Yellow (poem in Lwaitel)

English

Red and orange and yellow.
The sun is not white.
The sky is no longer blue.
The trees' leaves are no longer green.
Now it's sunset, now it's fall.

Lwaitel (Romanization)

Ha se hántlwek se pai.
An húswes swan úni shelyúp.
An helíyel swan las kílu.
An pin al ngílpen swal las ngin.
Swa maimu maulu, swa maimu kámpi.

Glosses

Red and orange and yellow.

    
Ha se hántlwek se pai.
[ˈha sə̆ ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k sə̆ ˈpae]
hared seand hántlwekorange seand pai.yellow.

The sun is not white.

   1 
An húswes swan úni shelyúp.
[ˈan ˈhu.swʊ̜̆s ˈswɑn ˈu.ɲɨ ʃʎ̩.ˈʎup]
anprox húswessun swa-enbe-prox únineg shelyúp.white.

The sky is no longer blue.

    
An helíyel swan las kílu.
[ˈan çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈswɑn ˈlas ˈki.ʎʉ]
anprox helíyelsky swa-enbe-prox lasno_longer kílu.cyan.

The trees' leaves are no longer green.

      
An pin al ngílpen swal las ngin.
[ˈan ˈpiɲ ˈal ˈŋiʎ.pn̩ ˈswɑl ˈlas ˈŋiɲ]
anprox pintree almed ngílpen-enleaf-prox swa-elbe-med lasno_longer ngin.dark_green.

Now it's sunset, now it's fall.

  ,  
Swa maimu maulu, swa maimu kámpi.
[ˈswɑ ˈmae.mʉ ˈmao.lu, ˈswɑ ˈmae.mʉ ˈkɜm.pe]
swabe maimunow maulu,sunset, swabe maimunow kámpi.autumn/fall.