36. Meine Anthologie 68: Anonymous, Sumer is icumen in

Cuckoo Song

SUMER is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
And springth the wude nu—
Sing cuccu!

Awe bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth after calve cu;
Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth,
Murie sing cuccu!

Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu:
Ne swike thu naver nu;
Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu,
Sing cuccu, sing cuccu, nu!

lhude] loud
sed] seed med] mead = Anger, Wiese
wude] wood nu] new, anew

awe] ewe = Mutterschaf bleteth] bleats = blökt lomb] lamb
lhouth] loweth = brüllt, muht cu = Kuh
sterteth] stürzt (der Bulle springt, der Bock furzt)
murie] merry

swike] cease naver] never etwa: hör nicht auf zu singen (schweig du niemals nicht!)