Yiddish Mailing List, Issue #10 August 13, 1989 181 lines =============================== Translation of popular English verse (David Sherman) Re issue #9 (Ari Davidow) The Rubaiyat of Omer Khayyam, 1 (Jack Woehr) Fun with the kids (David Sherman) [bamerkung: shik epes, az ikh zol hobn vus aroistsushikn in nekstn numer!] ------------------------ Digest-Message: 10/1 From: dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) Subject: Gut Yuntif, Gut Yohr Date: Thu Jul 6 18:35:51 EDT 1989 Gut Yuntif, Gut Yohr is a book of verse by Maria B. Jaffe published in 1965 (Citadel Press, Secaucus, NJ). Most of it is transliteration of English classics, which are printed on opposing pages so you can read the original along with the transl[iter]ation. The book's still in print; I just bought a copy recently at our local Judaica store. The Owl and the Pussycat, Clementine, Oh Captain My Captain, Auld Lang Syne, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and various sonnets are among the titles. One of my favourites is Hiawatha: Bei dem breg fun Gitche-Gumee Bei dem blischendiken vasser Shteyt die heiskeh fun Nokomis Tochterel fun der levoneh Hinter diezen vigvam-heiskeh, Vaxt ah vald, gedicht mit boimer, Hoicheh, shvartzeh, shtilleh boimer; Und in forent shlogt der vasser, Klor und zunig is der vasser, Blischet vie ah yam, der vasser. [it goes on for another 3 pages] Does anyone know of a Yiddish version of Casey At The Bat? ------------------------ Digest-Message: 10/2 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 89 00:39:22 EDT From: well!ari@apple.com (Ari Davidow) Subject: Re: mail.yiddish issue #9 Have received yiddish.9. Wonderful! If we ever get our glossary program working, we're going to add the computer terms immediately. I believe that either Kapelye or the Klezmorim recorded Motl the Operator. I'll try to check when I get home. Ari Davidow "Jewish" on the WELL--a damn nice example of virtual community ------------------------ Digest-Message: 10/3 From: uunet!apple.com!well!jax (Jack J. Woehr) Subject: The Rubaiyat, 1. Date: Wed, 5 Jul 89 21:44:27 PDT [ Note: in the following I use the following transcription: abgdhvzktyclmnsy(pf)xqr$+ for the yiddish/hebrew alphabet. I also use o for qomets-aleph and w for vv in yiddish. Given the multilingual punning of my slightly tongue-in-cheek translation of the Fitzgerald version of the Rubaiyat, the literally accurate transcription is obligatory. ] Di Rvbii+ Avmr Kiim's A. Qvm! Hot dyr zvn, hrvdf lcvcbv+, Awyqgyiogt awyq dyr nact di $dv+ Avn mit zii, nact, az morgyn $logt ariin Ain tvrml'l $vltan's, $tralyn lict avn $iin. B. By+ flit dyr fal$yr morgyn $vin awyq, $riit op a qvl arop fvn $ynqyr's yq: << Ot hmqdv$ fartig xv ybvdh, Xu wos holt yr in d'rvisn r"h qvnh? >> *C* 1989 Jack Woehr "Ter Amoretz" ------------------------ Digest-Message: 10/4 Date: Thu Jul 6 06:20:37 EDT 1989 From: dave@lsuc.on.ca To: jax@well Subject: Re: The Rubaiyat, 1. A dank. Have you seen the translation in Jaffe's book, Gut Yuntif Gut Yohr? I just happened to buy the book yesterday. "Vek oif! Die zun fun yenem mizrach-zeit Hot shoin fertriben aleh shtern fun nacht..." Can you send the original Fitzgerald version along with the above, so people know what you're translating? ------------------------ Digest-Message: 10/5 From: well!jax@apple.com (Jack J. Woehr) Subject: Re: The Rubaiyat, 1. Date: Thu, 6 Jul 89 23:48:11 EDT > A dank. Have you seen the translation in Jaffe's book, > Gut Yuntif Gut Yohr? I just happened to buy the book yesterday. > Never! I was sure that one existed, having heard that it did, but have never seen it. > "Vek oif! Die zun fun yenem mizrach-zeit > Hot shoin fertriben aleh shtern fun nacht..." Somewhat less fanciful than my version! > Can you send the original Fitzgerald version along with the above, > so people know what you're translating? Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light. Before the Phantom of false Morning died, Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried, "When all the Temple is prepar'd within, Why nods the drowsy Worshiper outside?" ------------------------ Digest-Message: 10/6 From: dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) Date: Sun Aug 13 20:06:54 EDT 1989 Subject: fun with the kids I'll admit it, I can be cruel at times... Our daughters are now 5 and 3, and they can be difficult at times. They also don't like being rushed, as in, "Darfst ofessen yetzt!". So, I sometimes tell them I'm going to count to ten, by which time they'd better have finished. They usually don't like that, and voice their disagreement, which is where I have fun: "Ikh gei tseilen biz tzeyn, darfst ofessen yetzt!" "Nein, ikh vil nisht!" "Eins!" "Tseil nisht!" "Tzvei!" "Nein, tseil nisht!" "Drei!" "NEIN!!" "OK, nein.... tseyn!" They've learned, though... they now stick to "tseil nisht!" instead of "nein!". David Sherman ------------------------ END OF ISSUE #10 ------------------------ David Sherman, Toronto Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan {AT&T Sites}!att pyramid!utai utzoo } !lsuc!dave dave@lsuc.on.ca attcan!lsuc!dave@uunet.uu.net