Translating the Westron Wynde
by David Martin
Westron wynde when wyll thow blow
The smalle rayne downe can Rayne
Cryst yf my love were in my Armys
And I yn my bed Agayne
Westron wynde when wyll thou blow?
The smalle rain down ‘doth’ rayne;
‘Oh!’ if my love were in my armys,
‘Or’ I in my bed a-gayne.
O Western wind, when wilt thou blow
That the small rain down can rain?
Christ, that my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again!
Western wind when will the blow
small rain down can rain
Christ of my love were in my arms
and I in my bed again
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Aol zthssl yhful kvdul jhu Yhful
Jyfza fm tf svcl dlyl pu tf Hytfz
Huk P fu tf ilk Hnhful
Agayne And Arymys bed blow can
Cryst downe I in love my
my my Rayne rayne smalle The thow were
Westron when wyll wynde yf yn
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cmzhw yrthb ioljk egmag abynv
lgeok qfiva okdmk cldid oxmjs
gntlh ejhrs wyefr quxki nkk
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La malgranda pluvo malsupren povas pluvi
Kristo, se mia amo estus en miaj brakoj
Kaj mi denove en mia lito
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contents
first written version: c. 1515-1540, found in B.M. Royal Appendix 58, fol. 5.
distortion published in the Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859)
a modernized version from the Oxford Book Of Sixteenth Century Verse (1932)
a speech to text translation of the original version (using Pages)
Sütterlinschrift
Morse code
Gregg shorthand
International Civil Aviation Organization spelling alphabet
Pitman shorthand
Caesar cypher
alphabetical order (à la bpNichol)
Enigma machine code
binary code
tap code
Esperanto
stenographic keyboard version
Synesthetic translation (synesthesia.me)
letters alphabetical (à la bpNichol)
Masonic Pigpen cypher
musical notation of the original text, B.M. R.A. 58, fol. 5
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David Martin
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Translating the Westron Wynde by David Martin is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry
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