Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Gitanjali 27 (Dawan-English)


Nâko/By: Rabindranath Tagore


Paku, ó paku nane es mé?
Mupine meik ai sinmakat ini mnoutus!

Paku es nae me ka nmuî nít fa pinan ini ‘limâ---nane ho uame ka, nekaf?
Ah, mates lo onhe nalekoneis neu ko!

Susar a-nlen ho enô,
ma in hantonas nak ho tuame naskék piuta,
ma in noën ko neu taën manekat nfin-natuin fai in meisökan.

Neno-tnanan nanoep-metan ma ulan ka nasón fa.
Au ka uhín fa sâ es naheun au nekak---Au ka uhín fa in otan.

Limat in pinan tuk-es a-nkub au matak neik meisökan lê namnanuneis,
ma au nekak naim lalan neu bale nbi mé musik fai nboin kau.

Paku, ó paku nane es mé?
Mupine meik ai sinmakat ini mnoutus!
In nâlót ma anin naen ma naslút natuin baelluman.
Fai nmeisök onlê faut-metan.
Kaisâ mufeitin oras he nfin natuin meisökan.
Mout paku manekat meik ho monit.

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Light, oh where is the light?

Kindle it with the burning fire of desire!

There is the lamp but never a flicker of a flame---is such thy fate, my heart?

Ah, death were better by far for thee!

Misery knocks at thy door,

and her message is that thy lord is wakeful,

and he calls thee to the love-tryst through the darkness of night.

The sky is overcast with clouds and the rain is ceaseless.

I know not what this is that stirs in me---I know not its meaning.

A moment's flash of lightning drags down a deeper gloom on my sight,

and my heart gropes for the path to where the music of the night calls me.

Light, oh where is the light!

Kindle it with the burning fire of desire!

It thunders and the wind rushes screaming through the void.

The night is black as a black stone.

Let not the hours pass by in the dark.

Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.

Translated into Dawan by Yohanes Manhitu

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Hanfuaf Nonô Fauk ntomneu Uab Metô

Natuin laistenab nak Uab Metô, lê a-nmuî kanaf humaf bian onlê METO, UAB ATONI PAH METO, UAB PAH METO, TIMOR, TIMORESE, TIMOL, TIMOREESCH, TIMOREEZEN, DAWAN, TIMOR DAWAN, RAWAN, ma humaf bian (sumber: taklik teu i), ka nnès fa nâko tuaf 0.75 juta (baca: nol koma juta bôhitumním) es naüabe (= namolke) (sumber: the Indonesian Heritage, Language and Literature, 1998) nbi kabupaten (distrik) teun nok dialek (logat) humâ-humâ, au utenab ak uab i musti napèn hormat ma mateab neu pah-pinan nfunamnatéf. Au 'bèt an kanaf UAB METO fun in es mapakê namfau nnèsi nbi Pah Metô. Kanaf teun lê, natuin au tenab, nebè' mapakê msâ eslê UAB ATONI PAH METO, UAB PAH METO, ma DAWAN.

Kanaf DAWAN nane kanaf “matâteme”, fun fêka tít fa tuaf es nahín (kalu au ka 'san) lekâ kanaf nane nemantea atoin-Metô sin luekkin ma in nâko mé. Tuaf aüab Labit (= Uab Indonesia) sin, natám nok atoin-Metô sin kuk, onlêhe npaek tekas BAHASA DAWAN he nlekan neu UAB METO. Au uäkâ ak atoin-Metô namfau ma atoni biakini msâ a-nkios nak kanaf DAWAN nfain-on tekas Labit neu kanaf UAB METO. Lê i nebè'i nfain alasan nansâ es tekas i mapakê a-nbi bale-bale. Lasi i nabè'i ntom nak oras tuafes a-ntek kanaf aî tekas i, tuafes aî tuafin lê namolok nokne lof nalulub neöp neu Uab Meto aî neu atoin-Metô. Natuin hanaf i, natuin au lomit, 'bèt an kanaf nua in lê i nfain on judul neu blog i, nok tuis DAWAN nbi 'takaf nabit.

Tabê ma pules nâko blog tuaf,

Yohanes Manhitu

ymanhitu@gmail.com

Yogyakarta, 14 Funboësamnuâ 2007