MISSING: One Heart (or How Wondrous It Is...)

[lno]

*Originally posted by Maeglin *
Walther! I was just listening to the Palaestinalied this morning. Gorgeous, gorgeous song.

Definitely. One of my favorites, bar none.

And I considered the meaning of “felix” for quite some time. I think that a simple translation of “lucky” is too probabilistic to capture the real sense of the line. Consider St. Augustine’s “O Felix Culpa,” and I believe you will see what I mean.

As I said, I was just being obstinate. I could have argued that you should have used ‘happy’, after all.

Your German’s pretty good, too. I don’t recall reading that passage from Walther ever. It is rather beautiful, unsurprisingly.

BTW, what site are you copying the text from?

Specifically here, although the Table of Contents for that site is far more interesting. Do a search for ‘unter der linden’ on that first link and you should find the passage. I just nabbed the second verse.

That is definitely the worst Anglo-Saxon I have ever seen in my short life. Definitely worse than some of my fellow students’ translation exercise.

Hey, I SAID I was rusty …

There are a couple of ripe passages from the Vita Nuova in Italian…but I left my copy at my parents’ house. You’ll have to wait until next week.

I was tempted to beat you to the punch - you can find the entirety of the Vita Nuova online along with a complete English translation. I’ll leave all of Dante for you, though. You called it first.

Yeah, it’s a pretty tough song. But the language is beautiful, and the interplay of the two different languages works really well, IMHO.

Definitely interesting. I never ran across that one before.

I wonder if Nym and dpr like it.

Given that Nym is giggling helplessly at this dorkish hijack, I think we can assume we’re safe.

[dpr]

I’m actually enjoying these translations and the celebration of the spoken word. I thank you both for your kind wishes and words (and words and words and words…) but to be fair to both your talents this should probably be continued in another thread.

I for one will read attentively (and feel free to dedicate the thread to us) but I don’t think a lot of people will bother coming back to this read, and they will miss it.

Share, you lords of word. Spread the joy of langauge to all who can hear.

Sing rhapsodies to the fickle gods that guide you
Awake the brave adventurer that sleeps inside
thanks again guys