Happy New Year in 174 Languages with Rilke, Seneca, Verdi and Pavarotti. (Buon Anno in 174 lingue).

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been. Rainer Maria Rilke

Lucius Annaes Seneca

On the Shortness of Life

The majority of mortals, Paulinus, complain bitterly of the spitefulness of Nature, because we are born for a brief span of life, because even this space that has been granted to us rushes by so speedily and so swiftly that all save a very few find life at an end just when they are getting ready to live. Nor is it merely the common herd and the unthinking crowd that bemoan what is, as men deem it, an universal ill; the same feeling has called forth complaint also from men who were famous. It was this that made the greatest of physicians exclaim that “life is short, art is long;” it was this that led Aristotle, while expostulating with Nature, to enter an indictment most unbecoming to a wise man—that, in point of age, she has shown such favour to animals that they drag out five or ten lifetimes, but that a much shorter limit is fixed for man, though he is born for so many and such great achievements. It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well invested. But when it is squandered in luxury and carelessness, when it is devoted to no good end, forced at last by the ultimate necessity we perceive that it has passed away before we were aware that it was passing. So it is—the life we receive is not short, but we make it so, nor do we have any lack of it, but are wasteful of it. Just as great and princely wealth is scattered in a moment when it comes into the hands of a bad owner, while wealth however limited, if it is entrusted to a good guardian, increases by use, so our life is amply long for him who orders it properly.

LANGUAGE TRANSLATION

AFRIKAANS gelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar

AKPOSSO ilufio ètussé

ALBANIAN Gëzuar vitin e ri

ALSATIAN e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr

ARABIC عام سعيد (aam saiid) / sana saiida

ARMENIAN shnorhavor nor tari

ATIKAMEKW amokitanone

AZERI yeni iliniz mübarək

BAMBARA aw ni san’kura / bonne année

BASAA mbuee

BASQUE urte berri on

BELARUSIAN З новым годам (Z novym hodam)

BENGALI shuvo noboborsho

BERBER asgwas amegas / aseggas ighudan

BETI mbembe mbu

BHOJPURI nauka sal mubarak hoe

BOBO bonne année

BOSNIAN sretna nova godina

BRETON bloavezh mat / bloavez mad

BULGARIAN честита нова година (chestita nova godina)

BURMESE hnit thit ku mingalar pa

CANTONESE sun lin fi lok / kung hé fat tsoi

CATALAN bon any nou

CEBUANO malipayong bag-ong tuig

CHINESE (MANDARIN) 新年快乐 (xin nian kuai le) / 新年好 (xin nian hao)

CORNISH bledhen nowedh da

CORSICAN pace è salute

CROATIAN sretna nova godina

CZECH šťastný nový rok

DANISH godt nytår

DARI sale naw tabrik

DUALA mbu mwa bwam

DUTCH gelukkig nieuwjaar

ENGLISH happy new year

ESPERANTO feliĉan novan jaron

ESTONIAN head uut aastat

EWE eƒé bé dzogbenyui nami

EWONDO mbembe mbu

FANG bamba mbou

FAROESE gott nýggjár

FILIPINO manigong bagong taon

FINNISH onnellista uutta vuotta

FLEMISH gelukkig nieuwjaar

FON kudo xwe yoyo (to 1 person) / mikudo xwe yoyo (several persons)

FRENCH bonne année

FRISIAN lokkich neijier

FRIULAN bon an

FULA dioul mo wouri

GALICIAN feliz ano novo

GEORGIAN გილოცავთ ახალ წელს (gilocavt akhal tsels)

GERMAN Frohes neues Jahr / prosit Neujahr

GREEK Καλή Χρονιά (kali chronia / kali xronia) / Ευτυχισμένος ο Καινούριος Χρόνος (eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos)

GUJARATI sal mubarak / nootan varshabhinandan

GUARANÍ rogüerohory año nuévo-re

HAITIAN CREOLE bònn ané

HAOUSSA barka da sabuwar shekara

HAWAIIAN hauoli makahiki hou

HEBREW שנה טובה (shana tova)

HERERO ombura ombe ombua

HINDI nav varsh ki subhkamna

HMONG nyob zoo xyoo tshiab

HUNGARIAN boldog új évet

ICELANDIC gleðilegt nýtt ár

IGBO obi anuri nke afor ohuru

INDONESIAN selamat tahun baru

INUKTITUT (NUNAVIMMIUTITUT) ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᓄᑖᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ (ukiumi nutaami quviasugit) – to 1 person
ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᓄᑖᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦᓯ (ukiumi nutaami quviasugitsi) – to several persons

IRISH GAELIC ath bhliain faoi mhaise

ITALIAN felice anno nuovo / buon anno

JAVANESE sugeng warsa enggal

JAPANESE あけまして　おめでとう　ございます (akemashite omedetô gozaimasu)

KABYLIAN aseggas ameggaz

KANNADA ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದ ಹಾರ್ಧಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು (hosa varshada hardika shubhashayagalu)

KASHMIRI nav reh mubarakh

KAZAKH zhana zhiliniz kutti bolsin

KHMER sur sdei chhnam thmei

KIEMBU ngethi cya mwaka mweru

KINYARWANDA umwaka mwiza

KIRUNDI umwaka mwiza

KYRGYZ ЖАӉЫ ЖЫЛЫӉЫЗДАР МЕНЕН (zhany zhylynyzdar menen)

KOREAN 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo)

KURDE sala we ya nû pîroz be

KWANGALI mvhura zompe zongwa

LAO sabai di pi mai

LATIN felix sit annus novus

LATVIAN laimīgu Jauno gadu

LIGURIAN bón ànno nêuvo

LINGALA bonana / mbúla ya sika elámu na tombelí yɔ̌

LITHUANIAN laimingų Naujųjų Metų

LOW SAXON gelükkig nyjaar

LUGANDA omwaka omulungi

LUXEMBOURGEOIS e gudd neit Joër

MACEDONIAN Среќна Нова Година (srekna nova godina)

MALAGASY arahaba tratry ny taona

MALAY selamat tahun baru

MALAYALAM nava varsha ashamshagal

MALTESE is-sena t-tajba

MANGAREVAN kia porotu te ano ou

MAORI kia hari te tau hou

MARATHI navin varshaachya hardik shubbheccha

MARQUISIAN kaoha nui tenei ehua hou

MOHAWK ose:rase

MONGOLIAN Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе (shine jiliin bayariin mend hurgeye)

MORÉ wênd na kô-d yuum-songo

NDEBELE umyaka omucha omuhle

NEPALI naya barsha ko subhakamana

NGOMBALE ngeu’ shwi pong mbeo paghe

NORMAN boune anna / jostouse anna

NORWEGIAN godt nyttår

OCCITAN bon annada

ORIYA subha nababarsa / naba barsara hardika abhinandan

OURDOU naya sar Mubarak

PALAUAN ungil beches er rak

PAPIAMENTU bon anja / felis anja nobo

PASHTO nawe kaalmo mobarak sha

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH Gelukkig Nieu jaar

PERSIAN سال نو مبارک (sâle no mobârak)

POLISH szczęśliwego nowego roku

PORTUGUESE feliz ano novo

PUNJABI ਨਵੇਂ ਸਾਲ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ (nave saal deeyan vadhaiyaan)

ROMANCHE bun di bun onn

ROMANI baxtalo nevo bersh

ROMANIAN un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani

RUSSIAN С Новым Годом (S novim godom)

SAMOAN ia manuia le tausaga fou

SAMI (INARI) luholâš uđđâ ive

SAMI (LULE) buorre ådå jagev

SAMI (NORTHERN) lihkolaš ođđa jagi

SAMI (SKOLT) leklvaz ođđ eeˊjj

SAMI (SOUTHERN) buerie orre jaepie

SANGO nzoni fini ngou

SARDINIAN bonu annu nou

SCOTTISH GAELIC bliadhna mhath ur

SERBIAN Срећна Нова година (Srećna Nova godina)

SHIMAORE mwaha mwema

SHONA goredzva rakanaka

SINDHI nain saal joon wadhayoon

SINHALESE ශුභ අළුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා (shubha aluth awuruddak weiwa)

SIOUX LAKOTA omaka t’etcha kin washte kte ni / omaka tetcha oi’yokipi

SLOVAK šťastný nový rok

SLOVENIAN srečno novo leto

SOBOTA dobir leto

SOMALI sanad wanagsan

SPANISH feliz año nuevo

SRANAN wan bun nyun yari

SWAHILI mwaka mzuri / heri ya mwaka mpya

SWEDISH gott nytt år

SWISS-GERMAN es guets Nöis

TAGALOG manigong bagong taon

TAHITIAN ia orana i te matahiti api

TAJIK соли нав муборак (soli nav muborak)

TAMAZIGHT assugas amegaz

TAMIL இனிய புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் (iniya puthandu nal Vazhthukkal)

TATAR yaña yıl belän

TELUGU నూతన సంవత్శర శుభాకాంక్షలు (nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu)

THAI สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sawatdii pimaï)

TIBETAN tashi delek / losar tashi delek

TIGRE sanat farah wa khare

TSHILUBA tshidimu tshilenga

TSWANA itumelele ngwaga o mosha

TULU posa varshada shubashaya

TURKISH yeni yılınız kutlu olsun

TWENTS gluk in’n tuk

UDMURT Vyľ Aren

UKRAINIAN Щасливого Нового Року / З Новим роком (z novym rokom)

URDU naya sal mubarak

UZBEK yangi yilingiz qutlug’ bo’lsin

VIETNAMESE Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân

WALOON ene boune anéye, ene boune sintéye

WALOON (“betchfessîs” spelling) bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye

WELSH blwyddyn newydd dda

WEST INDIAN CREOLE bon lanné

WOLOF dewenati

XHOSA nyak’omtsha

YIDDISH אַ גוט יאָר (a gut jor)

YORUBA eku odun / eku odun tun tun / eku iyedun

ZERMA barka’n da djiri tagio

ZULU unyaka omusha omuhle

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