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Translated trying to use approximating modern Flemish-Dutch words ("slaap-voerde af" isn't really an existing word, but its meaning should be obvious). ny oł
by anvandare 8y ago
Translated trying to use approximating modern Flemish-Dutch words ("slaap-voerde af" isn't really an existing word, but its meaning should be obvious).
ny ołys ej gułd, wos zih fynklt, glanct oba łiöeht?
Niet alles is geld, wat zo fonkelt, glanst vol{?} licht
All that glitters is not gold
Fylón yr wełt an ganc ałłán
Verloren in de wereld en gans alleen
Lost in the world and quite alone
ząs ych óm mjer óf hóhym śtán;
zat ik aan zee op een hoge steen
I sat down by the sea on a high stone.
der mond kąm raus hyndróm gybjég,
de maan kwam van ginder om de berg
the moon came up behind the mountain
szłyfyt myjch áj, wi s kynt yr wig.
slaap-voerde mij af, als een kind in de wieg
he puts me to sleep like a child in a cradle
- deltron3030 8y agoNicht alles ist Geld, was funkelt, glänzt im Licht verloren in der Welt, ganz allein saß ich an der See, auf einem hohen Stein der Mond kam hinter dem Berg hervor wog mich in den Schlaf, wie ein Kind in der Wiege
- dahauns 8y agoI'd go with: der Mond kam raus hinterm Gebirg, schläfert mich ein, wie's Kind in der Wieg'. (the latter being a rhyme in many Austro-Bavarian dialects)
- singularity2001 8y agoalso "ząs ych óm mjer" = "saß ich am Meer" why unnecessarily divert from original? It's more about orthography/dialect than being a truly different language.
- Koshkin 8y agoLooks like it... I wonder if the same can be said about Yiddish.
- singularity2001 8y agoIt sure can. One fascinating feat of Yiddish is that you could often interpret words as either German or English (given two plausible mappings of their signs)
- deltron3030 8y agoDie See = Meer (Sea), der See = See (Lake). Die See instead of Meer just sounds more classy and poetic.
- koonsolo 8y agoAs a Flemish speaker, the original tekst seems to be closer to German than (modern) Flemish. Expressions like "ganz allein" seems more natural to German than "gans alleen" to Flemish. But our language also evolved a lot, so probably this should be some study of the old language that was spoken here before they emigrated to Poland. Interesting none the less. On the other hand "mjer" was translated to "sea", which looks totally wrong from Flemish standpoint: zee=sea, meer=lake. If you say "mjer" to me, it sounds like "meer"(=lake), not "zee"(=sea).
- Y_Y 8y agoNotably Shakespeare uses the word "glisters" in the first phrase.