Poetry: D'ni (w/Eng. trans.) - Devokan

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This is something I wrote in D'ni for 9-11. It took me nearly a month of nights and weekends, in my nonexistent spare time, but I finally finished it. ^_^ There is an English translation down below.

For more detailed translation notes, I have a line by line analysis up on the Language Lyst, and it'll be here eventually.
~Leenay


Devokahn

Ehrthhahr lehkehnehn ehrthlehnah
tehrthdovah nee rihlteh lehshtee;
ehrthdovah okh rihl gihtsahth,
rihl soygihth gah rihl shorah.
Kotorneet fehseht t'tahm,
koshehntoeet seht brehgahlon;
gahth rihl lehdormadheet seht,
grehzuh rihl kokehnehn kosehlehn.
Dokroeht f'lehnah meht,
b'kahmto, rihl tahgahmeht.
Bahrehleht lehshteeot khrehyahr;
gor rehmehn gah mahrehnteht,
hooreht devokahn t'tsahvahl.
R'rovtee kotaygahneht, loymaht
oshahnihn, kehneet gahth t'seht.
Mehreet dho tsahveht, tsahn
bokehneet t'seht frehrooay;
shehntoeht fah keelehn fehrthgor,
chooreht, tsahveht, taygahneht.
Choorehm mrehfehnah, gah toolehm,
tsahvehm khehshorah, t'devokahn,
taygahnehm kahm sehkhehm mehtyahr.
Lonehm mot kahm kehnehn prihn
pahm tehn, kehnehn voohee kahm
kehnehn tsahno; g'keelehn bihv
chehvehm rehbahrehltahn, gah
tahgahmehm lehmahrnehn seht bihv.


English translation:

Hope of 9-11

A year has been a journey
in a new world with no rules;
a world with no safety,
no stability, no peace.
They spat on us with fire,
they took us to the ground;
but we are not defeated,
the end has not been written.
We move on in this journey--
to what place, we do not know.
We make our rules for each day;
time flows on and we follow,
finding hope in our living.
The people we loved are lost,
yet they are with us still.
They watch us live, forever
they'll be with us on the way;
taking one step at a time,
learning, living, loving.
Learn from this story and grow,
live for peace, live in hope,
love what you have today.
Discover that what is small
or simple could be what is
eternal; and every step
thank the Maker, and know
that he has made us all.


(c) Kagemihari oct 3 2002