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[lojban-beginners] Re: Songs and poetry in Lojban

Thank you! That is very helpful! I've taken a look at the poem and I'll see what I can do with it. The only thing I really don't understand is the te in "te zu'e tu'a lo cersai". What does it do?

On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 1:21:27 AM UTC+1, guskant wrote:


Le dimanche 11 janvier 2015 02:23:16 UTC+9, Erik Natanael Gustafsson a écrit :
Hi!

I have just started learning Lojban, partly because I find the very different grammar interesting, and partly because I am looking for a culturally neutral language for use in some of my art (I am a composer and musician). However, when most people don't know a language it is very important how it sounds. Lojban seems to have a lot of short words, resulting in very many syllables needed for rather simple sentences. It also seems heavy on consonants, while vowels are arguably more important when singing. Do any of you have any experience in making music or poetry in Lojban and would you mind sharing your thoughts about how well suited Lojban is this? Also, if any of you have a short poem in Lojban that I could try to use for a composition, I would be most grateful.

Cheers
Erik Natanael Gustafsson


coi fi'i la .erik.

Here is some lojban songs sung by me:
https://vimeo.com/album/3152276
http://fotono.tumblr.com/tagged/jbosnavei

I know some of recordings of la selpa'i are lojban songs:
https://www.youtube.com/user/shanikuzai/videos

As for a short poem in Lojban for your composition, I recommend a translation by la mukti of "This is just to say" by William Carlos Williams:
https://vimeo.com/113054946#t=8m50s

mi'e la guskant mu'o
 

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