jbini canlu ('The Space Between') — LOJBAN SONG

“Round the world! There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whereto does all that circumnavigation conduct? Only through numberless perils to the very point whence we started, where those that we left behind secure, were all the time before us. Were this world an endless plain, and by sailing eastward we could for ever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage. But in pursuit of those far mysteries we dream of, or in tormented chase of the demon phantom that, some time or other, swims before all human hearts; while chasing such over this round globe, they either lead us on in barren mazes or midway leave us whelmed.”

- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)

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1MOI PEMPAU
vi lo srasu mi vreta ca ku
je cu cinmo co smaji badyclaxu
.ije va'o da'i lo nu mi darsi
ku mi zmadu lo tarci
lo ka xokau mei je carmi kei

.i doi targu'i .iu do ma zvati
.i .ue mi lo ka facki za'o trati
.i le fenra poi mi te seirbi'i
do jai mitre li ci'i
.i ro cripu ba'o ku'efli

.u'u .oi .o'enai
.e'e ba'e nai cai
.u'u .oi .o'enai

STRIBILO
.i xu tirna ti
noi zansaxyzgi
ra'i le risna be do ce si
doi darnyjbi
.i .au do mulno co kansa mi

2MOI PEMPAU
.i zgadi fa lo nu cusku fi do
fe lo du'u lo xrani mi na cnino
.ibo to'eki'unai lo ni nandu
ku mi roroi jai bandu
.i mi la'e di'u nupre do

.u'u .oi .o'enai
.e'e ba'e nai cai
.u'u .oi .o'enai

STRIBILO

3MOI PEMPAU
.i vi lo munje co na'e cumki
lo mi spofu sai nalci na jai zunti
je cu sruri do koi no jbini canlu
sei la cevni cu zanru
.i ko ganse le mi risna

.i pa'o le savru
xu do ganse le mi risna

.i no drata cu banzu
.i mi ganse le do risna

.i ko cliva le manku
je cu ganse le risna .iu
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[greenrhinoguy]

These songs motivate me to keep learning Lojban despite the difficulty and learning curve - absolutely beautiful!

[llamallama]

ah-ha! I wasn't hallucinating, your bell ribbon IS changing colours!

[sinusoidalwave]

AMAZING SONG :DDDD !!!! YOU'RE AWESOME :DDD

[carsonpiano]

Mi pensas ke vi estas mirinda! I think you are amazing!

[noviembre]

i really wnna learn lojban now but i dont wanna stop doing toki pona

[ozakigamestudio]

(in my conalng)
ano wa loba i laulito! gito-gito robi pa cenja i laulo un ano wa loba i cenjaro!

[Vippopper]

Ellyilëispiáh hlëu Žanbe! Mavečbá řa'i wiosaḑcä Ložban

[ultlang]

jbozgi sai !!!! i je'u mutce fa po pluka mi fa lo do zgike iusai ui

[janmusi]

btw, claiming my ("here b4 1000 subs ticket")

[janmusi]

why's the ribbon blue now? do you change it for every 100 subs?

[blueleafalan]

Someone has translated your video into Chinese and posted it on Bilbil. I'm curious if you agree to this behavior?

[janmusi]

more dissecting time!

vi lo srasu mi vreta ca ku

vi: location; here
lo srasu: the grass
mi: me
vreta: lie, like sleeping
ca: right now??
ku: some terminator thing idk