Challenge
Bilingual
Write a poem in a language you know aside from English and then translate it back into English.
Ni chikondi!
mutima wanga ima lila
pamene ni ma kuona
menso yanga alangana muli yako
vini wuza chani?
kamwa yako iyenda maningi
kamba pangono pangono, napapata
na nvela manje vamena wenzo niuza
ufuna mutima yanga—
niza kupasa chamene ufuna.
my heart beats
whenever I see you
my eyes gaze deeply into yours
what do they tell me?
your mouth moves quite fast
speak much slower, please
now I’ve heard what it is u were sayin’
you want my heart—
i’ll give you what you want.
#Ni chikondi!
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