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<p>--- In <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>, Michael Erwin <merwin@...> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I mentioned before my efforts to translate labor-movement songs <br>
into<br>
> Gothic - however anachronistic they may be. I paraphrase-translat<wbr>ed<br>
> the first verse and chorus of Ralph Chaplin's "Commonwealth of <br>
Toil"<br>
> tonight. I'm not very good at this but practice makes ... better.<br>
> <br>
> Commonwealth of Toil<br>
> <br>
> by Ralph Chaplin<br>
> <br>
> In the gloom of mighty cities<br>
> mid the roar of whirling wheels<br>
> we are toiling on like chattel slaves of old.<br>
> And our masters ever seek<br>
> to keep us thus beneath their feet<br>
> and to coin our very life-blood into gold.<br>
> <br>
> In sa skadus baurgim mikilaim<br>
> miž *hjulam *hvirandam<br>
> arbaidjam samana skalkos aiwe sineiga.<br>
> Jah unsar reikos lustand<br>
> du haban uns atbrukjanda<br>
> jah du *maunetan unsar blož du gulda.<br>
> <br>
> Chorus:<br>
> But we have a glowing dream<br>
> of how fair the world will seem<br>
> when we each can live our lives secure and free -<br>
> when the earth is owned by labor<br>
> and there's joy and peace for all<br>
> in the commonwealth of toil that is to be.<br>
> <br>
> Žan habam *glaujand draum af<br>
> hvaiwa haila airžai wairžiž<br>
> hvan ains jah alls skulum libam in frižau -<br>
> hvan gawaurstwans aigun airža<br>
> miž leikainai jah freihala<br>
> in žizos gamainons botos gawaurtswane.<br>
> <br>
> (remaining verses not yet translated)<br>
> <br>
> Okay, the first verse is much more literal than the chorus. I<br>
> couldn't find any suitable common-Germanic root for either roar or<br>
> whirl - the former is only attested in West-Germanic and the latter<br>
> is first attested in North-Germanic - but decided that they were<br>
> better than nothing (I ultimately chose WG "howl" over WG "roar").<br>
> The other biggies were "coin," "glow," and, of <br>
course, "commonwealth.<wbr>"<br>
<br>
For "wheel" I'd suggest Gothic *hvaéhvul or *hviwul (both N.-a) <br>
formed after PG reduplications *hwehwula- and *hwegwula- <br>
respectively. One can't be sure which variant voiceless or voiced <br>
was more likely to appear in Gothic (or did they co-exist like OE <br>
hwéol and hweogul?). "Mid the [roar of] whirling wheels" = in <br>
midjaim windandam hvaihvulam?<br>
<br>
Another PG word for "wheel" is *raža- (> NHG Rad). BTW, its Celtic <br>
cognate is attested as a part of the compound petor-ritum "four-<br>
wheeled chariot". We could use *fidur-raž N.-a (gen. ražis) <br>
for "car" in Neo-Gothic. Then *twi-raž is a bike ;-)<br>
<br>
Go. kintus is attested for "small coin", "penny" (Gr. KODRANTHS). If <br>
we derive a verb we get *kinton wv. 2. Could be specialized for "to <br>
coin", I guess.<br>
<br>
> (I wanted to avoid trying the ones with lines like "with one big<br>
> industrial union" for the time being).<br>
> <br>
> To make the meter more-or-less hang together (the syllable count<br>
> should work but the rhythm won't), I subbed "in frižau" for "secure<br>
> and free" - and subbed "freihala" for "peace" two lines later. Also<br>
> dropped "that is to be."<br>
<br>
-s in freihals is not the ending but a part of the stem. Hence dat. <br>
sg. freihalsa.<br>
<br>
> Mike<br>
<br>
Ualarauans<br>
<br>
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