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A Collection of Translated Lykaen Poems

Graciously donated to the Sol Federal Inter-net Library by Professor William R. Li of the University of Tau Ceti Li, William Robert, trans. “Lykaen Poetry Traditions” University of Tau Ceti Journal of Xenology, 2, 12, no. 32 (2553): 70–71. (Translation note: The translation issues inherent in translating Lykaine language to Terran Common was made especially hard by even stronger use of metaphor. Authors and titles of Poems unknown; Poem 1 was given by Despot of Molossia from that city's Royal Archives. Poem 2 was transliterated from a Book of Poetry from City State of Khalkedon and Poem 3 was transcribed from rural Aigyptian village story circle.)

I bare my teeth in bloody reflection My throat opens in matching hatred Beast and I sing Hymns to Lykaine both Intermingled in that which bore us Blood with tooth, bone with claw To die is to hunt, to hunt is to die Forever entwined Myself and I Heart And Teeth

Lykaine Manifest that teaches the lykaen in bones and blood What are you, without another to be? fear is frailty loneliness breathes death Lykaine Manifest the stars in skies uncountable be of me, tooth, heart and blood Lykaine Manifest What are you, without another to be?

And so would Lykaine would strike a bloody gash upon the stars And the Lykaen would bleed from a coat black as night Upon the stones Lykaine painted companionship To walk was to stride To hunt was to die To sing was to love. Take hold upon a beating heart That we may stride together always To be with another is to live Lykaine was taken of by the Lykaen Blood on fangs Painted thought And sang Before the before There was only that which hunted Lykaine Manifest And that which was hunted To walk was to stride To live was to die To sing was to live Only that which hunted Lykaine Manifest And that which was hunted Every song sung Every hunt finished Lykaine sang The forests hum To stay was to die Stars everburning Love never walked To live was to die And so would Lykaine would strike a bloody gash upon the stars And the Lykaen would bleed from a coat black as night