author unknown
980 AD
trans RMBullard
Old French/Vulgar Latin
«La Vie de Saint Léger» est le reçit de la vie et du martyre de saint Léger (francisation du germanique Leudgari, de «leud» peuple, gens et «gari» lance - en latin Leodegarius), évêque d'Autun au septième siècle, composée par un auteur anonyme au cours de la deuxième moitié du dixième siècle, probablement dans la région wallone.
[The "Life of St. Leger" is an account of the life and martyrdom of St. Leger --the French name of the German Leudger, from "leud" meaning "people", and "gari" meaning "spear", or the Latinized Leodegarius, and who lived in the 7th c. AD, although his life was composed by an anonymous author in the 2nd half of the 10th c. AD, probably in the Walloon region of the country.]
Strophes d'hymne de 6 vers d'octosyllabes, assonancés 2 à 2, destinées à être chantées.
[The strophes of the hymn are 6 lines long --each line with 8 syllables--with a 2 by 2 rhyme scheme, intended to be sung.]
La Vie de Saint Léger
Martyre de saint Léger, vers 1200
I
Domine Deu devemps lauder,
Et a sos sancz honor porter.
[Praise the Lord God's presence, and bring him honor from your holy rites,]
In su' amor cantomps dels sanz,
Quœ por lui augrent granz aanz;
[In whose love belongs a song of blood, that extends the long years for him;]
5
Et or es temps et si est biens
Quœ nos cantumps de sant Lethgier.
[And now is the time, and it bodes so well, for our song of Saint Leger.]
II
Primes didrai vos dels honors
Quœ il awret ab duos seniors;
[I will grant you all the honors that one would hold from among the two most senior members of a community.]
Aprés ditrai vos dels aanz
10
Que li suos corps susting si granz,
[Before I tell you about the time this body became so famous,]
Et Ewruïns, cil Deu mentiz,
Que lui a grant torment occist.
[And Erwin, the profaner of God, who killed him after great torment.]
III
Quant infans fud, donc a ciels temps,
Al rei lo duistrent soi parent,
[When he was a child, from this time on, his parents gave him to the king,]
15
Qui donc regnevet a ciel di,
Cio fud Lothiers, fils Baldequi.
[and then after, he ruled undering the following two, one named Lothiers, the other his brother, Baldequi.]
I N F I N I T A
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Showing posts with label Vulgar Latin. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Summary of Wrongdoing (Mentio de malfactoria)
Author unknown
c. 1008 A.D.
Proto-Portuguese/Vulgar Latin
Trans RMBullard
[1] H(ec) [est] mentio de malefactoria q(u)am rex donn(us) Sanci(us) fec(it) donno Laurẽcio F(er)nandi (et) p(re)cep(it) fac(er)e q(uo)d ei fecit [2] Velasc(us) Men(en)di.
[This a brief summary of the misdeed done by the Lord King Sancho against Lord Laurenzo Fernando, and follows with the deed done to him by Velasco Menendo.]
In p(r)imis accepit ei LXXXa. modios int(er) pane (et) uinũ et XXV int(er) archas (et) [3] cupas
[First of all, he received 80 orders of bread and wine, and 25 bowls and cups from him]
et X. scutos et II.as, culcitres (et) II plumacios et int(er) scannos (et) lectos XI et calda-
[on top of 10 shields, 2 mattress, 2 pillows, 12 stools and beds, and pots]
[4] rias (et) m(en)sas (et) scutellas (et) uasos muitos (et) capellos de ferro (et) porcos decẽ (et) oues (et) capras
[and curtains, tables, trays, and numerous vases, iron goblets, plus 10 pigs, sheep, and goats,]
[5] et XV m(o)r(a)b(itino)s, q(ui) leuauer(unt) de suis hominib(us) q(ui) spectauer(unt) et multa, alia arma.
[and 15 young idlers, who stood up from their crowds of men and saw many things, weapons included.]
Sup(er) hoc depo- [6] pulauer(unt) ei LXX.a casalia,
[On top of this, they afterwards robbed 70 coins from his storage]
unde est p(er)ditũ p(re)sentẽ fructu (q(uo)d in eis habebat
[from whence the loss came from the current profit that he possessed among such things]
(et) q(uo)d debet euenire.
[and that ought to be resolved.]
[7] (et) C homines d(e) maladia,
q(u)i ita p(er)dider(unt).
[And this concerns 100 fellows who happened to die thusly regarding from plague.]
Deinde miser(unt) ignẽ in sua q(u)intana de Cuina
[And then there were the people who suffered from a fire in their village in Cuina]
(et) cre- [8] mauer(unt) eã totã
[and everything was burned up]
q(uia) pré igne nichil ibi remansit.
[to such an extent that the nothing remain there on account of the fire.]
Et dirribauer(unt) de ipsa turre
[and there were those who leapt down from the city town]
q(u)antã potuer(unt) [9
[or so they could to the best of their ability]
] (et) q(uo)d n(on) potuer(unt) miser(unt) in eã ignẽ
[and neither coudl they do anything other than suffer in this fire]
q(u)i eã findidit,
[which damaged these things]
q(uo)d nũq(u)am potest e(ss)e em(en)data.
[and in which at no point could be put out]
c. 1008 A.D.
Proto-Portuguese/Vulgar Latin
Trans RMBullard
[1] H(ec) [est] mentio de malefactoria q(u)am rex donn(us) Sanci(us) fec(it) donno Laurẽcio F(er)nandi (et) p(re)cep(it) fac(er)e q(uo)d ei fecit [2] Velasc(us) Men(en)di.
[This a brief summary of the misdeed done by the Lord King Sancho against Lord Laurenzo Fernando, and follows with the deed done to him by Velasco Menendo.]
In p(r)imis accepit ei LXXXa. modios int(er) pane (et) uinũ et XXV int(er) archas (et) [3] cupas
[First of all, he received 80 orders of bread and wine, and 25 bowls and cups from him]
et X. scutos et II.as, culcitres (et) II plumacios et int(er) scannos (et) lectos XI et calda-
[on top of 10 shields, 2 mattress, 2 pillows, 12 stools and beds, and pots]
[4] rias (et) m(en)sas (et) scutellas (et) uasos muitos (et) capellos de ferro (et) porcos decẽ (et) oues (et) capras
[and curtains, tables, trays, and numerous vases, iron goblets, plus 10 pigs, sheep, and goats,]
[5] et XV m(o)r(a)b(itino)s, q(ui) leuauer(unt) de suis hominib(us) q(ui) spectauer(unt) et multa, alia arma.
[and 15 young idlers, who stood up from their crowds of men and saw many things, weapons included.]
Sup(er) hoc depo- [6] pulauer(unt) ei LXX.a casalia,
[On top of this, they afterwards robbed 70 coins from his storage]
unde est p(er)ditũ p(re)sentẽ fructu (q(uo)d in eis habebat
[from whence the loss came from the current profit that he possessed among such things]
(et) q(uo)d debet euenire.
[and that ought to be resolved.]
[7] (et) C homines d(e) maladia,
q(u)i ita p(er)dider(unt).
[And this concerns 100 fellows who happened to die thusly regarding from plague.]
Deinde miser(unt) ignẽ in sua q(u)intana de Cuina
[And then there were the people who suffered from a fire in their village in Cuina]
(et) cre- [8] mauer(unt) eã totã
[and everything was burned up]
q(uia) pré igne nichil ibi remansit.
[to such an extent that the nothing remain there on account of the fire.]
Et dirribauer(unt) de ipsa turre
[and there were those who leapt down from the city town]
q(u)antã potuer(unt) [9
[or so they could to the best of their ability]
] (et) q(uo)d n(on) potuer(unt) miser(unt) in eã ignẽ
[and neither coudl they do anything other than suffer in this fire]
q(u)i eã findidit,
[which damaged these things]
q(uo)d nũq(u)am potest e(ss)e em(en)data.
[and in which at no point could be put out]
author unknown, Testimonianze di Travale
author unknown
11th c. AD
Trans RMBullard
Pro-Italian/Vulgar Latin (Medieval Era)
I due versicoli del così detto ritmo (o testimonianze) di Travale - forse un frammento d'un ritmo giullaresco del secolo XI - sono citati da un testimonio in un processo del 6 luglio 1158.
[These two little verses, called the Rhyme (or Testimony) of Travale, were perhaps a fragment of a Giularescan rhyme from the 11th century--they were cited in the testimony of a procession on July 6 1158]
T e s t i m o n i a n z e
d i T r a v a l e
Testimonio in un processo del 6 luglio 1158: [This is an account of a procession from July 6 1158 AD]
. . . et ab eodem Gkisolfolo audivit quod Malfredus fecit
la guaita a Travale.
[...and from this very same fellow, Ghisolfolo, he heard that Malfredo had given Travele cause to yelp.]
Sero ascendit murum et dixit:
[He climbed the wall late at night and replied:]
Guaita, guaita male,
non mangiai ma mezo pane.
[Your yelping...your yelping is nothing, I've eaten nothing but moldly bread!]
et ob id remissum fuit sibi servitium. Et amplius non tornò mai a far guaita
[On account of this reponse, he was thrown into slavery. And he never returned to make a yelp ever again. ]
11th c. AD
Trans RMBullard
Pro-Italian/Vulgar Latin (Medieval Era)
I due versicoli del così detto ritmo (o testimonianze) di Travale - forse un frammento d'un ritmo giullaresco del secolo XI - sono citati da un testimonio in un processo del 6 luglio 1158.
[These two little verses, called the Rhyme (or Testimony) of Travale, were perhaps a fragment of a Giularescan rhyme from the 11th century--they were cited in the testimony of a procession on July 6 1158]
T e s t i m o n i a n z e
d i T r a v a l e
Testimonio in un processo del 6 luglio 1158: [This is an account of a procession from July 6 1158 AD]
. . . et ab eodem Gkisolfolo audivit quod Malfredus fecit
la guaita a Travale.
[...and from this very same fellow, Ghisolfolo, he heard that Malfredo had given Travele cause to yelp.]
Sero ascendit murum et dixit:
[He climbed the wall late at night and replied:]
Guaita, guaita male,
non mangiai ma mezo pane.
[Your yelping...your yelping is nothing, I've eaten nothing but moldly bread!]
et ob id remissum fuit sibi servitium. Et amplius non tornò mai a far guaita
[On account of this reponse, he was thrown into slavery. And he never returned to make a yelp ever again. ]
author unknown, Inscription of Saint Clement
author unknown
11th c. AD
Trans RMBullard
Pro-Italian/Vulgar Latin (Medieval Era)
L'iscrizione su un affresco della chiesa inferiore di San Clemente in Roma, scrittura volgare sulla fine del secolo XI, è molto importante, perqué per la prima volta «il volgare italiano vi appare usato con intento artistico...» (A. Monteverdi).
[The inscription on the outside exterior of the smaller church of St. Clement in Rome, written in a vulgar tongue at the end of the 11th century, is very important, as it is the first time that the vulgar Italian appears to be used with artistic intent..." --A. Monteverdi]
I s c r i z i o n e
d i S a n C l e m e n t e
[Sisinium:]--A fellow named Sisinio
Fili dele pute, traite!
[You sons of bitches, you traitors!]
Gosmari, Albertel traite!
[Gosmario and Albertello are traitors!]
Falite dereto colo palo, Carvoncelle!
[Shove it right up your ass with a stake, Carvoncello!]
[Sanctus Clemens:] --so says Saint Clement
Duritiam cordis vestris
[in saxa conversa est, et cum saxa deos aestimatis]
saxa traere meruistis.
[You deserve to drag stones that signify the sternness of your heart--your harshness has turned to stone, and you equate "gods" with stones.]
Latin-Portuguese Hybrid 1, Documento Latino-Português
Author unknown
c. 1008 A.D.
Proto-Portuguese/Vulgar Latin
Trans RMBullard
[1] (Christus). In D(e)i n(omi)ne.
[In the name of the Lord Christ.]
Nos Argerigo et Adosinda placuit nob(is) asto animo a(c) probria n(ost)ra uolumtate ut uinderem(us) tiui Eue- [2] nando [pres]b(ite)r sicut
[It so please us, Argerigo and Adosenda, with this intention and the necessary willingness on our part to allow you to be our official vicar,]
et concedim(us) tiui in ista karta ereditatem n(ost)ra probria quos abem(us) in uila Manualdi terri[to]- [3] rio Portogal
[and he grant to you in this letter the inheritance with our approval should we ever die, over our estate in the Portuguese territory of Manualdo,]
et abuim(us) nos illa de abios et paremtes nostros in ipsa uila p(er) suo terminum antigũ ubiq(u)
[and we have gone away from grandparents and paretnts, who have lived on this estate for the long time,]
e ea potueritis inuenire [4] in kasas in pomares in uinias terras kalbas ecciam
[and on it, you can find houses, groves, vineywards, land, *kalbas [?], and horses [?]]
et baruaras montes fontes aquis aquarum u(e)l sepsigas mulinar(um)
[and hills [?], mountains, river streams of water, or even water wills,]
de quanto [5] inde tenem(us) in n(ost)ro iure qum mater n(ost)ra Goda et uirum suo Trastemiro.
[as much stuff there that we own by our rights and that of our mother Goda, and her husband Trastemiro.]
Et est fora de alias tuas kartas q(u)e ian nos tiui inde [6] rouoram(us) mediatate integra tiui inde concedim(us).
[and there is also the book of your other letters which I've already sent to you, with its middle intact, so let me grant you this too:]
Et illa alia mediatate reserbam(us) pro nos.
[and I'm saving all those other ones left over for myself.]
Et nec uindam(us) nec donem(us) [7] ad alio omine nisit ad ti ou tu a nos.
[and neither will we sell or give this to any one else except to you, or vice versa, you to use.]
Abeas firmiter de nostro dato et dam(us) tiui ea pro ocasione
[Please farewell with our gift, and we bequeath it to you on this occasion]
q(ue) abenit ad ipsa Adosinda [8]
[wherefore he went to his wife Adosinda]
et in suo peccato deuenit a tradictjone
[and by mistake, he happened to cause damage <?>]
et abuit pro me a dare CL solidos
[and he agreed to give 150 gold coins]
et dedit inde illos L ad Uilifonso Mumdini - [9] zi.
[and he then gave 50 of them to Alfonso Mumdini]
c. 1008 A.D.
Proto-Portuguese/Vulgar Latin
Trans RMBullard
[1] (Christus). In D(e)i n(omi)ne.
[In the name of the Lord Christ.]
Nos Argerigo et Adosinda placuit nob(is) asto animo a(c) probria n(ost)ra uolumtate ut uinderem(us) tiui Eue- [2] nando [pres]b(ite)r sicut
[It so please us, Argerigo and Adosenda, with this intention and the necessary willingness on our part to allow you to be our official vicar,]
et concedim(us) tiui in ista karta ereditatem n(ost)ra probria quos abem(us) in uila Manualdi terri[to]- [3] rio Portogal
[and he grant to you in this letter the inheritance with our approval should we ever die, over our estate in the Portuguese territory of Manualdo,]
et abuim(us) nos illa de abios et paremtes nostros in ipsa uila p(er) suo terminum antigũ ubiq(u)
[and we have gone away from grandparents and paretnts, who have lived on this estate for the long time,]
e ea potueritis inuenire [4] in kasas in pomares in uinias terras kalbas ecciam
[and on it, you can find houses, groves, vineywards, land, *kalbas [?], and horses [?]]
et baruaras montes fontes aquis aquarum u(e)l sepsigas mulinar(um)
[and hills [?], mountains, river streams of water, or even water wills,]
de quanto [5] inde tenem(us) in n(ost)ro iure qum mater n(ost)ra Goda et uirum suo Trastemiro.
[as much stuff there that we own by our rights and that of our mother Goda, and her husband Trastemiro.]
Et est fora de alias tuas kartas q(u)e ian nos tiui inde [6] rouoram(us) mediatate integra tiui inde concedim(us).
[and there is also the book of your other letters which I've already sent to you, with its middle intact, so let me grant you this too:]
Et illa alia mediatate reserbam(us) pro nos.
[and I'm saving all those other ones left over for myself.]
Et nec uindam(us) nec donem(us) [7] ad alio omine nisit ad ti ou tu a nos.
[and neither will we sell or give this to any one else except to you, or vice versa, you to use.]
Abeas firmiter de nostro dato et dam(us) tiui ea pro ocasione
[Please farewell with our gift, and we bequeath it to you on this occasion]
q(ue) abenit ad ipsa Adosinda [8]
[wherefore he went to his wife Adosinda]
et in suo peccato deuenit a tradictjone
[and by mistake, he happened to cause damage <?>]
et abuit pro me a dare CL solidos
[and he agreed to give 150 gold coins]
et dedit inde illos L ad Uilifonso Mumdini - [9] zi.
[and he then gave 50 of them to Alfonso Mumdini]
Friday, March 11, 2011
Song of St. Eulalie (La Cantilene de Sainte Eulalie)
La Cantilene de Sainte Eulalie
c. 9th century (over 1,000 years ago)
trans RMBullard
Old French (Vulgar Latin)
Buona pulcella fut Eulalia;
(There was a virtuous girl Eulalia;)
Bel avret corps, bellezour anima;
(She had a great figure and even greater spirit;)
Voldrent la veintre li Deo inimi, voldrent la faire diaule servir.
(The enemies of God wanted to harm her, they wanted to her to serve the Devil;)
Elle no’nt eskoltet les mals conselliers qu’elle Deo ranaeiet, chi maent sus en ciel, ne por or ned argent ne paramenz por manatce regiel ne preiement.
(She did not listen to their wicked advice, those men who ordered her to recant God who stays up in the sky, neither for gold nor silver nor by threat or prayers from the king;)
Niule cose non la pouret omque pleier, la polle sempre non amast lo Deo menestier.
(Never did he do anything to persuade or please her; the young girl always continue to love serving God;)
E por o fut presentede Maximiien, chi rex eret a cels dis soure pagiens.
(And therefore she was presented to Maximian, who was a pagan king at that time;)
Il li enortet, dont lei nonque chielt, qued elle fuiet lo nom chrest iien.
(He addressed her, and still she did not obey him, that she abandon the name that was Christ;)
Ell’ent adunet lo suon element;
(She takes his punishment;)
Melz sostendreiet les empedementz qu’elle perdesse sa virginitet;
(She found the punishments better than that she lose her own virginity;)
Por os furet morte a grand honestet.
(Therefore, she died for this great honor;)
Enz enl fou lo getterent com arde tost;
(They threw her into a furnace with a burning fire;)
Elle colpes non avret, por o nos coist;
(She did not suffer pains, for she did not burn at all;)
A czo nos voldret concreidre li rex pagiens;
(At this, the pagan king did not wish to give up;)
Ad un spede li roveret tolier lo chieef;
(He ordered her head to be carried on a pike;)
La domnizelle celle kose non contredist: volt lo seule lazsier, si ruovet Krist.
(The mistress did not protest this matter: she wishes to leave the earth, if so Christ wishes;)
In figure de colomb volat a ciel.
(She flies into the sky in the form of a dove;)
Tuit oram que por nos degnet preier qued auuisset de nos Christus mercit post la mort et a lui nos laist venir par souue clementia.
(Before every face, she deemed us worthy to pray for, so that Christ might help and have mercy upon us after her death, and she left us to go to him by his mercy.)
Image: Portrait of St. Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain
Buona pulcella fut Eulalia;
(There was a virtuous girl Eulalia;)
Bel avret corps, bellezour anima;
(She had a great figure and even greater spirit;)
Voldrent la veintre li Deo inimi, voldrent la faire diaule servir.
(The enemies of God wanted to harm her, they wanted to her to serve the Devil;)
Elle no’nt eskoltet les mals conselliers qu’elle Deo ranaeiet, chi maent sus en ciel, ne por or ned argent ne paramenz por manatce regiel ne preiement.
(She did not listen to their wicked advice, those men who ordered her to recant God who stays up in the sky, neither for gold nor silver nor by threat or prayers from the king;)
Niule cose non la pouret omque pleier, la polle sempre non amast lo Deo menestier.
(Never did he do anything to persuade or please her; the young girl always continue to love serving God;)
E por o fut presentede Maximiien, chi rex eret a cels dis soure pagiens.
(And therefore she was presented to Maximian, who was a pagan king at that time;)
Il li enortet, dont lei nonque chielt, qued elle fuiet lo nom chrest iien.
(He addressed her, and still she did not obey him, that she abandon the name that was Christ;)
Ell’ent adunet lo suon element;
(She takes his punishment;)
Melz sostendreiet les empedementz qu’elle perdesse sa virginitet;
(She found the punishments better than that she lose her own virginity;)
Por os furet morte a grand honestet.
(Therefore, she died for this great honor;)
Enz enl fou lo getterent com arde tost;
(They threw her into a furnace with a burning fire;)
Elle colpes non avret, por o nos coist;
(She did not suffer pains, for she did not burn at all;)
A czo nos voldret concreidre li rex pagiens;
(At this, the pagan king did not wish to give up;)
Ad un spede li roveret tolier lo chieef;
(He ordered her head to be carried on a pike;)
La domnizelle celle kose non contredist: volt lo seule lazsier, si ruovet Krist.
(The mistress did not protest this matter: she wishes to leave the earth, if so Christ wishes;)
In figure de colomb volat a ciel.
(She flies into the sky in the form of a dove;)
Tuit oram que por nos degnet preier qued auuisset de nos Christus mercit post la mort et a lui nos laist venir par souue clementia.
(Before every face, she deemed us worthy to pray for, so that Christ might help and have mercy upon us after her death, and she left us to go to him by his mercy.)
Image: Portrait of St. Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain
Oath of Strasbourg (Le Serment de Strasbourg)
Author Unknown
Trans RMBullard
Old French (Vulgar Latin)
Pro Deo amur et pro christian poblo et nostro comun salvament, d’ist di in avant, in quant Deus savir et podir dunat, si salvarai eo cist meon fradre Karlo, et in adjuhda et in cadhuna cosa si cum om per dreit son fradra salvar dift, in o quid il mi altresi fazet;
(For the love of God and the Christian people and safety of her community, from this day into the future, in so far as God allows to know and be able to do, it is I who will save my brother Carlus, and I will next be in this single thing a man who should save his brother by his own initiative, in such matter which he would do the same thing so for me;)
Et ab Ludher nul plaid nunquam prindrai qui meon vol cist meon fradre Karlo in damno sit. (And I will never take any pleasure as one wishing to see that my brother Karlo be in torture.)
Image: Oaths of Strasbourg text
Confession of Norcia (Confessione di Norcia)
Author unknown
c. 1070 A.D. (over 9oo years ago)
Proto-Italian/Vulgar Latin
Trans RMBullard
Introduzione
La formula di confessione di Norcia (Umbria) fu scritta nella seconda metà del secolo XI in un codice dell' abbazia di San Eutizio.
(The formula of the Confession of Norcia (now Umbria) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century in a codex from the abbacy of San Eutizio.)
Domine mea culpa.
(My fault, my lord;)
Confessu so ad me senior Dominideu et ad mat donna sancta Maria de omnia mea culpa et de omnia mea peccata, ket io feci.
(I have confessed to my authority, the Lord God, and to my sacred lady Maria, for all my faults and all my sins that I have done;)
Me accuso de lu corpus Domini, k'io indignamente lu accepi.
(I proclaim myself in the name of the Lord’s body, which I have accepted most unworthily;)
Pregonde la sua sancta misericordia e la intercessione de li suoi sancti ke me nd'aia indulgentia de la parte de mme senior Dominideu et mat donna sancta Maria.
(I ask for your holy pity and the intercession of you holy rites that save me from wicked indulgence, by the grace of my high master Lord God and my sacred lady Maria;)
Et qual bene tu ai factu vi farai en quannanti, vi altri farai pro te, si sia computatu em pretiu de questa penitentia.
(And for everything that you have accomplished, I will venerate you forever; I will do other things for your sake, if I can be esteemed worthy of this forgiveness from you.)
c. 1070 A.D. (over 9oo years ago)
Proto-Italian/Vulgar Latin
Trans RMBullard
Introduzione
La formula di confessione di Norcia (Umbria) fu scritta nella seconda metà del secolo XI in un codice dell' abbazia di San Eutizio.
(The formula of the Confession of Norcia (now Umbria) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century in a codex from the abbacy of San Eutizio.)
Domine mea culpa.
(My fault, my lord;)
Confessu so ad me senior Dominideu et ad mat donna sancta Maria de omnia mea culpa et de omnia mea peccata, ket io feci.
(I have confessed to my authority, the Lord God, and to my sacred lady Maria, for all my faults and all my sins that I have done;)
Me accuso de lu corpus Domini, k'io indignamente lu accepi.
(I proclaim myself in the name of the Lord’s body, which I have accepted most unworthily;)
Pregonde la sua sancta misericordia e la intercessione de li suoi sancti ke me nd'aia indulgentia de la parte de mme senior Dominideu et mat donna sancta Maria.
(I ask for your holy pity and the intercession of you holy rites that save me from wicked indulgence, by the grace of my high master Lord God and my sacred lady Maria;)
Et qual bene tu ai factu vi farai en quannanti, vi altri farai pro te, si sia computatu em pretiu de questa penitentia.
(And for everything that you have accomplished, I will venerate you forever; I will do other things for your sake, if I can be esteemed worthy of this forgiveness from you.)
L'Indovinello Veronese (The Mystery of Verona)
Author Unknown
Vulgar Latin/Proto-Italian
c. 900 AD
Trans. RMBullard
L'Indovinello Veronese - il più antico testo volgare italiano di carattere letterario - fu scritto verso la fine del secolo VIII o l'inizio del sequente in un codice della Biblioteca capitolare veronese.
(The Mystery of Verona—the most ancient vulgar Italian text of literary character—was written around the end of the 8th century or the beginning of the following one, in a codex from the chief library of Verona.)
Se pareba boues
(This used to move cattle forward;)
alba pratalia araba
(This used to till the blank fields;)
& albo uersorio teneba
(And this used to hold a blank plow;)
& negro semen seminaba.
(and used to sow a black seed.)
Vulgar Latin/Proto-Italian
c. 900 AD
Trans. RMBullard
L'Indovinello Veronese - il più antico testo volgare italiano di carattere letterario - fu scritto verso la fine del secolo VIII o l'inizio del sequente in un codice della Biblioteca capitolare veronese.
(The Mystery of Verona—the most ancient vulgar Italian text of literary character—was written around the end of the 8th century or the beginning of the following one, in a codex from the chief library of Verona.)
Se pareba boues
(This used to move cattle forward;)
alba pratalia araba
(This used to till the blank fields;)
& albo uersorio teneba
(And this used to hold a blank plow;)
& negro semen seminaba.
(and used to sow a black seed.)
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