Hello, and welcome! This is Lojban Radio! coi fi'i .i ti jbocradi
I'm your host Matt Arnold, mi'e mat.arnold
known to the Lojban community as Eppcott. poi la .epkat cmene mi le lojbo cecmu
This is a computer audio periodical .i ti skami sance karni
for speakers and enthusiasts fo lo tavla je se cinri
of Lojban, the logical language. po la lojban po'u le logji bangu
December 30, 2005. detri li gai pi'e cino pi'e renonomu
This episode will feature:
Robin Lee Powell's Tale of Woe, Part One
The Moon Song
Logfest 2005 was held at Philcon, a science fiction convention in Philadelphia, USA. I attended this three-day event, Friday December 9 through Sunday December 11, and we recorded enough audio for several podcasts! Also in attendance were Stephen Weeks, Mark Shoulson, and Adam Cooper, as well as Bob and Nora LeChevalier, all of whom can be heard in the recording I am about to play. But at first no one knew where our fearless leader was. Robin Lee Powell arrived so late he missed all of Friday. I was pretty worried about him, and as it turned out, it was with good reason. He was determined to tell us the story of his fearsome oddessey entirely in Lojban. Here's part one of:
Robin's Tale of Woe.
(Adam and I transcribed this. The frequent errors are my fault. Please help Lojban by listening to the podcast and transcribing what you hear!)
So. I'm gonna start with an introduction in English, just on principle. So I had a really interesting time getting to Logfest this year. It really starts before Logfest somewhat, but it really was quite special. I've been referring to it as my "Tale of Woe". And I've been promising to (Dear wiki reader, please pick up the transcription from here. If you have an account on the wiki, double-click this text to edit it. Thanks.)
i ca si u'usai le lifri ca le reldei
i ca le pu lamji mi bilma binxo
i sa me milxa binxo
i ku'i mi terpa lo nu'u da'i mi xenba no ka bilma
i se ki'ubo mi cliva le briju
i sa'e mi clira le bricu
i bi'u mi terpa lo nu klama fu lo vinji ca lo nu bilma
i mu'i mutce cortu
i sa'e mi binxo co bilma lo ka culno nazbi kevna
i sa ri'a bo
i su vinji klama cu cortu lo nazbi kevla
i bi'unai mi terpa
i bi'unai se ki'ubo mi clira cliva le briju
i sa'e a'osai mi ze'u sipna gi'e zenra ko kanro
i ku'i ii sai mi ca fuzme lo nu spuda le jibri fonxa se tavla
i sa'e lo nu mi fuzme lo jibri fonxa se tavla cu cfari lo se tcika be li pa xa
i ke'u nai mi klama le zdani gi'e sipna
i ku'i mi ca'a jibri fonxa se tavla
i ji'a mi ji'i mu roi jibri fonxa se tavla ca le nicte
i la'a mi nicte sipna ze'i lo cacra be li xa
i li'a sai ca le bavlamdei mi na jibri gunka
i mi sipna i ku'i mi na mutce sipna
i mu'i bo mi cikna
i mi djica lo nu co'e gi'e nai jibri gunka
i ca le nicte to sa'e ca le cibdei nicte toi mi ji'a jibri fonxa se tavla
i ku'i ui ru'e mi
to i ca'a cikre lo skami nabmi toi
re po'o roi jibri fonxa se tavla
So faithful to Murphy's Law was this story, that at this moment the hard drive was full and stopped recording. We resumed the recording on another computer, which will be brought to you in our next episode. It gets worse. I warn you, this story contains violence. Oh yes, there will be violence. Robin's perils have not even begun. Stay tuned, true believers!
It has always been my intention to include singing in Lojban on this podcast. In one of our episodes we featured a song recorded years ago. Hopefully I will be able to present a variety of styles and performers on a regular basis. I've translated "Moon After Berceuse" by Fredo Viola into Lojban and performed it over the track available for free download from his site at www.fredoviola.com. The lyrics are "mi pu djuno le ka vlipa po le lunra" "I knew the power of the moon."