the sacred seas -
an inner peace -
the majestic whale's breath
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear for auld lang syne - we'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne ...
Auld lang syne: Carol showed me the YouTube Hong Kong 2015 New Yr celebration. The crowd sang this Robert Burns poem translated into their language (same melody), but the refrain was "Auld lang syne". My thought was, "Why did they choose to leave the refrain un-translated (from English)?" Then it settled on me. "Auld lang syne" is not English. It is universally an idiomatic saying, now. It changed the way I think of that song.
Auld lang syne:
ReplyDeleteCarol showed me the YouTube Hong Kong 2015 New Yr celebration. The crowd sang
this Robert Burns poem translated into their language (same melody), but the
refrain was "Auld lang syne". My thought was, "Why did they choose to leave the
refrain un-translated (from English)?" Then it settled on me. "Auld lang syne"
is not English. It is universally an idiomatic saying, now. It changed the way
I think of that song.
it's a beautiful phrase that contains a lot that's hard to express succinctly in english -
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