In Flanders Fields

"In Flanders Fields," translated into Ab'jarin

English Version

In Flanders' Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead, short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders' Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe,
To you from falling hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' Fields.

Ab'jarin Version

jol jup'.t' u.nɛt iʃ pĪm u.fɛd i.flæn.dʌrs eʒ
ɛk u.gre n'.gap iʃ fir pra fir
ʃɔk va fɛd u.zu tro arn eʒ iʃ
ʒɔr u.twi iʃ, ʒɔr ksa rɪp i.ter jo el
rot.a ɪl n'.gap ɛk u.wit hu.mar iʃ

av u.zo ɛk iʃ u.bo ɪlp wat
ɛʤ.a u.zo oid.a du Ɵɔz, wĪk.a boz gle i.Ɵɔz ɛk
ʌk.a tro jĪks.a ʌk tro ʧɔʦ ksa u.zo
pĪm u.fɛd i.flæn.dʌrs eʒ

av zʌ n'.gab m'.gamb u.zu n'.rɔl ʃo n'.gab iʃ
swe el u.zo u.sta i'.isk zĪ go i
Ɵiz wit iʃ av gu stæk lemɔr ko
ry jɔ m'.gab go n'.gab u.zo ɛk hi
Ɵrid.o u.zo ʧɔr niʃ pru nɛt jup'.t' u.nɛt
pĪm u.fɛd i.flæn.dʌrs eʒ

Ab'jarin Gloss

wind mind PL.flower the open PL.place OF.Flanders
death PL.place between the, row on row
mark that place our and sky in the
song PL.bird the, sing present continue OF.brave fly
hear.PAST small among death PL.stick below the

be we dead the, PL. day short before
live.PAST we, feel.PAST sun up, see.PAST light great OF.sun death
love.PAST and give.PAST love and lay present we
open PL.place OF.Flanders in

be one with fight our enemy with the
arrow move we PL.hand OF.fall from you to
fire stick the, be yours hold high it
if sing you with we die who
(to be)obliged.FUTURE we sleep not though flower mind PL.flower
open PL.place OF.Flanders in

Annabel Lee

"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, translated into Ab'jarin.

English:

It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived who you may know,

By the name of Annabel Lee. 

And this maiden, she lived with no other thought,

Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea, 

But we loved with a love that was more than love,

I and my Annabel Lee. 

With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven,

Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling,

My beautiful Annabel Lee.

So that her highborn kinsmen came,

And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre,

In this kingdom by the sea. 

The Angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

Went Envying her and me.

Yes! That was the reason (as all men know,

In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love, it was stronger by far than the love,

Of those who were older than we,

Of many far wiser than we.

And neither the angels in Heaven above,

Nor the demons down under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul,

Of my beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams,

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes,

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side,

Of my darling, my darling, my life and bride.

In her sepulchre there by the sea.

In her tomb by the surrounding sea.

Ab'jarin Translation:

av.a ko gle pʌ u.g'bo wat

jɔr fɛt eʒ pʌ glet ŋɔb twa iʃ

ɛʤ.a vʌv ɪt nɔ va hi wæk go kson

ɔm n'.gab iʃ æn.ʌ.bɛl li

tro ɪt nɔ vi ɛʤ.a n'.gab ko wæg niʃ lʌr

steŋ ʌk i tro ʌk.a av zo twa

av zo ɪt ʃo pʌ tro av ko ɪt ʃo pʌ

jɔr fɛt eʒ pʌ glet ŋɔb twa iʃ

ʃʌm ʌk.a n'.gab u.zo ʌk pʌ va av.a ʌk a.bra steŋ

zo tro æn.ʌ.bɛl li zu.

ʌk twa pʌ jɔ u.twi jɔ i.fɛt iʃ

fɔg.a ko tro zo.

vʌ hĪ av.a ko va ʤĪ m'.to wat

jɔr fɛt eʒ pʌ glet ŋɔb twa iʃ

jol.a jol pʌ ŋɔr yl ty pʌ ŋiz ksa.

æn.ʌ.bɛl li i.tim zu

va wʌʃ ʃel.a ʃol i.jɔʃ ku.
tro jĪks.a  ko lʌks zo zĪ
vĪ jĪks ko ɛk fɛd eʒ pʌ
jɔr fɛt eʒ vi glet ŋɔb twa iʃ

jɔ u.twi iʃ, ta zʌ zarƟ m'.bzar niʃ jɔ fɛt eʒ.
gen.a lʌr fɔg ksa ko tro zo
miʃ av.a va ruk iʃ (wæk u.ʃo jot
jɔr fɛt eʒ vi glet ŋɔb twa iʃ

va ʃel.a yl jol iʃ ŋɔr ty iʃ po fru

ŋiz ksa tro ɛg ksa æn.ʌ.bɛl li zu.

ʃʌm av.a i.luƟ a.bra gle ʌk u.zu ko ʌk steŋ iʃ

av.a ty vo hi tɪ gle u.zo steŋ

vu jub a.bra gle u.zo steŋ

tro niʃ u.vɔ.lʌ ʤu hu'.la iʃ glet ŋɔb iʃ 

zarƟ kiv ksu pɔ zu zĪ pɔ iʃ 

æn.ʌ.bɛl li i.tim zu ty

wʌʃ boz niʃ ŋi iʃ niʃ n'.gab wi ʃel ksa zo ʧɔr u.wæg

æn.ʌ.bɛl li i.tim zu ty iʃ 

tro du niʃ  u.pos iʃ ʃʌm oid zo u.ko.da bæʧ iʃ.

æn.ʌ.bɛl li i.tim zu ty iʃ 

tro vʌ hĪ ʧɔts ʤu zo bwe twa iʃ po ŋel jot iʃ

ʌk ʃo zu ty ʌk ʃo zu ɛʤ tro ɛʤ rɔl ʃo zu

ɛk fɛd ko eʒ glet ŋɔb vʌv twa iʃ

ɛk fɛd ko eʒ glet ŋɔb va zɔrn ksa twa iʃ

Ab'jarin Gloss:

be.PAST it many great a PL.year ago.

king land in a great pool by the

live.PAST there maiden that who know you maybe.

name with the Annabel Lee.

and maiden this, live.PAST with it thought no other

Than love to and love.PAST be me by

be I child a and be it child a

king land in this great pool by the

but love.PAST with we love a that be.PAST love more than

I and Annabel Lee my

love with a that god PL.bird god OF.land the

other want.PAST it and me.

and be.PAST this and for this reason  that, time long ago

king land in this great pool by the

wind.PAST wind a cloud out of a, cold present

Annabel Lee OF.beauty my

that so come.PAST family noble its

and take.PAST it away me from

free take it death place in a

king land in this great pool by the.

god PL.bird the, happy two split as not god land in

go.PAST other want present it and me.

yes! be.PAST that reason the (know PL.person all,

king land in this great pool by the).

that come.PAST out wind the cloud of the night at.

cold present and kill present Annabel Lee my.

but be.PAST strong more great love our it love than the

be.PAST of those who old great we than.

many wise more great we than.

and no this or that god PL.bird in the god land over

no PL.demon down under the great Pool the.

split can ever soul my from soul the

Annabel Lee OF.beauty of the

and up never PL.star the, but feel I PL.eye bright the.

Annabell Lee OF.beauty of the

and therefore, lay down I side by the night-tide all the

lover my of, lover my, life and life like person my

death place its in great pool there by the

death place its great pool that envelops by the

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, translated into Ab'jarin

"The Road Not Taken" (English)

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

"The Road Not Taken" (Ab'jarin)

zarƟ.a u.fir zʌ wi'ju ʤæ eʒ pʌ.
tro tɛ'an kiv.a  niʃ zo zʌz gwɛs gen
tro av gwɛs e'gen pʌ. ɛl.a m.to zo
tro wĪk.a ʤu zo kiv.a m.bzar hĪ m.bzar pʌ
Ɵyv.a ha i ko gle wi'ju eʒ iʃ

jĪks.a kso lʌr iʃ i.dlov i.tim dɔrn av
tro jĪ.an ksa kson ɪlʃ gle ti iʃ
wʌʃ ava ko i.aƟ i.rez.a niʃ
pru va pa twa gen vʌv iʃ
rez.a u.ku pa gle dɔrn iʃ

tro ʧɔʦ dɔrn zʌz wapt bo va
elt.a ɛk i u.wɛ eʒ smend niʃ

hu æt.wɔ.nin.a zo ipʌ iʃ

foil wæk ksa hʌ fir vre rɪt wĪk i fir iʃ

Ɵlen.a zo ry ʃel.o ksu Ɵrip zo wat.

ɪʤ.o zo n.to jo n.gab pʌ

lʌks fɛd ʃni m.to gle gen ʤĪ

zarƟ.a u.fir zʌ wi'ju eʒ pʌ. tro zo

jĪks.a zo pʌ rez.a tsɔr iʃ

tro ir.a va pɔlt jot iʃ

"The Road Not Taken" (Ab'jarin Gloss)

diverge.PAST PL.road two wood yellow in a
and sad can.PAST not I both work go
and be work PERSONIFIER.go one, stand.PAST long I
and see.PAST down I can.PAST as far as one.
bend.PAST where to it great forest in the

take.PAST then other the, OF.just OF.beauty equal-be
and have present perhaps claim intensifier good the
because be.PAST it OF.grass OF.use.PAST not
though that about by go there the
use.PAST them about emphasis equal the.

and lay equal both early day that
walk.PAST death to PL.leaf in step no.
oh. (verb meaning "When presented with two or more options, to choose on to do one, while at the same time, resolving to do the other in the future").PAST I first the
yet know present how road show to road the
doubt.PAST I if come.FUT ever should I back

say.FUT I sigh with a
away place some long emphasis go time
diverge.PAST PL.road two wood in a. and I
take.PAST I one use.PAST less the
and make.PAST that difference all the

"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks

"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, translated into Ab'jarin

"We Real Cool" (English)

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

"We Real Cool" (Ab'jarin)

av tana gle uzu. uzo
mtapa keŋ fɛd. uzo

poz mta zoiʧ ksopt. uzo
fluv ʤil. uzo

ʒɔr jɔ mgab. uzo
ŋɔ hæg. uzo

sʌʃ ʤun. uzo
ɛko nta

"We Real Cool" (Ab'jarin Gloss)

be impressive great. we
leave.PAST learn place. we

dark slow wait late. we
(strike like a) hammer straight. we

sing god against. we
water alcohol. we

dance June. we
die soon

Notes:

There is not a word for "jazz," as it does not exist to the people who would be using this language. Since the verb "to jazz" means to play or dance (to) jazz, I decided to use the latter.

June is not a month in this language. The people speaking this language would use a lunar calendar. I, however, have yet to develop that, so I used the English proper noun.

Alcohol was used instead of gin, to broaden the meaning.

The first line, the omitted "to be" verb was added. This language likes to have a verb whenever possible.

"To strike" became "to (strike like a) hammer." In general, this language likes to double up on meaning--it is, after all, an analytic language.

Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost, translated into Ab'jarin

Line Number	Verses
Line 1 English	Some say the world will end in fire,
Line 2 English	Some say in ice.
Line 3 English	From what I've tasted of disire
Line 4 English	I hold with those who favour fire.
Line 5 English	But if I had to perish twice,
Line 6 English	I think I know enough of hate
Line 7 English	To say that for destruction of ice
Line 8 English	Is also great
Line 9 English	And would suffice.
Line 1 Ab'jarin	ɪʤ ʃni joʃ iʃ rĪko Ɵiz eʒ
Line 2 Ab'jarin	ɪʤ ʃni ŋɔlz eʒ
Line 3 Ab'jarin	smɛƟa he zĪ zo fɔg ty
Line 4 Ab'jarin	stæk zo vo iƟiz ʌk ngab hi
Line 5 Ab'jarin	ʃʌm jĪano ɛko izʌ ry zo
Line 6 Ab'jarin	wæg zo wæk zo rubik amaka
Line 7 Ab'jarin	ɪʤ gvo iŋɔlz hĪ iʃ
Line 8 Ab'jarin	av lʌr gle
Line 9 Ab'jarin	tro amakaano
Line 1 Gloss	say some world the end.FUT fire in
Line 2 Gloss	say some ice in
Line 3 Gloss	taste.PAST what from I desire of
Line 4 Gloss	hold I those OF.fire-love with who.
Line 5 Gloss	but experience.FUT die.FUT twice if I
Line 6 Gloss	think I know I hate enough of
Line 7 Gloss	say destruction OF.ice for the
Line 8 Gloss	is also great
Line 9 Gloss	and suffice.FUT

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, translated into Ab'jarin.

Line Number	Verses
Line 1 English	Nature's first green is gold,
Line 2 English	Her hardest hue to hold,
Line 3 English	Her early leaf's a flower,
Line 4 English	But only so an hour,
Line 5 English	Then leaf subsides to leaf,
Line 6 English	As Eden sank to grief,
Line 7 English	And dawn goes down to day,
Line 8 English	Nothing gold can stay...
Line 1 Ab'jarin	av wɛʤ twul ŋæ ipʌ,
Line 2 Ab'jarin	stæk ko nɔ ɪkæ gɛnʧ glet i,
Line 3 Ab'jarin	av ko nɔ ɪnɛt wɛ wapt pʌ,
Line 4 Ab'jarin	ʃʌm av pʌb ipʌz hĪ pʌ,
Line 5 Ab'jarin	bɛko wɛ kso wɛ i
Line 6 Ab'jarin	jɪlta edɛn mbsar ɛk tɛ i,
Line 7 Ab'jarin	tro gen ʤu du Ɵɔz bo i,
Line 8 Ab'jarin	kso avo twul dæk.
Line 1 Gloss	is nature OWN.gold green first
Line 2 Gloss	hold it female OWN.color hard-ultimate to
Line 3 Gloss	is it female OWN.flower leaf early a
Line 4 Gloss	but is hour only for one
Line 5 Gloss	fade.FUT leaf after leaf to
Line 6 Gloss	sink.PAST Eden as death sad[ness] to
Line 7 Gloss	and go down up-sun day to
Line 8 Gloss	stay.FUT [lit. "present to be.FUT"] gold nothing.