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NGL: Translation: Dores Cikristosi (christmas songs)

From:Jack Durst <spynx@...>
Date:Friday, December 18, 1998, 0:38
I needed some practice translating, so I figured I'd share some of my
favorite holiday songs with you in NGL (Tokcir dialect).

New words:
cikristos - Christmas
nies      - to heard (sheep, etc.)

LEHOM CIKRISTOS (INY=C0SEM XUVUJOM)

Cikristos ecoije,
& xolneaso?
=D2l yaru iny=E0sem,
& yasem kai'om.
Et ecoije cikristos,
te sikanom surijeas
q wi'orsom & inx=E8rsom,
danes & xanes.

=A1Dasavas leh cikristos,
& zuyaru suri!
Sikanosas te lehjem,
in=E8zo fe=E0r.

Et ecoije cikristos,    Iny=E0sem xuvujom
u' vay & inv=E0y,               'if yevasa.
q koinior & q ink=F2inior=A1Iny=E0savas xuvuj
mouk tonjem q mirom!    ecoig!

Lehom cikristos,        Iny=E0sem xuvujom
fo sugor & fo cin,      'if yevasa.
fo inh=E0el & fo ?      =A1Iny=E0savas xuvuj
iny=E0sosva q dik.      ecoig!

[behbadib q olton col inh=F2'olar, behbadib, inh=F2'olar]

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INY=C0SIEV
Iny=E0siev, boyom iny=E0s,
inz=F9ohje zupom, sievje zupom.
'enyo in=E8ror dukfet, fapal & axale...
boyom axal laik inz=F9oh.
Hapxufeas col boyac mir!
Hapxufeas col boyac mir!

Iny=E0siev, boyom iny=E0s,
niesorer yug ezo q 'eksar.
Te tibes xusom u' ci'e;
Haleluyac doresnas manboysom.
Jes=F9s=A1 reg =E0 konul!
Jes=F9s=A1 reg =E0 konul!

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PUKUMFEVIS!
O, q ciker inm=E0fi 'e te tonjer,
newiy q sim roc surife,
& fo no maixora atibeor...
Pukumfeis=A1 pukumfeis=A1 pukumfevis!=20

No 'ekom =F2l nomotom =E0 iny=E0s,
& maisdasos fo fiuvfe.
Ku xuirer otofeom...
Pukumfeis=A1 pukumfeis=A1 pukumfevis!

Cike to tokor "iny=E0s leh.",
daufintom atibeome u' kum,
newiy 'if toyaldasamas=A1
zupom u' mafo miesjeom!

O, sasemnas inv=F2ni q simom,
&, inx=E8roro, beh gapeoras;
newiy, fo laik gapeam ta...
Pukumfeis=A1 pukumfeis=A1 pukumfevis!

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CIKRISTOS PUKUMI
Nemofeoma cikristosad pukumi,
laus ke cikristosac konomus,
cike q baeres cinfe,
& q xanes 'ekes fo 'ek q yamis u' pukum.

Nemofeoma cikristosad pukumi,
ezo zupo ap=ECru ke tokom.
Yasesa surijesdes sugorig=A1
& cikristosa pukumijedes!
[behdor]

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=BFXALNE ECOIJE?
=BFXalne ecoije u' Mary ziuxe
ke hapxufema inz=F9ohig?
xanke manboyer toker col dores boy
u' cik ke niesorer 'eksarac ind=E8urer.
Eco, ecoije regiom Kuristos,
ke niesorer 'eker & monboyer dorer.
Voni, voni fo mec lehdoram,
q xan, Mary maxale.
...

(BTW: The English titles are "Happy Christmas (Was is Over)", "Silent
Night", "Let it Snow", and "What Child is This?")

Sincerely,
        Jack Durst
Spynx@sierra.net
[this posting written in Net English]