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William DunBURN more like
Maunch Mutton, byt buttoun, peilit glutton, air to Hilhous
Rank beggar, ostir-dregar, flay-fleggar in the flet
Chittirlilling, ruch rilling, lik-schilling in the milhous
Baird rehator, theif of nator, fals tratour feyeindis gett
Filling of tauch, rak-sauch - cry crauch, thow art oursett!
Muttoun dryver, girnall-ryver, yadswyvar- fowl fell thee!
Herretyk, lunatyk, purspyk, carlingis pet
Rottin crok, dirtin dok - cry crok or i shall quell thee!"
Translation:
Flyted out, cuntbitten, shit covered tanned hide,
Gallows-fodder, defier of the hangmans rope, foul adder, I defy you!
Maggoty mutton, button biter, destitute little air to Hilhous,
Smelly begger, Oyster dredger, flee infested in the hall,
Chitterling, scabby old husk in the millhouse,
Knavish by nature, foul traitor, feindish git,
Lump of tallow, gallows bird, give up cos i'm better than you
sheep driver, grain theif, horse fucker, a curse on you!
Heretic, lunatic, old womans fart
old sheep, dirty arse, give up or i will destroy you!"
Translation is 100 times better.
Cos the original was written in like the 15th century
even better is that it was a DIS to a rival poet. and he genuinely did call him a grain theif and a horse fucker, thats a genuine translation.
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i like this, this is cool stuff
10/10
notice how he says "crauch" then "crok"
why is this?
well its because of the oral tradition
there you go
my exam tomorrow: 80%
expand on this
obvs no printing or distribution
so poems were read aloud, leading to an emphasis on the audible qualities of a poem rather than particularly specific word choice. This particular poem, only fitting for such a major dis, is written in the low style, meaning easy rhyme scheme and rhythm ,glottal sounds, harsh plosives
basically made to be immediately impacting so people in the court of king james IV would be like "WOWOOWOWOWOW SHIT JUST GOT REAL" after every line.
An example of Dunbar writing in a higher style could be found in The Golden Targe
'Schir Johine the Ros, ane thing thair is compild, also known as The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie, is the earliest surviving example of the Scottish version of the flyting genre in poetry'
basically 15th century version of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL6XviEafxI