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Indeed… interesting read… for me, the following stands out “Obviously a part of the poem will always be lost in translation”… the discussion talks about metaphors in a language. For me, language is closely tied down to a culture, so, many references, experiences, etc. are tied down to a language, and may not translate to another . I try to translate some known couplets sometimes. For example, I was translating the following couplet:

आंखें मूंदकर बैठे हों तस्सवुर में किसी के
ऐसे में कोई छम से आ जाये तो क्या हो

Now, how does one translate छम से आना… this is what I ended up writing:

I am lost
deep in reverie
she tiptoes

I see you doing the same thing, keeping the essence and writing what conveys the message in the target language. Of course, some things are inadvertently lost in translation.

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