#51262
12/31/2001 11:50 AM
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In the spirit of looking toward taking and extending the cup of kindness, I found this on the Net this morning and am wondering, "Why the 'Rabbie'?"
Words adapated from a traditional song
by Rabbie Burns (1759-96)
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I'll be mine,
And we'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl'd in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin auld lang syne.
And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne
I imagine buckets of tears will be shed this year at the stroke of midnight. The melody itself is enough to call forth those tears as we hearken back to what's been lost.
and nothing mundane there, tsuwm...
Best regards and kindness extended toward all of you,
Wordwind
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#51263
12/31/2001 1:23 PM
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"Why the 'Rabbie'?"
It's not widely known, but he was, among other thangs, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi.
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#51264
12/31/2001 2:17 PM
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Far more widely known that he was not.
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#51265
12/31/2001 2:29 PM
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Yep, the first and last Calvinist Rabbi on record.
All seriousness aside, WW, pending confirmation from one of our cross-Ponders, that's how his name is pronounced in Scotland.
(And a haggis is a mountain creature whose legs are shorter on one side than the other).
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#51267
12/31/2001 3:03 PM
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Auld Lang Syne
Scottish Version
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!
Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
We twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
And there's a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
And surely ye'll be your pint stowp!
And surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o'kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
- Poem by Robert Burns, 1788
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#51268
12/31/2001 4:41 PM
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If We Only Have Love, by Jacques Brel, has become the traditional year-end song for those of us who listen to the local classical music radio station.
If we only have love
Then tomorrow will dawn
And the days of our years
Will rise on that morn
If we only have love
To embrace without fears
We will kiss with our eyes
We will sleep without tears
If we only have love
With our arms open wide
Then the young and the old
Will stand at our side
If we only have love
Love that's falling like rain
Then the parched desert earth
Will grow green again
If we only have love
For the hymn that we shout
For the song that we sing
Then we'll have a way out
If we only have love
We can reach those in pain
We can heal all our wounds
We can use our own names
If we only have love
We can melt all the guns
And then give the new world
To our daughters and sons
If we only have love
Then Jerusalem stands
And then death has no shadow
There are no foreign lands
If we only have love
We will never bow down
We'll be tall as the pines
Neither heroes nor clowns
If we only have love
Then we'll only be men
And we'll drink from the Grail
To be born once again
Then with nothing at all
But the little we are
We'll have conquered all time
All space, the sun, and the stars.
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#51269
12/31/2001 5:55 PM
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Not a song, but here's a poem about an uncertain hope for a new year.
The Darkling Thrush - dated 31st December 1900
by Thomas Hardy
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.
The land's sharp features seemed to be
The Century's corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fevourless as I.
At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.
So little cause for carolings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.
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#51270
12/31/2001 6:40 PM
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Ah, JazzO'...those lines do break my heart in two. They are the richness, essential, listening, waking. Thank you, at least from this soul, for the best gift in looking toward the new year.
These, most of all, did pierce me to the core:
The Century's corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fevourless as I.
Best regards for a happy, happening, new year,
WW
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#51271
12/31/2001 8:36 PM
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Keiva, what a beautiful song to end this year of tragedy, and begin a new year with. Thank you. And a very Happy New Year, to all my new friends here in AWAD.
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#51272
01/01/2002 12:16 AM
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that's how his name is pronounced in Scotland.
Sort of. The a isn't the so-called flat a as in aunt, but the broader a as in aunt.
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#51273
01/01/2002 12:42 AM
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You can hear the French version here--you need RealPlayer: http://www.marxbros.yucom.be/BREL/
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#51274
01/01/2002 11:19 AM
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Hey, the Jewish guy you're talking about was Rabbi Bernstein. Not the same character at all. I think his poem ended with "Oy veh!" (not sure of the spelling, but a great expression ...)  Happy new year to all! - DeafAsAPost CK
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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