From: jose@csd.uwo.ca (Jose Thekkumthala)
Subject: --The Science of Acking:Part II--by Jose
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London
Distribution: alt.culture.kerala
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 18:34:47 GMT

    
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   +        The Science of Acking: Part II     +
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   +                Jose                       + 
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             A Poetry Contest among Ackers
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A poem surfaced here in ack in the recent past. This poem was entitled "AN ODE
TO DARKNESS" and was written by an anonymous person. Jacob Thomas (from NYNEX
Science & Technology) subsequently came up with a wonderful translation of the 
poem into Malayalam. You will see the original poem and the translation as we 
go along.

Jacob's work triggered an avalanche of imaginative thoughts in my mind. I thought
aloud... What if every acker and non-acker stepped into his shoes and translated
the poem? I came up with a plausible set of translations. What you are going to 
see along with Jacob's translation are the translations that our beloved ackers
could have come up with if they cared to put on a poet's hat.

Original Poem
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                     AN ODE TO DARKNESS               
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             Oh Darkness, mistress of the mischievous night
  
             When wilt thou vanish bringing forth tomorrow
  
             Lit with a bubbling hope and a bright morning light
  
             And a smiling sun awake after a night-long slumber?
  
  
Translation by Jacob Thomas
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                     iruLinOd~

 iruLE, yAminithan kusR~thi kAmuki nee

 maRannJu pOvatheppOL? aNayum putthan nALe
 
 thiLangum pulaRvetta kAnthiyil, pRatheekshakaL

 nurayum, chirithookiyuNarum dinakaran


Translation by Mareena
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Unthoottan_ith_irutte nee rathriyude kamukiyo

Nee EppoLanu maranju_pOkunnathu kdave

Nuranju_pongunna_yaasayum mandahaasam thookunna suryanum

Ennu_varum ente Trichur_kk~ kdave?


Translation by Ross Perot
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Oh Clinton, master of US Government

When wilt thou vanish bringing forth tomorrow

Lit with a billion dollars and a swiss account

And a boss parrot in the good old white house?


Translation by George Bush
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Oh Perot, oh Perot, you son of a gun

Why didn't you vanish yesterday

Leaving me alone to fight with Clinton

Giving me and Barbara the good old white house?


Translation by Mathai
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Oh dowry, mistress of my fondest dreams

When wilt thou come to my life with a smile

Dazzling as five hundred lakh twinkling stars

That lit the skies of Ernakulam and Kerala?


Translation by Sudha
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Tomorrows come floating into my life 

Replacing yesterdays and todays like crazy

And here I sit at the edge of sunset

Hoping these clouds vanish to oblivion!


Translation by Santa Claus
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Oh Christmas, oh Christmas, ho ho ho

When wilt thou come to my house at North Pole

To save me from this crowd of grizzly bears

Oh Christmas, oh Christmas, ho ho ho!





            A Famous Mallu
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Tamils idolize anything that they revere deeply. They idolize that something 
to the level of God. Look at what happened to MGR who was a mallu. Tamils
idolized him as God and he himself believed that he was God. Even God himself
thought that MGR was God. When MGR died, he went straight to heaven to continue 
his matinee on earth. The resident-God at that time in heaven thought that 
the real God at last arrived. He promptly stepped down from his throne and
officially made him God. Ever since, MGR is ruling over the heavens. If you look
into the sky on a clear star-lit night, you can see MGR in his old self, dancing
in the ethereal world above the cotton-wool clouds with his one million and
eight girl-friends. No wonder he is the real God; Lord Krishna has fewer 
girl-friends!     






           Books published by Ackers/Ackresses
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Here is a list of books published recently by our ackers/ackresses

1. Mareena -- " How Kerala Women climb Coconut trees " -- published by Kangaroo press

2. Sateesh Pillai -- " TATA! and BIRLA! " -- published by Tata Publishing Inc.

3. wonko the SANE -- " Wankan the INSANE " -- published by New England Publishers

4. Magical_Flute -- " Man from Harappa "  -- published by Singapore Press

5. Michael Yesudas -- " I, the devil and she, the angel " -- published by Houston Press

6. Njan  -- " " -- unknown publisher

7. Mathai -- " How Pennu_kaaNal gets you more dowry "  -- published by Ernakulam Publishing Co.

8. Sudha -- " How to get dowry from men " -- published by Management Publishers

9. James Joseph -- " Fish Merchants of Upstate NewYork" -- published by Chennapady press.


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