Nahuatl translation

[ualarauans]

I am deeply impressed. So you are through with your Aztec torment, 
unlike me. Everyone saying that Gothic is difficult should be 
immediately reminded of the existence of Nahuatl.

A couple remarks. Ilnâmiqui is "to remember", right? Niquilnâmiqui – 
þis (or þata) [ik] ga-man?

Iirc 'cân' can be both directional and stative. I mean weren't it 
better to say 'þarei' with 'ainshun ni gaswiltiþ' and 'manna sigis 
nimiþ'?

Is it the 'îchân tônatiuh', the place? An interesting parallel 
between 'in yâômiqui' and einherjar...

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
>
> [...]
> Meanwhile here's my woeful attempt at
> Nahuatl into Gothic.  It's one of the poems ascribed to 
Nezahualcoyôtl.
> 
> Þaurstei du undiwanein.
> 
> Nîhuinti, nichôca, nicnotlamati,
> nicmati, niquihtoa, niquilnâmiqui.
> Mâca aîc nimiqui.  Mâca aîc nipolihui.
> In cân ahmicôhua, in cân ontepêtîhua,
> in mâ oncân niâuh.
> Mâca aîc nimiqui.  Mâca aîc nipolihui.
> 
> Drugkans im, greta, þata þula,
> þata wait(1), þata qiþa, þis man.
> Wainei aiw ni gaswiltau!  Wainei aiw ni usleiþau!
> Þadei ainshun ni gaswiltiþ,
> in þana staþ, þadei manna sigis nimiþ(2),
> ei wainei gangau!
> Wainei aiw ni gaswiltau!  Wainei aiw ni usleiþau!

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