tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394695916970642440.post8303221478506819904..comments2024-03-16T22:55:12.147+01:00Comments on johnirons: A poem by the Danish poet Michael Strunge (1958-86)John Ironshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280674552291828042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394695916970642440.post-33010358508640487292013-09-27T15:02:20.190+02:002013-09-27T15:02:20.190+02:00i'm mystified by the comment on 'fag',...i'm mystified by the comment on 'fag', which is completely normal slang for a cigarette, just as 'mug' or 'gob' is for the mouth. as such, the english is a natural translation of 'smøgen i kæften'.John Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280674552291828042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394695916970642440.post-17395734498836594422013-09-27T14:48:08.447+02:002013-09-27T14:48:08.447+02:00fag is translated from the word 'smøg' so ...fag is translated from the word 'smøg' so it means unambiguously cigaretteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394695916970642440.post-55234652016040529662013-05-30T06:14:07.418+02:002013-05-30T06:14:07.418+02:00i think strunge is quoting ginsberg:
“I saw the be...i think strunge is quoting ginsberg:<br />“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.”<br />― Allen Ginsberg John Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280674552291828042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394695916970642440.post-80958395745170871712013-05-29T20:39:40.528+02:002013-05-29T20:39:40.528+02:00I respectfully, but strongly disagree with the tra...I respectfully, but strongly disagree with the translation of the title.<br /><br />Strunge did call it "Natmaskinen" and not "Nattens Maskineri". You have translated it as "Nattens Maskineri". <br /><br />I think a better, and more correct translation would be "the Nightmachine" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com