Arti lagu The 12 Days of Christmas
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You're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" I think. To most it's a delightful nonsense rhyme set to music.But it had a quite serious purpose when it was written.
It is a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts.
Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829, when Parliament finally emancipated Catholics in England, were prohibited from ANY practice of their faith by law - private OR public. It was a crime to BE a Catholic.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" was written in England as one of the "catechism songs" to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith - a memory aid, when to be caught with anything in *writing* indicating adherence to the Catholic faith could not only get you imprisoned, it could get you hanged, or shortened by a head - or hanged, drawn and quartered, a rather peculiar and ghastly punishment I'm not aware was ever practiced anywhere else. Hanging, drawing and quartering involved hanging a person by the neck until they had almost, but not quite, suffocated to death; then the party was taken down from the gallows, and disembowelled while still alive; and while the entrails were still lying on the street, where the executioners stomped all over them, the victim was tied to four large farm horses, and literally torn into five parts - one to each limb and the
remaining torso.
The songs gifts are hidden meanings to the teachings of the faith. The "true love" mentioned in the song doesn't refer to an earthly suitor, it refers to God Himself. The "me" who receives the presents refers to every baptized person. The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge which feigns injury to decoy predators from her helpless nestlings, much in memory of the expression of Christ's sadness over the fate of Jerusalem:
"Jerusalem! Jerusalem! How often would I have sheltered thee under my wings, as a hen does her chicks, but thou wouldst not have it so..."
The other symbols mean the following:
2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelist
5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament,
the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed
12 Days of Christmas
Jum'at, 19 November 2010 - 16:13 wib
Lamtiur Kristin Natalia Malau - Okezone
SALAH satu dari lagu-lagu yang populer dalam Masa Natal adalah lagu “The 12 Days of Christmas”. Lagu tersebut menggambarkan serangkaian hadiah aneh yang diberikan oleh sang kekasih sejati. Termasuk di antaranya seekor ayam hutan di atas Pohon Per dan lima cincin emas.
Bagi kebanyakan orang, lagu tersebut hanyalah sebuah lagu konyol yang membutuhkan ingatan yang kuat agar dapat menyanyikannya hingga selesai. Sesungguhnya, lagu tersebut mengandung arti yang amat istimewa. Di dalamnya terdapat ringkasan ajaran iman Katolik Roma tentang Natal.
Seperti disarikan dan diterjemahkan oleh indocell.net, dari tahun 1558 hingga tahun 1829 banyak orang Kristen di Inggris menentang Gereja Katolik. Mereka mengeluarkan sebuah undang-undang yang melarang para orangtua Katolik mengajarkan iman mereka kepada anak-anak mereka.
Suatu kelompok yang disebut “Kaum Puritan” bahkan melarang segala bentuk perayaan Natal karena dianggap “terlalu Katolik”.
Dalam masa itulah seorang penulis lagu Katolik di Inggris menuliskan lagu “The Twelve Days of Christmas” sebagai lagu katakese anak-anak Katolik. Arti tersembunyi dari hadiah-hadiah dalam lagu tersebut dimaksudkan untuk membantu anak-anak mengingat pelajaran iman mereka.
“Kekasih sejati” dalam lagu tersebut bukanlah kekasih atau pacar dalam arti duniawi, melainkan Allah Bapa sendiri. “Aku” yang menerima hadiah-hadiah tersebut adalah semua orang yang telah dibaptis. Seekor ayam hutan di atas pohon per adalah Yesus Kristus. Dalam lagu tersebut, Kristus digambarkan sebagai induk ayam yang burpura-pura terluka untuk mengelabui pemangsa yang hendak menerkam anak-anaknya yang masih kecil dan lemah. Arti simbol-simbol yang lain adalah:
Dua ekor burung merpati (two turtle doves) = Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru.
Tiga ayam betina Perancis (three French hens) = iman, harapan dan kasih.
Empat burung berkicau (four calling birds) = keempat Injil.
Lima cincin emas (five golden rings) = lima Sakramen yang dapat diterima oleh semua orang Katolik, yaitu: Baptis, Komuni, Penguatan, dan Perminyakan. Dua Sakramen yang lain, yaitu Perkawinan dan Imamat hanya diperuntukkan bagi mereka yang dipanggil untuk maksud tersebut.
Enam itik bertelur (six geese a-laying) = enam hari penciptaan.
Tujuh angsa berenang (seven swans a-swimming) = tujuh karunia Roh Kudus.
Delapan gadis memerah susu (eight maids a-milking) = delapan Sabda Bahagia.
Sembilan nyonya menari (nine ladies dancing) = sembilan buah-buah Roh Kudus.
10 tuan melompat (ten lords a-leaping) = 10 Perintah Allah.
11 pemain suling bermain musik (eleven pipers piping) = 11 rasul yang setia.
12 pemain genderang memukul genderangnya (twelve drummers drumming) = 12 pokok iman dalam Syahadat Para Rasul.
(lam)
Sumber: http://natal.okezone.com/read/2010/11/19/405/394949/12-days-of-christmas
Link youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIgjsI3MQF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GUU1YbP_E
diposting oleh: kupluk, ben2!, jetszz,
(diambil dari ftp://monica.cin.org)
You're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" I think. To most it's a delightful nonsense rhyme set to music.But it had a quite serious purpose when it was written.It is a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts.
Catholics in England during the period 1558 to 1829, when Parliament finally emancipated Catholics in England, were prohibited from ANY practice of their faith by law - private OR public. It was a crime to BE a Catholic.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" was written in England as one of the "catechism songs" to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith - a memory aid, when to be caught with anything in *writing* indicating adherence to the Catholic faith could not only get you imprisoned, it could get you hanged, or shortened by a head - or hanged, drawn and quartered, a rather peculiar and ghastly punishment I'm not aware was ever practiced anywhere else. Hanging, drawing and quartering involved hanging a person by the neck until they had almost, but not quite, suffocated to death; then the party was taken down from the gallows, and disembowelled while still alive; and while the entrails were still lying on the street, where the executioners stomped all over them, the victim was tied to four large farm horses, and literally torn into five parts - one to each limb and the
remaining torso.
The songs gifts are hidden meanings to the teachings of the faith. The "true love" mentioned in the song doesn't refer to an earthly suitor, it refers to God Himself. The "me" who receives the presents refers to every baptized person. The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge which feigns injury to decoy predators from her helpless nestlings, much in memory of the expression of Christ's sadness over the fate of Jerusalem:
"Jerusalem! Jerusalem! How often would I have sheltered thee under my wings, as a hen does her chicks, but thou wouldst not have it so..."
The other symbols mean the following:
2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelist
5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament,
the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed
12 Days of Christmas
Jum'at, 19 November 2010 - 16:13 wib
Lamtiur Kristin Natalia Malau - Okezone
SALAH satu dari lagu-lagu yang populer dalam Masa Natal adalah lagu “The 12 Days of Christmas”. Lagu tersebut menggambarkan serangkaian hadiah aneh yang diberikan oleh sang kekasih sejati. Termasuk di antaranya seekor ayam hutan di atas Pohon Per dan lima cincin emas.
Bagi kebanyakan orang, lagu tersebut hanyalah sebuah lagu konyol yang membutuhkan ingatan yang kuat agar dapat menyanyikannya hingga selesai. Sesungguhnya, lagu tersebut mengandung arti yang amat istimewa. Di dalamnya terdapat ringkasan ajaran iman Katolik Roma tentang Natal.
Seperti disarikan dan diterjemahkan oleh indocell.net, dari tahun 1558 hingga tahun 1829 banyak orang Kristen di Inggris menentang Gereja Katolik. Mereka mengeluarkan sebuah undang-undang yang melarang para orangtua Katolik mengajarkan iman mereka kepada anak-anak mereka.
Suatu kelompok yang disebut “Kaum Puritan” bahkan melarang segala bentuk perayaan Natal karena dianggap “terlalu Katolik”.
Dalam masa itulah seorang penulis lagu Katolik di Inggris menuliskan lagu “The Twelve Days of Christmas” sebagai lagu katakese anak-anak Katolik. Arti tersembunyi dari hadiah-hadiah dalam lagu tersebut dimaksudkan untuk membantu anak-anak mengingat pelajaran iman mereka.
“Kekasih sejati” dalam lagu tersebut bukanlah kekasih atau pacar dalam arti duniawi, melainkan Allah Bapa sendiri. “Aku” yang menerima hadiah-hadiah tersebut adalah semua orang yang telah dibaptis. Seekor ayam hutan di atas pohon per adalah Yesus Kristus. Dalam lagu tersebut, Kristus digambarkan sebagai induk ayam yang burpura-pura terluka untuk mengelabui pemangsa yang hendak menerkam anak-anaknya yang masih kecil dan lemah. Arti simbol-simbol yang lain adalah:
Dua ekor burung merpati (two turtle doves) = Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru.
Tiga ayam betina Perancis (three French hens) = iman, harapan dan kasih.
Empat burung berkicau (four calling birds) = keempat Injil.
Lima cincin emas (five golden rings) = lima Sakramen yang dapat diterima oleh semua orang Katolik, yaitu: Baptis, Komuni, Penguatan, dan Perminyakan. Dua Sakramen yang lain, yaitu Perkawinan dan Imamat hanya diperuntukkan bagi mereka yang dipanggil untuk maksud tersebut.
Enam itik bertelur (six geese a-laying) = enam hari penciptaan.
Tujuh angsa berenang (seven swans a-swimming) = tujuh karunia Roh Kudus.
Delapan gadis memerah susu (eight maids a-milking) = delapan Sabda Bahagia.
Sembilan nyonya menari (nine ladies dancing) = sembilan buah-buah Roh Kudus.
10 tuan melompat (ten lords a-leaping) = 10 Perintah Allah.
11 pemain suling bermain musik (eleven pipers piping) = 11 rasul yang setia.
12 pemain genderang memukul genderangnya (twelve drummers drumming) = 12 pokok iman dalam Syahadat Para Rasul.
(lam)
Sumber: http://natal.okezone.com/read/2010/11/19/405/394949/12-days-of-christmas
Link youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIgjsI3MQF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GUU1YbP_E
diposting oleh: kupluk, ben2!, jetszz,
