Delkiow Seve

Pelea era why Moaz, Moes fettow Teag	Ple ero'hwi [ow] mos, mowes fettow teg	Where are you going, pretty fair maiden?
Gen ackas pedden Dew (altered to bedgeth gwin, poss. by Tonkin) ha ackas Blew mellen?	Gen agas pedn du (bejeth gwynn) ha'gas blew melyn?	With your black head (white face) and your yellow hair?
Moas than ventan, sarra weage,	Mos dhe'n fenten, syrra hweg,	Going to the spring/well, sweet sir,
Rag Delkiow seue gwra Moesse Teag.	Rag delyow sevi a wra mowesi teg.	For strawberry leaves make maidens pretty.
Ra ve moas gena why, Moes fettow Teag	[A] wra'vy mos geno'hwi, mowes fettow teg?	Shall I go with you, pretty fair maiden?
gen ackas pedden Dew ha ackas Blew mellen	Gen agas pedn du ha'gas blew melyn?	With your black head and your yellow hair?
grew mena why sara wheag,	Gwrewgh [mar] menno'hwi, syrra hweg,	Do if you wish, sweet sir,
rag Delkiow seue gwra Moesse Teag	Rag delyow sevi a wra mowesi teg.	For strawberry leaves make maidens pretty.
Fatla gura ve ackas gorra why en doar?-	Fatla hwra'vy agas gorra hwi e'n dor?	How shall I put you on the ground?
[mellen]	melyn	yellow
Me veddn sefuall arta, sara weage.-	Me a vedn sevel arta, syrra hweg.	I will get up again, sweet sir.
[moese] [teage]	mowesi teg	pretty maidens
fatla gura ve ackas dry why gen flo?-	Fatla hwra'vy agas dri hwi gen flogh?	How shall I bring you with child?
[peden]	pedn	head
Me veden E thone, sarra wheage.	Me a vedn y dhon, syrra hweg.	I will bear it, sweet sir.
[teage]	teg	pretty
Pew veda why gowas rag seera rag as flo?	Piw [a] vedno'hwi kawas rag sira rag'as flogh?	Who will you have for father for your child?
Why ra bose ye seera, sarra weage.	Hwi [a] wra bos y sira, syrra hweg.	You shall be his father, sweet sir.
[teage]	teg	pretty
Pendre vedda why geal rag lednow rag as flo?	Pandr'a vedno'hwi gul rag lednow rag'as flogh?	What will you do for swaddle for your child?
E sera veath trohar, sarra weage.-	Y sira [a] vedh tregher, syrra hweg.	His father will be a tailor, sweet sir.

Notes

• Edward Chirgwin 1698
• Delkiow Seve
• Gwavas MSS. In Pryce’s Archaelogia Cornu-Britannica
• (p93 Ellis for notes) OC Vol IV No 6 Summer 1947

Links

• Modern Cornish http://moderncornish.net/late-texts/Chirgwin-Edward-delkiowseve.html