Raxa-mentie mi lóme
Ma’ nuhtana sí Isil,
I lóme ma’ úna, úpa,
Ma’ amlunga nánye síra,
Ma’ nuhtana sí Isil.
Ilye Quantar rákine,
Ilye nári rúkine *ruitar,
Ilye melmi nihtassen kaitar,
Ilye Quantar rákine.
Faika raxa óni nóra,
Epe *quíve víla yaime,
Perta sére, perta yalme,
Faika raxa óni nóra.
Cart-trip in the night
How stumped the Moon is today,
The night how deserted, silent,
How very sad today I am,
How stumped the Moon is today.
All that Complete are now broken,
All flames flare in fragments only,
All loves lie in pieces,
All that Complete are now broken.
A wretched cart is running with me,
Behind it as if a wail were trailing,
Half hush, and half clamour,
A wretched cart is running with me.
(apologies for the poor English translation)
Here's the original:
Kocsi-út az éjszakában
Milyen csonka ma a Hold,
Az éj milyen sivatag, néma,
Milyen szomoru vagyok én ma,
Milyen csonka ma a Hold.
Minden Egész eltörött,
Minden láng csak részekben lobban,
Minden szerelem darabokban,
Minden Egész eltörött.
Fut velem egy rossz szekér,
Utána mintha jajszó szállna,
Félig mély csönd és félig lárma,
Fut velem egy rossz szekér.
by Endre Ady
ma' interr and rel here: "how, to what extent, what"
*ruita- vb "flare, blaze, burn" RUY
*quíve adv "as if"
Björn Fromén Oct 08, 2018 (00:06)
Tamas Ferencz Oct 08, 2018 (01:20)
Björn Fromén Oct 08, 2018 (23:10)
Yes, as an interrogative stem combined with case inflexions ma- could be said to mean ’what’: manen ‘how, in what way’, masse ‘where, in what place’, mallo ‘whence, from what origin’. But as an interrogative particle the simple ma is just a spoken question mark: ma naite means ‘[is it] true?’, not **’how/to what extent true’.
Tamas Ferencz Oct 09, 2018 (09:32)
If I had to put in a full pronoun (makes the lines a bit too long) I'd go for manen.
Björn Fromén Oct 09, 2018 (14:44)
I suppose we can't take for granted that Q would use interrogatives in exclamative clauses that don't include a question.
Tamas Ferencz Oct 09, 2018 (15:17)