Johnny’s Message

vavU Ub dJoNi

Johnny’s Message

1) brOm a-bru!

1) Dear Space-Friend!

jOm bu, fu’c Ynvu ab gUa.

Like you I am a boy at school.

Ib yAp gUa, fu te-brOv rOvev Ib jEos-tYvfev.

And after school I like to play and fish.

nYmA Ab yiA, fu tiOv tak at yIn ki.

Sometimes at night I look up to the stars.

nYmA Ab iA, fu taktev kam bEk.

Sometimes at day I climb up a high mountain.

2) Ib deb pI bEk Yne-jE nev.

2) And by the mountain runs a creek.

Ib kab pIm jEkaz, fu tYkta-pAv.

And on its bank I sat me down.

kio tokYt kEwe-pAYv ek fu ag YnkEwe.

Tree branches waved above me in the breeze.

tYg Yt Ykio, rim, êim riOio atke-pAv,

Out of the moss rose bright the yellow flowers,

cnom îim îioz jE-ni-vAm.

their green leaves glistening.

3) fu tiO-pAv tag iyi-vAm jEn,

3) I looked into the sparkling water

jE-ne-vAm aL âki-vriE-pAm wEs

rushing around sun-warmed rocks

jOm jEm bikrE.

like liquid silver.

pI nEkA fu tiO-pAv, pI nEk hYjU-YtYfam pIs Oi-pAv.

The longer I looked the stranger did it seem.

fum jiOs tYp tiO-pAv at fu Yt jEn,

My image looked back to me from the water,

âmfe-vAm jOm Ag yiviOs.

moving on its own like in a dream.

pIs tYgrO-pAv Yt Yp Ynam jELkYk.

It smiled from behind small waves.

pIs pAc UI-vAm at fu, hI?

Was it talking to me?

4) Yms pAc UI-vAm.

4) Something was talking.

pIs OI-pAv jOm okE-Id.

It sounded like a flute.

pIs tev-wØc hYta?

From where could it come?

pIs atke-pAv Yt jEn?

Did it arise from the water?

5) yI YtYfam io pAc Ykta-vAm kab sEm jEkaz,

5) A strange plant was sitting on its bank,

vâna-vAm com Ykioz tag YnejE.

stretching its roots into the creek.

yUg com Ygam îim ioz Oi-pAv ev.

But its green leaves outside seemed to move.

fAm cno tYgva-pAv aj nam kEd Ub riO-zos.

Now they spread as big wings of a butterfly.

Ib fAm co Oi-pAv Uj Øg io,

And now it seemed as if the plant,

tagjE-pvAm trUn jEn tag com og,

having sucked enough water into its body,

tYgva-pAv com kEd — Ib co kEde-pAv.

spread its wings – and it flew.

6) co tYtkEdne-pAv tak at fu…

6) It fluttered up to me….

com êikrEm iOz ri-vAm, Uj Øg co gU-pAv –

its gold eyes gleaming, as if it knew—

co maLe-pAv Ib tYkta-pAv kab fum ogedbâz.

it circled and sat down on my knee.

pIn I, co vE-pAv xnE, ân-yEde-pAYv ad

The sounds it made were piped through

com Lân-kEId-jOm og

its flute-like body

Ib fYd snE drem-kEke-pAv Yt Ybam Ytam.

and yet they wafted from far away.

Ib YfA fu gU-pAv

And then I knew

Uf fE Es wYv te-fApAv

that this thing must have come

Yt Yma Yfs.

from somewhere else.

7) Ib fu pe-pAv iUv

7) And I began to understand

Uf co pAc UI-vAm at fu.

that it was talking to me.

fnu wØc bru, hI?

Could we be friends?

co viO-pAv hYjU-YtYfam viOvs,

It showed strange signs,

Ib sa-pAv pIns tab.

and put them together.

Ib pIns vE-pAv Es-cUgU.

And they made sense.

Ib xE fu IO-pAv pAc Yt ânYf as.

And what I heard was from another place.

fu retgU-pAv

I learnt

pI nUI Ub a.

The Language of Space.

8) pI o-cEvs UI-pAv:

8) The Being said:

“YtOr, brOm bEnu,

“Thank you, dear Earth-man,

rUt dYvAm fu okEv bum kEn

for letting me breathe your air

Ib ojEv bum jEn.

and drink your water.

Ib pfE’c can fu wYvUv (xnE).

And that is all I need.

9) fu te-pAv Yt Ybam,

9) I have come from far,

Yt ki nYbam,

from a distant star,

xE bu wav iOv iyiv Ag yiA.

which you can see sparkle in the night.

fu Yc wav fa-ctAv rUt nA,

I cannot stay here for long,

fUd fu ettOrv tIOv at fum rI.

so I ask you to listen to my song.

10) fnu AiO-pAv bum eki rUt Ôkîn âkiA,

10) We watched your planet for thousands of years,

Ib tfA fnu tYcvU-pAv tebruvØ.

and still we avoided a visit.

pIs Ec rUm eki,

It is a good planet,

vrU-pAm eb hUvOs Ub riO,

blessed with wonders of beauty,

yUg pfa’c yms UL pIs, xE Y-cnAm tcYv

but there is something to it which never occurs

ag nYzUm canU.

in the whole universe.

11) xA bu iO-pAv fu ojEv jEn Ib tYtkEdnev aL,

11) When you saw me drink water and flutter around,

bu gU-pAv, Uf fo ov.

you knew that I live.

yUg bu iOv, Uf fo dEv

But you see that I use

âm, xE’c fam ag nEcrØ,

only what is here in abundance,

tagem at cano.

open to all.

12) zU Ub bum fam os Ev Uj fo.

12) A part of your living things here do as I.

bu fUIv cno ios.

You call them plants.

yUg cno tYcm ev.

But they hardly move.

fUd cno Yc wav Ev vYre.

So they can do no harm.

yUg pI Yf zU Ub bum fam o-cEvs

But the other part of your beings here

ov Ud vYce-vAm Yf o.

live by destroying other life.

cno bav cnom o Yt yo Ub Yf o-cEvs.

They have their life from other beings’ death.

bu fUIv cno eos,

You call them animals,

Ib jUf bu, bEnu,

and even you, earthman,

bu zUm ov Ud vyovØ Yf ubos.”

you live partly by killing other beasts.”

13) fam fu tag sa-pAv: “bu tOv Uf fnu Ev hE?

13) Here I put in: “What do you want us to do?

Yb-odtyov gaf dov nio?

Starve or eat grass?

fu te-brOv odzevØ tag do-jEm osod-kad-zvE.“

I like to bite into a juicy steak.”

14) pI ao UI-pAv:

14) The Spaceman said:

„Ur, bnu Yc ov-wØc

“Yes, you could not live

Yb xE bnu fUIv dovØ.

without what you call eating.

yUg pIn eos, bnu dov (xnE)

But the animals you eat

bIb te-brOv ov.

like also to live.

Ib nYf eos tsOv dov pIno.

And other animals want to eat them.

fUd pIno can A-tvYdYdrev Yd bnu,

So they all struggle against you,

Ib bnu wYv bYdev.

and you must fight.

15) Ag pAom A bnu bEnu wYv-pAv bYdwev

15) In olden times you earthmen had to fight

Yd pIn wU-nom Apâ-dEnamos,

against the mighty saurians,

pIn viE-kE-nos Ub bnum pA-nUIvo.

the dragons of your sagas.

yd pIn tYrnbos Ub YbumEwo

Against the beasts of the wild

bnu wYv-pAv tEv

you had to become

Uj vYrOm Uj pIno.

as cruel as they.

16) yUg fAm, xA Eo Ykav

16) But now when nature lies

tYkwe-pAm ab bnum Ykbô,

conquered at your feet,

bu Oiv tAv bYde-vØ

you seem to keep on fighting

Ud nAtedEm tYdbrU, —

in accustomed aggression –

fAm Yd bnu-fU.

now against yourselves.

bnu betvUv Yb-YtUw-YrØm Yrvs, uvyovYrvs, Ib YdbrU

You commit crazy crimes, murders and wars,

Ib bnu Yb-tazeYv at yo Ib tvYcØ.

and you drift toward death and destruction.

17) fno cEms Yt a Y-cnAm vUYdrem-YrvO-pAv bnu

17) We beings from Space never troubled you

Ib Y-cnAm vYta-twUse-tAv bnu.

and never will thwart you.

fno can tAc-Yta-pfAv bnum eki

We all have avoided your planet

rUt Ôk n âkiA.

for millions of years.

tiOrv tak tag kim kan,

Look up into the starry sky,

bnu iOv riO Ib rOb.

you see beauty and harmony.

Ug bnum kU-bU bnu tiOv tak at kUcra,

In your prayers you look up to heaven,

xa bnu Ov U Ub O-brU.

where you feel the spirit of love.

18) bnum eki tYke-pAv Ytam Yt fE kUcram o

18) Your planet fell off from this heavenly life

Ib tE-pAv eki Ub Yde-tUvØ.

and became the planet of strife.

yIn UmApUIvu Ib gUru tve-fApAv vYtYrAv bnu.

Prophets and sages have tried to save you.

bnu viE-pAv Ib vYrdâna-pAv pIn kUru.

You burnt and crucified the saints.

yUg fAm num yiviOs Ub ApUIvs te-pAv EjUm.

But now their predictions’ dreams have come true.

bnu YbØ-pOm atge-pAv bnum “zEzØm oA Ub a.”

You suddenly entered your “Atomic Age of Space.”

19) fAm YdbrU Øm-Ec canYz tYs-tvYcØ.

19) Now war would be total annihilation.

fAm bnu wØc â Ub fno, Uj bocm ao,

Now you could be one of us, as fellow-spacemen,

yUg bnu Yc gUv mUd Ub o Ub pIn kan.

but you don’t know the way of life of the skies.

bnu vYgaYv Yt xrObcam rUnU, U Ub brU.”

You are excluded from cosmic wisdom, the spirit of peace.”

20) fu UI-pAv: “Øg bo Uc fUd niUm, tYfAm tUIrv fnu bum tYfYr-dvUs.

20) I said: “If you are so smart, then tell us your tricks.

tUIrv fnu YnEn Ub Ukm-wYd,

Tell us a few of your super-weapons,

xnE fnu wav dEv kab can vuc, xnu fnu Yc te-brOv,

which we can use on all the guys whom we don’t like,

Ib eb xnu fnu YjUv, Uj nu Ec YjUm Yt fnu.

and with whom we differ, as they are different from us.

…yUg Øg bu Yc tsOv torv fnu,

…But if you don’t want to help us,

trYv a-vAm, fu Yc bAv nA.

get going, I have not much time.

fu wYv av tYk Ib rOvev Ynênas eb pIn Ynvu.”

I have to go down and play cards with the boys.”

21) vo YhI-pAv: “fu bIb bAv YnA.

21) He answered: “I too have little time.

xE at-unIv fo Ytam Ec yI rOve Ub Ynênas… eb yo.

What calls me away is a play of cards – with Death.

fno Yc wav ov ag tYte Ub Yb-rAyem tYbwemØ.

We cannot live in the vibration of restless tension.

fo gU-pAv Uf fo thYre-pAv fom o, xA fo te-pAv fat.

I knew I risked my life, when I came here.

hYtU bu EjUrOrv fo, yI âmØm cEvs?

Why should you believe me, a single being?

yUg Øg bu tIOv-wØc at pIn ÔkÛn cEvs

But if you could listen to the billions of beings

kab Ôk n eki…cnom mUd twUIv-Øc bu.“

on millions of planets…their ways would persuade you.”

22) fu ItU-pAv: “tUIrv pIn ÔkÛn Ub bnom a-boc

22) I suggested: “Tell the billions of your space-fellows

retgUv fnum nUI Ib UIv eb fnu.

to learn our language and talk to us.

twØm-Ec uU tIO-tAv

Maybe mankind will listen

Øg fnu iOv Uf bno boc

if we see that you fellows

wØv ov Ug brU.”

can live in peace.”

23) ao tYgrO-pAv: “Øg can nocn Ub canU

23) The Spaceman smiled: “If all hosts of the universe

fev-yEc vUYdremØ Ub tve-vAm

were to take the trouble of trying

retgUv nUI Ub fE nYnam EcLas,

to learn the language of this tiny globe,

hE nUI cno retgUrv Ut UIbev eb bnu?

what language should they learn to communicate with you?

hE’c pI nUI Ub bEna?

What is the language of Earth?

24) fE Ynam eki bav Ôkîn nUI-gOz.

24) This little planet has thousands of tongues.

Ib cYn Ub fEn bEna-nUI

And none of these earth-languages

wØv iUyv Ud jUxUm oU Ub a.

can be understood by a logical mind of space.

yUg Øg fno retgUv-Øc bnum Ôk n UI,

But if we learnt your millions of words,

fno tog-vYroze-Yv-Øc

we would be infected

Ud bnum U-weLvØm mUd Ub UvØ.

by your warped way of thinking.

bnum pIn UI sev at uvyovYrvs riOm fUI

Your words give murder a beautiful name

Ib fUIv vyovu ‘rUwOmu’.

and call a killer a ‘hero’.

25) fUd Øg fo tYfsev-Øc bu êikrE Ub fom gU

25) So if I gave you the gold of my knowledge

aLYge-pAm ag wYznânabEm stag Ub bnum UI,

wrapped in the burlap bags of your words,

bnu dEv-Øc pIs LânE-Yrtwebev cânYf at yo.

you would use it to club each other to death.

fno Yc vetgU-tAv at Yb-YtUw-Yrom Yrvu pIn tYfYr-dvUs Ub tvYce.

We will not teach crazy criminals the tricks of destruction.

fno wØv tag-bzUv U Ub rU-nU

We can impart the spirit of wisdom

âm at pfEnu, xnu rUOv Ug sUm kU-brO

only to those who trust in its grace

Ib EjUv fE Ud retgUvØ pI nUI Ub a.

and prove this by learning the Language of Space.

26) ag fE nUI-gOz, âki vav sEm ânai at bro,

26) In this tongue one star sends its rays to a friend

vânai-vAm wUvØ Ub giO kYbUm;

radiating creation of insight sublime;

rUnU Ib O-brU ek i-âkiA bYfâv,

Wisdom and love over light-years blend,

Ib pIn U kadev a Ib gU tYta-kadev A.

and the spirits bridge space and knowledge spans time.

pI cnAmU vrUv xrObca Ud kU-brO.

The Eternal blesses the cosmos in grace.

pIn knau brIv EjU Ud aUI.”

pIn knau brIv EjU Ud aUI.”’!

The angels sing truth in the Language of Space.”

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