Friday 10 September 2021

2021 Day 253

2021 Dedh Dew Cans Terdhek ha Dewgens

De Gwener, degves mis Gwedngala

Friday, 10th September


















Terweythyow, theram ow pedery dr'ew an hav re gòtt. Po, martesen, thew pub sêson cott. Ma pub sêson ow hevely cotta vel y gila kens. Termyn my a veu mos, hav a veu heb diwedh! Da veu genam kerdhes reb an dowr ha mires orth an bescaders. Hav a veu an termyn rag sevy ewedh. Ma dedhyow ow hevely cotta lebmyn. Nag eus ourys luck e'n jedh dhe wil pub tra oll. Po, martesen, na ellama gwil pup tra drefen bos moy syger ow hònan. Nag ew an nosow hir lowr - da via genam còsca moy! Thera ûsadow en termynyow tremenys. Terweythyow nei a's gweles e'n jedh hedhyw.  Mejwas a drohas an diwettha bagas a ys sevel ha creia "Ema genam! Ema genam! Ema genam!" Re erel a greias "Pandr'eus genes?" An gorryp a veu "Pedn a Yar! Pedn a Yar! Pedn a Yar!"























Sometimes, I think that the summer is too short. Or, perhaps, every season is short. Each season seems shorter than the previous one. When I was a girl, summer was endless! I liked to walk by the water and watch the fishermen. Summer was the time for strawberries, too. Days seem shorter now. There are not enough hours in the day to do everything. Or, perhaps, I can't do everything because I am slower myself. The nights are not long enough - I should like to sleep more. There were customs in times past. Sometime we see them nowadays. A reaper cut the last bundle of standing corn and cried, "I have it". Others cried "What do you have?" The answer was "A neck! A neck! A neck!"

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

cotta shorter < còtt > re gòtt too short

heb diwedh endless

hevely to seem

kens previous

luck ~ lowr enough

mejwas (m) reaper < (verb) mejy

pedn a yar head of a chicken - traditional name of harvest "neck"

pescaders ~ pescadoryon fishermen

pub ~ pup tra (oll) everything

syger slow

ûsadow customs, practices

 

 

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