado
eh pecado y por ti seré castigada 
puedo mentirle a Los demás pero a ti no dios 
se...

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Que solo soy un muerta  sobre la faz
Que no me he dado cuenta nadamas
Que mi estancia en el mundo se acabó
Mi misión persona simplemente fracasó Puras culpas y desilusiones y tristeza cargo en mi...

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Magdadapit-hapon na't ang kalangita'y nagku-kulimlim, 
naghahalo ang madugong pagka-lunod ng araw sa sinag ng
buwang nagbu-bughaw, 
ang anino ng aking pag-iisa'y namumula sa pagka-bagot, 
isipa'y nagkapunit-punit, 
sugat sa katinua'y walang tigil sa pag-durugo, 
animo'y nahiwa ng...

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Introduction:
Happy Mother’s Day to all you beautiful women… I want to share this special piece that God downloaded into me to encourage and motivate you as you travel this role of “Mother”, as predestined by...

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MARANAO HISTORICal POEM
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~ Linimpang a Pilimpinas |
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Pilimpinas go(w)Ane
ko masá o Mericano
na ini zámaiya iran
na othángen so kadatu
a minindatu ko Moro(d)
ko lupa a Minsupala
Na paka Thâgombasayen
so kadatu ko Sulot(a)n
go so kalipa datu ...
I
Pilimpinas miyareg
na somiyorong sa...

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He Purushottama,
Jyeshtha bandhoo Sunkawar hyanche
Purushottam naav thyaanche
Marathi thyaanchee layee bhaaree
Aamhas deyi madat sarvatopari
Prem ase karayache jase bandhoo aamche
Aata dadanvadan vyavasayat naav gaajate 
Vastigruhatil sarvaat jababdar vidhyarthee asa naavlaukik tyancha
Asayche prasann aani dilasa dyayache sarvanna
Tyanche naav...

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From The Tree Of Evil Into Earth Its Broken Bough

From the tree of evil into earth its broken bough
Power and pain such fertile seed for its black-plow
And the evil fruit consumed by all of mankind
Hunger...

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Tamas
I began in my mother's womb  where darkness clothed me
still carrying taste of death upon my tongue I suckled and kicked free
there were dancing lights and tears in the Universe gathering me to life...

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Oh how I wish…
If someone can knit back my tapestry in me 
I will be in all my glee;
For it’s long overdue. 
The fine lines are fading and the cords are fraying.
Heavier loads are weighing...

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Far away by the oceanside  I sit and watch the seagulls fly
inside a pale orange sun that has yet to warm a reposing sand
Over by the boardwalk the air still hums of yesterday's feet
two...

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I live by Faith and not by feeling
It is a fact that this feeling will pass
For I live by faith and not by sight
I know with God on my side 
Everything is going to be...

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I've climbed the monkey-sided mountains
overlooking Rishikesh;
a spill of Rishis in the granite bowl below,
each with callous, with incense, with their
various beggaries...each sweet-tongued with 
prasad.

I've bent to kiss a broken man;
my lips on his toes, his...

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I, the end of man
The son of Mala
The offspring of Lamia
I care not for testaments
Ripping out the crimson hearts
They lie freshly dead
I kill all there angels
Crush their halo’s, falling fragments, down to the Earth
With Hellish...

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~Malalong kadn 'man~
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Malalong kadn Pikir
Sa kapipikir angkawn
a Manisan go matanos
na Mainam kadn Lalong
so Kalalongan nka ...
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Mataid ko Rambayong
na Minirombayo a Lo'
a Masisinganin oto'
na inisayan Saniyan
Sa salakaw a antangan...
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Matarintis a Bae
Na bako mikha karangan?
i Kararatan sa...

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At the gates of Heaven
I sit and sing Your praise

Where is Maya now?
when the only sound my mind
can hear is Hari Nam

My sari a silk prayer flag
flutters in the tranquil breeze
pastel blue, pink
and yellow hues...

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Madre Nueva 
Una jovencita tan más Hermosa
Muy humilde e inocente
Que con amor se cree cualquier cosa
Sin saber qué mala es la gente

Qué más quisiera yo
Que enseñarle de la vida
Para que no caiga hoy
En otra trampa...

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2024.5.14
Apple said to banana 
"B loves avocados more than you".
Avocados signed: "Hmm, apparently not any more.
Now, he loves his lazy bone
And lets it be his boss.

Chilli whispered "I am hot
But not enough to attract him".

Orange...

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No creí que esto fuera posible
pero al parecer para ti soy invisible
y aun en mi estado nunca de ti me he apartado
dime que tengo que hacer para comvertirme en tu soldado

que no sabes que lo...

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Pahilyanda pahata kshani tula mi,
Kuthetari harvale…
Man tuzyat gahivarle…
Pratyek shwas bharavla,
Tu distach, 
Majhya manatil pratyek disha unchavlya...

Vichar kela kadhi tuzyashi bolaycha,
Pan manatle bhav, kadhi jibhevarche shabd nahi tolayche…
Tu distach, mi lapayche…
Swatahla savarayche…
Vatayche kadhi konala kalal tar,
Ka...

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