Twá thallás ad temárom,
Peréman kóthi xethé séo,
Énu ad temóro is thávi thÿ athéthi et twáui.
Alo eaprá tekrithallóro ákrith vokóth thalltekríthas
Temón léa quio xethós
Énu en éto é thé thethándra et álkathaui
En qua thanára suthé aníxi et ewóui.
Translation:
Your seas will be remembered by me,
Until the darkness takes me,
And I will ever recall the sweet sound of your laughter.
But now I weep bitter black tears,
Remembering that which we had
And the gentle sighing of the tide which you were
Washing over my soul.
---------------
Full poem:
Temóro vathallóndro thra sta vonfrónis ápanos te thol:
Ewos xéthas unú en xethalóros
Ewos váthas en thanós set te akíe et thállaui,
Énu en anuthóros t’asris pérthas os ásros
Énu vothóndro os gém alios et vopriánaui.
Athethán, eos en emthállas di tháthe thathallóndros;
Ewos íthny eli en eníthnalla, en eniathrallíndri álkathas énum en thathalléles.
Twá thallás ad temárom,
Peréman kóthi xethé séo,
Énu ad temóro is thávi thÿ athéthi et twáui.
Alo eaprá tekrithallóro ákrith vokóth thalltekríthas
Temón léa quio xethós
Énu en éto é thé thethándra et álkathaui
En qua thanára suthé aníxi et ewóui.
Énu, votélma, thallás et ewóui ad alkathalléles suthé vópono
Spéan rom vospée sinií et silísui télmpra.
Translation:
I remember walking with you underneath the skies of blue:
Our hands we held together.
We washed our feet at the ocean’s edge,
And spoke of things beyond the days
And setting of the red afternoon sun.
Laughing, we were two oceans stirring together;
Our love a ship, riding the currents as they mixed.
Your seas will be remembered by me,
Until the darkness takes me,
And I will ever recall the sweet sound of your laughter.
But now I weep bitter black tears,
Remembering that which we had
And the gentle sighing of the tide which you were
Washing over my soul.
And, incomplete, my seas will break on land
Looking for their lost partner forever.
The latest from NY’s David Nagler is a stirring chamber-folk record with rich instrumentation and vivid, evocative lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 7, 2022
