Thursday 8 October 2015

Ma langue êcliaithe man tchoeu - My language lights up my heart: National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day, the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical, marks its 21st birthday on Thursday 8 October 2015. This year’s National Poetry Day theme is Light.

L'Office du Jèrriais has put together a resource for this year's Poetry Day: a new poem in Jèrriais by Geraint Jennings on the theme of light, with accompanying videos (two versions) and downloadable mp3.







Ma langue êcliaithe man tchoeu;
ou fait rêjoui m'n esprit.
Châque pathole prend à feu;
ou brûle dans chein qué j'dis.

Pouor châque mot tch'est satchi,
la lueu picote lé ciel
d'êtînchelles êcliatchies:
châque pathole - eune chandelle.

Quand j'pâle et ouai et vai,
châque mot fliambe coumme un feu,
épis j'lis atout jouaie.
Ma langue êcliaithe man tchoeu.

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