Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The Parisian Bum


Le clochard parisien
(or what kind of poetry can a person who's just seen the grammar rules of French for the first time produce)

je reste,
attendu que quelque advenira
et ensuite,
ouïs une haleine
-périodique et rapide-
ressentis le en mon gorge
est possible qu'le es tu
et je demande:
suis-je fou?
suis-je amoureux?
Et tu?
allons-y acheter une bouteille de vin
et faire l'amour toute la nuit

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Yep.

You've put me together
I can see now
the sun shines
through the trees
shines down
through the ice
it's ll your work
it's all your fault
these are my thanks
to you
my BRIGHTSIDE

My hands are warm
in your coat
they rest on your heart
my BRIGHTSIDE
-fragments of the "Brightside" lyrics sketch

Unfinished. Awful (cause romantic = awful). No need to make it complicated. 1)nobody listens to the lyrics anyway 2)this is what I want to say.
The rehearsal was cool.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

I'm no Doherty

..but I still can write some averagely good lyrics.

I am kinda proud of these

Just like superheroes


Oh do you remember the glorious days

Wherever the fuck you are now

When we would wear leggings and look like gays

But back then we were ordinary superheroes


Back then we did not know impossible

Or forbidden or dangerous

We flew from roof to roof and from second floors

And we felt just like superheroes.


These cloaks we’ve made of your sister’s dress

Where are they now, can anybody guess?

I would go through your house’s bins

Just to find them and remember where we used to be


As the years go by I am scared more and more

Am I going to loose my powers, are you sure?

What was the thing, about you and me

That made us feel just like superheroes?


(I feel creepy inside I have no will to fly

I can’t stand what I used to stand anymore

Instead of fighting the evil I sit down and cry

Do you know I am in such a sore?) /this one will not be used in the song/


/refs?/

Where are the cloaks and where are the boys

The lads, the chaps with high pitched voice

The trees we robbed the walnuts from

On which we sat, oh so troublesome


Where are the gloves and where are the boys

When we split up, was it really our choice?

Was it the supervillain and the goblins of his

Or mum when found out we ruined dress of your sis?


Where are the masks and where are the boys

Where are the nights filled with emergency noise

Our secret plans and signs and language we’ve made up

The poison we’ve mixed of soda and vinegar in a plastic cup?

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Of Four Different People

Ty múzo.

Ty múzo, ty protivná múzo z minula,
pořád jsi krásná a stále o tom víš
jak když v náruči s' mi před lety usnula
hned poté, cos řekla pravdu a já celou noc proplakal
protože jsem byl mladý a chtělo se mi.
Rozevíráš nade mnou svůj rudý deštník s květy
a já kývnu, protože prší, stejně jako včera
i tahle noc kropí těžkou černou vodou květy
předloňských šeříků.

Nevidím změnu, ani jednu jedinou
a nedávám ni zbla ti najevo, že bych byl schopen
udělat ty samé chyby s krásnou vidinou
že na tu jednu noc opět spočineme s nohama propletenýma

Dívko z obrazu, ty múzo
překonám sám sebe
a pojedu s tebou jen
JEDNU STANICI
.

O té, co tvrdila, že jsem jí zničil život

Vidím tě, jsi to ty, jsi to ty jak tehdy,
to ty pruhy a unavený pohled
no tak, dělej, já tuším, že přišla
dívka, co mě zbožňovala ač já byl jen prošlapaný led.

Ani slovo nevyjde z mého hrdla,
co když mě nenávidíš, co když miluješ?
Promluv, usměj se, cokoli, vyraž
ke mně a dokaž, že pamatuješ.

Neřekla nic, sklopila hlavu, opřela jí o sedačku
v autobuse
a já zrovna vystupuji, odcházím od ní,
zase.

Zatímco ležím, venku hřmí

Déšť na plechovou střechu a blesky na mé nahé tělo
jen pár minut poté, co jsem s tebou mluvil.
Jako vždy, bránil jsem se, jenže tobě se prostě mluvit chtělo.
Třeba o tom, že se nebojíš bouřky.

Neznám mnoho dívek, které by se nebály,
zato já nemůžu usnout, když nade mnou bliká nebe
nespím, tak myslím na to, jak to asi vyhráli,
ti, co teď podvojmo se mohou brodit kalužemi.

Myšlenky k večeři

Ztratil jsem štěstí už tolikrát,
až mě to naučilo
že je to ta nejvíc kluzká věc na celém světě
ale kdo má dobré oči a hbité sítě
tomu se po něm nikdy dlouho nestýská.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

How lame is that?

I hate writing my own poetry. On the other hand yesterday the words kept falling from me for so long that eventually ended up with several pages of dumb czech stuff which I am gonna post.

Analyticko geometrická prohra

Chtěli, abych našel souřadnice bodu v prostoru
a já na to jen:
A nechcete raději, abych nakreslil pejska, jak loví hraboše?
Želbohu nevyšel jsem jako vítěz z toho hovoru.

Začalo být nějak teplo

Dnes půjdu a koupím si zmrzlinu v kornoutu,
ohlodám z ní čokoládu a rozkoušu oříšky,
nechám krém vsáknout do oplatky
a pak barevný celofán v pěsti zmačkám
a hodím do koutu.

Co s takovým

Myslíš, slibuješ mi, že až to bude za námi roky,
že sama sobě řekneš - a také tomu uvěříš,
že byl jsem vlastně silný, čestný, prostě dokonalý muž
ač jsem jenom lhal a plakal a pomlouval své soky?

V zajetí vkusu

Vím, žes nechala moje boty ve své předsíni,
doufáš snad, že je zase nazuji?
Ne, ty jen chceš, aby měl ten další moje nohy,
ale ne mé chyby, nejspíš bude mít obojí.

Práší se mu na lopatky

V rohu stál kostlivec a chyběla mu lebka
plastik trčel do prostoru a chytal prach
i já někdy postrádam hlavu, ba i páteř,
ale radši poběžím, než bych v koutě pách.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

This is sick(ness)

Lot of things are sick recently.

My discman got sick and DIED.

I got sick and my chances to see Roger Waters DIED.

I've seen some pics of Adam kissing Kolombo and it made me sick and I want to DIE
/I am a slash person, but this is no slash, all right? This is jealousy-worth/

I've watched Saw III and it was pretty sick, but I've let it be followed by Lolita, and that was worth DYING.

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I popped up to one my web-acquaintance's blog, she actually has the same bog skin as I do, just with less red and more greenish blue. I think. I don't remember now. Duh. She writes great poetry in czech, at least the kind of poetry people like ME appreciate. Check it out.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

The store has new stuff in stock

The sunny weather makes me listen to indie folkish stuff, that makes one kind of... mellow. Recently I started to listen to two scandinavian artists, Ane Brun and Teitur. She is norwegian, he's from the Faroe Islands.

Her album
Duets is really beautiful, incidentally one of my favourites is the duet w/ Teitur and of course Little Lights, very catchy yet so touching, too. If I had to recommend something from Teitur's work, it would be the album Poetry and Aeroplanes, with the killersong One and Only /one appreciates a disgustingly romantic lovesong from time to time/ and I Was Just Thinking, kinda sad, in a bit cliché way /if you ask which indie folk lovesong is not a cliché - the Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens/

Let's get cliché then.

Teitur - One and Only

I've been wishing on a star but I never could have imagined
I would land just where you are after all this lonesome travelling
Took one look in your eye, reached out to hold your hand
This is when I realized what I could never understand

Do you want to be my one and only love?
Do you want to be my one and only love?

So you wanna be my friend, so you wanna be my lover
With you I do confess I can't be one without the other
That was hard for me to say, I hope I said it right
Which ever, come what may, you see I need to know tonight

Do you want to be my one and only love?
Do you want to be my one and only love?

Do you want to play these cards, do you want to lay them down?
Do you want to run away or do you want to stick around?

Do you want to be my one and only love?
Do you want to be my one and only love?

/And YES, despite all my cynical looks and staying ice cold, I think of Adam, when I hear this. Which makes me even more cynical and cold in the end/



Besides all this I kinda fell for Razorlight, especially
Who Needs Love? , cute contrast, aint it? lol.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

............... geez

"Falling Away With You" (Muse)

i can't remember when it was good
moments of happiness elude
maybe i just misunderstood

all of the love we left behind
watching the flash backs intertwine
memories i will never find

so i'll love whatever you become
and forget the reckless things we've done
i think our lives have just begun
i think our lives have just begun

and i feel my world crumbling
I feel my life crumbling
i feel my soul crumbling away
and falling away
falling away with you

staying awake to chase a dream
tasting the air you're breathing in
i know i won't forget a thing

promise to hold you close and pray
watching the fantasies decay
nothing will ever stay the same

all of the love we threw away
all of the hopes we cherished fade
making the same mistakes again
making the same mistakes again

i can feel my world crumbling
i can feel my life crumbling
i can feel my soul crumbling away
and falling away
falling away with you

all of the love we've left behind
watching the flash backs intertwine
memories i will never find
memories i will never find


Damn Adam. You just don't get a thing.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

I swear I won't spoil these.

Caught some other Horáček's lyrics. No translations. Thanks god. After all, most of the readers /grand total of, um, three?/ are czechs.

Nemůžeš usnout III

Nemůžeš usnout, to ani já ne
měsíc jak anděl na nebi plane
zdá se, že šeptá
tato noc panen
zvedá závoj zpovědnic,
cokoliv teď můžeš říct

mám se snad přiznat k věčnému přání
vyčíst svůj osud z čar ve tvé dlani
zpověď tak leda pro pousmání
jako vzkazy z pohlednic
tak to přeci nejde říct

skutečná přání jsou jen ta skrytá
v těch nejskrytějších vedle mě spí ta
pevná jak věže svatého Víta
křehká jako světla svic
tak já nevím, mám to říct?
Chtěl bych se svěřit s tím, že mě drtí
práce jak želva, příjmy jak chrti
nízký břeh stáří, mocný tón smrti
o tom jak mu šlapu vstříc
tobě lásko chtěl bych říct

První noc v novém bytě

První noc v novém bytě
co se ti asi zdálo?
Svíralas křížek z mědi
až mě to polekalo

Já vím, že máme málo
jen stůl a v láhvi chvojí
stůl, co nás rozděluje
zároveň nás spojí

První noc v novém bytě
jak mince ošoupaná
blýskl se v okně měsíc
padne lev, nebo panna?

Šance je vyrovnaná
a věru jenom dvojí
buďto se rozdělíme
nebo nás něco spojí

První noc v novém bytě
plachá jak stádo klisen
jen těm co nedýchají
prý osud vyjeví se

Tehdy jsem zaslech píseň
z úst smrti na orloji
všechno vás rozděluje
jen láska možná spojí

Guard of the flame

I was waiting so long for the new Hapka + Horáček album and when it finally came out it took me awfully long till I got it.
But it IS beautiful. Horáček is my favourite contemporary poet and Hapka's music suits it, although it may hang on the edge of cliché. The only problem is I am not such a good translator to even try and post something here. I also do believe that translated poem is like a new one, just inspired by the original, so translated ones might be beautiful as well, but they're not IT.

Anyways, I couldn't find any lyrics on the net, so I had to catch my favourite pieces of them and post them here.

Kdo by se díval nazpátek

A knohám sochy otce vlasti
si přisedají holubi
a blázen v plášti naruby
snad pod tím pláštěm kosti chrastí
snad ten chlap spadl do prospasti
jakou je láska nebo vztek
teď však má v očích příliš slunce
než by se díval nazpátek

plášť naruby a všude peří
vím kdo se takhle převléká
to ty se vracíš zdaleka
a zdráháš se jít k vlastním dveřím
a ptáš se, co když neuvěřím
žes hledal na svou úzkost lék
tak dobře, čekej, třeba řeknu
kdo by se díval nazpátek

(And to the feet of father of the nation
the pidgeons come to sit
and a lunatic in a coat inside out
maybe shattering bones under it
maybe he fell into an abyss
like love or rage is
but now his eyes are too full of sun
to look back

The coat inside out and feathers all around
I know ho dresses this way
it's you coming from the distance
and you hesitate if to go to your own door
and you ask, what if I do not believe
you've been seeking for your distress remedy
oh wait, maybe I am gonna say:
"who would look back after all?" )

(So sorry for the translation. I hate it .D )


Monday, February 12, 2007

Cumpleaňos Feliz, seňor Csabba!

Csabba Csabba Csabba
you're an old fart now
and maybe your facial hair
will finally start to grow

/that's actually only a graphic poem, for it does not rhyme when read out loud/

Csabba Csabba Csabba
you and your so-cool bass
I hope you'll never leave us
or run 'way without a trace

/sounds like a kindergarden kid's average work/

Csabba Csabba Csabba
don't care bout your luck with girls
though it may seem to not exist
it 's not the worst possible curse

/I´m only warming up/

Csabba Csabba Csabba
well I know your english sucks
so this verses can suck too
I'll make you sure they rock

Csabba Csabba Csabba
you and four strings of yours
for someone maybe insufficient
I think it could be worse

Csabba Csabba Csabba
don't care they say you're lame
cause even if you really were
we're actually the same

Csabba Csabba Csabba
the best bassist around
I bet he must have sold his soul
to get this awesome sound

Csabba Csabba Csabba
forgive me for this thing
my ego thought I am a poet
but suckers - I'm their king

Csabba Csabba Csabba
finally this horror ends
it might not 've been a piece of art
but it was a gift from friends!

HAPPY 19th B-DAY! ♥

Friday, February 9, 2007

Suicide in the Trenches

I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
. . . .
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.


I bet this sound familiar to you guys.