ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ ᏏᎵᏯ ᏗᏜ / Song to Celia

ᎠᏁᏢᏔᏅᎢ (ᎢᎦᏛ): ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ ᏏᎵᏯ ᏗᏜ, ᏇᏁ ᏣᏂᏐᏁ ᎥᎿᎢ (1616)

ᎠᏗᏔᏍᎫ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ
ᎤᏩᏌ ᏂᎯ ᏗᎦᏙᎵ ᎬᏙᏗ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯ ᎠᏚᏓᎸᏙᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎬᏙᏗ.
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏚ ᎠᏓᏪᏙᎩᏁ
ᎠᎫᎩᏍᏗ ᎭᏫᏂᏗᏢ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎰᏎ
ᎩᎦᎨ-ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗᏁ.


Translation (partial) of Song to Celia, by Ben Jonson (1616)

"Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine.
Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I'll not ask for wine."

I will translate the rest of the poem into Udugi too, if there are requests for it.

Udugi text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.