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Nicht 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 h
by deltron3030 8y ago
Nicht 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).