The Withered Flower: A Laénaran Love Story

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1–2 minutes
201 words

This poem is written in both English and Laénara, including the final Aítanagarí script. It is a simple poem of life and death, but like everything in Laénara, the íra, the true words within hide the truth.


Marín té séndéré wa talía soko mísaré.
A thrush drinks from a dying flower.

Tíaméné, ya! Eíraí talía, míraénaé to ínanaé.
Look! A separate flower, alone yet beautiful.

Ako ka mísaré wa taméní,
In order for it to drink,

méaneí matareí sutéré.
it comes over and over again.

Nodotté talía ka damata né késaré.
Every flower fades in its sight.

To míro fukeí mísaré,
But it drinks too deeply,

Erana, talía ka garéré wa toríré.
Because the flower begins to wither.

Taígí ka faíré, koko ka damaténanaí,
Petals fall; the bird does not notice,

saranínaí tekkaré wa karu.
until there are none that remain.

Koko té rabé lísu ka tiérunéruné,
The bird cannot forget the sweet nectar,

garérun talía né nodotté asaka méaré.
every day it returns to the withered flower.

Mísarerunerí, séndéré.
Unable to drink, it dies.

Halía ka koko sa íku soko sodaré,
A flower bud grows from the bird’s body,

ga jíaro talía meaneí talié.
and a new flower blooms again.

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