The Owl and the P u s s y-cat - to be translated into Scots or Scottish Gaelic

[pimpoapo]

Hi,

First I would like to apologise if I posted in a wrong place.

I'm looking for a translation of the Owl and the P u s s y-cat by Edward Lear on behalf of my friend who is making a collection of this poem in as many languages as he can, just for fun. He's 97-year-old and this hobby gives him a great pleasure.
We try to find someone for more than a half year now, who could translate this poem into Scottish Gaelic and/or any dialect of Scots, without any success.


The Owl and the P u s s y-cat

I

The Owl and the P u s s y-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely P u s s y! O P u s s y my love,
What a beautiful P u s s y you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful P u s s y you are!'

II

P u s s y said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.

III

'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.


We started about a year ago and we managed to get it in more than 40 languages so far, but no Scottish Gaelic or Scots.
It doesn't need to be a professional translation.

Here's a website that I started to set up to share all the translations that we've got so far. Some of them was made by poets but most of them just by friends or people who we run into in different places (waiters of the local restaurant, nurses from hospital, etc). They did the best they could and they just did it for fun and because they wanted to add their own language to this collection.

The Owl and the P u s s y-cat translation collection

Here is the list of the languages that we've got so far (16/04/2008):

Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Frisian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Irish Gaelic, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lakota, Latin, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Norvegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Prussian, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Welsh

If you could translate it into any dialect of Scots and/or Scottish Gaelic that would be a great help for us.
For exchange I always mention who did the translation at the end of the poem and if you wish it can be linked to your website or email address.

Thanks again for anyone who will help us.

-=Pimpoapo=-

[pimpoapo]

Hi again,

I'd would like to ask is this translation acceptable...? I made it with a translator program... Thanks in advance...

Th' Owl an' th' P u s s y-cat


Th' Owl an' th' P u s s y-cat went tae brine
In a bonnie pea-green boat,
They took some honey,an' plenty ay bunsens,
Wrapped up in a fife poond note.
The Owl looked up tae th' stars abune,
An' sang tae a wee guitar,
“O brammer Fud! O Fud mah loove,
Whit a bonnie Fud ye ur,
Ye ur,
Ye ur!
What a bonnie Fud ye ur!”


P u s s y said tae th' Owl, “Yoo elegant fowl!
Hoo charmingly sweit ye sin'!
O lit us be merrit! tay lang we hae tarried:
But whit shaa we dae fur a rin'?”
They sailed awa', fur a year an' a day,
Tae th' lain whaur th' Bong-tree grows
Ain thaur in a wuid a Piggy-wig stood
Wi' a rin' at th' end ay his beak,
His beak,
His beak,
With a rin' at th' end ay his beak.


“Dear Pig, ur ye willin' tae seel fur a body shilling
Yer rin'?” Said th' Piggy, “I will.”
So they took it awa', an' waur merrit next day
By th' Turkey fa li'es oan th' brae.
They dined oan mince, an' slices ay quince,
Which they ate wi' a runcible spoon;
Ain hain in hain, oan th' edge ay th' sain,
They danced by th' lecht ay th' moon,
Th' moon,
Th' moon,
They danced by th' lecht ay th' moon.

[pimpoapo]

We've got a Scottish Gaelic translation now.

Please if anyone run into someone who speaks Scots, could you ask to check the text above is it worth anything or just an other translator program generated gibberish.
Thanks...

-=Pimpoapo=-

[pimpoapo]

Hi everyone,

We changed the address for the collection website to the following:

http://www.bompa.org

Have a nice day and thank you for your help,

-=Pimpoapo=-