Iné hamad kémania amatéi

Stephen Crane again, of course.  He seems to speak to me.

Also, I am experimenting with adding audio to these posts in a reliable fashion.  We'll see how it goes.

New words:

téngasi - stern, stone-faced, uncompromising (formed from éngúi, "angry")

New words from old words:

hamad - a gravesite (formerly just "a hole")

jjelu tréxabin - "to press/push lips" - to frown

Order of texts:

Original

Sandic

Gloss

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Behold, the grave of a wicked man

Behold, the grave of a wicked man,
And near it, a stern spirit.

There came a drooping maid with violets,
But the spirit grasped her arm.
"No flowers for him," he said.
The maid wept:
"Ah, I loved him."
But the spirit, grim and frowning:
"No flowers for him."

Now, this is it --
If the spirit was just,
Why did the maid weep?

Stephen Crane

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Iné, hamad kémania amatéi

Iné, hamad kémania amatéi-

wî pal onj ba baahl lëivagém téngasi

Bian axféd iadkania jilai, kakrei niajjebin,

A ba lëivagém atian baxma ân otasem, 

"Zaoabin okaneot ade ba amatéi", kaxmî

Ba iadka axjilërra ra-

"A kiab exse ra."

A ba lëivagém, téngasira wî kajjelui tréxabin ba, baxmî:

"Zaoabin okaneot ade ba amatéi."

Iné rerda-

Fî ân gamia baxma ba lëivagém,

Skra kia axjilër ba iadka?

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Behold, the grave of a wicked man

Behold, the grave of a wicked man-

and at its side is a stern spirit

A sad servant girl comes to it, carrying violets

but the spirit stops her,

"This wicked one should not take flowers", it says

The serving girl sobs-

"But I loved him so."

But the spirit, stern and frowning, says:

"This wicked one should not take flowers."

Behold a difficulty-

If the spirit has done gamia,

Why does the serving girl cry?