This is a short poem of two elegiac couplets (each of which consists of a hexameter and a pentameter) written by the Greek poet Anakreón that I learned in school eons ago. The trouble is, I am unable to find an original version of this epigram anywhere or even an English version, so I went by the Hungarian translation I remember (translated by Miklós Radnóti). Better let's not call it a translation but an adaptation then (or a game of Chinese whisper).

The metre is supposed to be

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Anakreón

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This is a NeoQuenya translation of Sonnet XXXV. by William Shakespeare.

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This little poem is heavily inspired by a poem written by Hungarian poet Sándor Weöres that was known practically by every child when I grew up (and probably still is). I can't call it a translation as I simply lack the vocabulary and skills to do it justice, but I at least tried to convey the rhythm (the original consists purely of molossi to mimic the swinging-ringin motion and sound of the sleighs) and sense.

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A poem by Edith Nesbit

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Prospero’s abandonment of magic (The Tempest V, 1)

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This is the translation of a sweet poem by the Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti, who worked in the first third of the last century before he was killed by Nazis during a forced march to a camp.

Undómea Nainie

A, undómion kólime rohtar:

Lakare ar xiéte quilde;

*Lenkie lorde oronti-karinnar

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It is extremely difficult to match the perfect iambic rhythm of this beautiful poem, the internal rhymes and alliterations, but it called out to me and I had to respond. I had to cut bits here and there for sake of brevity. Comments, suggestions and improvements are welcome.

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