"Auld Lang Syne" & "Auf Wiedersehen"
Author: Hugh H. Morgan
On New Year's Eve it has been a continuing tradition to sing "Auld Lang Syne." It was poet Robert Burns who wrote the lyrics to this Scottish folk song. It means . . . "in days of old gone by." The older we get we tend to remember those good ole days that are gone for ever. However, I really like the phrase, "We'll take a cup of kindness yet for days of auld lang syne."
Here are the lyrics:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
Then, there is another song that we have sung at the beginning of the New Year. It is entitled, ""Auf
Wiedersehen" which means "until we meet again."
It was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote "Auf Wiedersehen." He dedicated it to the memory of
his friend James T. Fields. This poem was influenced by the Scripture verse in Hebrews 11:35, "Women
received back their dead, raised to life again" (NIV). We, who are Christians, believe that Heaven is where
we will one day see our family and friends again forever. What a blessed day that will be when we all see Jesus.
"Until we meet again" were spoken by men as they were parting in the street. Today, we often say, "Goodbye
for now" or "I will talk to you soon." Could it be that we might revive that old saying, "Until we meet again?"
As we face the new year of 2021, may God enable us to have believing faith that rises far above our human
reasoning. When the Lord returns to receive His bride the dead in Christ will be resurrected. They will be the first to
go up in the rapture, and those of us who remain alive will meet them in the air.
Until we meet again!
Author: Hugh H. Morgan
On New Year's Eve it has been a continuing tradition to sing "Auld Lang Syne." It was poet Robert Burns who wrote the lyrics to this Scottish folk song. It means . . . "in days of old gone by." The older we get we tend to remember those good ole days that are gone for ever. However, I really like the phrase, "We'll take a cup of kindness yet for days of auld lang syne."
Here are the lyrics:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
Then, there is another song that we have sung at the beginning of the New Year. It is entitled, ""Auf
Wiedersehen" which means "until we meet again."
It was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote "Auf Wiedersehen." He dedicated it to the memory of
his friend James T. Fields. This poem was influenced by the Scripture verse in Hebrews 11:35, "Women
received back their dead, raised to life again" (NIV). We, who are Christians, believe that Heaven is where
we will one day see our family and friends again forever. What a blessed day that will be when we all see Jesus.
"Until we meet again" were spoken by men as they were parting in the street. Today, we often say, "Goodbye
for now" or "I will talk to you soon." Could it be that we might revive that old saying, "Until we meet again?"
As we face the new year of 2021, may God enable us to have believing faith that rises far above our human
reasoning. When the Lord returns to receive His bride the dead in Christ will be resurrected. They will be the first to
go up in the rapture, and those of us who remain alive will meet them in the air.
Until we meet again!