{"id":2283,"date":"2020-06-13T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marraidh.com\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2022-12-07T16:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:24:01","slug":"o-henno-carwydho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marraidh.com\/en\/o-henno-carwydho\/","title":{"rendered":"O Henn\u1ecd Carwydho"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just thought that we haven\u2019t had any interesting documents for a long time - so here we go. A certain song in Proto-Digitian, apparently; but that\u2019s not the point. Its text is maddeningly reminiscent of modern Duat An Hini A Garan<\/em> (\u201cThe One I Love\u201d) and fits perfectly with her own rhythm. Here is the text of our find (in the spelling I came up with on my knee):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O henn\u1ecd carwydho, cynti bychi tr\u0117vi,
Pan oydhemm oncwsson, ad \u0117nni gilydhi.
Men calon\u1ecd c\u0117r\u0117d, c\u0117r\u0117d onid un\u1ecdn;
Pan oydhenne bychoh, 'n tr\u0117vi garwydho henn\u1ecdh.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

O henn\u1ecdn carwydho colltw-mi wor vython,
Maghew aythydh pellon, a ne dhowhwl\u1ecdd edwon.
A sylli: canw-mi, canw heb-diw\u0117dhi,
A sylli: canw-mi, di garwydho h\u0117nni.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

O henn\u1ecd carwydho un-didhi me leyssydh,
Ayth di vr\u0153ghym pellam, br\u0153ghyn ne gonwynnwydh.
Ayth di vr\u0153ghym pellam, di arwraghon varon.
Un-didhi hi colltw-mi, carwydho henn\u1ecdn.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, the one I love, before, little ones, at home,
When we were close to each other.
My heart loves, loves only one;
When I was little, in the house of the one I love.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, the one I love, I lost forever,
It so happened that she went far away and would never return.
Look, I\u2019m singing, I\u2019m singing endlessly,
Look, I'm singing to the one I love.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, the one I love, you left me one day
Gone to distant lands, a land I don\u2019t know.
She went to distant lands to earn bread.
One day I lost her, the one I love.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally: two of my favorite performances of this very An Hini A Garan<\/em> \u2014 plus, I tried to sing the first verse of our find. The quality is so-so, sorry =D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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