My poemes are not in English, should I share them and translate into English?

I have a collection of poems written in a small European language. I am gathering the courage to show them to someone. But if I translate them and show them here, the poems lose a lot of meaning. Do you think I should still do it?

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revenant · F

give it a try but remember that feelings and much of the stuff is difficult to translate into another language.

sumojumo · 36-40, M

@revenant I have a small collection of poems that are more about the story than about feelings. So maybe I start with those. The story-telling part is not that problematic, I guess. But the play of words is a bit problematic, well, I will think about it. Thank you for your feedback.

revenant · F

@sumojumo try it..who knows ! you could have the knack !