Re: An Aelya translation
From: | Aidan Grey <frterminus@...> |
Date: | Monday, July 30, 2001, 2:33 |
> Lo, I see here my father and mother.
> Lo, now I see all my deceased relatives sitting.
> Lo, there is my master, who is sitting in Valinor.
> Paradise is so beautiful, so green.
> With him are his men and boys.
> He calls to me, so bring me to him.
This may change some of your translations: Valinor
was left in to indicate where the Aelya came from, and
that it is used to mean Paradise. The original (Ibn
fadlan's) has Paradise in both places.
Aidan
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