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A Visit From St. Nicholas
a vizit from /sEnt /nikalas
by Clement C. Moore [1779-1863]
1. twoz H nFt bifP /krismas, hwen Yl TrM H hQs
2. not a krIcD woz stxiN, not Ivan a mQs,
3. H stokiNz wx huN bF H cimnI wiT kX,
4. in hOps HAt /sEnt /nikalas sMn wUd bI HX.
5. H cildran wx nesald Yl snug in HX bedz,
6. hwEl viZanz v SUgD-plumz dAnst in HX hedz,
7. n /myma in hx 'kxcif, n F in mF kAp,
8. hAd Just setald QD brEnz fP a lYN wintDz nAp;
9. hwen Qt on H lYn HX arOz suc a klAtD,
10. F sprEN from H bed t sI hwot woz H mAtD.
11. awE t H windO F flM lFk a flAS,
12. tP Opan H SutDz n TrM up H sAS.
13. H mMn on H brest v H njM- fYlan snO
14. gEv H lustD v mid-dE t obJekts belO,
15. hwen, hwot t mF wundDiN sFt SUd apC,
16. but a minIacD slE, n Et tFnI rEn-dC,
17. wiT a lital Old drFvD, sO lFvlI n kwik,
18. F nV in a mOmant it must bI /sEnt /nik.
19. mP rApid HAn Igalz hiz kPsDz HE kEm,
20. n hI hwisald, n SQtad, n kYld Hem bF nEm:
21. "nQ, /dASD! nQ, /dAnsD! nQ, /prAnsD n /viksan!
22. on, /komit! on, /kVpid! on, /dondD n /blitsan!
23. t H top v H pPc! t H top v H wYl!
24. nQ dAS awE! dAS awE! dAS awE Yl!"
25. Az drF lIvz HAt bifP H wFld hxikEn flF,
26. hwen HE mIt wiT an obstakal, mQnt t H skF,
27. sO up t H hQs-top H kPsxz HE flM,
28. wiT H slE fUl v tqz, n /sEnt /nikalas tM.
29. n Hen, in a twiNkliN, E hxd on H rMf
30. H prAnsiN n pYiN v Ic lital hMf.
31. Az F drM in mF hed, n woz txniN arQnd,
32. dQn H cimnI /sEnt /nikalas kEm wiT a bQnd.
33. hI woz drest Yl in fx, from hiz hed t hiz fUt,
34. n hiz klOHz wx Yl tRniSt wiT ASaz n sUt.
35. a bundal v tqz hI hAd fluN on hiz bAk,
36. n hI lUkt lFk a pedlD Just OpaniN hiz pAk.
37. hiz Fz--hQ HE twiNkald! hiz dimpalz hQ merI!
38. hiz cIks wx lFk rOzaz, hiz nOz lFk a cerI!
39. hiz drOl lital mQT woz drYn up lFk a bO,
40. n a bCd v hiz cin woz az hwFt az H snO.
41. H stump v a pFp hI held tFt in hiz tIT,
42. n H smOk it ensxkald hiz hed lFk a rIT.
43. hI hAd a brYd fEs n a lital rQnd belI
44. HAt SUk, hwen hI lAft, lFk a bOl fUl v JelI.
45. hI woz cubI n plump, a rFt JYlI Old elf,
46. n F lAft hwen F sY him, in spFt v mFself.
47. a wiNk v hiz F n a twist v hiz hed
48. sMn gEv mI t nO F hAd nuTiN t dred.
49. hI spOk not a wxd, but went strEt t hiz wxk,
50. n fild Yl H stokiNz; Hen txnd wiT a Jxk,
51. n lEiN hiz fiNgD asFd v hiz nOz,
52. n giviN a nod, up H cimnI hI rOz.
53. hI sprEN t hiz slE, t hiz tIm gEv a hwisal,
54. n awE HE Yl flM lFk H dQn v a Tisal.
55. but F hxd him iksklEm, X hI drOv Qt v sFt,
56. "hApI /krismas t Yl, n t Yl a gUd nFt."
Poem by Clement C. Moore
Transliteration by Neil Stewart
nOts:
lFn 7: 'kxcif - a skRf wPn Az a hed kuvDiN.
lFn 19: kPsD - a swift Animal, nPmalI rifxz t a swift hPs.
lFn 22: /dondD - in lEtD vxZanz it bikEm " /donD".
lFn 55: X - bifP