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Hwnic/For Ri of the Lab
 | This is a segment of my reflections mapped onto the conlang; e "for" is used in titles of non-essays, as opposed to ti "on" which is used in titles of essays, and both mean "about".
Numbered superscripts are not part of the orthography but mark notes relevant to the intended meaning of the text. |
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Cqor lsva doebu nr mlcotcne zutqor Qs nerl xulmbohertilncoglycol genxymul rnliv lnkei nr jemuqrotacne zifqor ni ril nr xulcib blqu nrir getec so ni xornq geq ge xulnorko fnind lobatr Mise ntapvemjnr v iufunir sntev lsvo rkngesonr ln z delncti Zand mactaqn nr nru mlsncis rt xoqukul doeci² elo nlbsaqer dizvirur xegn defuirn lsvo Zo vu ti izosbru cqozeigka zazo vu ti rxeju myzygka Iza cist ramiv kylnu¹
The chilly wind picks up where it was once paradise Under the polyurethane sky and replacement sunlight where you had fallen in love (but is no more). In villages once familiar now unwelcoming, feeling so small under the dome, where it glows -- perpetual morphing shapes that trace upwards to the top of the world -- Yes, the sunlit landscape/barrens which you had walked, it's a beautiful place, but a storm is near. Nothing grows in the poison-laden soil for twenty years. The burning passion, formless anger, and inspiration have all dissipated. But people will not condemn you for your failure, nor dismiss you for your ineptitude. Go, and live the way you will.
¹ A thing written for someone whom I've met in a high school chemistry class but lost contact afterwards, here referred to as "Ri". That evening he poured forth his emotions in the empty hallway. The last two lines are what I should have said to him. ² Refers to the time when Ri will graduate from high school.
Glossing
Cqor lsva doebu nr mlcotcne zutqor Qs nerl xulmbohertilncoglycol genxymul rnliv lnkei nr jemuqrotacne zifqor ni ril nr xulcib blqu nrir getec so ni xornq geq ge xulnorko fnind lobatr Mise ntapvemjnr v iufunir sntev lsvo rkngesonr ln z delncti Zand mactaqn nr nru mlsncis rt xoqukul doeci² elo nlbsaqer dizvirur xegn defuirn lsvo Zo vu ti izosbru cqozeigka zazo vu ti rxeju myzygka Iza cist ramiv kylnu¹
wind_blow.3Sg PRES.PFV cold LOC paradise-used_to_be altered and LOC-and bottom-sky-many-linear_chain-isocyanate-glycol sunlight-artificial love.2Sg PST.UNDONE LOC village-familiar-used_to_be unwelcoming LOCV tiny LOC bottom-dome boundless LOC.this glow eqv. LOCV pattern morphing_spectacle MOT top-world trace.3N PRES.CONT excl. terrain-sunlit appos. barrens-concrete walk.2Sg PST.PFV place-beautiful be.3N but storm-to_be [be.3N] nothing grow.3I LOC soil poison-laden TEM twenty years and passion-burning anger_formless creative_spark be_absent.3Pl PST.PFV not ACC.you REL failure condemn.1Sg.NEG nor ACC.you REL ineptitude mock.1Sg.NEG go.OPT then live.2Sg VOLUN.FUT.IPFV
(Sorry, the formatting needs a bit more fine-tuning.)
Notes
- Connected speech complicates the pronunciation here: defuirn lsvo is [dɛ́fʏ̂nˑɺəɫzʋɔ̆], cqozeigka is [çqó̞zɛɨ̯ʕ̯xâ], xornq geq ge is [xó̞ɾɤ̃ʔgɤ́ɴqɤ] where standalone ge is [ŋə̃].