Hamlet, in Singlish
Medium · Language & Linguistics · 2016 · 181 words
Visa translates Hamlet's famous soliloquy into Singlish, a blend of Shakespeare and local colloquialisms played for humor.
Hamlet, in Singlish
Act 3, Scene 1
HAMLET:
“Life, you want or not? I asking you!
Is it better to just tahan, or fuck it
and just kill yourself? Die then can
rest, no more heart pain, good what!
But got problem- what happen after we die?
Dunno right? That’s why we tahan all this
stupid shit for so long. Who the hell want
to bother with all this bullshit? Chinaman
call you dog. Boss treat you like dog.
Charbor don’t want to fuck you. Gahmen
everyday want to fuck you. Do everything
properly also still get fuck by people who
fuck care you. Cheebye, might as well die
right? Who want to suffer and suffer for
nothing, unless they scared of what will
happen after we die? Nobody come back leh.
We are all bloody kiasee, and even if we
garang also, we we talk and talk until
too scared to do anything. Whatever we
supposed to do also in the end never do.
Alamak, Ophelia lai liao. Xiao mei,
please don’t forget me when you pray.”
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Originally published at https://medium.com/@visakanv/hamlet-in-singlish-28dcd4992822.