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Inspired by poetry: "Ploughing mountainsides" » English to Amharic

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Source text in English

The Beginning

All in a moment, years ago,
The boy I was became a man:
Suddenly my life began!
I saw the world before me— So
That ploughman by his horses stands
Sweating on the first hill's brow,
Having left the riverlands
Furrowed in the vale below,
And sees a mountainside to plough,
Barren rock to blunt his share,
Thunder hanging in the air,
And the black peak above him, bare,
Waiting now.
—Let him plough it if he dare!

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Entry #29701 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Yimam Shume
Yimam Shume
New Zealand
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164 x400
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Entry #30082 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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81 x41 x22 x1
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ሁሉም በቅጽበት ፣ ከዓመታት በፊት ፣
Good term selection
Good flow ​of words e​xcept that​ the punct​uation/com​ma (ነጠላ ሰረ​ዝ) is plac​ed after a​ space, wh​ich is not​ common in​ Amharic w​riting.
Yimam Shume
Entry #30283 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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502 x21 x1
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መጀመሪያው
Good term selection
Yimam Shume
ሁሉም ነገር በቅጽበት ፣ ከዓመታት በፊት ፣
Flows well
Its a rela​tively wel​l written ​line excep​t that the​ coma (ነጠላ​ ሰረዝ) is p​laced afte​r a space,​ which is ​not common​ in the Am​haric writ​ing.
Yimam Shume
Entry #30223 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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301 x21 x1
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