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OP - April 20, 2011, 12:01 PM

The sky is blue, the sun is shining, you are in a comfy basket out on the balcony - what more can you ask for ?

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Reply #1 - April 21, 2011, 06:05 PM

Where in Canada are you from Paloma?

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Reply #2 - April 21, 2011, 06:10 PM

afaik she's Norwegian.

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Reply #3 - April 21, 2011, 06:11 PM

Danish I think.
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Reply #4 - April 21, 2011, 06:15 PM

Quote from: Prince Spinoza on April 21, 2011, 06:11 PM
Danish I think.

Bingo !

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Reply #5 - April 21, 2011, 06:16 PM

Why assume canada muddy?

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Reply #6 - April 21, 2011, 06:22 PM

Canadian flag outside her balcony.

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Reply #7 - April 21, 2011, 06:45 PM

Danish is red and white also? But well spotted. ALM was wrong about you: you could cut it as a PI.

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Reply #8 - April 21, 2011, 07:46 PM

The Danish flag (Dannebrog) in all its plendour. The oldest flag in the world.

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Dannebrog is the oldest state flag in the world still in use by an independent nation.
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The legend states the origin of the flag to the Battle of Lyndanisse, also known as the Battle of Valdemar (Danish: "Volmerslaget"), near Lyndanisse (Tallinn) in Estonia, on June 15, 1219.

The battle was going badly, and defeat seemed imminent. But then, right when the Danes were about to give up, the flag fell from heaven. Grasping the flag before it could ever touch the ground, the king took it in his hand, and proudly waved it in front of his discouraged troops, giving them hope, and leading them to victory.

The myth is clear. The flag, Dannebrog was given to the Danes from God himself, and from that day forward, it was the flag of Denmark, and the Danish kings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark

The way that I was told the myth when I was a child was, that when the battle was going badly, a cleric, who accompanied the army, fell down on his knees, lifted his arms towards the sky and implored God to give us victory. Immediately our luck turned and as long as he held up his arms we prevailed, but when he tired and his arms started to sink towards the ground, the luck turned again. As far as I remember somebody then helped him hold up his arms and in the end we won and the flag fell from the sky.

The royal flag

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Reply #9 - April 21, 2011, 07:54 PM

Quote from: musivore on April 21, 2011, 06:45 PM
Danish is red and white also? But well spotted. ALM was wrong about you: you could cut it as a PI.

Ah, I guess not.. He was right..

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Reply #10 - April 24, 2011, 12:03 PM

Are you referring to the Italian movie by any chance? I liked it.
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Reply #11 - April 24, 2011, 12:09 PM

i'll take this chance to quote some of the most awesome verses ever written in italian:

quant'è bella giovinezza
che si fugge tuttavia.
chi vuol esser lieto, sia:
di doman non c'è certezza.

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Reply #12 - April 24, 2011, 12:15 PM

A (rough) translation would be nice mate?

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Reply #13 - April 24, 2011, 02:20 PM

literally:

how beautiful youth is,
which flees though.
who wants to be happy, (just) be (it):
there is no certainty about tomorrow.

or, in more meaningful english:

youth is so beautiful
yet it flees.
if you want to happy, just be happy:
for tomorrow is uncertain.

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Reply #14 - April 24, 2011, 02:21 PM

it's the beginning of a renaissance poem called "il trionfo di Bacco e Arianna" by Lorenzo de Medici (also known as "Lorenzo il Magnifico")

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Reply #15 - April 24, 2011, 02:43 PM

Quote from: Tlaloc on April 24, 2011, 02:20 PM
literally:

how beautiful youth is,
which flees though.
who wants to be happy, (just) be (it):
there is no certainty about tomorrow.

or, in more meaningful english:

youth is so beautiful
yet it flees.
if you want to happy, just be happy:
for tomorrow is uncertain.

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Reply #16 - April 24, 2011, 03:01 PM

Quote from: Tlaloc on April 24, 2011, 02:20 PM
literally:

how beautiful youth is,
which flees though.
who wants to be happy, (just) be (it):
there is no certainty about tomorrow.

or, in more meaningful english:

youth is so beautiful
yet it flees.
if you want to happy, just be happy:
for tomorrow is uncertain.

Thanks. The first (literal) version is meaningful enough, and sounds more poetic than the second version (btw, I think you missed out a 'be' from the third line of the second version).

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Reply #17 - April 24, 2011, 03:15 PM

Quote from: musivore on April 24, 2011, 03:01 PM
(btw, I think you missed out a 'be' from the third line of the second version).

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Reply #18 - April 24, 2011, 03:40 PM

Quote from: Mowser on April 24, 2011, 12:03 PM
Are you referring to the Italian movie by any chance? I liked it.

Yes, I was inspired by the film when I chose the thread title. I liked it too, very moving.

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