yuuago | Away is heure wynter wo

Today was the last day of winter. Tomorrow, the first day of spring - that's cause for celebration, I say. I'm going to go out with my camera during the day. I think I'll head down to the river and try to get some photos there, then maybe make my way through the residential areas, with their narrow streets and thick trees. I hope the sun will be shining; photos are always nicer on sunny days. The air, too, feels different. Even so, it'll be a while before things really feel like spring - certainly tomorrow won't feel like the following --

Lenten ys come wiþ loue to toune,
wiþ blosmen ant wiþ briddes roune,
þat al þis blisse bryngeþ.
Dayeseȝes in þis dales,
notes suete of nyhtengales,
vch foul song singeþ.

Or, in translation,

Lent has come with love to town,
with blossoms and with birds round,
that all this bliss bringeth.
Daisies in the dales,
notes sweet of nightingales,
each bird a song singeth.

I've been working on translations of short Middle English poems recently. I probably shouldn't be doing it. On the one hand, translating them does help me understand them a bit better. On the other hand, this isn't what I'm supposed to be doing for my homework! Heavy glossing and commentary and authorial notes, yes, but not translating. ... Oh, well. Since I'm pretty sure I won't be able to use my translations for my final assignment, I might put some up in here later.

And since Ari is doing it, too -- "Ask me something you think you should know about me, something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about, or something you've always been curious about but have never asked, or something completely silly that you'd like me to answer for kicks. No limits on the range of questions, either: ask me anything you want to know about, whether it's a fannish opinion or a question about a fic of mine or trivia about my real life or my thoughts on events in the offline world."

... Because clearly, I want to do anything BUT homework today. And tomorrow, too.