Re: Intercontinental ... from recent post at auxlang

Jay Bowks wrote:

> Any other translations ???
Lojban:

la sol. cusku lu
Sun says, quote,

zo sol. cmene mi .i mi mutce carmi
"Sun" benames me.  I am very brilliant.

.i mi du'a mo'iga'u klama
I in-the-east moving-upward go.

.ije ca le nu mi klama kei donri
And at the event-of my going, it-is-day.

.i mi zgana pa'o le do canko sepi'o le mi solji carmi kanla
I observe transfixing the of-you window with-tool the of-me (goldly bright) eye.

.ije mi ternuzba do le du'u le cikmokca cu cabna
And I am-a-news-source to-you of-the statement-that the awake-moment is-now.

.ije mi cusku fi do fe lu
And I say to you, quote,

le nu mi carmi na mukti le nu do sipna stali ga'u le ckana
The event-of my shining does-not-motivate the event-of you sleepingly remain atop the bed.

.i mukti le nu do sanli gi'e gunka
Motivates the event-of you standing and working.

.i mukti le nu tcidu gi'e cadzu li'u li'u
Motivates the event-of reading and walking, unquote, unquote.

>English...
>
>"The sun says: 'My name is sun. I am very brilliant.
>I rise in the east, and when I rise, it is day. I look
>through your window with my eye as bright as gold,
>and I tell you when it is time to get up. And I say to
>you: "Lazy one, get up. I don't shine so that you may
>stay in bed sleeping but that you may get up and work,
>that you read and go walking."
--

John Cowan      http://www.reutershealth.com            jcowan@reutershealth.com
Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau
Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.
                -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)