On October 18, 2019 1:00:54 AM UTC, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 17:49 Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka@gmail.com> wrote:
There is an old Brazilian song for kids that always makes me smile, sweetie... Its name is "The History Of A Kitten" and my favorite
verses
since my earlier childhood are:
"WE, CATS, WERE BORN IN POVERTY HOWEVER, WE WERE BORN FREE!!! MISTER, MISSES, LANDLORD... FELINE, YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE!!!"
Nobunaga Oda's translation for the last verse sounds much more precise. I made a too literal and weak translation, and changed it twice before posting:
"WE, CATS, WERE BORN IN POVERTY HOWEVER, WE WERE BORN FREE!!! MISTER, MISSES, LANDLORD... WE, FELINES, WON'T RECOGNIZE!!!"
I will try another easier version, Nobunaga... :)
"WE, CATS, WERE BORN POOR HOWEVER, WE WERE BORN FREE!!! MISTER, MISSES, LANDLORD... WE, FELINES, WON'T RECOGNIZE THEM!!!"
Thanks for the lovely suggestion, dear!!! Love you and your family!!! <3
Take care, please!!!
Wow, I had no idea Nobunaga wrote such poetry ;) I know he almost conquered Japan, was assassinated by one of his vassals, Akechi Mitsuhide, and his most ruthless vassal Hideyoshi paved the way for Tokugawa. And he supposedly really liked sugary treats that the Portuguese brought over (this was before Ieyasu had locked shit down to the secular Dutch - he saw Christianity and hated it).