Ahi was the name of an Ottoman legendary executioner.
A head chopper.
" Ahi zi dein Kopp" meant Ahi shall take care of your head,
but also used as Berti describes.
The Schlag is stroke.
Shall the stroke meet it (or him or her) was a very common insult.
Kopdarenisch is strain of the head , brain.
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Berti Glaubach" <berti.glaubach_at_gmail.com>
To: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
Cc: "czernowitz-L" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>; "Harry Jarvis"
<HJarvis16_at_aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Fwd: Felstiner and Celan
>
>
> I must have missed the story when it first appeared on Ehpes, now enjoyed
> very much to read it - not especially the history recorded, but because of
> the personal touch.
>
> The top is of course the written letter in German which you translated
> tamely into cultured English. I already mentioned the difficulty of
> translating Celan into another language - now I have a more formidable
> problem with the Czernowitzerisch:
>
> How to render your cousin's "Ahi Der Schlag soll es treffen"? Mainly the
> "ahi" makes me Kopfdarenisch.
> Hardy may be you can help, I am lossed.
>
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