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What Is Lojban?/6. ckape litru
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| 5. bradi je bandu | What Is Lojban? ~ Chapter 6. ckape litru written by (edited by) Nick Nicholas & John Cowan | 7. sera'a le cipnrkorvo .e le lorxu |
| By Jorge Llambias (Argentina); posted on Lojban electronic mailing list, May 1994. |
Chapter 6. ckape litru
i dei lisri le nu cpare lo cmana
i go'i le nu sisku le ka manci
le rirci xrula poi titla se panci
zi'e poi ia xabju le traji cpana
i ca le nu finti dei kei mi zgana
le nu le romoi gusni pe le vanci
sekai le ka lazni cu masno canci
i le nu mi ciska dei cu te ckana
i xu frili fa le nu mi le zdani
cu cliva bai le banli mukti i na
go'i i ju le te zukte cu trina
i le pluta cu nandu gi'e clani
i ca binxo le lerci i le tsani
cu manku i ai mi catlu lo skina
Dangerous Journey
This is a tale of climbing a mountain.
A tale of seeking the wonder
of rare flowers, smelling sweet
and (so I believe) to be found at the very peak.
While writing this, I observe
the last light of the evening
slowly vanishing with laziness.
I'm writing this on a bed.
Is it easy for me to leave
my home, compelled by the great motive? Not
so. Whether or not the goal is attractive.
The path is difficult and long.
It's getting late. The sky
is dark. I'm going to watch a movie.
Glossary
.i [1(2dei)2 '.' this utterance [is, does]
lisri1 (story(ies))
-- <<3lisri>>3 (4le <5nu being story(ies) the event(s) of
lisri2 (plot)
-- [6<<7cpare>>7 (8lo cmana)8]6>5)4]1 climb-ing any/some mountain(s)
cpare2 (climbing surface(s))
.i [1<<2go'i>>2 (3le <4nu '.' last bridi the event(s) of
go'i2 ()
-- [5<<6sisku>>6 (7le <8ka [9<<10manci>>10 searching the property of feel-ing awe
sisku2 (sought property(ies))
-- (11le {12{13rirci xrula}13}12 (14<15poi the rare [type-of] flower which manci2 (marvelled at thing(s)) -- [16<<17{18titla se panci}18>>17]16>15 zi'e sweet [type-of] emit-ting smell and -- <19poi .ia [20<<21xabju>>21 which {belief...} dwell-ing -- (22le {23traji the superlative [type-of] xabju2 (dwelling(s)) -- cpana}23)22]20>19)14)11]9>8)7]5>4)3]1 on top of thing(s) .i [1(2ca le <3nu [4<<5finti>>5 '.' when the event(s) of creat-ing -- (6dei)6]4 kei>3)2 (7mi)7 this utterance I finti2 (creation(s)) zgana1 (observe-r(s)) --
<<8zgana>>8 (9le <10nu
[am, do] observ-ing the event(s) of
zgana2 (observed thing(s))
-- [11(12le {13{14ro moi gusni}14}13 the is last among [type-of] light canci1 (vanish-er(s)) -- <15pe (16le vanci)16>15)12 (17se kai associated with the evening(s) with property -- le <18ka [19<<20lazni>>20]19>18)17 the property of being lazy -- cu <<21{22masno canci}22>>21]11)9]1 is/does slow [type-of] vanish-ing .i [1(2le <3nu [4(5mi)5 '.' the event(s) of I
ckana3 (supported) ciska1 (write-r(s))
--
<<6ciska>>6 (7dei)7]4>3)2
[am, do] writ-ing this utterance
ciska2 (written thing(s))
-- cu te ckana>>8]1 is/does being supported by bed .i xu [1<<2frili>>2 (3fa le '.' {yes/no?...} being easy the
frili1 (easy thing(s))
-- <4nu [5(6mi)6 (7le zdani)7 event(s) of I the home(s)
cliva1 (leave-r(s)) cliva2 (left thing(s))
-- cu <<8cliva>>8 (9bai is/does leav-ing compelled by -- le {10banli mukti}10)9]5>4)3]1 the great [type-of] motive(s) .i [1<<2{3na go'i}3>>2]1 .i ju '.' not last bridi '.' [whether or not] -- [1(2le te zukte)2 cu <<3trina>>3]1 the purpose(s) of action is/does being attractive trina1 (attractive thing(s)) .i [1(2le pluta)2 '.' the route(s)
nandu1 (difficulty thing(s)), clani1 (long thing(s))
-- cu <<3nandu>>3 gi'e <<4clani>>4]1 is/does being difficulty and being long .i [1<<2ca binxo>>2 (3le lerci)3]1 '.' is/does becom-ing the late thing(s)
binxo2 (result(s) of becoming)
.i [1(2le tsani)2 cu <<3manku>>3]1 '.' the sky(ies) is/does being dark
manku1 (dark thing(s))
.i .ai [1(2mi)2 '.' {intent...} I
catlu1 (look-er(s) at)
--
<<3catlu>>3 (4lo skina)4]1
[is, does] looking-at any/some film(s)
catlu2 (looked at thing(s))
