Nescitis (nescies)

Si semper animadverto
Quod fecit ad me.
Si semper invenire
Cicatrices ego abscondita.

Numquam intelligere
Id quod fecisti mihi
Non intelligere
Et numquam.

Ad infernum. At ego omnis dico.
Ire adolebit et mori. Cum quod maledicam te.
Quid fecisti mihi
Potest non aedificavit.

Visus oculi est a, dico ...
Non intelligere.
Et scio ...
Numquam intelligere.

Author's Note

Translation (from Latin)

You Don't Understand (You Will Never Understand)

If you ever realize
What you did to me.
If you ever discover
The scars I've hidden.

You will never understand
Exactly what you've done to me
You don't understand
And you never will.

Go to hell. That's all I can tell you.
Go burn and die. With that I curse you.
What you've done to me,
Cannot be repaired.

From the look in your eyes, I can tell...
You don't understand.
And I know...
You will never understand.

Reviews

[Allan Eddings]

Why did I ever abandon my study of Latin? My bemoaning of study choices now over let's attend to the poem. I enjoyed the spiteful and biting nature of the piece, in the original and translation. Each word is bitter as the cud and spat out with such venom that I applaud. Bravo!

Ignorance of one's actions and the harm they create is cause for even greater damnation, than those who do so with malice of forethought. Ignorance implies that one did not care even in the first place to ponder if their action would harm; malicious thought at least acknowledges the harm the action will do but chooses to ignore it.

Those thoughts aside I enjoyed the piece immensely, might make me take up Latin again. I am one of those person's who has a smattering of a dozen languages but is master of only one, a fact I am most ashamed of. But I ramble again. I shall finish, as I should have begun, saying bravo!

A.E.

[Kaylor Mason]

Latin truly is the most beautiful language in the world . . . I wish we all spoke it in daily life. Like living in the Vatican, ya know :)

[Call_Me_Miss_Imperfect]

I am glad that you translated it, since this is awesome :D
You did a great job on this! Great job.

[Andrea]

this is amazing! very heartfilled and dark. absolutly love it

[quarintine_deathangel]

Dude! I want to learn latin so bad, and now even worse XD I love the language and it's certain character, if only I knew what I was reading, thank you for the translation :) Awesome bitterness and abandonment in the poem. Really enjoyed it XD

[Mockingbird]

can feel the frustration and bitterness of being hurt and the person oblivious of how they hurt you. either they implore your forgiveness or you get on with your life. excellent poem. i bet it sounds so much better in latin.

[joshua deathdealer]

A very impacting write. Thanks for sharing.

[Susanna F]

Beautiful - both the Latin and the translation. I can definitely relate. Forgiving those who wrong us is the ideal, but not always possible for us mortals - and not always deserved. Strong words, and very human emotion. Amazing poem.

[Divinity Sleeps in This]

It does look kinda cool in Latin, now if only people would post poems in sanskrit.

I like the scolding tone it's like Petrarch to me. With a bottomless pit of emotion, burried.

[Who Cares]

Very strong feeling of hate and resentment in this poem. A person can only allow enough emotional abuse until something inside of them breaks, when their give a damns busted, I guess. Never the less nice freeverse poem. I like it.

[Katelyn]

I know the feeling.. this is a heartbreaking piece and speaks the truth as it is. Beautiful piece!