Re: Further stanza's and a melody

Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> wrote:
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> You did realize 'snowdrop' is another flower, did you?
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D'oh!

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> > Sero  lesha lodha perve
> > 1sHGH fresh like  snowdrop
> > Per plens    ar=F3sfar=ECnerg sar
> > cos green.1s snow.COMP    I
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> > _plens_ "I am green" in the sense of "unripe"
> > (the green colour is _dimel_)
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> In this case, 'lesha', does not mean unripe: it is related to
> 'laush', 'water', and is intended to evoke the unspoiled
> freshness of a mountain spring (the watery kind, not the
> seasonal one). It has also nothing to do with virginity, which
> is not prized by the Charyans, but with the ability to express
> a spontaneous pleasure.
I see. The closest thing to _lesha_ I had was _qolostel_,
which means "(clear and) drinkable" (speaking of water).
It didn't look right, so I changed the reference a bit.
Anyway _plens_ doesn't have a negative meaning, as=20
"unripe" does, so I think it could stand like that...


> Your compliments make me blush - something which readers
> of some of the other Charyan poetry I have produced wouldn't=20
> have thought me capable of... On the other hand, I have an=20
> heard an expert opinion[1] that it is actually easier to write
> poetry in a foreign language than in your own because all
> the words are fresh.
An intriguing thought -- I will try to see the glass
half-full then :)


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