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Páphēnai Néssa Text

Ηθάσπη παινἐνόναση πας χυίλλη ἑνόυση καιπή,

πάχα ύδεςμαι αθάσση.

Λαι βαζήα: ἱναι, πάζι ιντυκόσον θαλόςκαι δαώνι,

λαι πας μαπαιλώ ήια λαι βυλόνι λαι θαυίσι

– ἱα μαζήυα πασθαδάς.

– ναι Παιναζόυθαι Άωβύαἰ, Υλόψα θόυρροξ

Transliteration

Ēthái̧pē painenónąsē pai̧ chýillē henóusē kaipḗ,

pácha ýdei̧mai athái̧sē.

Lai bazḗa: hínai, pázi intykóson thalóskai daṓni,

lai pai̧ma pailṓ ēia lai bylóni lai thavísi:

hía mazḗva pai̧thadás.

– nai Painazóųthai Aōbyai, Ylópsa Thóųrrhox

Background

The Nessa (or Nyssa) people have a strong maritime background combined with an expansionist and exploratory drive. As a result they frequently come in contact with other more disjoint cultures who had presumably spread in different directions to the Nessa long ago, and thus have acquired different customs.

This is a poem that was first come upon by a Nessanese outrigger pilot. The poem was translated without regard for meter or other artistry, as procuring resources in the foreign language was difficult enough. An attempt to discern the author's social role was made based on their apparent pen name, Ylópsa Thóųrrhox, who was presumably someone who hunts for wild dogs in order to tame them.

It is the guess of the translator that the society this poem originated in must have been both primitive, lacking dogs of their own such that they must find strays in the wilds, but also sophisticated, such that they can write poetry.

Others have suggested that the Ylópsa is in fact not a wild dog, despite vague descriptions given, but is a mythical beast, thus explaining why a society capable of such sophistication would want to collect them rather than breed them from existing stock.

In such a case, the original author may simply be using an extravagant pen name.

Regardless of the background, it is hoped the poem will speak for itself, despite the conversion to the Nessanese language.

Gloss

Line #1

Ηθάσπη	παινἐνόναση	πας	χυίλλη	ἑνόυση	καιπή,
Ēthái̧pē	painenónąsē	pai̧	chýillē	henóusē	kaipḗ,
/e'θaj̊pe	pεnε'nonase	paj̊	xyl:e	hε'nuse	kεpe/
ēthái̧-pē	pai-in-henón-en-sē	pai̧	chýillē	henón-sē	kai-pḗ
want-1s	CAUS-PERF-content-(PATfoc)-1p.INCL	like	before	content-1p.INCL	ACT-1s

Line #2

πάχα	ύδεςμαι	αθάσση.
pácha	ýdei̧mai	athái̧sē.
/'paxa	'yðεj̊mε	a'θaj̊se/
pácha	ýdei̧-mai←	←athái̧-sē.
despite	later-STAT←	←die-1p.INCL

Line #2

Λαι	βαζήα:	ἱναι,	πάζι	ιντυκόσον	θαλόςκαι	δαώνι,
Lai	bazḗa:	hínai,	pázi	intykóson	thalóskai	daṓni,
/lε	ba'ze.a	'hinε	'pazi	inty'koson	θa'loskε	d(a)'o:ni/
Lai	bazḗ-a:	hí-nai⇇,	pázi	in-tykós-on	thalós-kai←	←daṓn-i,
and	understand-PAT:	3s-GEN	future	PERF-(grow/sprout)-LOC	fallowland-ACT←	←leaf-PL,

Line #2

λαι πας μαπαιλώ ήια λαι βυλόνι λαι θαυίσι
lai pai̧ma pailṓ ēia lai bylóni lai thavísi:
/'paxa	'yðεj̊mε	a'θaj̊se/
pácha	ýdei̧-mai←	←athái̧-sē.
despite	later-STAT←	←die-1p.INCL

λαι πας μαπαιλώ ήια λαι βυλόνι λαι θαυίσι – ἱα μαζήυα πασθαδάς. – ναι Παιναζόυθαι Άωβύαἰ, Υλόψα θόυρροξ

lai pai̧ma pailṓ ēia lai bylóni lai thavísi: hía mazḗva pai̧thadás. – nai Painazóųthai Aōbyai, Ylópsa Thóųrrhox

Gloss

Line 1

ēthái̧pē	painenónąsē	pai̧	chýillē	henóusē ???-pē	pácha	ýdeimai	athái̧sē
ēthái̧-(kē/pē)	pai-in-henón-n-sē	pai̧	chýillē	henón-sē ???-(kē/pē)	pácha	ýdei-mai	athái̧-sē
want-1s	CAUS-PERF-happy-PAT-1p.INCL	like	before	happy-1p.INCL ACT-1s	despite-STAT	die-1p.INCL

Line 2

Lai	bazḗa:
and	understand.IMP

(Ba > pha, phai?)

Plurals: -i and -a