Pay

Blue Elf · December 17, 2011, 04:29:12 PM

Some weeks ago I heard again one (more than 20 years) older song about water and it appears to me translatable into Na'vi. Here's result and I believe it is singable (see comments in descriptions). I also attached English version - something between translation of original Czech text and reverse Na'vi to English translation. As Na'vi pay is single syllable word, it is replaced by kilvan or payfya where appropriate.

Original song
Futurum Voda

Pay
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1: Mì ayram akxayl
In high mountains
äo ayngrr skxey(ä)
under roots of rocks
'erongeiokx payfya
water is born
omum fya'ot a kä
it knows where to go

Rìyun sneyä pawpat
Finds its shore
lu laro ulte law
is clean and bright
tul na krr
runs like a time

Futa lu fwew tse'a
You see it's cold
tìreyit mìfa nga'
it contains life inside
rì'ìr ngaru plltxe
reflections say to you:
"fra'u leratem"
everything changes

takuk ulte slele
strikes and swims
nìftär, nìskien
to the left, to the right
nìwin
fast

R:
Peng oeru, ma oey kilvan, oel spaw ngati
Tell me, watter, I believe you
futa ngal ngop mì ngey ayok oeyä renuti
that you cast me in your memory (lit: that you create my pattern in your memory/remembrance)
futa ngal wìntxeiu ngamì oeyä reliti
that you show my picture on you
ma pay sleykele txoputi
water, wash away my fear

2: Ke tsun tsat mivunge
I can't take it
tsaw tul neto mi
it still runs away
reypay oey kifkeyä
blood of our world
ska'a ekxanit
destroy obstructions

kilvan teya payä
water, nothing but water (lit: river full of water)
ke tsun ftäpivang
It can't stop itself
slele
swims

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Note: fixed some missing case endings...