AULD LANGSYNE.

A MONOGRAPH.

(Read before the Members op the Auck land Burns Club.)

It is no trivial or unimportant matter to study closely and examine attentively the sono's of the people—those truest guides to national character and sentiment. The '•Volksl ieder " of any country are inex" .austible mines of wealth for the student of antique customs and mode, of thought; but in too many cases those gems of literature (if it be allowable so to designate compositions which in most; cases are the production of unlettered men and ot an age when literature was almost non-existent) are looked upon as commonplace, and the rude touch of familiarity too often dims their lustre- Among the many priceless din-, Bonds that sparkle in the diadem of Scottish ■ song, " Auld Langsyne "is unique and unsurpassable. Simple and unall ected to a degree the words and music both are, "familial-in ourmouthsas household words," and some lukewarm Scots even profess to be ashamed of the home.y sentiments ex pressed in such broad, unpolished speech. Yet that song has something in it that vibrates responsively to the emo tions of universal Immunity : it has that in definable "touch of Mature that makes the ffhoje world kin ;"—it is the musical expres sion'of the common aspiration after that grand future " when man to man the wa rid o'er shall brithcrs be, and a' that;"—it em bodies the most perfect expression of mutual friendship and tender reminiscence ; and therefore it is sung at social reunions in every corner of the globe, "wherever Scotchmen gather ;" —in fact, English, Irish and Welsh sing it too, for in their national minstrelsy there is nothing that is at all fitted to take its place. A few notes on this world-famed song may therefore pro fitably engage our attention for a short time. ' ; '*'.'

It is worthy of remark that this song, .oiigli usually credited to Burns, is of much older date than our national bard. The second and third stanzas only were written by Burns—the verses beginning re flectively -" We twa ha'e ran aboot the ekes," and "We twa ha'e paidled in the bnni." But in selecting this song from a mass of old rhymes, and in completing aid adapting it, Burns showed as much genius as though he had been its origina tor. In point of literary merit the two verses which he wrote are superior to.tSu. rest of the song, but they agree tho mugUy with it in spirit and they dovetail •jOTitly Avith the other verses. A common (_*]-,. .rt to " Auld Langsyne " is that it is 'bacciailalian in character and inculcates ieasy.tlrinking. This objection I hold is groundless, and to my mind the most stringent teetotaller might with perfect propriety join in singing it. No doubt tlie past associations*of the song have been -_hintemperate indulgence ; but that was the fault of the times and not of the song. It does not once mention intoxicating drink, and the " pint-stoup" might contain a " .aught" of temperance liquid. To be in keeping with tho spirit of the piece it would require to be a " cup that cheers," but cer tainly not one that inebriates : for strong drink cannot truthfully be called a." cup of kindness" nor a beverage conducive to friendship. There has been at various times and places not a little discussion over a phrase in the fourth verse ;—

And there's a hand, my trusty frien', And gic's a hand o thine. And we'll tak a richt guid-willie waught For auld langsyne." What is meant by a "richt quid willie Wattght''" Of course every Scot knows that a "waught'' is a hearty drink, but opinions are divided as to whether "guicl willie" is a compound adjective or " willie waught" a compound noun. A correspon dent of a Home paper, replying to a ques tion on the subject, pronounces in favour of the latter view. He says:--" The word ought to spell 'walie,' meaning jolly; lead the phrase, 'A right gude walie (jolly) taught,' and it will be easily understood. To quote a few passages where the word - made use of :—' Tarn o' Shanter' — 'There was ac winsome wench and walie' (jolly); 'To a Haggis'—' Clap in his wake (jolly) nieve a blade;' 'Sic a Wife as Willie had'—'Her walie (jolly) nieves like midden creels ;' ' There was a lad was born in Kyle'—'This waly (joUy) boy will be nae coof'.' This explanation is not at all satisfactory tome. To adopt it, we must believe that the word " willie " has not only been mis spelt but mis-pronounced, which is almost incredible. If Burns had understood it in thesense of " walie " he would undoubtedly Jot hay it as it stands, but would .nave spelt it as he does " walie " in so many other places. Furthermore, "walie" has a meaning closely allied to "choice" or .select," from the verb '•' wale " to choose, fhiswillbe seen in the phrases, - " this Walie boy" and " a winsome wench she fas and walie, "where the meaningindicated more appropriate than "j011y.." ihere can be little doubt that the proper explanation of the phrase "quid willie " is a "good-will drink" — a. waught" expressive of right good-will -synonymous with the " cup M kindness "in the chorus. True, no one s°w-a-days, or even in Burns's day, would Cream of,: using the expression " quid- Jfie;" hut the word is probably a survival f v ancient pronunciation — of a time When '< w in» was spelt with a ■™| "c" and sounded "wille." That m pronunciation was in vogue some 4UO years ago both in England and Scotland is of proof, and that fact pretty *?»fixes the antiquity of this particular Portion of " Auld Langsvnc." ■ . Jot the least noticeable thing about this old song is the imtrahslatubihty of S s ontiments in adequate language in any ■Jwttm'gue of the world. If there were ?°other Scottish poem except this, it would JfSvftp power of compelling people to SV. our-broad Caledonian dialect, in EBM the full spirit of the poem might Poets of other nations have >.<1 the translation of this immortal gfj«iW their native tongue,, but, iri no £ c *th success. • A very fair attempt made by Silbergleit to render it as follows— . / tollman vergessen alter Lieb, •>.-; c Nic ihrer denken melir I & 01l man vergessen alter Liieo i >~S i;, Solaug, solangchcr? ...7' ; 6 t i ari ge her, mem Freund, , '8 istlange her; !*__■_- nn— I ' Em Glas nur nocfa, undsto33o an ; 'S Ist lange her I •

Zusammen Hefcn wir so froll In Busctiand Fold tinihcr; Draui! trennten wir ims, weit, so weit, S ist lange lier ! Zusammen f uhrcn wir im Teich, Vom Walde bis zum Welir ; D'auf ranscbte zwischen uns die See. S ist lange her! Hier meine Hand fiir Freud und Loid, Und reich iriir deinii lier : Icli irmk dir zu. tha' mir Beschcid. 'S ist lange hor! Nun nodi em Mass, em Doppclmass Zulrinken ich begclit; Dies letzte Glas, mm stosse an, 'S ist lango net'!

I have also seen two French translations of " Auld Langsyne; neither of them par ticularly happy. In all the translations the most noticeable weakness is the want of an equivalent expression for " auld ac quantance," while one of the French translators renders "auld langsyne" " the days of youth." Now these two ex pressions "auld acquaintance" and "auld langsyne" contain the very pith and marrow of the song, and are the notes that raise re.sponsive echoes in every bosom. It is not" "shall we forget old love.' as the German translator puts ib, bub "auld acquantance" — it may be the friends of childhood or youth ; it may be nearer and dearer ones, or it may simply be the chance associates of .life—all are in cluded in the comprehensive term "auld acquantance !" In the better ot the two French. translations the phrase "veilles liaisons " is a happy approximation to the original, and several other expressions throughout the piece aro well-chosen. I quote this translation :— S.it-on oubli.=r les veillo. liaisons, ; Et ne s'en rappeler point ? Comment? ianorer l'amitu. Au.si les bons vieux temps? Chorus— am jours dv bon vieux temps, moncher, Aux jours dv bon vieux temps. . Buvoi-s encoro un tout petit ve--re, A Aux jours dv bon vieux temps! Nous mo. tions souvent les coteaux, Cueillir les fleurs dcs camps; Mais que de tois ne s'egtirit ns-nous, Depuis les boiis vieux temps. Nous p-taug'ons dans lea ruisFeaux, Jusqu'rtu soir. depuis le m. tin; Mis entru nous, que do triers rugissent? Depuis les bons vieux temps. Je t'e t brasse, mon cher nmi, Une po gnee de main, al ons! Vidons encore un bon peiit verre, Aux jours dv bon vieux temps.. Tv ne manqucr.s point au rendezvous, Certes ! je ny maiiquerai point; Nous trinquerons encore bien dcs tois, Aux jours dv bon vieux temps. A peculiarity in this version is the curious mistake made by the translator in the last verse. He has been quite puzzled by the expression "And .surely you'll be your pint-stoup, and surely I'll be mine;" and thinking apparently that "pint" is the .Scotch for " appointment" he translates the line —"Don't fail to be at the meeting place, for certainly I won't!" The consideration of these translations suggested to me the necessity for a trans lation of "Auld Langsyne " into English. Yes, actually into English. Ido nob mean that wretched sort of half and half style which is occasionally to be heard, in which the .Scotch words are minC-d down and An glicised thus— " Should old acquaintance be forgot." ' or ... " Wo two have paddled in the burn." A proper English translation of "Auld Langsyne," I should understand to mean a version which could be read by an English man" " without note or comment." As the ever-recurring rhyme of "Langsyne'' is at the outset "quite unintelligible to the average Englishman, it is evident that a complete translation is required, and this I have attempted with but scant success — ■finding a suggestion for an English equivalent for "Auld Langsyne," in the French phrase, '( Les hons vieux temps :— THE DEAR OLD LONG AGO. j How can we e'er forget our youth, , '. . And youthful friendship's flow * How can we e'er forget our youth, . And the dear old long ago? Chorus. For the dear old long ago, my friend, ' For tho dear old long ago; ;.'.; We'll drink another kindly cup * For the dear old long ago. We've played on yonder sunny banks, Where daisies thickly grow ; But far and wide our steps have strayed Since the dear old long ago. We've waded in the babbline brook From morn till noontides glow ; But oceans wide have rolled between Since the dear old long ago. The hearty grasp of honest hands Makes friendship firmer grow ;. .;. Another cup ; we'll drink it up For the dear old long ago. Warned by the failure of the French translator, I have not attempted an English rendering of the "V^^^'^'t^l in fact the only use. to which the English version can be put is to give an idea of how "'Auld Langsyne " looks in a foreign garb, or to stand as an effectual warning of the futility of attempting to translate this in imitable song. The popular._ongs.,■*«* country lose their essence by passing-through the filter of the translator. "The Mar seillaise" is as untranslatable as "Scots who Ha'e" National song is as incommunicable as the national spirit or genius of a people which is enshrined in their popular melo dies. So, wherever "Auld Langsyne is -une-whether in the Land o' Cakes, or among "Southron loons," or in the,. K reen land of Erin,--whether amid Canadian woods, or African jungles, or in the beauti ful solitudes of the South Sea Islands-let it be in the broad homely speech ot our. fathers, reminding us constantly ot aula Scotland " ana "auld langsyne !"

The music of the song, which is adapted from another old Scotch melody, was de clared by Bums to be." mediocre ; bat it must have- something remarkable about it too Its chief charm is its simplicity, ana yet thero is a strength., and grandeur about it which are absent from the << dririein', dull, Italian lays," which are fashionable in some quarters. Let me close with a striking instance of tbe, power exerted over a primitive peonle_by the singing of this notable song. The Rev James Chalmers, a New Guinea- missionary WM is now in London, stated, in the course of an address there recently, that the Papuans among whom he had been labour fng P were mightily moved by the singing o Sulci: Langsyne." He had „*taught them to sing the song with »h fervoiu. and as, the strain proceeded he ound that their excitement rose to fever S ; and when the last read^d and they aU'"joined hands _y, W> P«rr

I" Then here s a hand, my trusty friend," they leaped and shout'edin their excitedglee, and closed the final chorus with tremendous shouts and yells ! At the outset I claimed for " Auld Langsyne" a cosmopolitan character, and I trust that I have suc ceeded in establishing- that claim. A com position which is sung all over tlie world, and which can move equally the civilised Scot and the barbarous Papuan—the solid Englishman and tho mercurial Irish man—has surely fairly earned the honour able title of "The World's National Anthem !" J.L.K.

THE :• AUCKLAND;.EVENING; STAU, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1887.

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