LL-L "Nuptials" 2005.05.11 (11) [E]

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From: Marsha Alley <marshaalley at msn.com>
Subject: LL-L "Nuptials" 2005.05.10 (05) [E/LS]

All this nuptials talk is tickling my sweety's fancy - he's delighted I have
all this input!

Jonny, I loved the song, and I'm very proud to say before I read Ron's
translations that I had the gist of it.  I think y'all are actually teaching
me new languages!  And believe me, this is a feat - you can all be proud of
yourselves!

Marsha
/the pirate who always loved a roisterer
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Lowlands-L

  From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
  Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.05.09 (03) [E]

  Dear Marsha,

  "Barnacle goose" is in G.: 'Nonnengans' ('Nun goose'), in LS: 'Kankeeler'
  ('roisterer')!!!!
  You have to think about your wedding once more, haven't you ;-)?

  A little LS-wedding-song:

  Dat leyve Fryen, dat is sou soyt, dat kÃ¶nnt jy mi to gloyven,
       dat is so soyt as Kalverfoyt, as opgestoyvte Royben.
       's obends goot wi un hyppt un springt,
       's monnens koennt wi de Roeck ne finn!_
       Myn Dochder, wenn du fryen wullt, denn nimm di eynen Popen,
       de kann syn Broud mit Snack verdeyn, sou kannst du recht lang'
slopen.

  Perhaps Ron will translate it?!

  All the best for you!

  Greutens/sincerely

  Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Nuptials

Hi, Marsha!

> I think y'all are actually teaching me new languages!  And believe me,
> this is a
> feat - you can all be proud of yourselves!

OK, so we are rather persistent, or you might even say unrelenting or
importunate.  But you ought to give yourself some credit here.  If we have
been (inadvertently) teaching you it is because you haven't been skipping
"them foareyn gobbledigooks and chicken scratches," have been trying to
figure them out, with some gradual success, in part probably aided by
context and translation.  So you are beginning to enjoy the fruits of your
labor.  Congratulations!  These are the victories one keeps hoping for.

> All this nuptials talk is tickling my sweety's fancy - he's delighted I
> have all this input!

So is he catching on then that his Marvelous Marsha comes with an
international entourage of nearly 500, or do you still have to break this
news to him?  And can he handle such news (as long as we don't all show up
for the wedding)?

So who says you come alone, "... are the last one standing"?  Don't forget
there are always your Lowlanders!

For Sweet Marsha and her Beau:

An Irish Wedding Song:

   Which Love and Innocence Ever Enjoy

   Come haste to the wedding ye friends and ye neighbors,
   The lovers their bliss can no longer delay.
   Forget all your sorrows your cares and your labors,
   And let every heart beat with rapture today.
   Come, come one and all, attend to my call,
   And revel in pleasures that never can cloy.
   Come see rural felicity,
   Which love and innocence ever enjoy.

   Let Envy, Let Pride, Let Hate & Ambition,
   Still Crowd to, & beat at the breast of the Great,
   To Such Wretched Passions we Give no admission,
   But Leave them alone to the wise ones of State,
   We Boast of No wealth, but Contentment & Health,
   In mirth & in Friendship, our moments employ
   Come see rural felicity,
   Which love and innocence ever enjoy.

   With Reason we taste of Each Heart Stirring pleasure,
   With Reason we Drink of the full flowing Bowl,
   Are Jocund & Gay, But 'tis all within measure,
   For fatal excess will enslave the free Soul,
   Then Come at our bidding to this Happy wedding,
   No Care Shall obtrude here, our Bliss to annoy,
   Come see rural felicity,
   Which love and innocence ever enjoy.

***

Lemko Rusyn Wedding Song (and Dance):

   Ð ÑÐ´Ð¾Ð²Ñ‹Ð¹

   |: ÐÐ°ÑˆÐ° Ð¼Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð° ÑÐº ÑÐ¾ÑÐ½Ð° :|
   |: Ð›ÐµÐ¼ Ð¿Ñ€Ðµ Ñ‚ÐµÐ±Ðµ Ð²Ñ‹Ñ€Ð¾ÑÐ»Ð° :|

   |: Ð’Ð¾Ð·Ð¼Ð¸ Ñ‚Ñ‹ ÐºÐ¾ ÑÐ¾Ð±Ð¸ :|
   |: Ð Ð¼Ñ‹Ð»ÑƒÐ¹ Ð´Ð¾ ÑÐ¼ÐµÑ€Ñ‚Ñ‹. :|

   |: ÐÑ ÑÑ ÐŸÐ°Ð½ Ð‘Ð¾Ð³ Ñ€Ð°Ð´ÑƒÐ»Ðµ :|
   |: ÐœÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð° Ð· Ð¼Ð»Ð°Ð´Ñ‹Ð¼ Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ†ÑƒÐµ. :|

   |: ÐÐ° Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ€Ð¸ Ñ‰ÐµÑ€Ð±Ñ‹Ð½Ð° :|
   |: ÐÐ°Ð¹ Ð´Ð°Ñ€ÑƒÐµ Ñ€Ð¾Ð´Ñ‹Ð½Ð°. :|

***

   Rjadovyj

   |: NaÅ¡a mlada jak sosna :|
   |: Lem pre tebe vyrosla. :|

   |: Vozmi ty ko sobi :|
   |: A myluj ju do smerty. :|

   |: Nja sja Pan Boh raduje :|
   |: Mlada z mladym tancuje. :|

   |: Na taniri Å¡Äerbyna :|
   |: Naj daruje rodyna. :|

***
Free Translation by R. F. Hahn

   Bridal Dance

   |: Our bride shines like the sun :|
   |: Grown for you to cherish, son. :|

   |: Step up close, son, feel her heart! :|
   |: Love her till death you does part. :|

   |: May the Lord rejoice above! :|
   |: Bride and groom in dance and love! :|

   |: See the gift here on this plate? :|
   |: It comes from our folk's estate. :|

* The Rusyn are a Slavonic-speaking people that live mostly in the
Carpethian Mountains regions of Slovakia, Ukraine and Poland.  Many ethnic
Rusyns live in North America.  (Hi to our friend Larry Granberg!)  Like that
of all Slavonic peoples, the Rusyns' musical heritage is rich and exquisite.
The so-called Lemko Rusyns live predominantly in mountainous Southern
Poland.  This song has very many versions.  You can read some of them and
listen to one of the tunes here:
http://www.iarelative.com/wedding/redovy.htm. (I think my translation is
singable with that tune.)

With greetings and wishes to the blushing bride!
Reinhard/Ron

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