Not all those who wander are lost!

Question

Hi,

I would like to translate the following "Not all those who wander are lost" into Spanish. I would normally use the translation but this is for a tattoo and so needs to be correct.

if it helps it's a line from a poem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_that_is_gold_does_not_glitter, maybe there is a translation available for this - couldn't find one on google though.

thanks

Answer 1

No todo lo que brilla es oro.

Answer 2

"Not all those who wander are lost" means

"Ni todos aquellos que andan errantes están perdidos"

other translations try to give the poem a metric, like this: http://uan.nu/dti/noesoro2.html

Good luck from Venezuela,

thanks, by metric, do you mean some form of distance? - shaunisthebest, Jun 28, 2011

This may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(poetry) - Stadt, Jun 28, 2011

rhyme; some authors change some word about rhyme in spanish - tomasxenix, Jun 28, 2011

Sorry, my english is very poor. - tomasxenix, Jun 28, 2011

Answer 3

"Estar vagando no es estar perdido." Spanish is not my first language however so I would check with a native before I put it on someone´s skin.