Smooth translations of ring first, #4: Tenth Anniversary Relay

Shreyas Sampat

Sent:

Nur Spoke

Long ago, I was alone with the Chaos.
The noise of the Chaos pained my heart, and so I took refuge in the
Silence.
The Silence pained me too, and so I created the world.
Among the people of this world, I finally found my rightful place;
Where they worshipped me,
And named me their god.
Robert Hailman

Sent:

The creator spoke:
"I was alone in the blackness.
Because the blackness' noise was deafening, I took refuge in
silence.
In silence I created the world alone.
In this world, I was finally in my place, among men.
These men named me their god,
And as their god they worshipped me."

Word-for-word translation: 

Vilom spoke:
"I was alone in the black.
Because black's noise deafening was, I settled into silence.
In silence made alone I the world.
At world was finally I in my place with men.
These men named me their god,
and as their god worshipped they me."
Roger Mills

Sent:

From the mind of the Creator:

I was alone in the midst of darkness--
in the darkness was deafening noise, I withdrew into silence--
there in the silence by myself I created the world--
in the world I found my place with the people--
the people named (=acknowledged) me as god--
as their god they worshipped me.
Padraic Brown

Sent:

Not recorded
Herman Miller

Sent:

The Words of the Great Spirit

I was standing in the middle of a dark place.
I cried out in the darkness,
 lost my hearing,
 and departed in silence.
In the distance,
 I made the world in the silence.
There in the world I found my place with the people.
They called me "Holy Spirit" all over the world,
 and they admired me, the sacred spirit.
Daniel Seriff

Sent:

Great Spirit of Words

I stand in the middle of a dark place.
I shouted in darkness,
and lost my hearing ability,
and departed in silence.
I made a world in silence in a distant place.
I discovered there in my world
that my realm had a people.
They named me "Holy Spirit" throughout the whole world,
and praised me, Holy Spirit.
Daniel Andreasson

Sent:

The great Allfather of the word.
I was in the middle of the dark place.
I screamed in the darkness,
and I lost my hearing,
and I disappeared in silence.
I silently created a world in a place far away.
There I discovered my world.
The people is in my realm.
They called me the holy Allfather in the entire world,
and they praised me, the holy Allfather.
Yoon Ha Lee

Sent:

God of the silent word.
I was in the Shadow, I cried in the darkness,
  and thus lost my hearing,
  and departed from the silence.
In silence I bargained for a faraway forest.
I discovered the people in my forest.
I named myself in the wood,
  and I saluted myself,
  the Sower of Shadows.
Elliott Lash

Sent:

God of a whispered word:   
I was walking in lost blackness  
and I entered into speaking. 
I lost then my hearing,                 
and I departed silently.               
And using a far off forest, I made a bargain. 
From out of my own forest came a company, to find me.  
I named myself in the woodland,  
and I sung many praises to my name, 
for I was, the planter of the void. 
Steg Belsky

Sent:

"Power of Whispered Speech"
Without destination I walked within Void
and I came into a sound.
But my hearing became lost at that moment in that place
and I exited silently.
And with a forest far away I became trustworthy.
Outside of my forest a company of warriors found me.
I named myself in the wilderness
and I sang many blessings for my name
because I was the planter of Wilderness.
Frank G. Válóczy

Sent:

Not recorded
Muke Tever

Sent:

    Hâ Sfólça Tedêgahworriçoça
    "Words Whispered by Tedega"

Míshai ólsai hâ shumaí
"I wandered in the Void"

ki míhwo wórrai shumâ
"and found myself empty"

  çi oiaíren hushân mînos
  "though I lost my hearing"

  ki ósen winâ ki hwiôs míi hro
  "and was alone, and silence was over me"

wiçaírai haiçón firíron az
"I swore to the distant forest"

íçin hâ Fennaí mî ni wurriç haiçaí
"if the Fenna didn't find me in the forest"

míhwon wrihbirêsen eremaí
"I would be reborn in the wasteland"

  ki erêmos bórriç nowân
  "and the wilderness gave birth to a new thing"

  ki haraí minishaí hson hónsiç nomínen mînos
  "and with many praises chanted my name."
Dan Jones

Sent:

The whispering words of Vajo
Surround me in the void.
Then I found the void,
But I lost my hearing
I was alone and silence was about me.

I shall be far away in the forest
And if I shall not find a band of soldiers in the forest,
And if she gives birth to the wild
Then I shall be carried away by other voices to the wild
I shall sing with another voice.
Dennis Paul Himes

Sent:

Not recorded