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bungadinding's review against another edition
3.0
Ketika tahu Love and Misadventures diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia, saya agak heran sekaligus geli. Puisi-puisi Lang Leav yang sudah populer di medsos itu kalau saya lihat pendek-pendek dan mudah dimengerti, jadi dengan songongnya saya sempat mikir, "ngapain gitu aja diterjemahin."
Tapi nama Aan Masyur sebagai penerjemahnya menjadi daya tarik tersendiri. Juga, saya teringat kalau tak salah kutipan Pak Sapardi yang bilang, puisi tidak bisa diterjemahkan, karena nuansa-nuansa dalam bahasa aslinya pasti hilang. Puisi bisanya disadur, dan puisi sadurannya bisa dianggap puisi yang berdiri sendiri dalam bahasa terjemahannya itu (mohon maap kalau salah ngutip atau nangkap makna kutipannya, saya ngetiknya masih ngantuk nunggu sahur #yha. Kutipan dimaksud seingat saya berasal dari buku Pak Sapardi yang Bilang Begini, Maksudnya Begitu). Saya jadi penasaran hasil saduran puisi Lang Leav yang ditangani langsung oleh (IMO) one of the most beloved poet in this country.
Kesan awal baca, memang 'terjemahan banget'. Kayak baca novel terjemahan, tapi saya tidak familier dengan puisi terjemahan jadi agak janggal. Mungkin namanya juga menyadur karya orang lain, Aan Mansyur tentu terbatasi tidak bisa berkreasi sebebas-bebasnya seperti kalau membuat puisi sendiri. Terjemahannya setia hampir kata per kata dari sumber aslinya, dan memang tidak sepuitis karya asli Aan Mansyur, tapi cukup nyaman dan jelas dibaca.
Hasil akhirnya menurut saya tetap terasa Lang Leav, dengan sentuhan rasa Aan Mansyur.
Tapi nama Aan Masyur sebagai penerjemahnya menjadi daya tarik tersendiri. Juga, saya teringat kalau tak salah kutipan Pak Sapardi yang bilang, puisi tidak bisa diterjemahkan, karena nuansa-nuansa dalam bahasa aslinya pasti hilang. Puisi bisanya disadur, dan puisi sadurannya bisa dianggap puisi yang berdiri sendiri dalam bahasa terjemahannya itu (mohon maap kalau salah ngutip atau nangkap makna kutipannya, saya ngetiknya masih ngantuk nunggu sahur #yha. Kutipan dimaksud seingat saya berasal dari buku Pak Sapardi yang Bilang Begini, Maksudnya Begitu). Saya jadi penasaran hasil saduran puisi Lang Leav yang ditangani langsung oleh (IMO) one of the most beloved poet in this country.
Kesan awal baca, memang 'terjemahan banget'. Kayak baca novel terjemahan, tapi saya tidak familier dengan puisi terjemahan jadi agak janggal. Mungkin namanya juga menyadur karya orang lain, Aan Mansyur tentu terbatasi tidak bisa berkreasi sebebas-bebasnya seperti kalau membuat puisi sendiri. Terjemahannya setia hampir kata per kata dari sumber aslinya, dan memang tidak sepuitis karya asli Aan Mansyur, tapi cukup nyaman dan jelas dibaca.
Hasil akhirnya menurut saya tetap terasa Lang Leav, dengan sentuhan rasa Aan Mansyur.
maimona's review against another edition
5.0
Re-read
From 4 stars to 5 stars.
xxx
Rereading this made me remember how it felt to read Lang Leav's books. her poetry is so touching! for me they are so perfect and I feel easy reading them.
The ache and sadness portrayed in a delicate way that you can get that this was after the heart is broken and she is trying to get over it but it still hurts.
Flowless.
and listening to the audiobook made it go to another level! I think I can listen to this audiobook forever and still feel the emotions as if I am reading\listening to it for the first time and believe me you won't get bored!
Highly Recommended.
From 4 stars to 5 stars.
xxx
Rereading this made me remember how it felt to read Lang Leav's books. her poetry is so touching! for me they are so perfect and I feel easy reading them.
The ache and sadness portrayed in a delicate way that you can get that this was after the heart is broken and she is trying to get over it but it still hurts.
Flowless.
and listening to the audiobook made it go to another level! I think I can listen to this audiobook forever and still feel the emotions as if I am reading\listening to it for the first time and believe me you won't get bored!
Highly Recommended.
dowryofbooks's review against another edition
2.0
2/5 stars
I debated about whether I should give this a two or three stars, and even though I'm giving it a two now, I'm still not really sure. I so desperately want to find a favorite poetry book, but its just not happening. Maybe I need to give up with modern day poetry. I'm learning I'm not a huge fan of poetry books where over half the poems are just a handful of lines. Most or at least half of the poems in this book I liked and they were decent. The problem was just that none of them really impacted me or made me feel any kind of way. I'd say it was just ok.
I'm gonna just leave my favorite poem from this book right here:
I debated about whether I should give this a two or three stars, and even though I'm giving it a two now, I'm still not really sure. I so desperately want to find a favorite poetry book, but its just not happening. Maybe I need to give up with modern day poetry. I'm learning I'm not a huge fan of poetry books where over half the poems are just a handful of lines. Most or at least half of the poems in this book I liked and they were decent. The problem was just that none of them really impacted me or made me feel any kind of way. I'd say it was just ok.
I'm gonna just leave my favorite poem from this book right here:
Rogue Planets
As a kid, I would count backwards from ten and imagine at one, there would be an explosion-perhaps caused by a rogue planet crashing into Earth or some other major catastrophe. When nothing happened, I'd feel relieved and at the same time, a little disappointed.
I think of you at ten; the first time I saw you. Your smile at nine and how it lit up something inside me I had thought long dead. Your lips at eight pressed against mine and at seven, your warm breath in my ear and your hands everywhere. You tell me you love me at six and at five we have our first real fight. At four we have our second and at three, our third. At two you tell me you cant go on any longer and then at one, you ask me to stay.
And I am relieved, so relieved-and a little disappointed.
lilacwine17's review against another edition
5.0
This is absolutely perfect. My new favorite next to Poe and Whitman.
imissyou's review against another edition
2.0
1.5 stars
no.
no no no no no no no good gods no.
If you have noticed my recent books, they are all about romance. I like a boy (disgusting) and he's making me be a sappy typical teen that likes a boy and that's disgustingggggggggg ew (is it obvious i thought i was a lesbian until this man came around? yeah, am i used to liking a guy? absolutely not, it's weird, im getting used to it) ANYWAYSSSSS, because of this man Im very into romance now bcs i crave it so I decided to give Richard Siken a chance... 5/5 stars, brilliant, love him. Then I said, Neruda, no. Then Lang Leav...
NO NO AND NO.
I'm sorry but from all the poems I liked like 4. Some of them were just so... badly written? Idk how to explain it but they sound as my 5th grade class writing poems. Don't believe me? Please, try to guess which two are from the author and which two are from my friend who was a kid when she wrote these:
1. “He and I
When words run dry,
he does not try,
nor do I.
We are on par.
He just is,
I just am,
and we just are.”
2. "You play the guitar,
which is very impressive to me
because i can’t do much;
but if you ever give me a chance,
you might like me back."
3. "I see your smile walking down the hallway,
and my senses my betray me,
but I'm ready to write an essay,
on how much want to kiss you
under the lime tree
until we stop having senses. "
4. “Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it was you I fell
in love with first.”
You might disagree with me but I see them quite similar, and it's sad bcs the author had 33 when when wrote the book, my friend was 11, ELEVEN.
Anyways, yeah, sucky book, I'll only give it 1.5 stars because the poem Closure made me realize i was an asshole with my ex.
no.
no no no no no no no good gods no.
If you have noticed my recent books, they are all about romance. I like a boy (disgusting) and he's making me be a sappy typical teen that likes a boy and that's disgustingggggggggg ew (is it obvious i thought i was a lesbian until this man came around? yeah, am i used to liking a guy? absolutely not, it's weird, im getting used to it) ANYWAYSSSSS, because of this man Im very into romance now bcs i crave it so I decided to give Richard Siken a chance... 5/5 stars, brilliant, love him. Then I said, Neruda, no. Then Lang Leav...
NO NO AND NO.
I'm sorry but from all the poems I liked like 4. Some of them were just so... badly written? Idk how to explain it but they sound as my 5th grade class writing poems. Don't believe me? Please, try to guess which two are from the author and which two are from my friend who was a kid when she wrote these:
1. “He and I
When words run dry,
he does not try,
nor do I.
We are on par.
He just is,
I just am,
and we just are.”
2. "You play the guitar,
which is very impressive to me
because i can’t do much;
but if you ever give me a chance,
you might like me back."
3. "I see your smile walking down the hallway,
and my senses my betray me,
but I'm ready to write an essay,
on how much want to kiss you
under the lime tree
until we stop having senses. "
4. “Before I fell
in love with words,
with setting skies
and singing birds—
it was you I fell
in love with first.”
You might disagree with me but I see them quite similar, and it's sad bcs the author had 33 when when wrote the book, my friend was 11, ELEVEN.
Anyways, yeah, sucky book, I'll only give it 1.5 stars because the poem Closure made me realize i was an asshole with my ex.
menastarr's review against another edition
1.0
lang leav's poetry has disappointed me yet again. i read this a while ago and am reviewing much later, but my 1 star rating still stands