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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
===Mailhīmba (The Colour of Water)=== | ===Mailhīmba (The Colour of Water)=== | ||
'''Mailhīmba''' (the Colour of Water) is a short piece of poetry written around 3E 427 <small>(607<sub>10</sub>)</small> by Tariatindī writer Halinækhāvi Naiʔamūta ''Nājaldhīm''. It is a typical example of Chlouvānem poetry, focussing on nature and portraying it as happiness and beauty, including at the very end a call to worship. Metrically, all verses end with the traditional pattern short-long-short-long ('' | '''Mailhīmba''' (the Colour of Water) is a short piece of poetry written around 3E 427 <small>(607<sub>10</sub>)</small> by Tariatindī writer Halinækhāvi Naiʔamūta ''Nājaldhīm''. It is a typical example of Chlouvānem poetry, focussing on nature and portraying it as happiness and beauty, including at the very end a call to worship. Metrically, all verses end with the traditional pattern short-long-short-long (''flunnęltāvi''), the most common in Chlouvānem poetry. | ||
: ''mūmikīran kimę suyai'' | : ''mūmikīran kimę suyai'' | ||