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==Sample text== | |||
''Pipepi'' ("The Bushlark", 1958), a free-verse piece by the Rttirrian poet Sruwurtu Ukapi, who is credited with helping Rttirrian literature and poetry branch out from its long tradition of cynicism and darkness. | |||
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||As I strode through the forest,|| || Nitutasaifaityunu sasyakichatta, | |||
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||I found a bushlark sitting on the ground.|| || pipepikka kku wukini mursuri. | |||
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||She cooed to greet me|| || Puhirnunu sahaipuhhui nakka | |||
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||and lifted a limp wing to wave.|| || hu weretumaki afnu michi. | |||
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||"So morose is the cry of the birds of this area,"|| || "Ttyasittyahirnupu kelime rreumanye rikeu," | |||
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||I remarked to myself.|| || napukemisana. | |||
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||"Nay," she said! "I am happy.|| || "Nu, nimarrattyana!" wapurtiusana. | |||
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||"My stomach cries for berries,|| || "Amirsetini fraimahhui, | |||
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||but I can answer it with beetles.|| || wa nikinene tyurrumarratye. | |||
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||"My lungs cry for exercise of the wings,|| || Hhiamiwamini echauhhui makimarranye, | |||
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||but I can answer them with a jog.|| || wa nikinene mikikapurranye. | |||
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||My heart cries for a man or a friend|| || Amirupana rnuhhui wa nyeppaihhui | |||
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||of my own kind,|| || nakesyinye, | |||
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||anything for some pleasant conversation,|| || rsi isipuhhui ttima eka, | |||
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||but I can answer it with you."|| || wa nikinene kerranye." | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||