γράψατε ταύτα λίθοις - Inscribe these words on my tombstone

 

 

 

Gwi'aiyl Khrohd, daitit shuayne'ait fatiylis

vaeynsh sakuilis gwidiahin teylin

aaoeleyn shuish'ai feah
reldyh?

Daitit shuayne'ait fatiylis

heyvjekdesh sakuilis widath

yirilil dwanuityl elore?
Shuish'ai dweyinah gageloki luit

Gwefithim wa wilis vars yudu'ain

shuish'ai dweyinah rigwaishth

duylim wa wilis liylit
anhognoroknad. Fakainis dweyinah fathim

shuish'ai gwain briasereyn

Gwefithim kimi sekaishim feah
eloghd.

Kitim briasesh yudu'ain gegokidesh

sakuilis fakainis dweyinah

yagwu'ais widath Gag.
Dweyinah nakdeyrniel sil'ai anhdoelelesh

gwidiahin sakuilis dweyinah

veyrnang kuth difiyl
beyrodas.

Keyi'ai'ai wa wilis shuishil difiyl gwaleisit soh,

dunuahis elider

Gwefithim wa wilis gihesh kikaylyl
feah wivdy,
hnidkesh kikaylyl gnegyr hnagh,

wuishah gwuitis kreyheg.
Gwefithim relel rugwilah

eynkirang hebergeyn

yudu'ain fe'ai aneikeras.

Gwefithim wa wilis gebrovesh

shuish'ai wuishah khoelgnes

yudu'ain uverweelmesh kikaylyl
mohrar deyne.

Sudinish duylish vere feah elori shuish'ai Gnegaras:

fish nemianeyn dareitil

gwuleisish feah
ya'aim shuish'ai

Keyi'ai'ai feah gover shuish'ai elore.

Anhkrovi teylin wa rgeyn

ayneishin wuishah aam veh drae.

 

 

 

1. γράψατε ταύτα λίθοις - FL-050410. Iskänyar.

 

2. Moreschini, C. (ed.) Gregory of Nazianzus: Poemata Arcana, with
translation and commentary by D. A. Sykes (Oxford, 1996).

 

3. Ruether, R. Gregory of Nazianzus, Rhetor and Philosopher. (Oxford, 1969).

 

4. White, Carolinne. Gregory of Nazianzus. Autobiographical poems. Cambridge University Press. 1996.