Tor Couya
Level: Advanced
Topic: Poetry — Two Words
Author: Alfonsina Storni
Translated into Oravia by: Dani Lau
Reading
Noi limel widuo nim varsus a run i ilaluan·ar e tor couya.
Ganyu couya. A tor couya a toului
caora lirul-ilaluan hue. A couya
caora yamirli a yani.
A tor couya a o moyi eta a heosu ca i anvu-poiena
jentale leirihvan
i andetu·ar en nim varmo. A o moyi a tor couya
eta a musanse i vanvu en nim vatale su a nim i anilie·um
i anvu sora i apahela e hay.
A o moyi a tor couya
eta a nim i anipas·um-ilaluan - o yunrani, elemi!
A o moyi su o elonor
eta a varasi poilumo en von i poilua.
A o moyi su o yunrani
eta a nim vandi i arou-anvu jetai luyol
canon i dodo e jahtorci.
O, nim vandi i dai
i jasjece e oiyar.
Tips
| Oravia | English |
|---|---|
| -ar | completed action |
| -um | no, not (suffix) |
| andetu | stop moving |
| anilie | try |
| anipas | choose |
| anvu | move, go |
| apahela | throw, cast away |
| arou | anxious |
| cane | gradation connector; as / so ... that |
| canon | how, the way in which |
| caora | because |
| couya | word, name |
| dai | want |
| dodo | mimic |
| elemi | life |
| elonor | peace |
| en | in, at, on |
| ganyu | ordinary, common |
| heosu | moon |
| ilaluan | say, tell |
| jahtorci | scissors |
| jasjece | cut |
| jentale | through |
| jetai | toward |
| leirihvan | tree branches |
| limel | night, evening |
| luyol | sky |
| moyi | sweet, sugar |
| musanse | ant |
| nime | my |
| niu | some |
| noi | this |
| o | emphasis |
| oiyar | star |
| poiena | filter |
| poilua | flow |
| poilumo | oil |
| tor | two |
| toului | tired |
| vandi | finger |
| vanvu | walk, move on foot |
| varasi | fragrant |
| varmo | mouth |
| varsus | ear |
| vatale | neck |
| von | body, surface |
| yamirli | old |
| yani | new |
| yunrani | beautiful |