LL-L "Literature" 2004.10.08 (09) [E/LS]

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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Literature

Ingmar,

Thanks again for your lovely poem in Netherlands Lowlands Saxon.  I hope you
don't mind that I took a stab at translating it.  (An English version is
farther down.)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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> Lieksteeën (littekens)      ( = scars)
>
> De lieksteeën in mien lèven bint
> markerings van 't bestaon
> diep in mien ziel ekarfd
>
> as bij 'n olde ekkelboom
> 'n naam ekrast deur jonge haand
> umhoog is mit egruid
>
> zo holdt die olde wonden mij
> deur joar en dag hen toe ebracht
> gezelschop töt an 't lest
>
> mar nou 'k die tiekens lèze wee'k
> de karver is al lange dood
> de boom nog oaverènd

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Lowlands Saxon (["Low German"] North Saxon dialect, Germany):

   NAREN

   dey naren in myn leven sünd
   markeerde steed' vun myn bestaan
   deyp in myn seyl rin karvd

   as by 'n olden eyken-boum
   'n naam rin-kratst vun junge hand
   is mit tou höygd up-wussen

   so hebt dey olden wunden my
   dörch jaar un dag mit my langs bröcht
   goud selschup daan tou 't letst

   man nu 'k dey teykens lees' weet ik,
   dey karver is al lange dood
   dey boum noch hoog un stevig

          [Ingmar Roerdinkholder – transl.: R. F. Hahn]

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The same in German-based orthography:

   NAARN

   de Naarn in mien Leven sünd
   markeerte Stee vun mien Bestahn
   deep in mien Seel rinkarft

   as bi 'n olen Ekenboom
   'n Naam rinkratzt vun junge Hand
   is mit tohööcht upwussen

   so hebbt de olen Wunnen mi
   dörch Jahr un Dag mit mi langsbröcht
   good Sellschupp daan to't Letzt

   man nu 'k de Tekens lees weet ik
   de Karver is al lange doot
   de Boom noch hooch un stevig

          [Ingmar Roerdinkholder – transl.: R. F. Hahn]

***

   SCARS

   the scars collected in my life
   are only marks of my existence
   carved deeply in my soul

   as in the case of the old oak
   a name scratched in by some young hand
   grown upwards with the stem

   this is how those old wounds of mine
   taken along through year and day
   have kept me company

   reading the markings now I know
   the carver died some time ago
   the tree's still standing tall

          [Ingmar Roerdinkholder – transl.: R. F. Hahn]

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