Re: Lyric Translation Challenge

Fit Kayasanoda to Western music?  I'd love to see
someone try! :-)

Actually, I have worked out a tonal system for the
language that works only in musical contexts--it is
pentatonic in nature, so it rings totally true as
something Native American.

Clint

--- Bob Greenwade <bob.greenwade@...> wrote:
>     OK, here's a translation challenge of my own.
>     This is particularly suited for those who have
> defined poetic forms and
> methods for your own conlangs, but if you haven't
> then that's OK.
>     The text to be translated is the lyric to my
> song, "Never Kick a
> Sleeping Tiger" (see the link below).  The challenge
> is to not only
> translate it into your own conlang, but also to (a)
> keep it singable with
> the melody (most of you will have to listen to the
> song) and (b) arrange
> the words in such a way that the lyrics continue to
> be a legitimate poetic
> form in your conlang, whether that means rhyming,
> number of syllables, or
> whatever.
>     If you need to change some of the specifics of
> the meanings in order to
> make either or both of these requirements work, then
> go ahead -- as long as
> the general meaning is the same.
>

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