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| | | call{{sc|-2sg-pfv}} {{sc|1sg-acc}} king{{sc|.sg-nom}} | ||
| ''You called me a king.'' | | ''You called me a king.'' | ||
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| | | but {{sc|1sg.nom}} merely king{{sc|.sg-nom}} {{sc|neg-}}be{{sc|-1sg}} | ||
| ''But I am not just a king.'' | | ''But I am not just a king.'' | ||
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The Hansu Hansuen text, translated as the King of Kings is a short monologue of a mythical Harāktian king. |
| Raxic | Gloss | The King of Kings |
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| mortal.sg-acc, 2sg.m.nom who.nom q-be-2sg, thus 1sg-gen word-pl-dat q-test-refl-2sg-ipfv | Who are you to question my words, human? | |
| 1sg-acc q-neg-know-2sg-ipfv | Do you not know me? | |
| 1sg-gen face.sg-acc see-2sg-ipfv q-neg-recognize-2sg-ipfv | Do you not recognise my face? | |
| My face is carved into stone and my name is written on walls. | ||
| You would have to be blind not to see that. | ||
| call-2sg-pfv 1sg-acc king.sg-nom | You called me a king. | |
| but 1sg.nom merely king.sg-nom neg-be-1sg | But I am not just a king. | |
| Let me tell you who I am. | ||
| I am the King of Kings, the mightiest of all. | ||
| My kingdom goes from the sea to the mountains and beyond the horizon, from the north to the south and from the east to the west – it is all my land, without borders. | ||
| The sun, the wind, fire and water are mine to command. | ||
| The day comes when I call it and the night with its stars and the moon on the night sky dare not show up until I'm done. | ||
| I do not drink the same water as the mortals, nor do I eat the same bread as them. | ||
| The whole world is my garden - I have created it and I rule it. | ||
| The heavens envy me, and the gods stand before me humble. | ||
| I am greater than the gods. | ||
| Who and what are you, compared to me, human? | ||
| You are dust and you will remain dust when you die, while my garden will stand for an eternity and win against the tide of time. | ||
| Yours is a house of bricks and wood, mine is a palace of stone, marble and gold. | ||
| You do not have the right to exist if I do not give it to you. | ||
| Am I supposed to tolerate your existence? | ||
| You are but a servant of mine. | ||
| I am the first among kings, I am the King of Kings. | ||
| Everything here belongs to me. | ||
| From the smallest grain of dust to the tallest mountain, from the smallest drop of rain to the largest ocean, from a mouse in a field to an eagle high in the sky. | ||
| Every dog and horse, soldier and weapon and treasure belong to me by right. | ||
| who.nom be-2sg / existence-acc neg-exist-2sg | Who are you? You are nothing. | |
| And this is my garden and I am its king, the King of Kings. |
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