Neo-Paganism and Na'vi Combined

[Tsufätu Ayioangä]

I have been away for white awhile but I has returned, at least for a bit.  This is one of those sites I always somehow trickle back to.

I have recently become really active in my spirituality with a club I help to run at my college called the Neo-Pagan Alliance.  I have been studying Druidry for a few months now and I think it would be really great to translate some of the songs and chants and whatnot into Na'vi.  So that is my new project (and honestly, the reason I came back).

If anyone is interested in helping out with translations or double checking my work or suggesting songs or even using my translations, please let me know!

One the List
Ancient Mother

Spoiler

Ancient Mother, I hear you calling
Ancient Mother, I hear your song
Ancient Mother, I hear your laughter
Ancient Mother, I taste your tears

Woman Am I

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Woman am I, spirit am I,
I am the infinite within my soul.
I have no beginning and I have no end.
All this I am

Hoof and Horn

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Hoof and Horn
Hoof and horn
Hoof and horn
All that dies shall be reborn
Corn and grain
Corn and grain
All that falls shall rise again

The Sweeping Chant

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Worries be gone, I need you no more
Worries be gone, out the door.
Stress and Strains, Worries and Strife,
Leave now, depart, be gone from my life.

Earth my Body

Spoiler

Earth my body, water my blood,
Air my breath and fire my spirit.

Standing

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My branches wide and ope.
Come down the rain, come down the sun,
Come down the fruit to a heart that is open to be
standing like a tree.

Untitled

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Grant the protection
And in protection,strength
and in strength, understanding,
and in understanding, knowledge,
and in knowledge, justice
and in justice, love,
and in love, the love of all existences,
and int he love of all existences, the love of the earth
and all goodness.

[Tìtstewan]

Fìtsenge:

Koaka sa'nok
Koaka sa'nok, oel stawm ngat syeraw
Koaka sa'nok, oel stawm ngeyä wayit
Koaka sa'nok, oel stawm ngeyä *tìhangham
Koaka sa'nok, oel ewku ngeyä tsngawpayvit

Tute oe lu
Tute oe lu, tira oe lu,
Oe lu ketxewnga' mì vitra.
Ke lu oeru sngä'itseng ulte ke lu oeru tì'i'a.
Fìfra'u oe lu.

As for the last one, no idea what hoof and horn in Na'vi...

[Blue Elf]

I don't think "koak" is good word for "ancient", it's not the same meaning. My attempt:

Sa'nok a ta 'okrol
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Sa'nok a ta 'okrol, oel stawm ngey(ä) tìsyusawit
Sa'nok a ta 'okrol, oel stawm ngey(ä) tìrolit (or wayit)
Sa'nok a ta 'okrol, oel stawm futa hangham nga
Sa'nok a ta 'okrol, oel ewku ngey(ä) tsngawpayit
(here we can discuss if ewku or may', but as stawm is -control verb, we should use ewku, as it is -control verb too)
(For more info see post on naviteri)

Tuté lu oe
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Tuté lu oe, tirea lu oe
Mì vitra ke lu oer tì'i'a
Kea sngä'itseng, kea tì'i'a ke lu oer
Fra'u oe lu

As for the last chant - I think not exact words are important, but rhymes. But it's not easy to create rhymes in Na'vi. I'll try to think more...

[Tìtstewan]

Sa'nok a ta 'okrol

"Woman from the history", eltur tìten si. "Ancient" means that something is "old", from the past, but I know it don't fit so well.
But I got an idea:

Sa'nok a ta ftawnemkrr
Sa'nok a ta ftawnemkrr, oel stawm ngeyä tìsyusawit
Sa'nok a ta ftawnemkrr, oel stawm ngeyä tìrolit / wayit
Sa'nok a ta ftawnemkrr, oel stawm ngeyä tìhusangham
Sa'nok a ta ftawnemkrr, oel ewku ngeyä tsngawpayit

I wouldn't use may', stawm and ewku are fit well there.


For the last one, I tryed this:

Venzek venusì
Venzek venusì
Venzek venusì
Venzek venusì
Fra'u a terkup, 'ayongokx nìmun
Rina' tsyosyusì / syuvesì
Rina' tsyosyusì / syuvesì
Fra'u a zup, fäkayä nìmun

[Tsufätu Ayioangä]

Oo!  Thanks guys,t hat was fast.  Hoof and Horn is my favorite though so as many different versions of that as I can get the happier I will be.  I can't wait to try out what you guys have.

[Blue Elf]

Venzek venusì
Venzek venusì
Venzek venusì
Venzek venusì
Fra'u a terkup, 'ayongokx nìmun
Rina' tsyosyusì / syuvesì
Rina' tsyosyusì / syuvesì
Fra'u a zup, fäkayä nìmun

Not bad, but original rhyme pattern is different:

Hoof and horn
All that dies shall be reborn

Corn and grain
All that falls shall rise again

Also, I don't think that things can die
My attempt:

Tirea sì tokx
Tirea sì tokx
Tirea sì tokx
Frapo a terkup 'ayongokx
Tìng mikyun
Tìng mikyun
Fra'u a zup kllkxayem nìmun

[Tìtstewan]

The Sweeping Chant Spoiler Worries be gone, I need you no more Worries be gone, out the door. Stress and Strains, Worries and Strife, Leave now, depart, be gone from my life.

Zeya way
Sngum kolä neto, oel ngat ke kin nulkrr,
Sngum kolä neto, ftumfa kelku sì krr.
Sänui sì tìnui, sngum sì tìwäte,
Txìng set, hum, 'almìp ta tìrey oeyä.

Earth my Body Spoiler Earth my body, water my blood, Air my breath and fire my spirit.

'Rrta oeyä tokx
'Rrta oeyä tokx, pay oeyä reypay,
Ya oeyä syeha ulte txep oeyä tirea.

Standing Spoiler My branches wide and open. Come down the rain, come down the sun, Come down the fruit to a heart that is open to be standing like a tree.

Tìkllkxusem
Ayvul oeyä a sloa sì piak.
Kllza'u tompa, kllza'u tsawke,
Kllza'u syuve txe'lanmì a piak lu
Fte kllkxivem na utral.

Untitled Spoiler Grant the protection And in protection, strength and in strength, understanding, and in understanding, knowledge, and in knowledge, justice and in justice, love, and in love, the love of all existences, and in the love of all existences, the love of the earth and all goodness.

Tstxoluke
Teswotìng tìhawnu
Ulte mì sìhawnu tìtxursì,
Ulte mì sìtxur tìtslamsì,
Ulte mì sìtslam tìomumsì,
Ulte mì sìomum tìmwiäsì,
Ulte mì sìmwiä tìyawnsì,
Ulte mì sìyawn tìyawnsì fraysìfkeytokä,
Ulte mì sìyawn fraysìfkeytokä tìyawnsì 'Rrtayä,
Ulte fratìzuso.

[Blue Elf]

The Sweeping Chant Spoiler Worries be gone, I need you no more Worries be gone, out the door. Stress and Strains, Worries and Strife, Leave now, depart, be gone from my life.

Zeya way
Sngum kolä neto, oel ngat ke kin nulkrr,
Sngum kolä neto, ftumfa kelku sì krr.
Sänui sì tìnui, sngum sì tìwäte,
Txìng set, hum, 'almìp ta tìrey oeyä.

Not too much to add Just instead of ol/alm I'd use iv - all text is like command or wish.

Earth my Body Spoiler Earth my body, water my blood, Air my breath and fire my spirit.

'Rrta oeyä tokx
'Rrta oeyä tokx, pay oeyä reypay,
Ya oeyä syeha ulte txep oeyä tirea.

I'm wondering how to translate this correctly. Original is "packed" text - verbs are omitted, but in Na'vi it looks somehow strange. Though it could work.

Standing Spoiler My branches wide and open. Come down the rain, come down the sun, Come down the fruit to a heart that is open to be standing like a tree.

Tìkllkxusem
Ayvul oeyä lu sloa sì piak.
Kllza'u ma tompa, kllza'u ma tsawke,
Kllza'u syuve txe'lanmì a piak lu
Fte kllkxivem na utral.

Just attempt to improve...

Untitled Spoiler Grant the protection And in protection, strength and in strength, understanding, and in understanding, knowledge, and in knowledge, justice and in justice, love, and in love, the love of all existences, and in the love of all existences, the love of the earth and all goodness.

Tstxoluke
Teswotìng tìhawnu
Ulte mì sìhawnu tìtxursì,
Ulte mì sìtxur tìtslamsì,
Ulte mì sìtslam tìomumsì,
Ulte mì sìomum tìmwiäsì,
Ulte mì sìmwiä tìyawnsì,
Ulte mì sìyawn tìyawnsì fraysìfkeytokä,
Ulte mì sìyawn fraysìfkeytokä tìyawnsì 'Rrtayä,
Ulte fratìzuso.

Why both ulte and sì is used? Sì is enough as it is one long list

Teswotìng tìhawnut
sì mì sìhawnu tìtxurit,
sì mì sìtxur tìtslamit,
sì mì sìtslam tìomumit,
sì mì sìomum tìmwiät,
sì mì sìmwiä tìyawnit,
sì mì sìyawn tìyawnit frapoyä,
sì mì sìyawn frapoyä tìyawnit 'Rrtayä,
sì tìtstunwit/fpomit.

Maybe more grammatic would be:
Teswotìng tìhawnut
sì tìtxurit a mì sìhawnu,
sì tìtslamit a mì sìtxur, ....

but I like first version more..... and poetic license allows it

[Tìtstewan]

It was my attempt to translate it to be as near as possible to the original but also to let it to rhyme/read good.

As for that ulte vs sì, I thought, it would be nice to have a "difference" between the "and-s", and that poetic thing would allow.

Standing Spoiler My branches wide and open. Come down the rain, come down the sun, Come down the fruit to a heart that is open to be standing like a tree. Tìkllkxusem Ayvul oeyä lu sloa sì piak. Kllza'u ma tompa, kllza'u ma tsawke, Kllza'u syuve txe'lanmì a piak lu Fte kllkxivem na utral. Just attempt to improve...

The original have also no verbs in the first line [context would be the key].
Interesting idea with ma

[Tsufätu Ayioangä]

You all are the best