May the frost never afflict your spuds.
May the outside leaves of your cabbage
always be free from worms.
May the crows never pick your haystack,
and may your donkey always be in foal.
Health and long life to you.
the husband of your dreams to you
a child every year to you.
land without rent to you.
and may you be half-an-our in heanven
before the devil knows you're dead.
May you live as long as you want
and never want as long as you live!
May you die in bed at 95 years,
shot by a jealous husband.
May you have warm words an a cold eving,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door.
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back,
the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rian fall soft upon your fields,
and until we meet again
may GOD hold you in the hollow of his hands.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I LOVE the two lines in the middle, 'may you live as long as you want/ and never want as long as you live.' So eloquent!