[lojban] "jilra" (translation exercise)

["Cyril Slobin" <cyril@slobin.pp.ru>]

coi rodo

Instead of announced yesterday CFG for a tiny subset of Lojban, I have
translated a bit of poetry into the language. I hope nobody mention
this. ;-)

to jilra toi

do dansu sepu'a le tsani
i mi noi manci cu catlu
fe le trati rixpau be do
fe le clani cnebo be do

do dansu sepu'a le brife
i mi noi bisfri cu catlu
fe le kinli tatru be do
fe le cinla tuple be do

do dansu sepu'a le tarci
i mi noi fekcni cu catlu
fe le cmila moklu be do
fe le gusni kanla be do

ki'u ma do darsi
lenu dansu
sepu'a na'ebo mi

Translated from Russian text by my old good friend, who in turn claims
it being translation from "bizarre mix of English, Portuguese and
Swahili". In fact this is a sort of creative mystification, and I feel
that the Lojban translation keeps this spirit. For those of you who
read Russian, the source is here:

http://lin-lobariov.livejournal.com/336315.html

-- 
http://slobin.pp.ru/ `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said,
<cyril@slobin.pp.ru> `it means just what I choose it to mean'


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