mikedoesvoiceovers | what redbone would sound like if it was in old english @mikedoesvoiceovers | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 33 minutes ago.
a dead language for a dead meme, part 2; or, what redbone would sound like if it was written 800 years ago and sung by a tone-deaf white dude
A note to anyone who knows anything about Old English: about three-quarters of the way into translation, I realized I had been completely ignoring the grammatical gender of the nouns and adjectives, but I was in too deep and just wanted something that worked with the meter. Oops.
"Rēodes Bān"
Lēoht
Āwace fēlende ne gamenest
Ic wiste ac nū hit ne þyncaþ reðe
Hit mē lænede mīn æfwyrþe
Swā lang
Þū mē ābæddedest bīdan swā lang
Þū dest gearfoðe gesingalian
Ic wille þēos mīn bēo
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Gif hit þorfest
Dōn hit magon, ahhhhh
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Āwacne
Ācrēopedon
Þē infindan
In þin slæpinge
Oooh, āwacne
Ācrēopedon
Nū ne þū clȳse ēagan
Tō læt
Þū willest gīeman hit ac nū is tō læt
Mīn cycle ofettes mid bēor rēod
Ic coste ne dwīnan mīn tīde
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Gif hit þorfest
(Þū sceoldest belīefan āwiht)
Dōn hit magon, ahhhhh
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
"Bone of Red"
Daylight
I awaken feeling you do not jest
I knew, but now it does not seem right
It gave me my disgrace
So long
You made me wait so long
You make it hard to continue
I wish this were mine
If you want it
You can have it
If you need it
[We] can make it
If you want it
You can have it
Awaken!
[They] are creeping
[They] are finding you
In your sleeping
Awaken!
[They] are creeping
Now don’t you close eyes
Too late
You want to fix it, but now [it] is too late
My small cake of legume with red beer
I am trying not to waste my time
If you want it
You can have it
If you need it
(You should believe something)
[We] can make it
If you want it
You can have it
a dead language for a dead meme, part 2; or, what redbone would sound like if it was written 800 years ago and sung by a tone-deaf white dude
A note to anyone who knows anything about Old English: about three-quarters of the way into translation, I realized I had been completely ignoring the grammatical gender of the nouns and adjectives, but I was in too deep and just wanted something that worked with the meter. Oops.
"Rēodes Bān"
Lēoht
Āwace fēlende ne gamenest
Ic wiste ac nū hit ne þyncaþ reðe
Hit mē lænede mīn æfwyrþe
Swā lang
Þū mē ābæddedest bīdan swā lang
Þū dest gearfoðe gesingalian
Ic wille þēos mīn bēo
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Gif hit þorfest
Dōn hit magon, ahhhhh
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Āwacne
Ācrēopedon
Þē infindan
In þin slæpinge
Oooh, āwacne
Ācrēopedon
Nū ne þū clȳse ēagan
Tō læt
Þū willest gīeman hit ac nū is tō læt
Mīn cycle ofettes mid bēor rēod
Ic coste ne dwīnan mīn tīde
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Gif hit þorfest
(Þū sceoldest belīefan āwiht)
Dōn hit magon, ahhhhh
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
"Bone of Red"
Daylight
I awaken feeling you do not jest
I knew, but now it does not seem right
It gave me my disgrace
So long
You made me wait so long
You make it hard to continue
I wish this were mine
If you want it
You can have it
If you need it
[We] can make it
If you want it
You can have it
Awaken!
[They] are creeping
[They] are finding you
In your sleeping
Awaken!
[They] are creeping
Now don’t you close eyes
Too late
You want to fix it, but now [it] is too late
My small cake of legume with red beer
I am trying not to waste my time
If you want it
You can have it
If you need it
(You should believe something)
[We] can make it
If you want it
You can have it
