Ma eylan,
The judges have made their decisions, and the winners of the 2020 Säwäsultsyìp—the Na’vi Writing Contest announced here on March 27th—have been chosen! The judging committee—Tirea Aean, Alyara, and Plumps—worked independently, but in the end, though “the scoring was very, very close,” they reached a unanimous decision. Four winners emerged. Here they are, along with their beautiful winning certificates designed by Tsyili with the help of Alyara and Tirea:
Category: Beginner-level Short Story
Winner: Tseyla, for “Eywa’evengä sì Eywa’evengä Helku Utralä ’Okrol”
Category: Intermediate/Advanced-level Short Story
Winner: Marloncori, for “’Okvur Ikran Maktoä”
Category: Beginner-level Poetry
Winner: Laura Garduño, for “Tì’eylan Set”
Category: Intermediate/Advanced-level Poetry
Winner: Vawmataw, for “Sevafu”
Ayngeyä aysängopìri atxantsan seykxel sì nitram, ma smuk! Seysonìltsan!
I’m going to publish one winning entry per post so each one can receive the attention it deserves. Here’s the first—Laura Garduño’s sngä’iyu-level poem, “Tì’eylan Set.” The other three will follow in subsequent posts. Inan nìprrte’!
Tì’eylan Set
Ti’eylan lu tsyeym tì’efumì oeyä.
Ngian, set, tì’eylanìl oeti ke lu tìstunwinga’
Mìaykrr mìso ulte tute lu lom,
Kawtul oeti wo
Na fo oeru twa’ si.
Oe stum kawkrr zìm le’awtu.
Lu letrrtrr oeru.
Slä ke ral oe ra’ä tare ayeylan.
Nigan, oel am’a pefya fol oeti kameie.
Skxakep talun hamalo awnga ultxa si
Oe lu fnu ulte keftxo talun oe ke tsun kä
Tswayon oeyä ikran ne ayram alusìng
Ulte kanom tì’o’ oe new.
Slä tsakem ke ral oe ve’kì mefo,
Fu oe ra’a si new kame mefoti nìmun.
Oe lu tang fratrr.
Oe lu fnu, slä mefo ke txung.
Peseng mefo lu?
Oel mefoti kameie, mefo plltxe.
Pesu oe lu meforu?
Mefol oeti kameie? Fu lahe?
Awnga käteng hu txankrr.
Ulte oel mefoti leioae si.
Slä mefol oeti leioae si?
Fu oel mefoti sratx kem si?
Zun mefo wrrza’u te wan ftu oe,
Lu nìnew
Fu tìkangkem?
Oe tìkin omum.
Oe zìm na toruk
Hu sna’o ayikran.
Oe kelku si le’awtu.
Fo ke lu.
Oe ve’ki ra’a si lu keteng
Fu hiyìk.
Oe ve’ki ra’a si zun mefol oeti ve’kì si.
Oe nìyey tìkin zun oe lu.
Pefya mefol oeti kameie?
Suneiu oeru reltseo nìteng, nìngay. 😉
Fra’uri irayo nìtxan nang, ma Karyu Pawl.
Tìprrte’ lolu fwa plltxe ngahu nìfrakrr. 🙂
Seykxel sì nitram! Pamrel a’awve lu lor ulte pumìri ahay oe srefereiey nìprrte’.
Seykxel sì nitram! 😀
Seykxel sì nìtram nìngay!
Congratulations to the winners and to all who participated. You should all feel very proud of yourselves that you had the courage to submit. It’s the Community that keeps Na’vi alive.
Fwa lì’fyat ftia yìvay a tsamì kllkxem oe set lamu txa’ lamu ngäzìk, slä soleia ulte tìfmetokit emzola’u oe nì’i’a! Nìvingkap, ma Plumps, ngey sängopìri a tì’eylanteri azey larmu ran kosman nang!
Ma smuk, tsaylì’uri atìtstunwinga’, irayo seiyi oe nìtxan. Tsarmun wäsivul lahea samsiyuhu atstew a fì’uri oeru meuia soli nìngay ulte pe’un a pxehapxìtul lì’fyaolo’ä oeti ftxoley sko ‘awa pum a takip ayyora’tu alahe a fì’uri lu oeru lawnol anawm nìsung! Ha pxeyora’turi alahe seykxel sì nitram nì’aw! Eywa ayngahu nìwotx!
Ngari seykxel sì nitram nìteng!
Ngey aylì’uri a tswesya soli ftu txe’lan afkew, oer teya seiyi nì’aw. Ngaru tsulfä!
Seykxel sì nitram! (Ay)ngeyä tìkangkemìri alor oe irayo seiyi. Soleia!
Ma Neytiri, ngari seykxel sì nitram nìteng, talun ayway ngey a Karyu Pawl fìtseng muwalmìtxu oeru soluneiu nìngay.
Ngeyä faylì’ul oeti lrrtok seyki, ma tsmuk. 🙂