From jcowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx Tue Nov 9 08:20:32 1999 X-Digest-Num: 279 Message-ID: <44114.279.1554.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 11:20:32 -0500 From: John Cowan Any other translations ??? Lojban: la sol. cusku lu Sun says, quote, zo sol. cmene mi .i mi mutce carmi "Sun" benames me. I am very brilliant. .i mi du'a mo'iga'u klama I in-the-east moving-upward go. .ije ca le nu mi klama kei donri And at the event-of my going, it-is-day. .i mi zgana pa'o le do canko sepi'o le mi solji carmi kanla I observe transfixing the of-you window with-tool the of-me (goldly bright) eye. .ije mi ternuzba do le du'u le cikmokca cu cabna And I am-a-news-source to-you of-the statement-that the awake-moment is-now. .ije mi cusku fi do fe lu And I say to you, quote, le nu mi carmi na mukti le nu do sipna stali ga'u le ckana The event-of my shining does-not-motivate the event-of you sleepingly remain atop the bed. .i mukti le nu do sanli gi'e gunka Motivates the event-of you standing and working. .i mukti le nu tcidu gi'e cadzu li'u li'u Motivates the event-of reading and walking, unquote, unquote. >English... > >"The sun says: 'My name is sun. I am very brilliant. >I rise in the east, and when I rise, it is day. I look >through your window with my eye as bright as gold, >and I tell you when it is time to get up. And I say to >you: "Lazy one, get up. I don't shine so that you may >stay in bed sleeping but that you may get up and work, >that you read and go walking." -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)