Thread:Maguti/@comment-33694126-20171208102739/@comment-31019144-20171208115023

Nesserland



Man seggt, in ´d Eems bi Nesserland

Dor gift dat Dullertwiefkes

Van baben Fro, van unnern Fisk

Mit blanke, witte Liefkes.





Vör hunnert Johrn is dor geböhrt

Worvan ik will vertellen

Een jungen Kerl, so hebb ik hört

Versunk dor eenst in ´d Wellen.





He kwamm na ´d Karkhoff, jüst in ´d Hoog

Sein Froo leeg dor begroben

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Kunn hoost de Pad need sehn vör ´d Oog

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Bloß Vullmoon schkien van boben.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Een Singen höört he achter Diek,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">gung ´t na, wull bloot eem kieken.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">He keek up ´d Water un sach gliek

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Twee Wiefkes, Hann suck rieken.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Kumm bi uns, Hannes, repen se

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Wi willen mit die singen

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Un sünner Küern leep he na ´d See

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Un de in ´d Water springen.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Na veertein Doog het man hum funn´

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Gaanz stief un vull van Sären

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Een Ratsel – up sin Lippen stunn

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Deels Grinn´ un deels verfähren

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Up ´t Nesserland was he bediekt

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Ganz stickum, sünner Sägen!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">In Vullmoonnachten – gruselich –

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Sach man hum, Graftsteen fägen.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Man seggt, in ´d Eems bi Nesserland

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Dor gift dat Dullertwiefkes

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Van baben Fro, van unnern Fisk

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">Mit blanke, witte Liefkes

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-weight:400;margin-top:0.4em;font-size:16px;"> Here I try to translate this poem into English. However, I have to make some clarifications, without which the translation would certainly be difficult to understand.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Nesserland - Nesserland was an island in the small river Ems(Eems). The Ems flows into the North Sea at the harbor town of Emden. On September 26, 1509, there was a severe storm surge. Through this, the island was completely destroyed and disappeared from the map. The extended estuary has been called Dollart (Dullert) ever since. Only one city district of Emden reminds by its name to the island.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Wiefkes - In the true sense small women, here synonymously as mermaids.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Liefkes bodies or small bellies

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> A few decades ago i discovered a small cemetery, which was overgrown by plants, just behind the dike. For the most part, the gravestones were without names; in some, one could still read the day of the burial. After some research, it turned out that centuries ago the nameless corpses were buried from the storm tide, but also driven namelessness.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Now for translation:

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Nesserland

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;">   It is said in the Ems at Nesserland

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> There are Dollart Mermaids

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> From above woman, from below fish

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> With naked white bodies.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> A hundred years ago happened there

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> What I'm going to tell you

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> A young fellow, that's what I've heard

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Disappeared there in the waves.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> He came to the cemetery in the little corner

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> His wife was buried there

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Could not see the path before

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Only moonlight seemed from above.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> He heard a singing behind the dike

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Went there, just wanted to look

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> He looked at the water and saw

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Two mermaids, hands reach each other.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Come to us Hannes, they shouted

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> We want to sing with you

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> And without a brain he ran to sea

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> And jumped into the water.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> After a fortnight he was found

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Very stiff and full of wounds

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> A riddle, on his lips

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Partly grin and partly frightened.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> He was buryed in Nesserland

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> Secretly and without blessing

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> In full moon nights - creepy

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> They saw him sweep gravestones.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> It is said in the Ems at Nesserland

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> There are Dollart Mermaids

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> From above woman, from below fish

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;"> With naked white bodies.