Comments | maeglin: Play the Game

maeglin

Play the Game

Apr 28, 2006 11:33

And Arthur sat within the carpet, and Owain the son of Urien was standing before him. "Owain," said Arthur, "wilt thou play chess?" "I will, Lord," said Owain. And the red youth brought the chess for Arthur and Owain; golden pieces and a board of silver.

( And they began to play. )

Comments 7

lno April 28 2006, 16:27:00 UTC

This is a metaphor for Oblivion, right?

maeglin April 28 2006, 19:56:55 UTC

Funny, but I don't know. It is one of the most perplexing and haunting things I have ever read. You tell me.

pucette April 28 2006, 17:58:56 UTC

I'll let you know if I find any bullets...

maeglin April 28 2006, 19:57:05 UTC

Is that what it means?

pucette April 28 2006, 20:18:30 UTC

At the time I read it, yes, among a million other things.

rosefox May 18 2006, 04:04:41 UTC

Hi there. I randomly found you via inwood, and saw this; I'd read Patricia Kenneally's take on it, but hadn't encountered the original. "Haunting" is certainly the word for it. Thank you for posting it.

maeglin May 18 2006, 12:53:37 UTC

To be fair, this isn't exactly the original. The original Dream of Rhonabwy was written in the mid 12th century in Welsh. The above is just Lady Charlotte Guest's translation. Her language is pretty clean, but her grasp of Welsh is not perfect.