Contest!!
by This isn't so much news as a contest (but I never have anything news worthy so I'm going to substitute this instead).
Here's the deal. By tonight at 6 P.M., you must come up with the earliest known piece of recorded poetry. You must write the first two lines of the poem in this box, so I know you're right.
The winner gets...hmm...let's see....how about an X-Box? Or...a free trip to Mahwah! (home of the Cheerio) ...
Note from iwz: all prizes will be awarded by skaorsk8.
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Beowulf:
Old English
HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
Modern English:
LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings
of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
Reference:
Beowulf is the oldest epic in English. Drawing from Danish history and folk tales, it was composed, probably in the early 8th century,. by a Northumbrian poet.
Beowulf is the olded poem, above are the first 2 lines from Old English and translated into Modern English.
What do I win?
That is at last bones on my bones
and flesh of my flesh
genesis 2:23...words by Adam, recorded by Moses ;)
hopefully this is what ur lookin for!
Listen to me, my wives. I have killed a youth who attacked and wounded me.
If anyone who kills Cain is to be punished seven times, anyone who takes revenge against me will be punished seventy-seven times!
i dont think this is a poem
oh i got it. its definetely the cat in the hat. or "i do not like green eggs and ham, i do not like them sam i am.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
He who has seen everything, I will make known (?) to the lands.
I will teach (?) about him who experienced all things,
... alike,
the translation is kinda rough, goes back 3000 B.C.
Vayomer ha'adam zot hapa'am etsem me'atsamay uvasar mibesari lezot yikare ishah ki me'ish lukacha-zot.
English: Now this is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called Woman (Ishah) because she was taken from man (ish).
m and j and the y2k!!!!!!!
how cuz weez didn't get a response from skaorsk8 on dis?
I know... no answer and no winner?
Well, originally the answer was the one from Genesis 2, bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh, etc. But you guys have raised so many good answers (like that link that Ian posted) that even though I know the original answer is right, everyone brought interesting ideas to the table. (That first post about Latin or whatever it was KILLED me though!)
so u keeps us waitin' faw days!?! i wants my free trip to mahway boy-eeeee!
Nah.. grab the XBOX, then eithe rsell it on ebay or trade it in for a REAL video game system!