De Sadorn, dewdhegves mis Hedra
Saturday, 12th October
Ma'n mor üdn po dew vildir dhort an le ma. Nag era vy o qweles an mor hedhyw drefen bos ev an keth liw avel an ebòrn dhort pelder. Dhort an treth thew an mor môy tewl. Kens lebmyn, e'n vledhen ma na veu gwelys genam qwilkyn veth. Bes pandr'ew a-droos? Hedhyw my a welas dew anodhans, saw marow ew an dhew – gweskys ha ladhys gen kerry. Nag üjy hedna bes nebes tròs-hes dhort ryver bian. (Na alja ev neyja e'n ryver ma drefen bos re üskis.) Bes ma hebma e'n dre ogas dhe jei gwith an gothyon, nebes lathow dhort ryver deffrans ha'n mor. Na ora vy a be le üjy an qwilkydnow devedhys. Bownans ha mernans – gwell ew gena vy scrifa adro dhe bownans. Marow ew an wedhen ma bes ma meur a gewny glas o pewa warnedhy.
The sea is one or two miles from this position. I don't see the sea today because it's the same colour as the sky from a distance. From the beach the sea is darker. Before now, this year I hadn't seen a single frog. But what is happening? Today I saw two frogs, but they are both dead – hit and killed by cars. That one was only a few feet from a little river. (It couldn't swim in this river because it's too fast.) But this one is in the village near to care home for the elderly, several yards from a different river and the sea. I don't know where the frogs came from. Life and death – I prefer to write about life.This tree is dead but there is much green lichen growing on it.
Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today
bewa to live, be alive
bownans life
gweskys hit, struck, etc. < gweskel to hit, strike, etc.
kewny lichen, moss, liverworts, flat algae, etc. (not very precise botany)
lathow yards <singular lath
ladhys killed < ladha to kill
marow dead, deceased
mernans death < merwel to die
mildir mile > plural mildiryow
tròs-hes feet < troos foot (anatomical) + hes length
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