Ever since I could remember,
I have known
That children
By candle light
Have seen a shadow on the wall
And have chased it all night through.
Busilly
They have tried
With all their might
To catch it.
And when they most expect to catch it
It shoots most quickly out of sight,
This shadow never shall be caught
In any trap they lay.
This shadow in the likeness
Of this world and yesterday.
I have known
That children
By candle light
Have seen a shadow on the wall
And have chased it all night through.
Busilly
They have tried
With all their might
To catch it.
It shoots most quickly out of sight,
This shadow never shall be caught
In any trap they lay.
This shadow in the likeness
Of this world and yesterday.
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i have wist, sin i couthe meen, that children hath by candle light her shadewe on the wall iseen, and ronne therafter all the night. bisy aboute they han ben to catchen it with all here might.
and whom they catcheth it best wolde wene, sannest it shet out of her sight. the shadewe catchen they ne might, for no lines that they couthe lay. this shadewe i may likne aright to this world and yesterday
That's letter for letter from the Poem cd insert
Ever since i could remember, I have known That children, by candle light, Have seen a shadow on the wall And have chased it all night through.
Busily they have tried With all their might to catch it.
When they are close to catch it It shoots quickly out of sight - This shadow they will never catch In any trap they lay
This shadow, I liken it To this world and yesterday.
this is one of the best songs ever written, thanks for the modern english translation, i've been wondering what it meant. though i can't find the correct lyrics in the old english. the only ones i could find were close to the song but there were some extra lines in it and stuff. if anyone knows the correct old english lyrics could you post them? thanks