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selluette 08-19-2005 07:02 AM

schoollife for a chinese
 
This is mainly about my university life. Maybe someone can help me to make this sounds less Chinese-English. many thanks


We need no campus,
we need only, buildings with bars.
the dawn, for the day dreamers,
and the sunset, for the broken-hearts.

The garden for the love birds,
only to be disturbed,
by insects, all kinds of bugs.
All these living creatures,
they witness,
and outlive,
their romance.

The journey is the reward,
for the losers.
Even the cat suffers.
Why we different?
All I need,
is some decent sleep,
and wake up,
escape.

riseagainstrocks 08-19-2005 07:07 PM

eh does sound very proverbial.

but it is very interesting. as a poem this is very good.

phoenixflames 08-22-2005 08:16 PM

Yeah, I agree, as poetry it is pretty descent. I don't quite know how it would translate into music though. Seems to have an odd canter...

blackTshirt 08-23-2005 01:53 AM

haha phoenix, see? the chinese spelt "decent" right and you didn't! :p

:laughing:

i meant it in the good, funny way ;)

phoenixflames 08-23-2005 06:52 AM

^ Man, I wish my spelling was better. In reality, its quite horrid. I did fantastic in school, but for some reason, my spelling has gone down hill since I graduated. Oh well, I guess its just one of those things. Time to start typing everything in a different program so I can spell check it before I post! :)

Spike*Spiegel 09-08-2005 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by selluette
This is mainly about my university life. Maybe someone can help me to make this sounds less Chinese-English. many thanks


We need no campus,
we need only, buildings with bars.
the dawn, for the day dreamers,
and the sunset, for the broken-hearts.

The garden for the love birds,
only to be disturbed,
by insects, all kinds of bugs.
All these living creatures,
they witness,
and outlive,
their romance.

The journey is the reward,
for the losers.
Even the cat suffers.
Why we different?
All I need,
is some decent sleep,
and wake up,
escape.


i like this quite a lot. its very unique. most lyrics you hear out there, now, are all the same manufactured garbage regurgitated out with a new beat every few weeks.

Ma Cherie 09-29-2005 03:32 PM

I would seggest that you put it into line of four and work from there. and add words where it does not sound right.

DontRunMeOver 09-30-2005 10:33 AM

Hi, I liked this poem anyway. As you asked for somebody to make it a bit less chinese-english I've just altered it directly, see what you think of it.

I just got rid of a few unnecessary commas, added one 'are' and changed the last line to one with more typical grammar. The words I added are in capitals so you can see them easily. Hope its of some help.

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We need no campus,
we need only, buildings with bars.
the dawn, for the day dreamers,
and the sunset, for the broken-hearts.

The garden for the love birds,
only to be disturbed,
by insects, all kinds of bugs.
All these living creatures,
they witness and outlive their romance.

The journey is the reward for the losers.
Even the cat suffers.
Why ARE we different?
All I need,
Is some decent sleep,
TO WAKE UP AND ESCAPE (And wake up escape)

dog 10-01-2005 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackTshirt
the chinese spelt "decent" right

why are you refering him/her as a "chinese", its like calling me an english.


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