Save it to a file and execute that file.

Same problem: 

5;0 juerd@ouranos:~/tmp$ perl newyear.pl 
Backticks found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near "pri`
+t "Happy `"
Bareword found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near "`t "H
+appy `ew"
        (Missing operator before ew?)
5;0 juerd@ouranos:~/tmp$ perl -v | head -n2

This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i686-linux

[download]

I'm glad I chose the easy way out. At least a simple print Just Works ™. 

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