Happy holidays!

Dear list,

As a kind of Christmas gift, here is my translation of "Imagine" into
Suraetua (aka Gaajan), to complement the one I made into Urianian in
October. In Urianian I found it relatively easy to maintain the
rhythm and meter of the original, but Suraetua can be a more wordy
language (particularly in places where I need to invent descriptive
terms for concepts unknown to the Suraetuan culture), so this is not
possible here, and it has to be a freer remaking of the song.

Kawetuk!

Kawetuk ta ara kinijua jula.
(make-picture.apass.imp you-do-to-it not spiritual-world it-is.subj)
Akitun jujo sen iltiu.
(easy it-is.pot try cond.you-do)
Ara junida samikuwanuin yanan ju.
(not world evil-spirit.pl.gen under.us it-is)
Amanan wedala wasu ju.
(over.us only sky it-is)
Kawetuk ta sosuru
(make-picture.apass.imp you-do-to-it all.human.pl)
seni asume junjila.
(live day.ben they-do.subj)
Ini tiujo ukinweai jutla.
(say you-do.pot dreamer I-am.subj)
Area iwedai jut.
(yet-not only-one I-am)

Kawetuk ta ara lupa jula.
(make-picture.apass.imp you-do-to-it country it-is.subj)
Ara kanam ai tala.
(not difficult it-is-for-it you-do.subj)
Arato jula ild akobi tai.
(nothing it-is.subj kill die.or you-do-for-it)
Ara kinis suriku jues.
(not spiritual teaching it-is.too)
Kawetuk ta sosuruke
(make-picture.apass.imp you-do-to-it all.human.pl.erg)
senitu oraen seni junjila.
(life peace.adv live they-do.subj)
Ini tiujo ukinweai jutla.
(say you-do.pot dreamer I-am.subj)
Area iwedai jut.
(yet-not only-one I-am)
Jawe at abasuen saranetu ategala.
(hope I-do-to-it some.day.adv join.apass you-will-do-to-us.subj)
Wai junida okais aju.
(then world one-ish it-will-be)

Aroka wajewe kawetuk tani.
(no possession.pl make-picture.apass.imp you-do-to-them)
Inisatu ait kedu tala.
(wonder.apass I-do-for-it can you-do-to-it.subj)
Ara kasua aimerikui gutikuibi ju.
(not need greed.dat hunger.dat.or it-is)
Njamiku urikuin ju.
(brotherhood humanity.gen it-is)
Kawetuk ta sosuruke
(make-picture.apass.imp you-do-to-it all.human.pl.erg)
osa junidan akitu junjila.
(all world.gen share.apass they-do.subj)
Ini tiujo ukinweai jutla.
(say you-do.pot dreamer I-am.subj)
Area iwedai jut.
(yet-not only-one I-am)
Jawe at abasuen saranetu ategala.
(hope I-do-to-it some.day.adv join.apass you-will-do-to-us.subj)
Wai junida okaisen auna aju.
(then world one-ish.adv live it-will-do)

(Hmm, why is it that here and there I get the impression of Suraetua
being somehow influenced by my liking for Japanese?)

Anyway...
Happy holidays to all!

LEF

P.s.: WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT!