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One for Darwin
« on: November 01, 2007, 11:07:29 AM »
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Neb wæs min on nearwe,     ond ic neoþan wætre,
   I was locked in a narrow nest,
   
flode underflowen,      firgenstreamum
   My beak bound below the water
   
swiþe besuncen,     ond on sunde awox
   In a dark dive; the sea surged
   
ufan yþum þeaht,     anum getenge
   Where my wings woke -- my body quickened
   
liþendum wuda      lice mine.
 5 From the clutch of wave and wandering wood.
 5
Hæfde feorh cwico,      þa ic of fæðmum cwom
   Born black, streaked white, I rise
   
brimes ond beames      on blacum hrægle;
   From the womb of waves on the wind's back,
   
sume wæron hwite      hyrste mine,
   Sailing over seals' bath. Who am I?
   
þa mec lifgende      lyft upp ahof,
       
wind of wæge,     siþþan wide bær
 10     
ofer seolhbaþo.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

 
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Re: One for Darwin
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2007, 11:51:23 AM »
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Neb wæs min on nearwe,     ond ic neoþan wætre,
   I was locked in a narrow nest,
   
flode underflowen,      firgenstreamum
   My beak bound below the water
   
swiþe besuncen,     ond on sunde awox
   In a dark dive; the sea surged
   
ufan yþum þeaht,     anum getenge
   Where my wings woke -- my body quickened
   
liþendum wuda      lice mine.
 5 From the clutch of wave and wandering wood.
 5
Hæfde feorh cwico,      þa ic of fæðmum cwom
   Born black, streaked white, I rise
   
brimes ond beames      on blacum hrægle;
   From the womb of waves on the wind's back,
   
sume wæron hwite      hyrste mine,
   Sailing over seals' bath. Who am I?
   
þa mec lifgende      lyft upp ahof,
       
wind of wæge,     siþþan wide bær
 10     
ofer seolhbaþo.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

 


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Re: One for Darwin
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2007, 11:53:11 AM »
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