Re: _Seven Last Words of Christ_

Fayani!  It is done!  (In Yhe Vala Lakha. ;)  Enjoy!

Wesley Parish

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:03, Thomas Wier wrote:
> Greetings all.  For those who are celebrating the Christian
> Holy Week this week, I thought I might suggest an amazing
> recording of Haydn's _Seven Last Words of Christ_ by the
> Vermeer String Quartet:
>
>   <http://www.vermeerqt.com/>
>
> They're based here at the U. of Chicago, where I've heard
> them perform, but they have international reknown, having
> received the highest praise from German, Australian, Polish,
> and American newspapers and musical reviews, among others.
> (Judge David Souter of the US Supreme Court said his hearing
> them play Beethoven's Serioso was the best 25 minutes he
> had spent at the Supreme Court.)
>
> ObConlang:  why don't we translate Christ's last words into
> our respective conlangs? Surely Tolkien would approve. Here's
> the Latin version Haydn used and the English below:
>
> 1.  Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt.
>     Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are
>     doing.
E revo,                 ya tau ya        yempro naiyeri;
O sun-goddess,   it is them you  forgive;
 tau eikhai           taiyha ya     taufai
they don't know  what   they are doing
> 2.  Hodie mecum eris in paradise.
>     Today you will be with me in paradise.
Ya   yhe nyare ara  teina naa  naikharesh lakasun
It is  today               with  me   you hunt     freedom

(Lakhabrech don't have a concept of an afterdeath paradise.  So Jesus says the
next-best thing - today we will hunt freedom together.)
> 3.  Mulier, ecce filius tuus.
>     Woman, behold your son.
E berine,   ya      an    tichya.
O woman, (here) he   son-your
> 4.  Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?
>     My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
E revona, revona, ayhati     einaifayaperi                naa?
O  S-G    , S-G       for what   have you abandoned   me?
> 5.  Sitio.
>     I thirst.
Naahuru!
I thirst!
> 6.  Consummatum est.
>     It is finished.
Rakhani!      Fayani!
It is eaten!    It is done/made!
> 7.  In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum.
>     Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
Trautinai,                e revo radeki, naava lakhatshenaa
Claw/hand-to-your, o sun  power, I  give  spirit-my

Pauote is the word for spirits of the wild, elemental beings who control the
universe with and without the Sun-Goddess and Sister-Sun' approval; aitsho
are the spirits of the dead; vheratsho are the malicious spirits of the dead;
lakhatshe are the spirits of the living.  Ireskha - her sister - calling
Kherash-shio-Anioi "Vheratsho" was both spiteful and perceptive.
>
> For those who know some Hebrew, it might be worthwhile to
> consult Psalm 22, which Christ was quoting for no. 4, and
> the Greek originals in the New Testament for those so skilled.
>
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> Thomas Wier	       "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally,
> Dept. of Linguistics    because our secret police don't get it right
> University of Chicago   half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of
> 1010 E. 59th Street     Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter.
> Chicago, IL 60637
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You ask, what is the most important thing?
Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.

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