While Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) written by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry in 1943 now has over 300 translations in different languages worldwide and is now considered the world’s most translated book (not counting religious works), there have been surprisingly only two translations of his book in the Philippines (Filipino and Bicol). El Diutay Principe is only the third edition featuring a Philippine language. The Little Prince is a classic French novella about a pilot who gets stranded in the desert after a plane crash and encounters a little fellow who asks him to draw a sheep for him. Through the course of their meeting, the pilot rediscovers the true meaning of life and what people should value the most. When I came across the book in 2013, I found that I could relate very well to the negative image given to “growing up” in the book. When the idea to translate the book into my mother tongue was presented to me, I didn’t think twice. I thought, ‘a lot of people my ...
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On a lazy Saturday, I decided to translate a poem written by the famous author of the book "The Prophet", Kahlil Gibran into Chabacano.
"El Rio No Puede Vira"
de Kahlil Gibran
Tiene ta habla que antes anda para na mar,
el rio ta tembla de miedo.
Ta mira 'le con el camino donde ele estaba,
Desde el pico del maga monte,
Hasta na largo camino para na maga gulod y maga barrio.
Acabar en frente con ele
ta mira 'le con el mar bien grande,
Donde si ay zambulli ele,
Ay guinda ele para na oscuro eternidad.
Pero no hay otro camino.
No puede mas vira el rio.
No hay quien ta puede vira.
Imposible ese.
Necesita queda valiente el rio antes guinda na mar.
Por medio de este manera lang ay perde el miedo,
Alli ay entende el rio
Hende ele necesita desaparece para na mar,
Sino necesita ele queda el mar.
The poem "Fear" is part of the book titled "The Prophet" written by Kahlil Gibran.
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