Dimitri, I think you nailed it. Thanks a lot! Jurgen
---------------------------------- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 12 April 2018 4:10 AM, <d.p.medve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am not an expert in Spanish but, as far as I understand, "silva" means > > simply "collection" (primarily of poetry, but in this case of music). > > It probably derives from the Latin word for "forest" (as a "collection" of > > trees), but I would not translate it literally. > > There are a number of similar titles from about the same period: > > "Silva de varios romances" > > "Silva de poesía" > > etc. > > So, I would translate the title as "A collection [of songs] of the sirens". > > Dmitry > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu On Behalf Of > > Jurgen Frenz > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:36 PM > > To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > Subject: [LUTE] Meaning of title "Silva de Sirenas" > > Hello there, > > another thread on this list motivated me to ask - the title of > > Valderrabano's publication "Silva de Sirenas" renders if latin was the > > source language "Arctic Forest" which I would find hard to believe and > > nothing when setting Google translate to Spanish as source. > > artic google.png > > Hence my suspicion that 500 year old Spanish was using words > > differently. But what does the title mean in English (German/French) > > today? Would anybody know? > > Thanks for helping, best wishes > > Jurgen > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen." > > JalÃl ad-Dën Muhammad Rumi > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
