Re: [Translation] The Litany Against Fear

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:21, Shreyas Sampat wrote:
> So, as a translation exercise, I did the Bene Gesserit "Litany
> Against Fear" from Frank Herbert's Dune.
>
<snip>

ya       ratwa                          naati     ya        eire'ina
[topic] summons(obligation)  for me  [topic]  not-fear
I must not fear

ya yhe re'inasun yhe inavhawi fayazhechyao
[topic] fear          the  mind        killer
Fear is the mind killer

ya yhe re'inasun yhe yezhech yhe lipas
[topic] fear          the   death      the little
Fear is the little death

ya      erraona iyhe haukati yhe yezhech yhe ila
[topic] brings   this to humans    death          total
that brings total obliteration

ya       naati    ya       irawa  re'inasunnaa
[topic] for me [topic] to face my fear
I will face my fear

ya       naati    ya       iyarani  otwa            naa,
[topic] for me [topic] allowed go (through) me
I will allow it to pass though me

ya        iyarani   fawakha           naa
[topic]  allowed  to wash (over) me
and over me

ayaara otwanti      yhe re'inasun
when    has gone   the fear
And when the fear has gone past

ya innaafayatira yhe temya yhe lakhatshenaa
[topic] I will turn  the  eye      the spirit-of-mine
I will turn the inner eye

temya            an oyatwa
look/see/eye  it   path
to see its  path

ya       otwanti     re'inasun aitaya
[topic] has gone  fear         where
where the fear has gone

ain  aitaya eitaya      oyatwa eyatwa
but  place  no place  path     no path
there will be nothing

ya       naa ya        naanai'te
[topic] I      [topic]  I remain
only I will remain

At short notice ;)

Wesley Parish







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