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

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