Re: TRANS: guess!

From: "FFlores"

> I have here a Spanish translation of a poem by a famous
> English-speaking poet(ess). I'm sure someone will guess
> who (s)he is... I'm giving you the Spanish version with
> interlinears only, just to make it a bit more difficult
> <he he he>...
> Cuando oí         al     docto   astrónomo,
> when   hear.1sPST to+the learned astronomer
>
> cuando me     presentaron   en columnas
> when   1s.DAT present.3pPST in columns
>
> las pruebas, los guarismos,
> the proofs   the figures
>
>
> cuando me     señalaron   los mapas y   los diagramas,
> when   1s.DAT point.3pPST the maps  and the diagrams
>
> para medir,      para dividir    y   sumar,
> for  measure.INF for  divide.INF and add.INF
>
>
> cuando desde mi asiento oí         al     docto
> when   from  my seat    hear.1sPST to+the learned
>
> astrónomo  que  disertaba
> astronomer that dissert.3sIMP
>
> con  mucho aplauso  en la  cátedra,
> with much  applause on the cathedra
>
>
> qué pronto me     sentí      inexplicablemente
> how soon   1s.DAT feel.1sPST inexplicably
>
> aturdido y   hastiado,
> confused and fed_up
>
>
> hasta que  escurriéndome      fuera
> until that slipping_out.1sACC outside
>
> me     alejé         solo,
> 1s.ACC get_far.1sPST alone
>
>
> en el  húmedo místico aire de la  noche,
> in the wet    mystic  air  of the night
>
> y   de   tiempo en tiempo,
> and from time   to  time
>
>
> miré       en silencio perfecto las estrellas.
> look.1sPST in silence  perfect  the stars
>
>
> If any of you guesses, do you think you could provide
> the original version? Good luck,
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer

 When I heard the learn'd astronomer;
 When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
 When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and
       measure them;
 When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much
       applause in the lecture-room,
 How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;
 Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
 In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
 Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

 -- Walt Whitman

Kou