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Na siar vel soimar (was: RE: Your web site)

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Monday, June 7, 1999, 11:14
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <irina@...> wrote:
> >=20 > > Is "Na siar vel soimar" an original text? (And shall we put it in the > > collection of original conlang texts that someone is bound to start > > soon?)
As I told you already (and I repeat for the benefit of those in the list), yes, it is original. Here's a revised version with glosses, in case you are interested: Gun=FAltentan t=E0gun=FAlulm=FCr f=FCleq roddhersen m=E0st Fustaq i rront-essal=FCl siarn mi sian thuntthn thundeq padhanth Darsel Klang=EAndh, tel olthk=FCl M=FCng=EAndh tamal =E1skainth=FCr rrap m=E9avalth nileft N=E9faleq mi fun idgrivar bramedheq na beseth nef qumbureq b=FCtth Gentel sidrasten hots T=E0rrontrr=F3ns sir=FCmrrovdait ulm=FCrd roddherek m=E0sst Faik quat reiat nampal nainn mi na siar vel soimar gevvadhai Bais Gun=FAltentan t=E0gun=FAlulm=FCr northern.PP AUG.northern_land.LOC f=FCleq roddhersen m=E0st stop.3pPST grow.INF trees Fustaq i rront-essal=FCl siarn call_for.3sPST NOM large-blue we+.ACC mi sian thuntthn thundeq padhanth and our+ names.ACC name.3pPST waves Darsel Klang=EAndh, tel olthk=FCl M=FCng=EAndh first the_Second-gone then brave the_Lonely-gone tamal =E1skainth=FCr rrap m=E9avalth nileft white boats.LOC like seagulls light N=E9faleq mi fun idgrivar bramedheq go_far.3pPST and in_front_of ill_fate flee.3pPST na beseth nef qumbureq b=FCtth towards dreams faraway whisper.3pPST they.REL Gentel sidrasten hots T=E0rrontrr=F3ns now_after PRF.cross.INF wide AUG.large_sea.ACC sir=FCmrrovdait ulm=FCrd roddherek m=E0sst PRF.arrive.1p+ land.LOC.REL grow.3p trees Faik quat reiat nampal nainn here be.1p+ look_at.1p+ new sky.ACC mi na siar vel soimar gevvadhai Bais and for we+ among mist open_eyes.3sACT sun A free translation would be: In the north, in the land in the far north the trees stopped growing The large and blue summoned us and the waves called our names First the Secondgone, then the brave Lonegone in white ships as light as seagulls Far they went and fled in front of the evil fate towards the dreams that whispered afar Now after having crossed the wide Great Sea we come to a land where trees grow Here we are the ones who look at a new sky and for us comes out the sun amidst the mist. The story of the two migrating groups is tricky... The Secondgone were in fact the first to arrive to the new lands. The Lonegone were the first to move away, but they wandered for several years before crossing the sea. --Pablo Flores