So, it's been a while, projects have been kicking my ass, but I wrote some more Mando poetry. It is purely sad this time. If that was indicative of my state of mind, I would have written this about two weeks ago.
In-Uniserve, it was written while Revan was getting trained as a Jedi on Dantooine and everyone else presumably found something to do.
This poetry is also by Canderous. I have taken one of the original badass Mandos and made him write poetry as a coping mechanism. I have no regrets.
Translations are from the Mando'a Database, as usual.
I didn't try for the five line verse structure but ended up with that anyway. Huh.
This time I had the energy to use more of the archaic pluralizations (I don't know if that's the right word, but it works), which meant replacing a few of the 'e's I would normally use with 'a's and 'u's. 'Verde' becomes 'verda,' that kind of thing.
Olar sarade vhetina koti,
Akaanir choru’gotal shuksa, kandosii.
Haa’taylir sarade Dantooin’ade ne'ulur,
Vercopa ven’tuur drashaan rang Manda’yaim.
Bal ven’cuyir ogir adata ulur.
There are flowers here, conquering the open fields,
Fighting their indomitable way through cracks in permacrete.
Looking at the flowers no one of Dantooine seems to notice,
I hope one day, flowers will grow from the ashes of Manda’yaim.
And that one day, there will be someone to notice.
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