pucette2008

Here is the souce text to translate into english


Les dents serrées
Je hais. Ne me demandez pas ce que je hais

Il y a des mondes de mutisme entre les hommes

Et le ciel veule sur l’abîme, et le mépris

Des morts. Il y a des mots entrechoqués, des lèvres

Sans visage, se parjurant dans les ténèbres

Il y a l’air prostitué au mensonge, et la Voix

Souillant jusqu’au secret de l’âme

mais il y a

le feu sanglant, la soif rageuse d’être libre

il y a des millions de sourds les dents serrées

il y a le sang qui commence à peine à couler

il y a la haine et c’est assez pour espérer.


my translation :

I hate. Do not ask me what I hate.
There are worlds of silence (gaps of silence ?) between men
and the feeble sky on the abyss, and the contempt
of the dead. There are (the ) clashing words, (the) lips
without faces, perjuring themselves in the darkness :
the air is prostituted to lies, and the Voice
contaminating up to (/even ?) the secret of (the?) soul.

But there is
the fire without bulkhead, the furious craving of freedom (of being free ? )
there are milions of deaf people griting their teeth
there is blood that has just started to spill
there is (the?) hate and it is enough to hope.


a lot of challenges in this translation,

--use of "the" or not ?
--there is/there are, no difference in french, but diffrent in english, how to translate it ?
--expression "monde de mutism", maybe find an equivalent, idiomatic expression

Any suggestions are welcome, even on isolated bits or words. Thank you !