Song of Songs...
toki, mi jan Nisin tan jan Apalan (Nissim ben Avraham - ben means 'son [of]' )
I'm new to Toki Pona, but not really. At least once a year for the last five, I've picked it up, learned the grammar, but then got too lazy to memorise the vocabulary - which is insane for a small vocabulary. Especially since I'm a polyglot of real languages?
Anyhow, I decided this year I'd change, and work on my vocab by translating some works! I decided to translate the 5 Megillos (scrolls) - The Song of Songs, Esther, Ruth, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes. Starting with the first, I've already began typing it up, starting yesterday.
I'd of course like any advice on the work, please! Note though, that I'm not translating from English to Toki Pona, but from Biblical Hebrew. So, the best English translation to follow along with would be the Chabad one (just search Song of Songs Chabad). Anyhow, Song of Songs is full of interesting idioms and sayings... I've also decided to qoute speakers, something only done in the ESV translation of the work, just to make it easier to follow.
At the same time, in the background, I hope to translate Sefer haMitzvos (a book detailing all 613 Biblical commandments) and, around the Jewish holidays, release translated holiday songs (I said I'm Orthodox Jewish, not Israeli, I'm not here to debate Middle Eastern politics with anyone please)
toki!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jwE8jSDWSz-EOD9INlm7nITuuHzOf5yKspWrrKdmISM/edit?usp=drivesdk