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, mortal? |
| Hinoh īzromiz. | 1sg-acc q-neg-recognize-2sg-ipfv | Do you not know me? |
| Hinoh uānoguaz quāliz īzromiz. | 1sg-gen face.sg-acc see-2sg-ipfv q-neg-recognize-2sg-ipfv | Do you see my face and not recognize it? |
| Huga hinoh uānoguaz githōhuin, cōpimāh hinoh ueliz timāchezin. | Stone immortalizes my face, and walls have my name written on them. | |
| Tłhūceda huēara tłiz izquāquālin. | 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 izlōīn. | 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? | |
| Hin Łihiuanāh Łihiuan lōīn, hinōzi tłāł cēdima izmozin. | I am the King of Kings; none is as mighty as I. | |
| My kingdom goes from the sea to the mountains and beyond the horizon, to the north, south, east and west – it is all my land, without borders. | ||
| Miruzda, colizda, rēlazda, huīthazda tłhōbīn. | I control the very sun, wind, fire and lightning. | |
| 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. | ||
| Hin tzīzi uīgīhuāzi tłāłiz uīcaz izuolīn, ti huphin tzīzi tłāłiz rūcuz izcaxīn. | I do not drink the same water as you mortals, nor do I eat the same bread as you. | |
| The whole world is my garden - I have created it and I rule it. | ||
| The heavens envy me, and the gods bow down before me. | ||
| Yut hāzēna lōīn, tłihuān. | for great-cpr-sg.nom be-1sg, 3pl-an-pl-abl | For I am greater than they. |
| Izcallimaz quaziz, hinotł duquipāxin tłi, li lōz, yeno īlōn. | Worthless human, compared to me, what is that which you are? | |
| You are dust and will die as dust, 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 īzhuimīdīn, huāpātł guēxin izlōz. | 1sg.nom 2sg.m-dat q-neg-permit-1sg-ipfv, live-inf-dat means.sg-com neg-be-2sg | You cannot live if I do not permit you to. |
| Ziyotł moznōtziz tłēguzpātł īyorōtzhezīn. | Am I obligated to tolerate your existence for you? | |
| Ubo hinoh yozca lōz. | You are but a servant of mine. | |
| I am the first among kings, the King of Kings. | ||
| Quebā lulā hinotł odotzhitzin. | All things belong 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 are my property. | ||
| Ziyoh yeno, izmoziz. | 2sg.m.gen what-nom, neg-exist-2sg | What about you? You are nothing. (lit. You don't exist) |
| And this is my garden and I its king, the King of Kings. |
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