LL-L "Songs" 2007.12.01 (02) [E/F]

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From: Andrys Onsman <Andrys.Onsman at calt.monash.edu.au>
Subject: LL-L "Songs" 2007.11.30 (04) [E/F]

From: Andrys Onsman
Subject: Songs

Hey Ingmar,

great! Played it immediately and it all fits beautifully.

I'd say the line
> Do allinne, do kinst har fine.
translates as
It's only you who can find her.

And "in hiel lyts triuwke" is such a clever line. In Dutch you'd say "een
liefkozing" which sort of means a caress but in English it sounds better to
say a little push, as in an encouragement.

Not sure what the neighbours thought but I loved it. Tige tank!
Andrys

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From: Diederik Masure <didimasure at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Songs" 2007.11.30 (04) [E/F]

 any way we also might get able to listen to it?:)

died

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Songs" 2007.11.30 (04) [E/F]

I looked up a few words I couldn't translate without a Frisian dictionary,
that were left out in the English translation of Hee Sjoerd.

immen dy't dy stipet = someone who supports you
in lyts triuwke = a small hug/carress

Ingmar


From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: Songs

Funny: Hee Sjoerd, a Frisian version of the Beatles' Hey Jude.
Sjoerd (Sieuwerd) is a very typical Frisian male first name in the
Netherlands. I'll translate it for you in English

Hee Sjoerd, by Tineke Hoekstra

Hee Sjoerd, it komt wol goed.
Nim in min liet en skriuw it better.
Ferjit net en lit har ta yn dyn hert,
Begjin wer opnij, mar folle better.

(Hey S, it will be alright
Take a bad song, and write it better
Don't forget and let it into your heart
Start all anew, but much better)

Hee Sjoerd, wźs net benaud.
Do allinne, do kinst har fine.
En fynst har, fertrou har dan ek folslein,
Dat is 't begjin fan folle better.

(hey S, don't be afraid
Do it alone, you can find her
and find her, trust her completely
then it's the beginning of a lot better)

En al dy tiid docht it dy sear, hee Sjoerd, kom op,
Tōgje de wrāld net op dyn skouders.
Wźs no net grutsk en doch net gek, dan komst der net,
Dan makkest de wrāld allinne kālder.

(and all that time it hurt you, hey S, come on
don't bear the world on your shoulders,
don't be so proud and don't be crazy, otherwise you won't make it,
then you'll just make the world colder)

Hee Sjoerd, doch it foar my.
Gean der hinne en nimme har gau mei.
Ferjit net en lit har ta yn dyn hert.
Begjin wer opnij, mar folle better.

(Hey S, do it for me
Go there and take her with you soon
Don't forget to let her into your heart
Start all over, but a lot better)

Tink der noch mar ris goed oer nei, hee Sjoerd, begjin,
Do wachtest op immen dy't dy stipet.
It leit no allegear by dy, hee Sjoerd, set troch.
Do hast in hiel lyts triuwke nedich.

(just think it over really good again, hey S, begin
you're waiting for someone who ?s you
it all lays in your hands now, hey S, hold on
you need a very small ?)

Hee Sjoerd, it komt wol goed.
Nim in min liet en skriuw it better.
Ferjit net, fertrou har altyd folslein,
In nij begjin, mar folle

(Hey S, it will be alright
take a bad song and write it better
don't forget, alwaus trust her completely
a new beginning, but much..)

Better, better, better, better, better, better, oh&

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, hee Sjoerd&

(better better better oh, na na na na na n na na, na na na na hey S)
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