That's just it, I'm on poemranker to rank poetry not translations.

none. who said there was one?

I see, so when I gave you my most 'unserious' of opinions you expected it, so what's the problem?

I am a hack. A dignified, amateur hack. I never said I wasn't. I challenge you to do a better job on this poem than I did.

No. Now I must run the risk of arrogance, which I am quite willing to do. I probably know these literatures (with the exception of spanish literature, which I am still working at) much better than you ever will. Don't even think about telling me about my "poor perspective" on literature when I have sampled a far greater variety of poetry from a far greater number of cultures and languages than I'm sure you have. I can't write? Phew, felt that. At least I can capitalise the first-person pronouns in all of my poems. I don't compare myself to the "greats" as you call them. I am merely stating that what you so blandly and generally lable as plagarism has been done by most of the world's poets. Then again, poemranker is the last place I'd go to for serious opinions on my writing.

So why should we care, we didn't mention them, lol you did as some sort of enabling defense mechanism that enables you to not feel like a hack (which you are). There's a huge difference between rewriting a myth with a new twist, and what you've done here friend, a HUGE difference.

the dead rider that this poem's about? Probably a symbol for Lorca's own feelings.

Why? lol, do you even write poetry? Or do you just throw out the names of your heros and play pop goes the weasel? Please, you're a cad, you can't write, and why you compare yourself to the greats is the root of why you won't be, you can't write, you copy with a poor perspective.

Who is the rider?

Tell it to Zhukovsky, Nabokov, Rilke, Mallarmé and all the rest I have already mentioned above

its a symbol for the rider who's riding upon it. His blood stained the ground. Must I repeat myself again?

A poem is not a thesis. Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Rilke, Pasternak, Mallarmé, and, to a certain extent, Virgil all "plagiarised" off of someone else's poetry. The work that resulted was still their own

And yes, I knew that, in fact it's the basis of my entire conversation Sasha.

the same thing that wounded the rider. The idea is that the riders blood stained the mountain

Why would someone vote on your translation when they can find one, or buy one done by a translator that knows why the dusky peak is wounded and bleeding.

See, if you don't know what wounded the dusky peak? You shouldn't be translating his poetry.

You're insane, splendid, I see.

I'm sorry come again? I thought you said it was both of your work, that's not a mixture?

And it's crap, never said I thought Lorca was great... lol, I implied in your mind, you only translate great things, personally, I think 75% of his writing is trash, but so is mine lol. Now once again, so what wounded the Dusky peak?