English for Beginners (Part 1)

English for Beginners
(Part 1)

Welcome my alien friend,
so you have landed upon the land
of the earth of the Earth.
We grant you permission
to land on our land
but you cannot sea on our sea.
You will need a guide,
I will lend you my hand
while I translate by your side
but I will not sever it free
Sit and listen, and after you have sat
I will teach you my tongue
No you pervert, not that!

Are you past, present or future
From whence you came?
Looks at the present that you did bring
Unwrapping what you brought
A beautiful thing makes me sing
and after the song that I sang
I ask what it is that you seek
and is it the same that I sought?
I match what you matched
And catch what you caught
I mind as you minded
And buy what you bought
I find what you found
And teach what you taught.
Ought you should learn,
Head down, a pig in a trough.
Sway through the words as a bough on a tree
Though a cough is often enough
through the moldy dough
of the words that are thoroughly rough

Moving on without moving
I sense you are deaf
If you need a rest the rest is up to you
But there are two sides to this
I know that I am right
And I notice you have left

© Gaia_Lorraine 2006