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Other notes: Wiobian music

Traditional Wiobian music is melodious with relatively sparse accompaniment, often having two melodic voices in counterpoint for high-class music. The music is based on a scale with fifteen notes per octave, that is capable of both small movements in melody and subtle harmonic shifts.

Rhyme

In Wiobian pair rhymes are called "embracing rhymes" (Wiobian: ẞill-Niuþe) and cross rhymes are called "woven rhymes" (Wiobian: Ɉüst-Niuþe). In a ẞill-Niuþe, rhyming lines follow each other immediately. Embracing rhymes are considered sentimental and warm and are e.g. favored for love poetry and laments. In a Ɉüst-Niuþe the same rhyme reappears in different lines throughout the stanza. This is conisstently followed in certain hymns and narrative, polemic and intellectual poems.

Meter

It goes without saying that the selection of meters depends heavily on the stage of Wiobian the poem is written in. Early Classical Wiobian meter relies on accentual meters, which are sequences of feet, almost exclusively trochaic or iambic. Scansion tends to shift in late Classical poetry to the number of accented syllables, which corresponds to the number of syllables in later Wiobian. Thus post-classical, vernacular Wiobian meter is scanned only on the basis of the number of syllables. On the other hand, caesurae are more frequently used.

Samples

ei! jån' kähne Jündemruoger

Original Wiobian	IPA	English
ei! jån' kähne Jündemruoger snirre ure nungnung Troh; Sioner röbes ƕieme Puoger', ind' enwülze Þafte quoh'. ei! lind mause bückne mungel, Wiote-Wuzes duoɟ niens Kliten', ionem' ƕind Benußes zungel; Kuobs mes pepen, Ƕeiges miten.	/ʔei jɔn ˈkɛːnə ˈjyndəmˌruogər/ /ˈçnirːə ˈuːrə ˈnuŋnuŋ troːx/ /çionərːrøːbəç xʷiemə ˈpuogər/ /ʔind ʔənˈwylcə ˈsaftə kʷoːx/ /ʔei lind mauʝə ˈbyknə ˈmuŋːəl/ /ˈwiotə ˈwuːcəç duoɟ nienç ˈkliːtən/ /ˈʔionəm xʷind bəˈnusːəç ˈcuŋːəl/ /kuobç meç ˈpeːpən ˈxʷeigəç ˈmiːtən/	O how quickly the sculpture of life Shatters into tiny little fragments! The splendor of the king on his throne Is completely swept away by sea-waves. Ye who have come hither stationed here, By Heaven's grace ye are guests, Just like us, ye act in order to be judged; Therefore let us be generous to the pauper, and give to our neighbor.

ei jåne kähn-e Jünd-em-ruoger
O how soon-ACC life-ATTR-sculpture-SG.NOM

snirr-e ure nung-nung Troh
shatter/PRES-3PL like little-little pebble/PL.NOM

Sion-er röb-es ƕiem-e Puog-er-e
crown-AUG-SG.NOM sit/PRES-3SG.IN INDEF-ACC throne-SG.ACC

inde en-wülz-e Þafte & quoh-e
suddenly completely-sweep/PRES-3PL wave-PL.NOM lose/PRES-3PL

ei lind mause bückn-e mung-el
O 2PL.NOM hither stationed-PRED come/PRES-2PL

Wiote Wuz-es duoɟ nie-ns Kliten-e
heaven-SG.GEN grace-SG.DAT PERF CORELATIVE-PL.DAT stay_as_guest-VERBAL_NOUN-SG.ACC

ion-emen ƕind Benuß-es zung-el
just-like 1PL.NOM judge-VERBAL_NOUN-SG.DAT act-2PL

Kuob-s mes pep-en, Ƕeig-es mit-en
poor-SG.DAT this-SG.DAT give_charitably-1PL-IMP neighbor-SG.DAT give-1PL-IMP

ei Wiot', I ƕiens Beskäme guole

Wiobian retranslated	IPA	English (literal)
ei Wiot', I ƕiens Beskäme guole je Hüzze bückne gu mekern! ƕind Ie bemizzem hel besruole. gan ube, Swip, ƕind Ies deßɟer'm: ƕiens Fröck' & Feil' mit bar Hon-Snieks gnit ƕind teipem spang ahn Pörzembern.	/ʔei ˈwiot ʔiː xʷienç bəˈçkɛːmə ˈguolə/ /jə ˈxycːə ˈbykːnə guː məˈkern/ /xʷind ʔie bəˈmicːəm xeːl bəˈʝruolə/ /gan ˈʔuːbə çwiːp xʷind ʔieç dəsˈɟeːrm/ /xʷienç ˈfrøkːˌfeil miːt/ /baːr ˈxoːnˌçniekç gniːt/ /xʷind ˈteipəm çpaŋ ʔaːn ˈpørcəmˌbeːrn/	O Heaven, Who grantest us strength and ordainest triumph from far above, We wait upon Thee with longing. Thus now, O Lord, we entreat Thee: Give us the means So that we death unfearing May break asunder those wooden idols.