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Re: winter quote

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Thursday, March 11, 1999, 13:42
> On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> Tenuo al aittear; kraiko al ofykya; edrime al imuif. > "My name is winter. Cessation is my business. My gift, sleep."
Ferhin fur in. Tys rum in. Sur men in. ferhin fur in tys rum in sur men in winter name my end work my sleep gift my It doesn't get much of a rhythm in Valdyan because of all the one-syllable words. I could have used _tysen_ but that doesn't mean an ending, but the cause of the ending; an event that makes something end, as in "her betrayal was the end of their friendship". _Men_ means "something that is given", like a present; on second reading I felt something in the original that seemed to suggest that winter is itself gifted with sleep, like my youngest daughter has the gift of memory. Sally? I have a close parallel in something I wrote that does have a nice rhythm: Shen vestyn anin. Rheis buzyn anin. Tain duyen Anshen nafalan anin. "The Light is our source. Trust is our foundation. The great god Anshen is our protector". This is the preamble of the charter of the Guild of Anshen, which goes on with a list of commandments: "A gifted person does ..." and then warnings: "Whoever ... does an unlawful deed". I'll post it Real Soon Now, it's on my web page already for whoever is interested but still unglossed (in parallel Valdyan/English text, though): http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/valdyas/charter.html Irina ira@rempt.xs4all.nl (mailing list address) irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/frontpage.html (English) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)