#the tiger poem

[kiragecko]

#i love this#especially how nobody except possibly the sumerian#which didn't give a literal translation#had a word for 'cage' available#having to substitute for 'tiger' is just geography#but 'cage' is the social construct the poem centers on#so having to talk around it really#elevates the translation exercise philosophically speaking - via @whetstonefires

I love that too! Classical Maya has a LOT to say about taking captives! People got honorifics based on how many people they'd taken hostage during battles! But, as far as I know, there wasn't a specific building type for holding captives.

There were also domesticated animals! And places to store them! But I haven't found any specific words for such structures.

I could have translated 'cage' into 'enclosure/room', especially since that seems to be closely related to 'bind/tie'. But the word seems to have had a much more neutral meaning.

Captives were tied up, not kept in secure rooms, as far as I can tell. If I translated this again, I might try "He has escaped his bonds!" or "He has destroyed his bonds!"

But that would necessitate changing "he has come out", as well. And Classic Maya doesn't talk that much about "freeing". I could say "he has escaped/fled/left", but that it also a different feel.

Translation really asks you to consider your own assumptions about meaning, and how they map to multiple other options.

So, a new translation:

he-destroy/loose-ed-[it] his-noose the-jaguar yes-yes escape-d-[he] the-jaguar his-write-ing master-Na'el 6-year youth¹

Transliteration:

ʔu-sat-aw ʔu-le’ ʔu-balahm xt xt lok'-ooy ʔu-balahm ʔu-tz'ib-aal Aj-Naʔel wak-tun ch'ok

Character Transliteration (ALL CAPS are characters that stand for full words, lower case are syllabic):

u-sa-ta-wa u-le ʔu-BALAM-la-ma xa-ta-xa-ta LOK'-yi ʔu-BALAM-ma ʔu-tz'i-ba-li AJ-na-ʔe-le 6-TUN-ni CH'OK

¹ Thank you @archiloquacious for this translation!

The Tiger Poem in Classical Maya!

The Tiger He has destroyed his cage Yes Yes The tiger is out By Nael, Age 6

Literal translation:

he-destroyed his-captive-place the-jaguar yes-yes he-came.out the-jaguar his-writing master-Na'el man[of]-6-years

Transliteration:

ʔu-jomow ʔu-baaknal ʔu-balahm xt xt Joyoy ʔu-balahm ʔu-tz'ibaal Aj-Naʔel Aj-6-habiy

Character Transliteration (ALL CAPS are characters that stand for full words, lower case are syllabic):

ʔu-jo-mo-wa ʔu-ba-ki-NAL ʔu-BALAM-la-ma xa-ta-xa-ta jo-JOY-yi ʔu-BALAM-ma ʔu-tz'i-ba-li AJ-na-ʔe-le AJ-6-HAB-bi-ya

[Image shows the poem written in 2 columns of Maya glyph blocks. A diagram shows the reading order (which is complex). All the posts text is also included on the image.

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[aaravos-answers]

YOURE FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

the Aaravos

he escaped his pearl

yes

YES

The Aaravos is out

[nwarrior777]

Music sketch for a smile stretch

[andthetigerposter]

[marlynnofmany]

There is a great post somewhere around here that I cannot find, where someone suggests that James Bond retires and marries his accent coach (who has given up on teaching him a regionally-accurate southern US accent).

The post went on to suggest that Benoit Blanc's parents should make an appearance, played by Iconic English Actors, each doing very bad and very different southern accents.

The James

He escaped his Bonds

[datgreenmonstah]

“The tiger”(2020) based on a poem written by Nael age 6

This piece apparently was never posted here, so I’m fixing that

[ianosmond]

My naem is Tyger

burning brite

In the forests of the nite

But when Nael (of 6 years age)

Says I am out

I brake my caeg

[quotefeeling]

I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone.

Tigers Jaw - Never Saw It Coming

[thoughtkick]

I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone.

Tigers Jaw - Never Saw It Coming

[hannahmcgill]

The caterpillar

It destroyed its egg

Yes

YES

The caterpillar is out

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[perfectfeelings]

I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone.

Tigers Jaw - Never Saw It Coming

[teledyn]

“The impact of an attacking tiger can be compared to that of a piano falling on you from a second story window. But unlike the piano, the tiger is designed to do this, and the impact is only the beginning.”

― John Vaillant, The Tiger: a true story of vengeance and survival, 2010.

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[thehopefulquotes]

I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone.

Tigers Jaw - Never Saw It Coming

[perfeqt]

I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone.

Tigers Jaw - Never Saw It Coming