General Notes[]
This ode to Ḱægx́a (Old Ktarh: /cɜɣxɑ/), or better known as Hǣhha, is a standard Ktarh ode, with the exception of it being written in dodecasyllabic verse as opposed to a dodecametre. Ḱægx́a was a tribal warlord that succeeded in uniting the western Ktarh tribes and thus established the first Ktarh nation.
The Ode[]
| 1 | Ūro', āne! Ūrumekake ūmere! |
| Ōktāke nikā'ne! Ī'make nirire! | |
| Nāk, "oetōke!" dītidaratæi sōrak - | |
| "Mākrarem daāke dāmūman ētai akak." | |
| 5 |
Gloss[]
| 1 | ū-ro', ā·n-e! ūrūmek-ake ūme-re! be.praised-oblig.pres.2sg, hero-voc.sg! father-gen.pl father-voc.sg! |
| ōkt-āke nikā'-ne! ī'm-ake niri-re! authority-gen.sg daughter-voc.sg! sky-gen.pl son-voc.sg! | |
| nāk, "o-etōk-e!" dīti-dara-tæi sōr-ak yet, "agent-sin-voc.sg!" scream-plup-ppl cloud-nom.pl | |
| "mākra-rem dā(m)-āke dām-ūman ē-tai akak" "word-nom.pl you.OBL-gen.sg you.OBL-pos.sg sound-pres.psg not" | |
| 5 |
Translation[]
Praised be, hero! You father of fathers!
Daughter of authority! Son of the skies!
Yet, "sinner!" shout the clouds -
"Your own words sting but do not sound."