Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

Please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

I am trying to get a quote translated for me ...."But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

If anyone can help I would be very grateful! Thanks so much!

Daniel

Re: please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

Actually I mostly need the last line translated...that is the most important one! If that makes it any easier

Re: please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

If you translate the phrase into Latin a lot of people will not be able to understand it anymore (thus not taking enough care as they tread on your dreams).

Re: please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

Is this from the TED talk? It was amazing.

Here is my attempt:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams.
Sed, me paupere, modo somnia mea teneo.

I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Somnia mea sub pedibus tuis stravi.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Molliter ambula quoniam super somnia mea ambulas.

Re: please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

there was a reason why I didn't provice a translation: Translating our concept of "dreams" into Latin "somnia" doesn't make sense. The Romans didn't seem to have the same idea about dreams as we do. A "dream" (as an aspiration in life) is probably something like spes... but using a word like that might crush the entire sentence. I wonder why people want such phrases to be in Latin

Re: please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

Bitmap dixit:

there was a reason why I didn't provice a translation: Translating our concept of "dreams" into Latin "somnia" doesn't make sense. The Romans didn't seem to have the same idea about dreams as we do. A "dream" (as an aspiration in life) is probably something like spes... but using a word like that might crush the entire sentence. I wonder why people want such phrases to be in Latin

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Meh, it makes sense. After all, the audience is modern, not Roman.

Re: please help!!...Need W.B. Yeats quote translated

Andy dixit:

Bitmap dixit:

there was a reason why I didn't provice a translation: Translating our concept of "dreams" into Latin "somnia" doesn't make sense. The Romans didn't seem to have the same idea about dreams as we do. A "dream" (as an aspiration in life) is probably something like spes... but using a word like that might crush the entire sentence. I wonder why people want such phrases to be in Latin

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Meh, it makes sense. After all, the audience is modern, not Roman.

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True, but not all Latinists speak English.