Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 23:57:38 -0500
Reply-To: Logical Language Group
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From: Logical Language Group
Subject: Translation of my Lojban - congrats, Mark
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To: John Cowan
.ai sanga le selsanga
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I have a song to sing, O
ko selsanga sanga
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Sing me your song, O
.i sanga file lunra falo ramcri fekpre
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It is sung to the moon by a love-lorn loon
poi terbajli'a le casygri
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who fled from the mocking throng, O
zi'e noi glekypre je badrytaisma
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It's the song of a merry-man moping mum
gi'e driselru'i je nalgeiflira
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whose soul was sad, and whose face was glum
gi'e citka no selcti gi'e djica no selci
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who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb
gi'e cmodji lenu nolni'u prami
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as he sighed for the love of a ladye
.a'onai ro'i
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Heighdy, Heighdy
.iu.u'anai .uuse'i cai
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Misery me, lack-a-day-dee
gi'e citka no selcti gi'e djica no selci
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who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb
gi'e cmodji lenu nolni'u prami
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as he sighed for the love of a ladye
As Mark noted - this is from Yeoman of the Guard, and the second line is
sung by a 2nd person in a duet. This is the 1st verse, later verses add
lines to the embedded story in a grammatical concoction similar to
The House That Jack Built, and the result I consider one of the most beautiful
G&S songs (and the most moving, given the context of the play it is part of).
G&S songs are titled by their first lines, in general, but I think this
has the rare added appelation of "The Merry-Man and The Ladye", which is
also the subtitle of the whole play, I believe.
lojbab