Can Hen Calan Haf -translated from the early Welsh I have a great longing for a girl Whose love has penetrated my breast She swears to me That I will get to see her on Mayday. I heard the blackbird cock Singing days ago Better still I heard the cuckoo I know that Mayday is not far off. I saw leaves along the tops of the bushes I saw lambs and kids The nightingale warbling night and day I know that Mayday is near. A new gate on an oat field And horses being brought from their stables And tied in the corner where the rye is But blessed is Mayday. Upon my oath I saw the swallow Nesting at the top of the chimney The girls dressed up beautifully That is the sign of Mayday. I saw last night a fair evening The cows being milked outside Small calves playing merrily Those are the signs of Mayday. I saw a rich and comfortable gentleman Gathering together his yokes And his muck fork and his hay hook Going to the fair on Mayday. I saw a showy woman on her behind Grazing oat shoots I would get to hunt every afternoon The bounty of Mayday is fair. I saw barley shoots joyous I saw goslings And chickens and a foal And what will stop Mayday coming now I saw a crows nest being torn down And meadows being prepared I saw the big road being repaired Mayday cannot be long.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 16:49:26 +0000
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