The Meaning of Auld Lang Syne
The Meaning of Auld Lang Syne
Here’s a translation, which you can see refers to a friendship between childhood friends who have been parted and met again. Literally it means that for the sake of our long friendship we should join hands and share a drink together in the spirit of good will. To extend that meaning it means that we should not forget our old friends and celebrate reunion with them.
Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And days of long ago !
Chorus:
For old long ago, my dear
For old long ago,
We will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago.
We two have run about the hillsides
And pulled the daisies fine,
But we have wandered many a weary foot
For old long ago.
We two have paddled (waded) in the stream
From noon until dinner time,
But seas between us broad have roared
Since old long ago.
And there is a hand, my trusty friend,
And give us a hand of yours,
And we will take a goodwill draught (of ale)
For old long ago!
And surely you will pay for your pint,
And surely I will pay for mine!
And we will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago!
Source(s):
Here’s an interesting link on the traditional Scottish celebration of New Years Eve or ‘Hogmanay’
Old Times Gone By – the great man of the common people and humanitarian Robert Burns, do a google search or go to a website www.scots-online.org/indexyuil.asp or www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_we… he actually didn’t create the song, but he saved it from obscurity and put it to an existing tune, and now it’s sung around the world.
http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow12.htm
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