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"Nice ass" - Medieval Arab Poet (media.piefed.social)
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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I dunno though, I kinda like the simpler form

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I'm with you, the "improved" translation is too verbose, tries to hard, and assumes that all poetry has to rhyme.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

trying too hard is like, 95% of poetry

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