4 Comments

1. 
   Eefje

   November 20, 2008 at 1:43 pm

   I hate it when they translate, it sounds so stupid XD
   But as long as you only listen it sounds good. I don’t know the opera though, but I hardly know any operas. So half of your posts I don’t get anyway :p
2. 
   Patty

   November 20, 2008 at 3:49 pm

   The words are from a John Donne sonnet; it’s one of my favorite sonnets. Maybe, in fact, my favorite.

   (Are you saying you don’t like that it is in English? It was written in English, actually.)
3. 
   Eefje

   November 21, 2008 at 7:43 am

   No, with translation I mean the subtitles… I like the English text, but the subtitles are in Dutch, and about any English text you’d like to pick sounds stupid, or at least less beautifull, when it’s translated to Dutch.
4. 
   Patty

   November 21, 2008 at 4:22 pm

   Ah … well, we say the same thing when we see English subtitles or supertitles for an opera in another language. Funny how that works!