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comment by veen
veen  ·  2422 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Elemental haiku

Not bad! Fraulein literally means 'miss', a dimunitive of frau which means 'lady'. Mistress might be too pejorative. I'd translate it like this:

The young lady stood by the sea

And sighed long and weary,

It touched her so much,

the sunset.

'My lady! Worry not,

it's just an old thing

Before you she goes under

And will return from behind.





lil  ·  2422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Your translation makes more sense.

What a strange choice for your teacher - maybe he liked it because it was short.

veen  ·  2422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's supposed to be humorous / ironic, but it's German so it's not.