Re: A more challenging poetry translation challenge

> >She by the river sat, and sitting there,
> >She wept, and made it deeper by a tear.
>
Kash:
riyan ri vori yakuka ri vorani,
leñaña, i vorini çunuro yam mesa leñani

['rijandri'Bori ja'kuka "riBo'rani
le'JaJajBo'riniSu'nuro jam'besale'Jani]


riyan ri  vori  ya-kuka ri  vora-ni
there LOC river 3s-sit  LOC side-its

leñaña i  vori-ni   çu-nuro   yam  mesa leña-ni
weep  and river-def INCH-deep with one tear-her

Sort of: There at a river she sat beside it,
weeping, and the river became deep(er) "with" one tear.

Well it mostly scans, and rhymes (though badly by Kash standards), and we
got round the "by" problems....(use of comitative yam 'with' is probably
idiomatic :-))) Possible alternate: riyun 'there (yonder, far)' instead of
riyan 'there (near)'.

In other Kash postings, I've often forgotten to indicate that "v" is [B]