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You are very welcome! Gothic alphabet as introduced by Wulfila was of course based on Greek alphabet etc. Cyrilic was also based on Greek alphabet, so, if you know old letters from old Romanian language, which used OLD church Slavonic alphabet, (correct me if I am wrong) then it is very similar to Gothic letters. Please, let me know when you are done with your translation, I wonder how it looks in Romanian, your version. 🌼

I am so glad you like it, I love this poem, is gently perceptive, short, and so beautiful in its simplicity.

@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979 and how you recited was also beautiful, not just the lyrics ^_^

@@respectkindness-oj6xz Thank you so much! I am so happy you enjoyed it! Poetry is a wonderfully democratic art,and lends itself to diverse approaches, it can be read by people like me, recited by actors on stage, with a wide dramatic range, or sung by highly trained singers.

​@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979anything can be done by anyone if people understand and are not judgemental. best people i know refrained from doing beautiful things they loved because people made fun of them sabotaging their progress and effort so they considered it is not worth wasting yourself if they are not appreciated. afterall if people were inclined towards good and if they cared about having a better future they would have figured out those things themselves, but if they chose not to then probably they do not deserve to know anything better because they would ruin it. people show their work where they are appreciated and loved or they keep it for themselves

I love this poem, and I am happy you enjoyed it!! When I saw this photo, I felt even more compelled to read it. And I think Rilke captured very well the moment here of peacefully enjoying Nature, being in a moment, and a quick reaction in observation, a short moment of sudden joy in maybe a meditative experience?

@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979 i like things that are melancholic and contemplative or things that are profound, especially those that are delicate and gentle

@@respectkindness-oj6xz I do too! Very much so. Thank you for disclosing, because it is again a surprise. It is of course my experience, and I don't claim it must be universal, but I never heard or read that someone declared such cluster of aesthetic preferences: liking melancholy, contemplation, profundity, things delicate and gentle. Sometimes it seems to me that profoundity and contemplation is fine to people, but melancholy and gentleness is out of fashion ;) :) On youtube of course is possible to find a lot of material for those aesthetic preferrences. And proufound things can be expressed in a very dramatic form, but also in the subtle, simple,very niuanced expressions.

@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979 i doubt anything to be old fashioned, depends more which antourage of people a person lived amongst, people made different choices in the past and they do that now also. everything humans do is a choice, unfortunately some people were left with no chances to live better lives and choose what feels best for them spiritually and physically, especially younger people that were disadvantaged and vulnerable

@@respectkindness-oj6xz I agree! There is plenty in the past which is relevant and relatable. The idea of fashion as for ex. intelectual fashion, as relying on temporary, cycilal phenomenon is limiting in perception, taking less in account diversity which is available to us. I need to be more precise here what I meant: I think aesthetic of melancholy is often, probably, confused with sentimentality, hence it is less appreciated. But it is my opinion ( you are not by any means required to agree with it :) ) And sometimes happens that certain aesthetics falls out of public attention, for example there was times when paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi faded from popularity at the end of her life, or Vivaldi was forgotten and rediscovered, Romantic era in music pushed away certain elements of Baroque music (now brought back) etc. Or Marco Polo is popular as an explorer, but Ibn Battuta who traveled trice as much as Marco Polo is rather unknown in the West. Or Bouguereau, the painter once praised, then reviled as "stuck in the past" and style described in derogatory manner etc. now is gaining more popularity in auction houses (Sotheby had auction Bouguereau and his Circle etc). Yes, everything in life is a choice, life among other things can be described as a sum of choices, yet, choices can be twarted, when there is obviously no choice belonging to a given individual, but others make choices for them, or freedom of choices are dimmed by difficult circumstances, emotions etc.

Thank you for taking time to comment, I appreciate that! As for th, my native language is Polish, and I don't think I will master that ;) in sentences. As for w and v, I don't have my old materials for Gothic, they were not in English, 𐍅 a Germanist never corrected me on that pronunciation.(I have now a book in English) I noticed also that for ex. native speakers of non-Germanic languages pronounce things differently. Very interesting. As for ai and ē, and I mentioned situation about ai and 𐌴 in the textbox, that I took liberties, as I remember as discussion of not a total consent among linguists about it, so, I mentioned that I am not a Germanist, and this is a type of personal time machine. With reconstructed languages, and Gothic is such, even if there can be quite precise reconstruction, I think it is ok, to allow, and not be surprised, about certain level of disagreement among linguists.

This is a rather personal video, as a poetic hobby like rest of my readings. And a kind of social commentary about white supremacists learning for ex. Old Norse or other old Germanic languages hijacking them for their feelings. They make them it their own, making it often a vehicle to toxic masculinity also ,I made it to my own in this video. Here Gothic sounds more feminine in my version. And as a visual artist by profession, I also think I made a partial statement.

Thank you very much for sharing your impression! It is interesting, as I see similarities too. I know that Wulfila based Gothic alphabet on Greek, also Latin and some runes if I remember right, and yet to me this script has also similarities to Hebrew, and some letters look similar to Hebrew alphabet. For ex. Gothic A looks very much like Hebrew Ayin, U like Chet, and Greek g looks like Resh and other similar right angle letters (Xaf cafit). Gothic had also some loan words from Aramiac and Hebrew. For example in this prayer there is also such loan word, translated usually as "kingdom" : the word "thiudangardi" in Gothic, (1:01) is literally a yard, or court of kings house, or temple, the same construction is in some Hebrew texts of the Bible. We know very little about bishop Wulfila, but if I ever would write for ex. a short story or so with him as a character, he as my imaginary character would for sure know Hebrew, but not as good as Greek and Latin, and respect Jewish people and their culture, and Judaism as an older sister faith.

@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979 You are referring to Wulfila who was an ancient arian bishop? I've also noticed some similarities in script, the visual look of it, in georgian, armenian and other more "eastern" alphabets. Indian looks similar to the languages in Bangladesh, Pakistani and others. Arabic languages have similarities. Korean, Chinese and Japanese look different but the sign-based script instead of letters is an aspect that makes them look similar. Humans have done many things in the past. It's sad that mostly bad things have been generationally transmitted and many beautiful stories and wisdom was lost. Very little was preserved. Every human life was a story full of consistent events that they had no opportunity to share, probably because they knew they won't be understood. It's sad that people chose to rather fight against eachother than offer time for things to clarify at their own pace and at their own rhythm without rushing things and without chasing people from behind. People tend to jump towards hasty conclusions instead of trying to feel a more profound understanding of things. Humans are limited and frail creatures, it's important to be merciful and have kindness, especially to those that are disadvantaged and lacked the time and opportunities to obtain the means to survive and had no ability to defend themselves being trapped in a difficult situation and antourage.

Your profile has some very soothing and peaceful things. You're precious and have a delicate and refined taste in things. I appreciate you very much. ​@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979

@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979 Korean, Chinese, Japanese use a similar method to represent words although the signs are different. Armenian, Georgian and other scripts look similar. Languages spoken in India, Bangladesh, Pakistani and other countries alike look similar. Arabic languages have similarities. Many valuable and precious things from the past were lost. I wish people were merciful and had kindness. Every human life matters, many disadvantaged people suffered and had no means to survive and defend themselves or express important ideas.

@@elzbietadymkova-fuchs3979 i wish you the best, health and all that's good, and many blessings. you have some delicate and refined preferences about things

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