Re: A short poem in Lassaptakl

This little Lassaptaki poem by Ryokan would have made
a great poem for a Relay Translation Game:
short, rational, beautiful... and it still would have changed.

Translated into Teonaht:

Celil   tesa li             korhily tambojo;
in-the  city the (non.vol.) flute   drum-and;

Naril  elmen    idpporot li            htilio.
on-the mountain of-pine  the (non.vol) whisper

        In the city the flute and drum;
        On the mountain the whispering of pine.

How haiku-esque!

Sally  --am still working on webpage for Bast, but at miniscule rate.
Too many other dreadful deadlines.
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Roger Mills wrote:


> << This is from a collection of Ryokan's poetry.
>
>  u-siu-ut
>  in-city-the
>
>  tupa-li ai ssuis-li
>  drum-PL and flute-PL
>
>  ai u-pumu-ut
>  and(but) on-mountain-the
>
>  mum sassa-ti-li-it tlifu-li-it
>  only whisper-ing-PL-the pine-PL-the
>
> In Kash (with a minor change:  the closest thing to a pine has an ugly long
> name.)
>     kotrinju Ryokan-i
>     word-song Ryokan-GEN
>
> ritan ri enje
> mundum, epuwish–
> riyun ri surañ
> angesh ihiship
>
> ritan ri enje
> here in city
> mundum, epu(w)i.sh
> drum, flute-PL
> riyun ri surañ
> yonder in mountain (PL omitted)
> ange.sh i.hiship
> tree-PL 3PL-whisper
>
> And this from an earlier post:
> lass-a-ata umu Riukun
> word-+-thing by Ryokun
>
> saa pti iti pium tam
> QUES you NOT see NOT
>
> mii liil ata tu miac suc
> that PL  thing FUT change COM
>
> ai tsu ai smi liil suap
> and near and far PL flower
>
> tu uls ssutl-a-tsu ssutl-a-smi
> FUT die time-+-near time-+-far
>   >>
>
>    kotrinju Ryokun-i (poem Ryokun-GEN)
>
> ta hatánjanga--
> yunosh iyushúnuka?
> ritan, riyun, yunda
> awesh ihórenga?
>
> ta ha.tanjañ.ka
> not 2s.realize.QUES
> yuno.sh i.yu.shunu.ka (NB iy- > y here)
> all-PL 3s-INCH-different-QUES
> ritan, riyun, yunda
> here, yonder, always
> awes.sh i.horem.ka
> flower-PL 3PL.die.QUES
>
> Attentive readers will recall:  h is [x],  -ñ is [N], -ng- is [Ng}, vowels as
> in Spanish. I hope the accents arrive OK.
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