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| Author: | luigi [ Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Go (free translation of Borges' poem) |
I made a free translation of Borges' famous Go poem, turning it into a "blank sonnet." (Line 12 was suggested by an AI after someone noted an issue with the previous version.) Go Today, September ninth of seventy-eight, I held a small disc in my hand, a fraction of the three hundred sixty-one that make that other chess, the cosmic game of Go. It's older than the oldest written word and the board holds a mirror to the stars. Its endless permutations, light and dark, exhaust the thread of our custodian time, and men can lose themselves in its extension like others in the day or love's demand. Today, September ninth of seventy-eight, I, knowing little, learn I know still less, and owe my numina this revelation of a grave labyrinth that won't be mine. |
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