Re: CHAT: Relays, Link 1

Robert Hailman wrote:


>Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>>
>> On Sunday, August 19, 2001, at 11:53 PM, Shreyas Sampat wrote:
>>
>> > The first Texts:
>> >
>> > Nur Saraxasûh
>> >
>> [snip]
>> > Nur Spoke
>> >
>> > Long ago, I was alone with the Chaos.
>> > The noise of the Chaos pained my heart, and so I took refuge in the
>> > Silence.
>> > The Silence pained me too, and so I created the world.
>> > Among the people of this world, I finally found my rightful place;
>> > Where they worshipped me,
>> > And named me their god.
>> >
>> So *that's* what the original was!  <squirm>  Okay, I *so* reinterpreted
>> what I got it's not even funny, even if it does move toward this
>> (unintentionally)....<G>
>
>Hmm... you mean it changed alot before it got to you? I warped it a bit
>(unintentionally) and reinterpreted a little, to make it fit the Ajuk
>poetic style and culture/religion, but kept it more or less the same -
>as I can see now.
You were No. 2, I was No. 3.  Ta yale mam re marucunu kotani-- it wasn't I
who changed the text.  Though it pretty much was bound to happen.  Anxiously
awaiting developments.........

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