Writings and Translations by W. John Weilgart from aUI, The Language of Space, 4th ed., 1979
(Note: the poetic English is not always a literal translation of the aUI original.)
bEnca ev aL sE-fU,
bEnca ev aL sE-fU,
(The) earth moves around itself,
Ib pIs vev 1 az at 1ki.
Ib pIs vev â az at âki.
and it moves one side to (the) sun.
kab fE az PIs Ec iA;
kab fE az pIs Ec iA;
On this side it is day;
kab pI az Ytam Yt 1ki Ec yiA.
kab pI az Ytam Yt âki Ec yiA.
on the side away from the sun is night.
iA Ib yiA jEc tab 24 iAz.
iA Ib yiA jEc tab êÔû iAz.
Day and night are together 24 hours.
1 iAz bAv 60 YnAS.
â iAz bAv ÂÔ YnAs.
One hour has 60 minutes.
Ag 1 YnAS Ec 60 YnAz.
Ag â YnAs Ec ÂÔ YnAz.
In one minute are 60 seconds.
ag Ad fu iOv A.
ag Ad fu iOv A.
In the clock we see the time.
yUg, Ag pA,
yUg, Ag pA,
But, in the past,
Ib fA (rUt PAtom un),
Ib fA (rUtpAtom un),
and now (for old people),
1ki,Ib Yf ki ag yiA,
âki,Ib Yf ki Ag yiA,
the sun,and other stars in (the) night,
viOv A.
viOv A.
show the time.
bEnca bIb ev aL 1ki.
bEnca bIb ev aL âki.
The earth moves also around the sun.
fEm e Av 365 iA;
fEm e Av îÂô iA;
This movement lasts 365 days;
fE’c 1 1kiA.
fE’c â âkiA.
this is one year.
2ki ev aL bEnca Ag 1 2kiA.
êki ev aL bEnca Ag â êkiA.
The moon moves around the earth in one month.
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