Wave Tower Long
Sep/090
Please help me with a translation of the Star Spangled Banner!!?
Please provide me with a line by line of the translation of:
"On the shore, dimly seen thro' the mist of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream.
'Tis the Star-Spangled Banner. O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
I am having trouble with some words used in the 1800s lol
"On the shore, seen unclearly through the sea's mist
Where the enemy's proud army in fear/awe-inspiring silence rests,
What is it that the wind, over the high hill
As it blows irregularly, sometimes hides, sometimes shows?
Now it catches the first rays of the rising sun
Fully reflected in the stream.
It's the Star-Spangled Banner. Hopefully it will wave for a long time
Over the land of the free and the home of the brave."
It loses a bit of the poetry, though. A more prose-like interpretation:
"On the shore, barely visible through the mist on the water,
Where the enemy's proud army sleeps (which makes me afraid),
What is that thing which the wind reveals over the hill
as the wind blows on and off, covering and uncovering it?
I see it now as the sun rises
and its reflection is fully visible on the water.
It's the American flag. I hope that it, and everything it symbolizes
about America last a long time in the future."
I hope that helps. In the future, a good dictionary (or Dictionary.com) can help you figure out what old words mean.
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