Re: Song lyrics (was Re: Beginning a translation)

Philip Newton wrote:
> Not my conlang, but one I've worked with a little in the past: Mark
> Rosenfelder's Verdurian.
>
> I translated "Adeste Fideles" into Verdurian quite a while back in a
> post to his message board -
> http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/380.html . Complete with sheet
> music showing the original alphabet!
>
> I also translated some national anthems, but they're not singable (
> http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/191.html ,
> http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/203.html ).
>
All very nice.  Of the national anthems in 203, I _suspect_ the first one is
"God save the Queen" (based on no. of lines...), and a few self-identify,
but might you identify the remaining ones???

I was once going to try the Argentine N.A. in Kash, but it had way too many
Terran references.  Maybe The Internationale (The Universelle?) if I can
find the lyrics.... Well, I do know this much--

C'est la lutte finale,
Groupons-nous et demain,
L'Internationale
sera le genre humain.

Hmm, some, anyway:

yale tenar re lus
it-is battle REL last

.....

"e indendraçonal / yaleto naya kaç"
ART. .....    / 3s-be-fut kind  "human"

Hey, it fits, too.

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