Sudoku

TOUCH OF DUTCH

Submitted by Larry Gradwohl

Friehyaahr

Ach Friehyaahr, ach Friehyaahr,

Was bischt mir so lieb!

Wann es Wetter iss schee

Un Himmel net drieb.

Wann die Aerd widder weckt, Es Graas widder grie, Un die Blumme rumher— Was schenner wie die?

Nau weisen sich Bledder Draus rum un deheem; Die Blumme uff Kasche— Un uff Ebbelbeem.

Die Runn Iaaft so hallich Do am Haus verbei, 'S iss glei aa die Zeit, dass Forelle sin frei.

Der Bauer iss luschtich Am Schaffe im Feld; Des macht ihm sei Lewe Un aa bissel Geld.

Die Veggel duhn singe— Aa die gans Nadur; Der Hund iss am Blaffe Uff 're Haaseschpur.

Es iss gaar ken End, was Mer saage kennt do; Ich selwer bin hallich Un's Haz schwellt mer so,

Weil es Wetter iss schee Un Himmel net drieb; Ach Friehyaahr, ach Friehyaahr, Was bischt du mir lieb! -Ralph Funk 21. Abril 1959

Springtime

Oh springtime, oh, springtime,

How you are so dear to me!

When the weather is so nice

And the sky not so bleak. When the earth awakens again, The grass becomes green, And the flowers around here— How more beautiful than these?

Now the leaves reveal themselves Out about and around home; The flowers on the cherry trees— And on the apple trees.

That brook runs so merrily Past the house here,

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Continued from page 31 Soon it’s also the time, that The trout become active.

The farmer is cheerfully Working in the field; This creates his livelihood And also a little extra money.

The birds are singing—

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And also all of nature; The dog is barking Following rabbit tracks.

There is almost no end to what One could say here; I myself am so happy And my heart swells up so much.

Since the weather is so nice And the sky not so bleak; Oh springtime, oh, springtime, How you are so dear to me!

[After staring at a snow-coved landscape for over a month, I thought a simple poem about spring would be in order!]

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