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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.)
aUI Text
bEnca ev aL sE-fU,
Ib pIs vev 1 az at 1ki.
kab fE az PIs Ec iA;
kab pI az Ytam Yt 1ki Ec yiA.
iA Ib yiA jEc tab 24 iAz.
1 iAz bAv 60 YnAS.
Ag 1 YnAS Ec 60 YnAz.
ag Ad fu iOv A.
yUg, Ag pA,
Ib fA (rUt PAtom un),
1ki,Ib Yf ki ag yiA,
viOv A.
bEnca bIb ev aL 1ki.
fEm e Av 365 iA;
fE’c 1 1kiA.
2ki ev aL bEnca Ag 1 2kiA.
- Roman Transcription
- English Translation
bEnca ev aL sE-fU,
Ib pIs vev â az at âki.
kab fE az pIs Ec iA;
kab pI az Ytam Yt âki Ec yiA.
iA Ib yiA jEc tab êÔû iAz.
â iAz bAv ÂÔ YnAs.
Ag â YnAs Ec ÂÔ YnAz.
ag Ad fu iOv A.
yUg, Ag pA,
Ib fA (rUtpAtom un),
âki,Ib Yf ki Ag yiA,
viOv A.
bEnca bIb ev aL âki.
fEm e Av îÂô iA;
fE’c â âkiA.
êki ev aL bEnca Ag â êkiA.
(The) earth moves around itself,
and it moves one side to (the) sun.
On this side it is day;
on the side away from the
sun is night.
Day and night are together 24 hours.
One hour has 60 minutes.
In one minute are 60 seconds.
In the clock we see the time.
But, in the past,
and now (for old people),
the sun,and other stars in (the) night, show the time.
The earth moves also around the sun.
This movement lasts 365 days;
this is one year.
The moon moves around the earth in one month.
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