Literature:Hansu Hansuen/Raxic
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The Hansu Hansuen text, translated as the King of Kings is a short monologue of a mythical Harāktian king. |
| Łihiuanāh Łihiuan | Gloss | The King of Kings |
|---|---|---|
| Uīgīz, zī yoni īlōz, mī yōbinātł īcotzunīciz. | 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 test yourself against my words, human? |
| Hinoh īziromiz. | 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 | Can you not recognize my face? | |
| My face is carved into stone and my name is written on walls. | ||
| Tłhūceda huēara tłiz iziquāquālin. | only blind-an.sg that-inan.sg.acc neg-sbjv-see-3sg.an | Only a blind man would fail to see that. |
| Hinoz tacizhin, łihiuan. | 1sg-acc call-2sg-pfv, king.sg-nom | You called me a king. |
| Mic hin ubo łihiuan izilōīn. | but 1sg.nom merely king.sg-nom neg-be-1sg | But I am not just a king. |
| Ziyotł ītłōtzhīnoh, yoni lōīn. | Shall I 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. | ||
| Yut hātłhihuān hāzēna lōīn. | for god-pl-abl great-cpr-sg.nom be-1sg | For 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. | ||
| Hin ziyotł īzimīdīn, huamūtł cuguītzhīn īlōz. | 1sg.nom 2sg.m-dat q-neg-give-1sg-ipfv, life.sg-dat right.sg-com neg-be-2sg | You do not have the right to live if I do not give it to you. |
| Am I obligated 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. | ||
| Zī, izimoziz. | 2sg.nom, neg-exist-2sg | What about you? You are nothing. (lit. You don't exist) |
| And this is my garden and I am its king, the King of Kings. |
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