Kriani baahl hamar aww

I had a rather musical childhood, and for that am eternally grateful to both my parents and my environment in general.  I have a song for about every mood!  Sometimes they appear to me unexpectedly even when I haven't heard or thought about them in a long while- that's the case with this particular one.

"May the circle be open" is a common parting-song at paganish gatherings, and is sung while moving counterclockwise along the circle-area which is used for workings.  Sometimes people sing it just by itself, though- which is what I started spontaneously doing at work the other evening. :)  Being that I am who I am, of course this song was Sandicified.



Order of texts: Sandic - English of Sandic

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Kriani baahl hamar aŵ,
iné uxtiaktai
he deya aŵ pa rave pé obaahl

lēain aŵtúraj
lēain iné aŵféd
iné lēain ejj aŵtúraj

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Our circle is whole/full

behold it is knitted together

may the peace of our honored one be in your heart

happily we meet

behold happily we depart

behold happily we meet again.

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A note on the translation:
The first two lines in English in the original are "May the circle be open but unbroken".  I translated this as "Our circle is whole/full, it is knitted together."  Why?  I liked the imagery for that better, and no one else but me is likely to ever sing this song in Sandic. :D

To be more accurate, though, and supposing someone wanted something truer to the original English, one could also say "Kriani baahl hamar aŵ, gator utepéti", "our circle is whole/complete, and will never be broken".  This also fits the melody of the song.

The third line, "he deya aŵ pa rave pé obaahl", "May the peace of our honored one be in your heart" is rendered in the original English as "may the peace of the god(dess) be ever in your heart".  Being that some people I know don't have gods or goddesses as the central part of their practice (myself included), I figured "honored one(s)" to be a good compromise.

Again, if one would want to be more faithful to the original English, one could say "he jwia aŵ" (the peace of our goddess) or "he jwr aŵ" (the peace of our god), or even "he jwran aŵ" (the peace of our gods).  As an added bonus, "he lēiakéman aŵ" (the peace of our ancestors) also fits in that spot. :D

*from here.

Lé jebé - The body

I spent some time doodling on the porch today, and spontaneously came up with a body-parts sheet.

I am proud of myself. Of these, I only had to look up three of them.

Amusingly, "anen", the word for mouth, was remembered in my head as "anenab" because of a song that I translated not too long ago, "aal iz well". The word for mouth otherwise has been very rarely used, so it was the accusative form (from the phrase "anenab opeemajten", "open your mouth") which sprang to mind.

I wonder why the picture came out so small?  If I have time later, I will upload a more better-er one or just type out a list of what's there.


Also, continuing my recent prayer flag kick, I have over the past few days graduated to cloth flags. :)
These below read (top first, then bottom, left to right):

"lēaactab, damdabin, kunkabin, 

éwúb ân gre, safpab."

"Happiness, food, companions,

patience, shelter."

The flying prayer flag.

A detail from the prayer flag- "Jwrian", "to god".

(Read bottom to top.)

:]  I did some porch sitting today and ended up stringing the prayer flag up.  It didn't want to fly straight for some reason.  I should learn to make better ones (perhaps on fabric in the future?).

Here you go.

I was sprawled out on the porch on a blanket, taking video from below it.  Enjoy.

A different view, later in the day:

Lēithad

During the day, I work in a drive-thru.  I often get bored and end up doodling on things.  A large number of the conlang syntax test questions, for example, have been translated there.  Today I got bored and once again found myself scribbling on some things.  The results are below.

A prayer flag. "Jwrian skra amalan ba felē ykaja."

"I thank God for its inspirations."

I plan to fly this tomorrow, if the weather is nice. :)  Perhaps I will take a video to share.

A reminder mark. "Lēithad."

"Costume / Distraction / Nonreality."

I plan to get this tattooed in this spot, actually.  "Lēithad" reminds that what one sees and experiences is not direct reality.  Day-to-day life is a distraction.  One must focus on the true goals and true tasks in life, not the petty interpersonal conflicts one encounters.

Mér lēnial ba mlî

I love fall.  Every day seems to call my name and ask me to go walking in it.  As today was my off day, I did take a few moments to just sit out and enjoy everything.  I had chores, though, so I had to wait until the evening- just around dusk.  Nature didn't disappoint!  I heard a crow calling, the leaves rustling- and some little noises.

Just then, on the roof, a rather heavily post-pregnant squirrel scolded me and jumped up and away into the branches- probably trying to lead me away from her babies.

I've tried to write the English in a way which approximates the emphasis of the Sandic.

As with all tree/plant names, "jjúrna"- the "default" word for oak- points to a single species.  This particular word refers to the white oak (quercus alba).  Different kinds of oak are specified off of this one word (for example, swamp white oak is jjúrna giamji ("the oak of leaves like plates") and shumard oak is jjúrna tekadani ("the oak of leaves with knives").

The melody?  I have no idea what it's from.  Might be original.  I hardly ever know with the songs/tunes that pop into my head...

Order of texts: Sandic - English
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Mér lēnial ba mlî

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Pal uvén ta kaécan ba jjúrna exovo

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Pa nât ba safpa malēîbin otiab felē exbra

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Mér lēnial ba mlî

Fian atiab axmée ba jtev ó toâ amai

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During dusk
During dusk
underneath the branches of the (white) oak, there I stood
During dusk
During dusk
just outside the house I myself heard the cries
During dusk
During dusk
To me she showed herself there on the roof, the mother squirrel

Mother of all Things Spoken Sandic

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A "mother of millions" plant.

In this particular post I aim to collect all the things I have recorded/videoed in the Sandic language, so that there can be an easy reference page for people seeking those kinds of things.  I imagine it will be mostly for my own reference- but just in case, here you are.

These are arranged chronologically. 

This list was last updated 08 Dec 2013!

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Audio:
(06 May 2012)  The sickness which makes one happy --- Matalao malëai
(06 May 2012) Every child has known (a) god --- Ivi ta gezon frn jwr kasa
(14 May 2012) A forgotten language --- Jaeact uxsorei
(17 May 2012)  Do you exist? --- Bal lëétoka?
(23 May 2012)  Lëé kolé
(12 Jun 2012)  I quite like rivers --- Frn peradan bal ân emac ra
(22 Jun 2012)  Behold, the grave of a wicked man --- Iné hamad kémania amatéi
(24 Jun 2012)  Ancestors --- Lēiakéman
(05 July 2012) A fian neotab axmî
10 Sep 2012)  Lēé ta kapetin ân zefa
(12 Sep 2012)  Mér lēnial ba mlî
(30 Sep 2012) The circle is open yet unbroken --- Kriani baahl hamar aww
(06 Dec 2012) The River is Flowing -- Ba perad bafas
--- 2013
(17 Apr 2013) The Prayer of White Bison Woman -- Tsam ba ame ba jjum maui
(04 Jun 2013) In the name of Allah --- Bee-enuu Ala
(18 Jun 2013) The Stranger -- Ba neousai
(07 Jul 2013) Jae ba wenai
(21 Jul 2013) Spirit of the Fire --- Le:ena ba hel
(22 Jul 2012) Pal wwak exkep fele: 
(23 Jul 2013) The one Ring --- Tsune baahl tree
(23 Jul 2013) Mother of Darkness --- Ama ba gleenra
(27 Jul 2013) Animal Spirits --- Beeno ankoan
(30 Jul 2013) Ey Ana --- Le:ee Ama
(03 Aug 2013) Reflection --- Onaha
(05 Aug 2013) Salt Woman --- Ba ame ba hija
(15 Aug 2013) O you up there -- Le:ee ba pal toa
(15 Aug 2013) Watch over my words --- Miibin me ole:eetjeer meer jae
(16 Aug 2013) Sitting here, awaiting their arrival -- Zum kakepi, feedab op kagrei
(17 Aug 2013) Zum atemale:lnia
(18 Aug 2013) Le:ee le:ifeestus
(24 Sep 2013) Le:ee le:ifeestus ba gamiai
(06 Oct 2013) Taram
(10 Nov 13) Fragment of the Tablets of Thoth -- Ialthnia ta platalan smaratin ba ~Taut
(17 Nov 2013) The Song that Never Ends -- Ba Kant Kahami Semab
(23 Nov 2013) Prayer of St. Francis --- Tsam ba Frransis ba deyai
(26 Nov 2013) Clean Up Song --- Okamale:im
(01 Dec 2013) Miracles -- Uuldi
(03 Dec 2013) Elephants according to blind men --- Lee ialifant mii ta gisin
(03 Dec 2013) Santa Claus is coming to Town --- Ian met ba orakeem kafeed

Audio and Video:
All videos and such appear here.


*Image from here.

Lēé ta kapetin ân zefa

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Ayabin pa mafél aŵ exraug, kapetin oahl ân zefa.  Otiab dé mafél exade, wî otiab o giamjéb expútú, pa jédrub ân ba yéâ otiab obasu.  Jéd kamai, kant fian sisi baxféd, o paéb biab exhaec.

I saw some garlic in our fridge which was trying to grow.  I took it from the fridge and placed it on a plate in the window so that the light could find it.  As I was doing this, a song came whisperingly to me, which I wrote down on paper.



Lēé ta kapetin ân zefa
ŵak pa jédru ba jam ân dam aŵ
lēiab etetiad krianact méâ me
lēé ta kapetin ân zefa

"O you who are trying to grow
there in the window of our kitchen
I will help you with all of my ability
O you who are trying to grow"


(Side note: Sorry about all the recent updates coming so closely together.  This blog is sort of organically updated whenever I feel I have something worth sharing- or at least, it has been until nowish.  I think I'm going to try and space out updates a little more, maybe, so that I don't feel guilty about flooding the conlang blog aggregator.  If you're a CBA reader and have an opinion on the proper amount of time between posts that I should follow, please leave me a note below.  I don't much like the idea of being a nuisance.)

* image found here.