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''Ya seaf łă'och łă'och; f imdoats dihachămtuang.'' | ''Ya seaf łă'och łă'och; f imdoats dihachămtuang.'' | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
TODO: turn the following into alexandrine | |||
<poem> | |||
"As the days wander on, and summer turns to winter, | |||
And hopes vanish, a light shines far away. | |||
Though Fortune's wheel turns, oblivious to our struggles, | |||
we skillful beings work hard, seeking the light of day." | |||
Sreng fi imfnüd căwdul, teng se doach lieth șas srel, | |||
Teng se imhălruat ngăfongits, se chnet răfang mi yem. | |||
Yang fi loc Imdămath rinoat, șicleap yaf imbinmăcuath bang, | |||
Bang imcroth yăsnar tăchemnüth, mi sngom se chnet fnüd. | |||
or | |||
Sre căwdul ef imfnüd, te lieth es doach șas srel, | |||
Te ngăfongits es imhălruat, se chnet răfang mi yem. | |||
Ya rinoat ef loc Imdămath, șicleap yaf imbinmăcuath bang, | |||
Bang imcroth yăsnar tăchemnüth, mi sngom se chnet fnüd. | |||
both are correct | |||
</poem> | |||
The 12-syllable alexandrine was established as a meter more suitable for Modern Windermere, an alternative to the 4+4 and 4+6 meters of Classical Windermere poetry. | The 12-syllable alexandrine was established as a meter more suitable for Modern Windermere, an alternative to the 4+4 and 4+6 meters of Classical Windermere poetry. | ||