From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Apr 26 22:39:06 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 89319 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2004 05:39:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m19.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Apr 2004 05:39:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Apr 2004 05:39:04 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.31) id 1BILJ9-0008FN-5w for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:39:03 -0700 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BILIQ-0007T3-Ht; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:38:18 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:38:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.31) id 1BILID-0007Le-CK for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:38:05 -0700 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:38:05 -0700 Message-ID: <20040427053805.GL19713@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200404112152.46914.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404112152.46914.phma@webjockey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-archive-position: 7580 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: le cmalu bloti X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22052 On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 09:52:46PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote: > Here's a translation of a French folk song: Which I don't know at all, so. I will not attempt to preserve meter. > ni'o le bi'u cmalu bloti > ze'epu naku xe klama > .a'oi .a'oi A small boat Forever it was not a vehicle Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i ko'a ca'o ze'a litru > la tumlyselsruri xamsi > .a'oi .a'oi It was for a while travelling The inland? sea Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i jeftu be li mu bi'o xa > .i lei cidja cu se xaksu > .a'oi .a'oi For five or six weeks The food was gone Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i le ka se citka cu funca > le tordu sastu'u lacpu > .a'oi .a'oi Getting food is due to the luck of the short reed puller Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i le ci'onrai cu se funca > .ija'ebo citka ko'e > .a'oi .a'oi The youngest have luck There for eat it Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i ko'a casnu le terjukpa > be le malselfunca nanla > .a'oi .a'oi It discussed the recipe for cooking the unlucky boy Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i darlu le nu rasyjukpa > .i djica le nu frikasa > .a'oi .a'oi Argued for frying Wanted to fricasee (sp?) Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i ca'o le nu casnu tai kei > ko'e parkla le zgabaktu > .a'oi .a'oi During the method discussion he climbed to the crow's nest Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i ko'e cpedu fi le cevni > .i te preti fo le banli > .a'oi .a'oi He asked god asked the greatness Ahoy! Ahoy! > .iku'i ko'e ru'u zgana > lo ve'u vi'a bonxamsi > .a'oi .a'oi But he all around saw The wide, flat, foaming? sea Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i le malselfunca cu kixsku > lu doi cesmamta je kurji > .a'oi .a'oi The unlucky one screamed "Holy Mother And Protector Ahoy! Ahoy! > mi zergau .inaja ko fraxu > .i ko citka fanta li'u > .a'oi .a'oi I am a criminal, but you must forgive! Prevent the eating!" Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i ca lenu ko'e kixsku kei > da banli makfa le nanla > .a'oi .a'oi When he had screamed A miracle appeared to him Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i lo kilto cmalu finpe cu > plipe le bloti le xamsi > .a'oi .a'oi A thousand small fish Leaped from the sea to the boat Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i kavbu gi'e rasyjukpa > .i le nanla cu nurbi'o > .a'oi .a'oi Captured and fried them, The boy was safe Ahoy! Ahoy! > .i di'u zdile be do lisri > .inaja ke'urta'a do > .a'oi .a'oi That is what's funny in this story Only if repeatedly heard by you Ahoy! Ahoy! -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rokci morsi