{"id":10865,"date":"2015-01-24T13:59:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=10865"},"modified":"2015-01-24T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T13:59:27","slug":"vituperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=10865","title":{"rendered":"Vituperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

When searching for a translation of a Czech song we’re learning in the Bangor Community Choir I came across the word vituperated. It’s not one I’d heard or seen before, see I had to look it up. It means “to abuse or censure severely or abusively, to berate; to use harsh condemnatory language”. It comes from the Latin vituperatus<\/em>, the past participle of vituperare<\/em>, from vitium<\/em> (fault) and parare<\/em> (to make, prepare) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

The song in questions is called Okolo Hradi\u0161\u0165a – here are the lyrics and a translation:<\/p>\n

Okolo Hradi\u0161\u0165a vod\u011bnka te\u010de
\nIde k n\u00e1m \u0161ohajek, cosi n\u011b nese
\nNese n\u011b l\u00e1sku sv\u00e1zan\u00fa v \u0161\u00e1tku
\nMilovala sem \u0165a, zlat\u00fd obr\u00e1zku.<\/p>\n

Milovala sem \u0165a bylo to \u0161p\u00e1sem
\nNev\u011bd\u011bl \u0161ohajek, \u017ee fale\u0161n\u00e1 sem
\nFale\u0161n\u00e1 byla \u0161varn\u00e1 d\u00edv\u010dina
\nNev\u011bd\u011bl \u0161ohajek, jak\u00e1 p\u0159\u00ed\u010dina<\/p>\n

Ta moja pr\u00ed\u010dina takov\u00e1 byla,
\n\u017ee m\u011b mamulka velice l\u00e1la.
\nNelaj n\u011b, mamko, ide k n\u00e1m Janko,
\nmos\u00edm mu nachystat za \u0161ir\u00e1k p\u00e9rko.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.karaoke-lyrics.net\/lyrics\/hradistan\/okolo-hradista-185143<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a stream of water flowing past Hradisca (a name of a village);
\nA boy is coming to us and he is bringing something for me;
\nHe brings me his love, tied up in a scarf;
\nI loved you, my golden picture.<\/p>\n

I loved you but it was just for fun,
\nthe boy did not know that I am was not true to him.
\nThe girl was false
\nand the boy did not know what was the reason for it.<\/p>\n

My reason was
\nthat my mum kept telling me off (vituperated me a lot).
\nDon’t tell me off (vituperate me), mother, Janko (boy’s name) is coming
\nI have to prepare a feather for him to put on his hat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sources: Proz.com<\/a> and AllTheLyrics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s an arrangement of the song like the one we’re doing in choir (others are available):<\/p>\n