Zygote to Person (translation, easter)

[stephenw]

I was reading and thinking about how the single cell human zygote becomes in nine months a 3KG, 50 cm long baby with 100 000 000 000 neurons in the brain alone. At peak growth some estimate that there are 250 000 new neurons born a minute.

Then I was flicking through some poetry and I came to these lines by Rumi:-

The light you give off
did not come from a pelvis.

Your features did not begin in semen
Don't try to hide inside anger
radiance that cannot be hidden

Life just blows me away in its awsomeness. I think Rumi's lines catch something indefineable about the wonder of our being. What do you think?

[angellous_evangellous]

Sorry, I'm not impressed.

[stephenw]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

Sorry, I'm not impressed.

With the zygote,us, Rumi or all three?

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by stephenw

With the zygote,us, Rumi or all three?

Rumi....

[RuhiWarrior19]

Rumi in english is not impressive. This goes for most Middle Eastern poets unless you translate them with so much liberty that it is unrecognizable.

[stephenw]

Originally Posted by RuhiWarrior19

Rumi in english is not impressive. This goes for most Middle Eastern poets unless you translate them with so much liberty that it is unrecognizable.

I find him really impressive. I find wonderful images in his (translated) poetry, some of it is funny, some of it is profound and some of it like the piece above really strikes me. I'm never going to be able to read the original so translation will have to do.
What do you find unimpressive about English translations?

[Starfish]

Originally Posted by stephenw

I was reading and thinking about how the single cell human zygote becomes in nine months a 3KG, 50 cm long baby with 100 000 000 000 neurons in the brain alone. At peak growth some estimate that there are 250 000 new neurons born a minute.

Then I was flicking through some poetry and I came to these lines by Rumi:-

The light you give off
did not come from a pelvis.

Your features did not begin in semen
Don't try to hide inside anger
radiance that cannot be hidden

Life just blows me away in its awsomeness. I think Rumi's lines catch something indefineable about the wonder of our being. What do you think?

I am impressed. Thanks.

[Halcyon]

What's the poem got to do with zygotes?

[webforumart]

Your thought is realy considerable

[S3RAPH1M]

From a single cell to an almost innumerable complexity, our development is a wonder.