Olotu ja desah ngua damar
ki podih lebah tudu jenti nadah
bai ngua otru praya,
alabanda
undi nus podih pidih kung deus-deus
"Kal altura?"
Which way, now that we
have started to see
the fruits of hell's labour?
Which way, now that all that we have dreamed of
is starting to come into favour?
Drakar beng andah di eli sa kaza.
"Altura pra skuleh," falah Eli,
"yo pun justu teng impoku di kuniseh.
Mas dispois di yo, pun ja pasah impoku:
Pioneer, kung Voyager.
Bos podih sigih olotu sa kaminyu bai futura."
Someone in the back of the caravan responded,
"but where will journey's end be, now that we have begun to wander
far from home, and far from the people and places that have shown
themselves to be abusers?"
Drakar bowed Their head.
Only water can hide the wisdom of such
a great Sea-dragon.
Falah Eli nubu,
"Bos mistih engkudah, impoku,
bodru-bodru di bos sa grupu.
Distinctions without end
only serve to trap us once more
in noble intentions."
That was years ago;
We have not spoken to them since,
but They gave us their blessing,
and bid us continue to look for hints
of their presence, and pleasure, and ponderings;
for only the sea really, as I have said and they say,
hides all wisdom,
and truly,
the most intentionally noble of all visions.
Kadangua skritura pun podih fikah ngua bersu, ngua poesia.
Kadangua libru sa korpu
Draku sa denti, kung sabia:
not prescient, or a means to an end.
Eli nggeh nus sa pataka, nggeh nus sa dollars kung sen.
It is only when we see ourselves, and finally transcend
this need, this hunger, this desire to take revenge
and send it back to where it began;
only then does the universe truly respect the caravan.
Asih, pra fing, podih bai mutu mas lonzi di bodru di solar system.
Only then.
Only when great Drakar
has also bowed his head
and returned, in triumph,
at the reinvigoration of common sense.
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