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Tamas Ferencz
Feb 05, 2015 (13:21)
A short poem by Stephen Donaldson.
Sé i metto metta,
Nin pia melehte:
Nanye er kalpa.
Mapan imneo axo-sáva,
Tíran i ende a-urya.
Sé i metto metta,
Nin pia poldore:
Nanye er tamma.
Karin karerya; máryatse
Inye i persaila.
Sé i metto metta,
Nin pia kuile.
Er karda nanye:
Kare kárina yas' huore himya;
Erde.
When last comes to last,
I have little power:
I am merely an urn.
I hold the bone-sap of myself,
And watch the marrow burn.
When last comes to last,
I have little strength:
I am only a tool.
I work its work; and in its hands
I am the fool.
When last comes to last,
I have little life.
I am simply a deed:
an action done while courage holds;
a seed.
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nin pia melehte etc... : "there is to me" > "I have" (attested forms would be too long)
kare: "action" see
loikare
Tamas Ferencz Feb 05, 2015 (13:21)
Sé i metto metta,
Nin pia melehte:
Nanye er kalpa.
Mapan imneo axo-sáva,
Tíran i ende a-urya.
Sé i metto metta,
Nin pia poldore:
Nanye er tamma.
Karin karerya; máryatse
Inye i persaila.
Sé i metto metta,
Nin pia kuile.
Er karda nanye:
Kare kárina yas' huore himya;
Erde.
When last comes to last,
I have little power:
I am merely an urn.
I hold the bone-sap of myself,
And watch the marrow burn.
When last comes to last,
I have little strength:
I am only a tool.
I work its work; and in its hands
I am the fool.
When last comes to last,
I have little life.
I am simply a deed:
an action done while courage holds;
a seed.
----------
nin pia melehte etc... : "there is to me" > "I have" (attested forms would be too long)
kare: "action" see loikare