Believeable Translation
By Jack Joseph Smith
It is not what she says
that hurts
Rather what she is
because of what she says,
that does
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
The speaker says the hurt comes from what a woman is because of what she says. The five-line argument distinguishes her words from the person the speaker perceives through them.
The speaker offers a judgment without quoting the woman's speech or identifying the occasion. The title's translation can refer to that inference from words to character.
Claude
The poem says 'It is not what she says / that hurts' but 'Rather what she is / because of what she says, / that does'.
Five short lines turn on one reversal, moving the injury from her words to the person the words make her. The spare phrasing keeps the hurt understated.