“The truth is that there is a creation, howsoever it comes here, and we small created ones can speak to one another and care for one another and share joy and grief, whether we be Shshi or Star-Beings.\u00a0 There are some who are allowed to see more deeply than others, and their Seeings always take the shape of metaphors \u2026 ”
\n— Di\u2019fa\u2019kro\u2019mi the Remembrancer, spoken originally in “The War of the Stolen Mother,” Chapter 9<\/p>\n
veith\u2019zi| \u21c6 she| \u21bb tu|\u00a0fai\u2019she| fiv\u2019zei| i| da\u2019gei|> on\u2019zi| fai\u2019ei\u2019krovo| fro| i\u2019jo| u|\u00a0vi| shsho \u21bb shsho\u2019zei| da\u2019za| u| da\u2019fiv|\u00a0 shsho\u2019paho|\u21c5gano| ya| sho\u2019u\u2019shwo\u2019zei|\u00a0u| \u21c5 namo| \u21bb sho\u2019u\u2019shwo\u2019zei| u| \u21c5 zavo| \u21bb din\u2019zi| u| wei\u2019dit\u2019zi| jei|\u00a0ei\u2019shsho| \u21bb shshi\u2019zei| u\u2019u|\u00a0shprai\u2019mo\u2019zei| ||\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ya| a\u2019ut\u2019zei|\u00a0 fa\u2019she| \u21b3\u00a0da\u2019theif|\u21c5teio| sai\u2019dru\u2019il|\u00a0oda| shwo\u2019zei| \u21c6 shfa\u2019teio| u|\u00a0ul| ki\u2019shfa| shtei\u2019zi| \u21c6 shfa\u2019vaino|\u00a0\u21bb sod\u2019zi| ki| shfit\u2019vei\u2019zi| ||<\/p>\n
Broken down:
\nveith\u2019zi| \u21c6 she| \u21bb
\nTruth is<\/p>\n
tu| fai\u2019she| fiv\u2019zei|
\nthat [there] is\u00a0creation<\/p>\n
i| da\u2019gei|> on\u2019zi| fai\u2019ei\u2019krovo| fro| i\u2019jo|
\nhowsoever it comes here [i.e. in whatever way it comes here.\u00a0 fai’ei’krovo| is subjunctive]<\/p>\n
u| vi| shsho \u21bb shsho\u2019zei| da\u2019za| u| da\u2019fiv| shsho\u2019paho|\u21c5gano|
\nand we small created ones can speak
\n[A tough construction; literally: “and who are beings small and created we are able to speak.”\u00a0 A closer English translation would be “and we who are small created beings can speak.”<\/p>\n
ya| sho\u2019u\u2019shwo\u2019zei| u| \u21c5 namo| \u21bb sho\u2019u\u2019shwo\u2019zei|
\nto one another and care for one another [sho’u’shwo’zei| means literally “self and others.]<\/p>\n
u| \u21c5 zavo| \u21bb din\u2019zi| u| wei\u2019dit\u2019zi|
\nand share joy and grief<\/p>\n
jei| ei\u2019shsho| \u21bb shshi\u2019zei| u\u2019u| shprai\u2019mo\u2019zei| ||
\nwhether we be Shshi or Sky-Beings. [Again, ei’shsho| is subjunctive]<\/p>\n
ya| a\u2019ut\u2019zei|\u00a0 fa\u2019she| \u21b3 da\u2019theif|
\nThere are some who are allowed [i.e. To some it is allowed<\/p>\n
\u21c5teio| sai\u2019dru\u2019il| oda| shwo\u2019zei| \u21c6 shfa\u2019teio|
\nto see more deeply than others [see]<\/p>\n
u| ul| ki\u2019shfa| shtei\u2019zi| \u21c6
\nand always their Seeings<\/p>\n
shfa\u2019vaino| \u21bb sod\u2019zi| ki| shfit\u2019vei\u2019zi| ||
\ntake shape of metaphors. [shfit’zei’zi| – literally, symbol-words]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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