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Re: Weekly Vocab 26

From:Matt Trinsic <trinsic@...>
Date:Thursday, October 16, 2003, 18:37
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:44:04 -0400 > From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> > Subject: Weekly Vocab 26 > > 1. inspiration > Whither the inspiration?
1. tryget ulde'st tryged what-location? that-which-inspires.
> > 2. heaven > If I go up to the heavens, it is absent.
2. trydh thrist dha'v etrydh tryget se'st trydh I hunt in-heaven. That-which-inspires is-not-in heaven.
> 3. pit > If I descend into a pit, it is not there.
3. nen thrist dha'v enen tryget se'st nen I hunt in-pit. That-which-inspires is-not-in pit.
> 4. wing > If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea...
4. thrykryd thrist urkryde'st urthrykryd thithan lur tro'ft thriz urthyn krenen I am-raised-by wing-of dawn and settle myself beyond-of sea.
> 5. to guide > even there I search for my muse to guide me.
5. sle'z thrist dha'v ethyn ulsle'v urtrygez thriz I hunt at-beyond guidance-from one-who-inspires me.
> 6. nothing > I find nothing in its place.
6. sed thrist sle'v tryget esed I find that-which-inspires nothing
> 7. creativity > My creativity fails me, and my inventiveness does not last.
7. ula tresli'z ula tresli'st ethriz trase'z ula thrasli'st ethriz tha'z esed Creativity my fails. Inventiveness my lasts not.
> 8. miserable > I am become a miserable creature to behold, without originality, without > thought.
8. urtoge'z thrist egasli't esed sli'd esed urtoge'd I originality none thought none was-miserable.
> 9. to succeed > I determine to succeed alone, without my muse's control.
9. tra'z thrist loga'v urdhi'st urtrygez thriz sy'v tra'z eflise'z I apart-from control one-who-inspires me decide to-succeed alone.
> 10. beside > Achieving all I reach for alone, I see she has been beside me the whole time.
10. gon thrist tra'ft urtrasod thriz lur fo'v urtrygest thriz ulgo'st etha'd thriz I achive that-which-is-attempted-by me and see one-who-inspires me with has-been-whole-time me
> ~wright