The Story of Saint Valentine Saint Valentine discovered a unique type of love. A love so exciting, so powerful, so overwhelming as to make the romance of Romeo and Juliet look like puppy love, and the affairs of Josephine and Napoleon, Anthony and Cleopatra, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor look second rate. He lived in Rome during the third century. At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Emperor Claudius, was never a favorite of the people of Rome and also Saint Valentine. Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. Not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious.Claudius had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. Saint Valentine thought it was preposterous! and decided not to support it. Saint Valentine being a Priest, his favorite activity was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, he kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. Usually it would be in a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and St.Valentine. They would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers. One night, while performing the wedding ceremony St.Valentine heard the sound of the steps of soldiers. He made the marrying couple run in time but himself was caught. He was thrown in jail and told that his punishment was death. While in prison he tried to stay cheerful and many young people came to the jail to visit him. They gave him flowers to show that they, too, believed in love. One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit him in the cell. At times they would sit and talk for hours. On the day he was to die, he left his friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. He signed it, "Love from your Valentine." It is believed that this note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on February 14, 269 A.D., the day St.Valentine died. Now, every year on this day, people think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love. Remember that love can't be beaten! Say 'I Love You' in Different Languages Language -Translation Afrikaans -Ek het jou liefe Afrikaans -Ek is lief vir jou Albanian -te dua Albanian -te dashuroj< Alentejano(Portugal) -Gosto De Ti, Porra! Alsacien -Ich hoan dich gear Amharic -Afekrishalehou Arabic -Ana Behibak (to a male) Arabic -Ib'n hebbak Arabic -Ana Ba-heb-bak Arabic -nhebuk Arabic -Ohiboke (male to female) Arabic -Ohiboka (female to male) Arabic -Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females) Arabic -Nohiboke (more than one male or female to female) Arabic -Nohiboka (male to male or female to male) Arabic -Nohibokoma (m. to m. or f. to two males or two females) Arabic -Nohibokom (m. to m. or f. to more than two males) Arabic -Nohibokon (m. to m. or f. to more than two females) Assamese -Moi tomak bhal pau Basc -Nere Maitea Batak -Holong rohangku di ho Bavarian -I mog di narrisch gern Bengali -Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi Bengali -Ami tomake bhalobashi Bolivian -Quechua qanta munani Bulgarian -Obicham te Burmese -chit pa de Cambodian -Bon sro lanh oon Cambodian -kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Canadian -French Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this) Cantonese -Moi oiy neya Cantonese -Ngo oi ney Catalan -T'estim (mallorcan) Catalan -T'estim molt (I love you a lot) Corsican -Ti tengu cara (to female) Corsican -Ti tengu caru (to male) Croatian -LJUBim te Czech -miluji te Czech -MILUJU TE! (colloquial form) Danish -Jeg elsker dig Dutch -Ik hou van jou Dutch -Ik ben verliefd op je Ecuador -Quechua canda munani English -I love you ... Esperanto -Mi amas vin Estonian -Mina armastan sind Estonian -Ma armastan sind Farsi -Tora dust midaram Farsi -Asheghetam Farsi -(Persian) doostat dAram Filipino -Mahal ka ta Filipino -Iniibig Kita Finnish -Mina" rakastan sinua Flemish -Ik zie oe geerne French -Je t'aime French -Je t'adore German -Ich liebe Dich Greek -s'ayapo (spoken s'agapo) Greek (old) (Ego) philo su (ego is only needed for emphasis) Greenlandic -Asavakit Gujrati -Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon Hausa -Ina sonki Hawaiian -Aloha I'a Au Oe Hebrew -Ani ohev otach (male to female) Hebrew -Ani ohev otcha (male to male) Hebrew -Ani ohevet otach (female to female) Hebrew -Ani ohevet otcha (female to male) Hindi -Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) Hindi -Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) Hokkien -Wa ai lu Hopi -Nu' umi unangwa'ta Hungarian -Szeretlek Hungarian -Szeretlek te'ged Icelandic -Eg elska thig Indian -Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) Indian -Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) Indonesian -Saya cinta padamu Indonesian -Saya cinta kamu Iranian -Mahn doostaht doh-rahm Irish -taim i' ngra leat Italian -ti amo (if it's a relationship/lover/spouse) Italian -ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or relative) Japanese -Kimi o ai shiteru Japanese -Aishiteru Japanese -Suki desu (used at 1st time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers) Kannada -Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene Kannada -Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene Korean -No-rul sarang hae (man to woman in casual relation) Korean -Tangshin-i cho-a-yo (i like you, in a romantic way) Kurdish -Ez te hezdikhem Lao -Koi -muk jao Lao -Khoi huk chau Latin -Te amo Latin -Vos amo Latvian -Es milu tevi (Pronounced "Ess tevy meeloo") Lebanese -Bahibak Lingala -Nalingi yo Lithuanian -TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu) Lojban -mi do prami Luo -Aheri Macedonian -SAKAM TE! Malay -Saya cintakan mu Malay/Indonesian -Saya sayangkan engkau Malayalam -Njyaan Ninne' Preetikyunnu Malayalam -Njyaan Ninne' Mohikyunnu Malaysian -Saya Cintamu Malaysian -Saya Sayangmu Mandarin -Wo ai ni Marathi -me tujhashi prem karto (male to female) Marathi -me tujhashi prem karte (female to male) Norwegian -Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) Pakistani -Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai Persian -Tora dost daram Polish -Kocham Cie Polish -Ja cie kocham Portuguese -Amo-te Portuguese (brazilian) Eu te amo Punjabi -Mai tainu pyar karda haan (male to female) Punjabi -Mai tainu pyar kardi haan (female to male) Quenya -Tye-mela'ne Romanian -Te iu besc Russian -Ya vas liubliu Russian -Ya tebya liubliu Scot -Gaelic Tha gra\dh agam ort Serbian -ljubim te(I kiss you/love you) Sinhalese -Mama oyata adarei Slovak -lubim ta Slovene -ljubim te Spanish -Te quiero Srilankan -Mama Oyata Arderyi Swahili -Naku penda (followed by the person's name) Swedish -Jag a"lskar dig Swiss-German -Ch'ha di ga"rn Syrian/Lebanese -BHEBBEK (to a female) Syrian/Lebanese -BHEBBAK (to a male) Tahitian -Ua Here Vau Ia Oe Tamil -Ni yaanai kaadli karen (You love me) Tamil -n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn (I love you) Tamil -Naan Unnai Kadalikiren Telugu -Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu Thai -Phom Rak Khun (formal, male to female) Thai -Ch'an Rak Khun (formal, female to male) Thai -Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving) Turkish -Seni Seviyorum Ukrainian -ja tebe koKHAju (real true love) Ukrainian -ja vas koKHAju Urdu -Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai Vietnamese -Em ye^u anh (woman to man) Vietnamese -Anh ye^u em (man to woman) Vulcan -Wani ra yana ro aisha Yugoslavian -Ya te volim Zazi -Ezhele hezdege Zulu -Mena Tanda Wena copy and pasted by : uli 14/02/2005