a doko: opening extract
This is the opening of a short story by famed Syan author Sidoriaa Lynakaado. The story, entitled a doko (the river) was written in 1976 and follows the final moments of a man drowning in a river, as he experiences flashbacks to moments throughout his life and confronts the prospect of his inevitable death.
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a doko
o’kamisaal kakaros-a adaa aad.
oaa’karaaka o’laasa-’maali, o’baka-laaman inaal a olaasa baba i asaasa iomio.
aad kakasa-didoro-a a ganaa-akaado di-kamisaal di-aad, agaas aad lamam-a
oliana-ba a o’mom-dora adaa rimirimin o’dilaana. aad karos-a adaa i oaa’kamimaani naaky, i naal-bil-adaad inaal a oaa’rodo-di-kanon o’gok baara sasak-a a akaado-’ni-goa di-aad. i maar di-’l-aano aso-lalaana-’ baba a amaali-omaani di-aad no a o’dilaanisa di-aad no a o’gomi di-aad aka-simam-a kino-laal. aad lamys-a a adaad di-aad
oliana-ba aalosi a an-’aal-simam no aad sikiaa-a i sakaasakaak-sikiaa di-saakak. a adaala di-aad il-naaky-a alodaa i oaa’naal-daala dora-daadaala sanaas ki-a di-kiak
a-di i ola-karaaka bia-di-’l-saanan.
giam asaasam il-’yan-a oliana-ba raa aad no a o’an-mini-mom di-aad daan-lodis-ki-a di-roaa-kamisaal no a o’silaamin di-aad daan-il-momaaso-a. aano, aad il-naal-’yan-a.