like a falling leaf

Indonesian translation: bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur

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English term or phrase:like a falling leaf
Indonesian translation:bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur
Entered by: SeiTT

07:26 Apr 4, 2021
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English term or phrase: like a falling leaf
Hi
Please consider the famous quotation from the novelist Hermann Hesse:
“Most people...are like a falling leaf that drifts and turns in the air, flutters, and falls to the ground. But a few others are like stars which travel one defined path: no wind reaches them, they have within themselves their guide and path.”
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Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:45
bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur
Explanation:

"Kebanyakan orang... adalah bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur..."

Why bagaikan and gugur?
A direct and bold translation will yield: ... seperti daun yang jatuh. But this is a novel, you need some poetic touch. That's why words that you won't find in everyday use like bagaikan and gugur are here.

Give me some samples of use.
https://fhellisyafebby.blogspot.com/2012/11/rencana-utama.ht...
Bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur. Aku tidak menyediakan ruang untuk kesedihan.

(EN: Like a falling leaf. I save no space for sadness.)

https://www.wattpad.com/934437827-the-person-who-once-loved-...
Hati Wang Yibo bagaikan selembar daun yang gugur karena waktu, terombang-ambing oleh angin yang berhembus

(selembar is synonymous with sehelai. EN: Wang Yibo's heart is like a falling leaf because of time, drifted and twisted by a blowing wind.)
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ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 07:45
Grading comment
Many thanks, excellent!
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5 +1bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur
ErichEko ⟹⭐
5seperti sehelai daun gugur
Regi2006


  

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seperti sehelai daun gugur


Explanation:
Hingga debu membalut kaki menendang. Ketika pandang kuangkat,. Sehelai daun gugur,. Melayang ia terbang turun. Tanpa daya penahan ...
https://ronibaniblog.home.blog/2019/09/19/sehelai-daun-itupu...

Regi2006
Indonesia
Local time: 07:45
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 17
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur


Explanation:

"Kebanyakan orang... adalah bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur..."

Why bagaikan and gugur?
A direct and bold translation will yield: ... seperti daun yang jatuh. But this is a novel, you need some poetic touch. That's why words that you won't find in everyday use like bagaikan and gugur are here.

Give me some samples of use.
https://fhellisyafebby.blogspot.com/2012/11/rencana-utama.ht...
Bagaikan sehelai daun yang gugur. Aku tidak menyediakan ruang untuk kesedihan.

(EN: Like a falling leaf. I save no space for sadness.)

https://www.wattpad.com/934437827-the-person-who-once-loved-...
Hati Wang Yibo bagaikan selembar daun yang gugur karena waktu, terombang-ambing oleh angin yang berhembus

(selembar is synonymous with sehelai. EN: Wang Yibo's heart is like a falling leaf because of time, drifted and twisted by a blowing wind.)


ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 07:45
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 54
Grading comment
Many thanks, excellent!

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agree  Merry Salaa: betul
1 day 1 hr
  -> Tanda terima kasih atas dukungan Rekaniwi Merry adalah pepatah Dawan (Timor): Lakat niufnes musti ma’úb nâko lakat mesê (Seribu langkah harus berawal dari satu langkah).
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