Tai-He-Song lyrics

Music: E flat minor


Lyrics

鳳昭祥 (feng zhao xiang)
日月光 (ri yue guang)
四海升 (si hai sheng)
開域疆 (kai yu jiang)

仁智信 (ren zhi xin)
禮義忠 (li yi zhong)
敦厚德 (dun hou de)
列聖王 (lie sheng wang)

承天道兮 (cheng tian dao xi)
壽永昌 (shou yong chang)
昊天成命 (hao tian cheng ming)
化萬邦 (hua wan bang)

Translation:

The phoenix shines with auspiciousness,
With the light of the sun and moon,
The four seas rise,
And the borders swell.

Benevolence, wisdom, and faith,
Proper rites, righteousness, and loyalty,
Honesty, generosity, and virtue,
Are the path of the sacred king.

Uphold the way of heaven!
Then you shall prosper and live long.
That is the command of the vast sky,
Towards all nations.

"Mo Li Hua", Cantonese lyrics

Chinese:

好一朵美麗的茉莉花
好一朵美麗的茉莉花
芬芳美麗滿枝椏
又香又白人人誇
讓我來將你摘下
送給別人家
茉莉花呀茉莉花

Cantonese pronunciation:

Hou yat do meilai dik mutleifa
Hou yat do meilai dik mutleifa
Fanfong meilai munzi aa
Yau heung yau baak yanyan kwaa
Yoeng ngo loi zoeng nei zaak haa
Sungkap bityan gaa
Mutleifa aa mutleifa

Translation into English:

What a beautiful jasmine flower,
With its fragrant, lovely blossoms,
Sweet-smelling white flowers beloved by all.
Let me pluck you down
And give you away to other people,
Jasmine blossom, oh, jasmine blossom.


As a Cantonese person myself, I cannot help it by try to sing "Mo Li Hua" (a popular Chinese song about gifts of jasmine flowers) in my native dialect, for fun!

Houyhnhnm language

(?) - approximate, guessed

Yahoo - a barbaric humanoid; evil; having worse or poor quality; human (?) : Part 4, Chapter 1 (4,1)
Houyhnhnm - horse; perfection of nature; a sentient horse from an island south of the Australian coast : 4,1
Hhuun - attend [to him] : 4,1
Hnea-Yahoo - the Yahoo's evil; a disease (?) : 4,7
Ylnhiamshy - aborigines, natives : 4,8
Ihnuwnh - to return to a first mother; to die : 4,8
Hhnm Yahoo - the folly of a servant : 4,9
Whnaholm Yahoo - the loss of a child : 4,9
Ynlhmndwihlma Yahoo - a stone that cuts their feet (?) ; continued bad weather (?) : 4,9
Ynholmhnmrohlnw Yahoo - a poorly-built house : 4,9
Nnuhnoh - a small mammal that is as large as a rabbit that is hunted for its fur : 4,10
Hnuy illa nyha majah Yahoo - take care of thyself, gentle Yahoo : 4,11

The Houyhnhnm language is based on the neighing of horses.

Laputan language, and Barlnibarbian and Luggnaggian as well

Laputan:

Lap (archaic) - high
untuh (archaic) - governor
Lapuntuh (archaic) - high governor, modernized as "Laputa"; the name of the flying island
Lagado - capital city
Flandona Gagnole - Astronomer's Cave
Balnibarbi - a continent located under Laputa
Munodi - a governor in Laputa
"Tribnia" (invented) - Gulliver's anagram for "Britain", a nation of informers
"Langden" (invented) - Gulliver's anagram for "England"

Balnibarbian:

Ickpling gloffthrobb squut serumm blhiop mlashnalt zwin tnodbalkuffh slhiophad gurdlubh asht - May your celestial majesty outlive the sun eleven moons and a half
Fluft drin yalerick dwuldom prastrad mirpush - My tongue is in the mouth of my friend; I need to bring my interpreter
bliffmarklub - high chamberlain

Luggnaggian:

Luggnagg - an island east of Japan
Maldonada - a large port in Luggnagg
Glubbdubdribb - an island of sorcerers and magicians
Clumegnig - a river that flows along the southeastern point of Luggnagg
Traldragdubb, Trildrogdrib - a port in Luggnagg
struldbrug -an immortal with a red mark on his forehead who becomes incapable on activity upon reaching old age
slumskudask - an item given by a struldbrug to ensure that the receiver remembers him
Glanguenstald - a port in southwestern Luggnagg, that functions as its only link with Japan

Brobdingnagian language

(?) approximate, guessed

Brobdingnag - (name of a country) : not mentioned
Grildrig - a tiny man : Part 2, Chapter 2 (2,2)
Glumdalclitch - a little nurse : 2,2
splacnuck - a six-foot long animal : 2,2
grulrud - town crier : 2,2
Lorbrulgrud - Pride of the Universe : 2,2
Slardral - gentleman usher : 2,3
relplum scalcath - freak of nature, unrestrained person
glomglung - a unit of measurement; three glomglungs correspond to 54 English miles (86.9 kilometres) : 2,4
Flanflasnic - a city "within eighteen English miles of the seaside" (28.97 kilometres) : 2,8

Russian vulgar slang (part 1 - Warning: NSFW topics)

(Many of these words can be very inappropriate in most settings, or just too offensive to be used. Be careful!)

Lilliputian language: terms, phrases, names, and words and their approximate translations

(?) - approximate, guessed

Lilliput - (name of a country, enemy of Blefescu) : Part 1, Chapter 1 (1,1)
Tolgo phonac - Fire the arrows (?) : 1,1
Hekinah degul - Amazing (?) : 1,1
Langro dehul san - Tie him up (?) : 1,1
Borach mevolah - Keep away! (?) : 1,1
Hurgo -  Great Lord : 1,1
Peplom selan - tend to him (?) : 1,1
Lumos kelmin pesso desmar lon Emposo - [You are to] swear peace between yourself and the Emperor of Lilliput, and towards his Empire : 1,2 ; 1,7
Imprimis - Greetings / Salutations : 1,2
Quinbus Blestrin, Quinbus Flestrin - Great Man-Mountain : 1,2
Ranfulo - breeches : 1,2
Clefrin Frelock - (name of an official) : 1,2
Marsi Frelock - (name of an official) : 1,2
Flimnap - (name of a treasurer) : 1,3
Reldresal - (name of a principal secretary for private affairs) : 1,3
Skyresh Bolgolam - (high admiral) : 1,3
Galbet - admiral of the realm : 1,3
Golbasto Momaren Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue - (name of the contemporary Emperor of Lilliput) : 1,3
blustrug - (a unit of length; 5,000 blustrugs, the size of Lilliput, is 12 miles in circumference, corresponding to 19 kilometres) : 1,3
Belfaborac - (a royal palace in Lilliput) : 1,3
Mildendo - (the capital of Lilliput) : 1:4
drurr - (1/14 of an inch, or around 1.8 millimetres) : 1,4
Tramecksan - high heels : 1,4
Blefuscu - (name of a county, enemy of Lilliput) : 1,4
Lustrog - (name of a prophet) : 1,4
Blundecral - (sacred book of the Lustrogist Lilliputians) : 1,4
glumgluff - (6 feet, or 1.8 metres) : 1,5
nardac - (a high rank in the Lilliputian Empire's government) : 1,5
glumglum - (a rank lower than a nardac) : 1,6
Limtoc - (name of a general) : 1,7
Lalcon - (name of a chamberlain) : 1,7
Balmuff - (name of a grand judiciary official) : 1,7

Lilliputian appears to be influenced by Jonathan Swift's native English, Latin, and possibly Hebrew (as in "Tolgo phonac", "Hekinah degul", and "Borach mevolah").