ROI TOUT-PUISSANT
O Puissant Lion de Juda!
Qui peut s'opposer à Toi, Roi Tout-Puissant?
Le feu marche devant Toi et brûle tes ennemis –
Ceux qui blasphèment ton saint nom,
Ceux qui rejettent ta miséricorde,
Et enfilent l’orgueil comme un collier.
Jour et nuit ils s’abreuvent du mal
Et disent à tes élus,
"Où est-Il votre Dieu, humbles âmes?"
Ils n'ont aucune révérence pour Toi, O Eternel!
Ils n'ont pas horreur du mal.
Leurs langues conçoivent la ruse et la destruction.
Ils testent ta patience encore et encore, O Dieu
Et se disent,
"Le monde est à nous."
Quels corrompus, O Eternel!
De ton trône au plus haut des Cieux, O Roi glorieux,
Tu les regardes et ris,
Et soudainement ils ne sont plus.
Tu jettes tes ennemis dans les bras de la Géhenne,
Où la mort étouffe la voix de la paix avec hargne,
Où la terreur et la misère crient à tue-tête.
Là gisent tes ennemis, en proie à la détresse et une tourmente effroyable.
Plus jamais ils ne se relèveront.
Leur vilenie ne sera plus exaltée,
Et la voix de leur hâblerie ne se fera plus entendre.
Sur les impies, O Tout-Puissant, tes brasiers pleuvront,
Et leurs coupes seront nourries de feu,
De soufre et d'un vent brûlant.
Mais heureux les humbles,
Ceux qui T’implorent, Eternel,
Ceux qui placent leur confiance à l'ombre de tes ailes.
Ils se nourrissent de ta fidélité
Et se délectent de tes tendres miséricordes.
Car Tu n'oublies pas leurs cris.
A la joie de leurs âmes,
Tu les couronneras de gloire.
En Toi ils reposent pour toujours dans l'espérance –
Ils verront ta face, Roi Tout-Puissant,
Et demeureront en ta présence glorieuse pour toujours.
Ta présence, O Dieu Saint, est joie dans sa plénitude;
C'est la vie en abondance et la gloire éternelle.
As much as I adore conlangs, I really like how the Imperial Radch books handle language. The book is entirely in English but you're constantly aware that you're reading a "translation," both of the Radchaai language Breq speaks as default, and also the various other languages she encounters. We don't hear the words but we hear her fretting about terms of address (the beloathed gendering on Nilt) and concepts that do or don't translate (Awn switching out of Radchaai when she needs a language where "citizen," "civilized," and "Radchaai person" aren't all the same word) and noting people's registers and accents. The snatches of lyrics we hear don't scan or rhyme--even, and this is what sells it to me, the real-world songs with English lyrics, which get the same "literal translation" style as everything else--because we aren't hearing the actual words, we're hearing Breq's understanding of what they mean. I think it's a cool way to acknowledge linguistic complexity and some of the difficulties of multilingual/multicultural communication, which of course becomes a larger theme when we get to the plot with the Presgar Translators.
the game I've been working on for the last almost 2 years is finally launching its kickstarter campaign!
Me and 3 other guys (including Kasey Ozymy, creator of Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass... this is really his game more than mine, haha) have been pouring our souls out for this game, so it'd really mean a lot if you guys could consider offering any kind of support. That includes just telling your coworkers about this weird indie RPG you found on Tumblr. Maybe consider backing the project if you like Chrono Trigger inspired games?
Any amount of support is appreciated, we're gonna need all the help we can get to make this dream a reality! Kasey Ozymy made one of my favorite games of all time, so it's an unimaginably incredible experience being able to collaborate with him.
Thank you guys for hearing me out! Thank you to everyone who chooses to support us!
EDIT: apparently the link I put to the Kickstarter originally doesn't work. Hopefully this works now? CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER.
Hymn to the Earless God has just over 3 days left on Kickstarter.
If you miss RPGs that let you get lost in strange, fantastic worlds, now is your chance to put your thumb on the scale.
-Full-length, unique RPG set on a brutal alien world!
-Chrono Trigger style level design!
-Paladin's Quest/Lennus style atmosphere that's been dialed up to 10!
-Fun, intricate turn-based combat!
-Huge world to explore!
-Sprawling story about a society of insect people who don't understand the concept of empathy written by the guy who made Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass!