Re: war and death are in my hand

"Behold! From Hell's dark sisterhood am I, and War and Death are in my
hand!"


Sally Caves wrote:
>See!  I from Hell's sisterhood [am],
>And War and Death in my grip.
>
>{and swords and warriors in my iron womb)
>
>(I added a line from the Gospel of Grorel)
>
Excellent addition.  In Kash (slight change-- we had trouble with Hell:)

tiká! mam tungambri añasuya añorambayi,
ayok i kombra ri shuñami,
sovare, kandenar ri yurana hecemi.

Behold! I am of the clan of the sisterhood of darkness,
war and death (are) in my grip,
sword(s), warrior(s) in my iron womb.

Tiká ,   mam   tungar-mi  aña-suya   añ-oramba-i
Behold!  I(emph.)  clan-my  noml.-sister* noml.-dark-gen.
*an irreg. nominalization, collective

ayok i  kombra  ri  shuña-mi
war and death   in  grip-my

sovare  kañ-tenar  ri  yurana hece-mi
sword  Agt-battle  in  womb* iron-my
*the usual, not medical, term, compd. yurun 'place'  ana 'child'
(plurals and conjunction omitted for the metre)

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