Теве тиштӹ Натоли Семятневӹн шӓлажӹ.
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Шергӓкӓн халык! Первиш тетя мадмашвлӓм ӓлмӓдӓ ӓшӹндӓрӓлнӓ. Ӹнянӓшӓт акли, 30-50 и перви кырык мары тетявлӓн ӹлӹмӓшӹштӹ кӹзӹтшӹ гӹц пиш айыртемӓлтӹн. Тагачы тетявлӓ компьютырышты ик парня доно мадын ӹлӓт, кӓпӹштӹ акат янгылы. Первиш тетявлӓжӹ каремвлӓ мыч ньоцок пӱжӓлтмеш, моч гӹц кемеш мадыныт. Мадмашвлӓ гач нӹнӹ кырык мары ӹлӹмӓш дон йӹлмӹм яжоракын ынгылаш тӹнгӓлӹнӹт. Шукы йиш мадышла мадыныт. Тӹ мондымы мадмашвлӓм тишӓк ӓшӹндӓрӓш дӓ постараш цаценӓ - тӓжӓт палшедӓ гӹнь, пиш кого тау!
Пал Генай, Йынгы-Кушыргы
Пал Генай, Йынгы-Кушыргы
Анжыдок тӓнгвлӓ - туан велнӓ гишӓн тиштӹ Туко Керӓнен (Gage "Touko" Kerӓnen) сирен лыктын. Мӹньӹн лыдыш лаштыкемӹмӓт пижӹктен - сусу линӓм. Керӓллӓ каеш токо.
Пӓледӓ вет - 2026 ин финн-угр халыквлӓн культурын тӹнг халашты Мичиган штатышкы, Хэнкок халаш ванжен.
Туко ӹшкежӹ финн ылеш, Америкышты шачын-кушкын, тӹшток ылӓ дӓ чоте пӓшӓлӓ - тевеш иктӹ паштек весӹм цилӓ финн-угр сӓндӓлӹквлӓм йӹрвеш палдӹртӓш цаца.
Пӓшӓэт ашныжы, шергакӓн Туко-тӓнг!
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Along the Yunga — rain and sun — A rainbow rose from Shanavÿl Kü. And from its arc an arvuy came, A Mari mage — and all felt new.
I cannot change the way I’m made; My thoughts obey the Hill Mari in me. But when the arvuy shows a path, I follow — simply meant to be.
He led a mighty ide to me, Straight into my waiting hand; He could have slipped back to the river — But stayed, as if he chose my land.
He clears forgotten Mari roads, He opens doors to worlds ahead; He’ll bring us back from under Russians To Kyryk Sír, our home long‑shed.
There stands our speech, our living river — “Yyngy yongyn peregält!” O Yunga, keep your freedom shining, Your waters bright, your spirit felt.
And the sandpiper — our vÿtelÿ — Rises with the rainbow’s flight; A boy on horseback crosses meadows, Galloping through his whole bright life.
Years rush on — yet still that boy Lives in me, though I’ve turned gray. Kyryk marla shapes the arvuy — Kyryk marla — I remain today.
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Glossary
1. Arvuy — a Hill Mari mage, a bearer of ancient knowledge. He does not “teach” in the usual sense; he awakens the jyh — the Hill Mari selfhood — and shows the path one is meant to follow.
2. Shanavyl Kü — the Rainbow Stone; a sacred cliff on the Yunga River. According to legend, the Hill Mari have been hiding beneath it for 450 years, waiting for a sign.
3. The rainbow rising from Shanavyl Kü — not just weather, but a sign: a bridge between worlds through which the arvuy can appear.
4. “Yyngy yongyn peregält!” — “Yunga, remain free, pure, and alive!” — a blessing for the river and the land.
5. Sandpiper‑ferryman (vÿtelÿ) — a messenger bird. In Hill Mari imagination, he carries not only souls and travelers, but meanings, memories, and time itself.
6. Ide (yaz’) — a companion fish. In the poem, a sign of trust: it could have escaped, but stayed.
7. Kyryk Sír — the Mountain Shore; the homeland of the Hill Mari. The place to which the arvuy leads back.
8. “From under the Russians” — an image of pressure and loss, from which the arvuy brings the Mari people back to their own land.
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