> "Have it compose a poem—a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!!"
> Seduced, shaggy Samson snored.
> She scissored short. Sorely shorn,
> Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed,
> Silently scheming,
> Sightlessly seeking
> Some savage, spectacular suicide.
I've found an article that compares the translation the original Polish. The translator had to change the premise of the poem and write a completely new poem:
Re:Stanisław Lem
by mcv on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:24AM
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As I expected: it's a total rewrite, just with similarly restrictive requirements. But the theme changed from cybererotica (though there wasn't much cyber about the original) to biblical tragedy.
> Seduced, shaggy Samson snored.
> She scissored short. Sorely shorn,
> Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed,
> Silently scheming,
> Sightlessly seeking
> Some savage, spectacular suicide.
I've found an article that compares the translation the original Polish. The translator had to change the premise of the poem and write a completely new poem:
https://medium.com/@mwichary/seduced-shaggy-samson-snored-72...