aya asaladodose aqua agadolidine
gadusidi didla, hatlv nidvlenvda
aqua alisdelvdo nvlase.
aqua alisdelvdo nvlase
unelanvhi nidvlenvda,
na gotlvdise galvladi-tsosvne
ale elohine.
ᎠᏯ ᎠᏌᎳᏙᏙᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎠᎦᏙᎵᏗᏁ
ᎦᏚᏏᏗ ᏗᏜ, ᎭᏢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ
ᎠᏆ ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙ ᏅᎳᏎ.
ᎠᏆ ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙ ᏅᎳᏎ
ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ,
Ꮎ ᎪᏢᏗᏎ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ-ᏦᏒᏁ
ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯᏁ.
Here is the Cherokee, for comparison:
gadusi widigagani nahna
tsvdidalehvsga aqualinigo-hisdisgi
unelanvhi agisdelisgi nasgi
uwesvnvhi galvladi
ale elohi.
ᎦᏚᏏ ᏫᏗᎦᎦᏂ ᎾᎿ
ᏨᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ ᎠᏆᎵᏂᎪ-ᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ
ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎩᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ
ᎤᏪᏒᏅᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ
ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ.
And the English:
I will lift up my eyes
to the hills, from where
my help comes.
My help comes
from the Lord,
who made heaven
and earth.
Friday, October 5, 2018
ᎠᏓᏙᎵᎩᏔ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏂᎯ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ
ᎠᏓᏙᎵᎩᏔ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏂᎯ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ,
ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎧᎪᎢ ᎠᏓᏁᏤᏗᏎ ᎢᏧᎳᎠᏴ
ᎠᏥᏍᎸᏍᎩ ᎤᎧᎾᏫᏗᏁ
ᎦᎵᏉᎩᏁ ᎢᎦ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎧᎪᎢ ᎠᏓᏁᏤᏗᏎ ᎢᏧᎳᎠᏴ
ᎠᏥᏍᎸᏍᎩ ᎤᎧᎾᏫᏗᏁ
ᎦᎵᏉᎩᏁ ᎢᎦ ᎥᎿᎢ.
Curmudgeons
Curmudgeons understand
each other,
yes we do.
But with you gone,
who
can I curmudge
with?
(There is a minimum
age requirement
for true
curmudgery.)
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 5 2018
each other,
yes we do.
But with you gone,
who
can I curmudge
with?
(There is a minimum
age requirement
for true
curmudgery.)
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 5 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Yakov, Too
You were eight years older than me,
and a century
more difficult.
You are with us now,
guiding us.
You've been called
many things,
but I'll just call you
Mahatma,
Great Soul.
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 4 2018
and a century
more difficult.
You are with us now,
guiding us.
You've been called
many things,
but I'll just call you
Mahatma,
Great Soul.
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 4 2018
Names
I have many names,
and have had many.
The country where I live
shows my mother's last name;
the country where I was born,
and where she was born,
does not.
Traxler, Hanes,
Jacobson, Bloomquist,
Moore, Neely,
Dunne, Barry,
and before any of these,
Amadoya, Water Beaver.
I pick names out of
the air--
Tiyóhali,
Siquoya Uwetsi,
Devidas,
Kalidas,
Ben Noach,
because without air,
without spirit,
we cannot live.
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 4 2018
and have had many.
The country where I live
shows my mother's last name;
the country where I was born,
and where she was born,
does not.
Traxler, Hanes,
Jacobson, Bloomquist,
Moore, Neely,
Dunne, Barry,
and before any of these,
Amadoya, Water Beaver.
I pick names out of
the air--
Tiyóhali,
Siquoya Uwetsi,
Devidas,
Kalidas,
Ben Noach,
because without air,
without spirit,
we cannot live.
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 4 2018
uyelvha agadohvsdi 29 (translation)
nvda-agaliho nvnohi nahna
unadvnelvdase nvnohine,
ale asaladodase adanvdone.
ᏅᏓ-ᎠᎦᎵᎰ ᏅᏃᎯ ᎾᎿ
ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎸᏓᏎ ᏅᏃᎯᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏌᎳᏙᏓᏎ ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏁ.
Sunshine on the path
shows the way,
and lifts the spirit.
unadvnelvdase nvnohine,
ale asaladodase adanvdone.
ᏅᏓ-ᎠᎦᎵᎰ ᏅᏃᎯ ᎾᎿ
ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎸᏓᏎ ᏅᏃᎯᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏌᎳᏙᏓᏎ ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏁ.
Sunshine on the path
shows the way,
and lifts the spirit.
Lawrence
You were Dad's first cousin,
but he never mentioned you,
said little about James,
your father,
perhaps because you kept alive
what others let die.
On 10 February 1944
you traded Horton,
Kansas, for a bombing run
over Brunswick,
Germany, with the roaring
of the bomber's engines
in your ears.
You would not see
115 East 15th Street
again, nor the girl
you left behind.
They would give your
Service Number,
17128088,
an Air Medal
and a Purple Heart
that you
would never see.
The roaring
of the bomber's engines
has stopped.
10 February 1944
was a Thursday.
Sunrise: 06:12.
Sunset: none.
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 4 2018
but he never mentioned you,
said little about James,
your father,
perhaps because you kept alive
what others let die.
On 10 February 1944
you traded Horton,
Kansas, for a bombing run
over Brunswick,
Germany, with the roaring
of the bomber's engines
in your ears.
You would not see
115 East 15th Street
again, nor the girl
you left behind.
They would give your
Service Number,
17128088,
an Air Medal
and a Purple Heart
that you
would never see.
The roaring
of the bomber's engines
has stopped.
10 February 1944
was a Thursday.
Sunrise: 06:12.
Sunset: none.
Donald Jacobson Traxler
Oct. 4 2018
