The original English poem was written by Daniel Bowman when he was in college. He posted it to the CONLANG-L mailing list in January 2010.
Orthographic
Asha'ille
[0] Ne Dhamorath Apeijha 'sa Saran
[1] Cáspièv tamael seni.[2] Ven dhamorath apeijha 'sa saran k'
[3] Emaelîvni en̤i
[4] Ne sulá ramed.
English
[0] The Strange Ecstasy of Creation
[1] I set my pen to paper[2] And in the strange ecstasy of creation
[3] I write myself
[4] A broken record.
Parts of Speech Legend
- adj
- adjective
- mi
- modifier
- n
- noun
- poss
- possessive
- pro
- pro-form
- prsn
- person
- v
- verb
Interlinear
| orthographic version |
| morphemic breakdown |
| IPA pronunciation |
| part of speech |
| translation |
| Ne | Dhamorath | Apeijha | 'sa | Saran | |
| ne | dhamorath | apeijha | alun- | -sa | saran |
| nɛ | ðɑˈmoɹɑθ | ɑˈpeʒɑ | ɑˈlun | sɑ | ˈsɑɹɑn |
| art | adj | n | mi | mi | n |
| OBJ | strange | ecstasy | PREV | 1 | creation |
| The Strange Ecstasy of Creation | |||||
| Cáspièv | tamael | seni. | |
| cáspièv | tamael | s- | -ni |
| ˈkɑspiʔɛv | tɑˈmel | s | ni |
| v | n | poss | prsn |
| explore | writing brush | POSS | (self) |
| I set my pen to paper | |||
Rather than use a literal translation, I chose to describe the beginning of the creative process, as the pen (or writing brush, as is culturally appropriate) "explores" the page.
| Ven | dhamorath | apeijha | 'sa | saran | k' | |
| ven | dhamorath | apeijha | alun- | -sa | saran | ken |
| vɛn | ðɑˈmoɹɑθ | ɑˈpeʒɑ | ɑˈlun | sɑ | ˈsɑɹɑn | kɛn |
| adv | adj | n | mi | mi | n | adv |
| within | strange | ecstasy | PREV | 1 | creation | (end-within) |
| And in the strange ecstasy of creation | ||||||
| Emaelîvni | en̤i | |
| emaelîv | -ni | en̤i |
| ɛˈmelɪv | ni | ɛnːˈi |
| v | prsn | pro |
| write | (self) | self |
| I write myself | ||
| Ne | sulá | ramed. |
| ne | sulá | ramed |
| nɛ | suˈlɑ | ˈɹɑmɛd |
| art | adj | n |
| OBJ | broken | record |
| A broken record. | ||
Glossary
| alun- | mi. | PREV |
| apeijha | n. | ecstasy |
| cáspièv | v. | explore |
| dhamorath | adj. | strange |
| emaelîv | v. | write |
| en̤i | pro. | self |
| ken | adv. | (end-within) |
| ne | art. | OBJ |
| -ni | prsn. | (self) |
| ramed | n. | record |
| s- | poss. | POSS |
| -sa | mi. | 1 |
| saran | n. | creation |
| sulá | adj. | broken |
| tamael | n. | writing brush |
| ven | adv. | within |
