Vol. XIV. THE MELODIES OF MIGHTY LAMENTATION. Isis and Osiris.--Demeter and Persephone.--"By the Rivers of Babylon."--Jeremiah's knowledge of music.--Lamentation of Thomyris.--The musicians of Shah Jehan, etc.
Vol. XV. MOURNING FOR THE DEAD. History of cries of mourning in all nations.--Description of ancient writers.--Howling of the women of the Teutoni and Cimbri.--Terror of the Romans at the hideous sounds. (With 1300 examples of musical wailing among ancient nations.)--Modern wailing.--Survival of the Ancient Mourning Cry among modern peoples.--The Corsican _voceri_.--African funeral-chants.--Negro-Creole funeral-wail. (_Tout pití çabri--ça Zoé non yé_).--Irish keening.--Gradual development of funeral-music, etc., etc.
Vol. XVI. SONGS OF TRIUMPH.--"Up to the everlasting Gates of Capitolian Jove."--Triumphal Chants of Rameses and Thotmes.--Assyrian triumphal marches.--A Tartar triumph.--Arabian melodies of war-joy, etc., etc.
Goad, gwin, ha Korol. D'id Heol! Goad, gwin, ha Korol.
_Tan! tan! dir! oh! dir! tan! tan! dir ha tan! Tann! tann! tir! ha tonn! tonn! tir ha tir ha tann!_
Ha Korol ha Kan, Kan, ha Kann! Ha Korol ha Kan. Tan! tan!...
Korol ar c'hleze, Enn eze; Korol ar c'hleze. Tan! tan!...
Kan ar c'hleze glaz A gar laz; Kan ar c'hleze glaz. Tan! tan!... Kann ar c'hleze gone Ar Rone! Kann ar c'hleze gone. Tan! tan!...
Kleze! Rone braz Ar stourmeaz! Kleze! Rone braz! Tan! tan!...
Kaneveden gen War da benn! Kaneveden gen!
_Tan! tan! dir! oh! dir! tan! tan dir ha tan! Tann! tann! tir! ha tonn! tonn! tann! tir ha tir ha tann!_
Blood, wine, and dance to thee, O Sun!--blood, wine and dance! And dance and song, song and battle! dance and song! The Dance of Swords, in circle!--the dance of swords.
Song of the Blue Sword that loves murder!--song of the blue sword! Battle where the Savage Sword is King!--battle of the savage sword! O Sword!--O great King of the fields of battle!--O Sword! O great King! Let the Rainbow shine about thy brow!--let the rainbow shine!
(The chorus is literal in my own translation, or rather metrification!)
(Rude metrical translation by your most humble servant.)
Dance, battle-blood and wine, O Sun, are thine! Dance, battle-blood, and wine! _O Fire!--O Fire! O Steel!--O Steel! O Fire!--O Fire! O Steel and Fire! O Oak!--O Oak! O Earth!--O Waves! O Waves!--O Earth! O Earth and Oak!_