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English translation: "Traveller, there is no road; you make your path as you walk"

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15:42 May 1, 2005

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / poetry

Spanish term or phrase: Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar

“Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar” – nos dice el poeta Antonio Machado.

I need the "official" translation for this quote, if anybody has it or remembers it... Thanks much

Margarita Palatnik KudoZ activity Questions: 45 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 4552
Local time: 23:28

English translation:"Traveller, there is no road; you make your path as you walk"

Explanation:

Traveler, there is no road; you make your path as you walk". While others suggest taking the road less travelled ...
www.whsmith.co.uk/whs/Go.asp?DB=220&isbn=1893996662
More pages from whsmith.co.uk

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I don´t know what you mean by \"official\", but here´s one you could use. I´m sure there are other versions.

Selected response from:

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 21:28

Grading comment

Thanks, Giovanni, I don't know either what I meant by official. In my ignorance I expected there would be ONE translation...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

Otra versión

xxxOso

5 +1

"Traveller, there is no road; you make your path as you walk"

Giovanni Rengifo

'Traveler, there is no path.The path is made by walking.'

Michael McWilliam

Traveler, there is no path, paths are made by walking

xxx------

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

'Traveler, there is no path.The path is made by walking.'

Explanation:
:)

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http://www.dervala.net/archives/000360.html

Michael McWilliam
United States
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of:

English

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

"Traveller, there is no road; you make your path as you walk"

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks, Giovanni, I don't know either what I meant by official. In my ignorance I expected there would be ONE translation...

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Otra versión

Explanation:
Wanderer, the only way
is your footsteps, there is no other.
Wanderer, there is no way,
you make the way as you go.
As you go, you make the way
and stopping to look behind,
you see the path that your feet
will never travel again.
Wanderer, there is no way—
only foam trails in the sea.

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Otra más:

\"Wanderer, your footsteps are the path, and nothing more. Wanderer, there is no path. We make the path by walking. \"

http://hornacek.coa.edu/dave/Writing/human.ecology.2.html

Reference: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/organizing/reflection/machado.sht...

xxxOso
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 36

3 mins confidence:

Traveler, there is no path, paths are made by walking

Explanation:
http://www.gardendigest.com/walking.htm
No sé si es "oficial", pero allí está.

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Caminante no hay camino/
Wanderer, there is no way
Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino, y nada mas;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino,
y al volver la vista atras
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino,
sino estelas en la mar.

(English translation)
Wanderer, the only way
is your footsteps, there is no other.
Wanderer, there is no way,
you make the way as you go.
As you go, you make the way
and stopping to look behind,
you see the path that your feet
will never travel again.
Wanderer, there is no way—
only foam trails in the sea.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/organizing/reflection/machado.sht...

Caminante

Caminante, son tus huellas el camino, y nada mas;
caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino, y al volver la vista atras,
se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino, Sino estelas en la mar.

Antonio Machado

English translation:

Traveler, your footprint is your path and nothing else;
Traveler, there is no way, the way is made by going.
By walking you make the path, and when you look back,
You see the track where you should never walk again.
Traveler, there is no way, only the wake in the sea.
http://www.irc-group.com/about/philosophy/commandments/comma...

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Wayfarer, the only way

is your footsteps, there is no other.

Wayfarer, there is no way,

you make the way by walking.

As you go, you make the way

And stopping to look behind,

You see the path that your feet

will never travel again.

Wayfarer, there is no way -

Only foam trails to the sea.

Trnsl. A. Trueblood, 1982
http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/mark.burton/proftalk8.htm

Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace el camino en andar.
Traveler, there is no road. We build the road as we travel.
--Antonio Machado
http://camino.manilasites.com/discuss/msgReader$14?mode=day

Wayfarer, the only way
is your footsteps, there is no other.
Wayfarer, there is no way,
you make the way as you go.
As you go, you make the way
and stopping to look behind,
you see the path that your feet
will never travel again.
Wayfarer, there is no way --
only foam trails in the sea.
http://www.main.nc.us/echs/sermons/sermon081102.html

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\"Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar y al volver la vista atras, se ve la senda que nunca volveras a pisar...\" (TRANSLATION) \"Walker, there\'s no road, road is done every step you walk, and when you glance back, seen is the path you\'ll never walk again.\" [ Antonio Machado ]
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/518614

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Antonio Machado

Antonio Machado
\'Traveler, there is no path.
The path is made by walking.\'

XXIX
Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino, y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar,
Al andar se hace el camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino,
sino estelas en el mar.

Traveller, the path is your tracks
And nothing more.
Traveller, there is no path
The path is made by walking.
By walking you make a path
And turning, you look back
At a way you will never tread again
Traveller, there is no road
Only wakes in the sea.

The Amazon review boards are sputtering that Machado\'s translator is Robert Bly—yes, Iron John himself. It makes sense that Bly is attracted to this muscular stuff but I bet he\'s a dreadful translator. Machado is a Spanish brother-poet of Patrick Kavanagh and deserves his clear voice in English.

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From Selected Poems of Antonio Machado

By Betty Jean Craige, University of Georgia [published by Louisiana State University Press, 1978]

Wanderer, your footsteps are
the road, and nothing more;
wanderer, there is no road,
the road is made by walking.
By walking one makes the road,
and upon glancing behind
one sees the path
that never will be trod again.
Wanderer, there is no road--
Only wakes upon the sea.

xxx------
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish

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