LIETUVIYU
LANGUAGES
SANDAROS
STUDIES
LIETUVIYU
KALBOTYROS
QUESTION-
S, XXVI
(1987)
VANDA
ANNOUNCEMENT
J.
BALCIKONIS
—
A.
MICKEVICIAUS
,,GRAZINOS’
VERTEJAS
A.
Ho se
1974
mea s
,,Misy
kalbos“
published
an a icle in
he 1s
issue
J.
Baléikoni
p isimenan ",
which ells
how in 1966
p o .
J.
Baléikonis
wan s o
go
A.
Micke ičius,
"G azinos"
ansla ion.
P o esso
i8
modes y did
no admi
ha
G azing"
iS e é
himsel
i
hen
In Kaunas,
in a
publishing house, wo ked
A.
Ho se old
he s o y o
Kédainiy
bajo éli,
gi ing he
p o esso
o co ec
e icalba.
mo
Un o u-
na ely,
he
ansla -
o died,
$i
so he
—
ansla -
ion was
made a he nobleman's will.
Un o un-
a ely, his
ansla i-
on did no
each he
i
wo ld: i
was
al eady
he e
du
»G azina
“
ansla ions
(V.
Si ios-Gi os
i
Righ .
Ma cinke ičius),
i
he hi d, "Vaga"
did no wan o
allow.
The publishing
house s a
hough he
ansla ion
language was
e y
baléikoniSka,
bu hey
belie ed he
p o esso 's
e o , hinking
ha Bal ikonis
was making
changes in he
ansla ion.
I
jeine
linguis
A.
The
es imony o
Lybe , a
ela i e o he p o esso .
jog ma é
,.G azina*
ansla ion
handw i ing,
so we
i
wouldn'
know
p o esso
iS e us G azing".
Tha
p o esso
megos
poe y
i
galéjo
ja
ye s i,
con i ms
ano he
i
such ac in
his you h
>
J.
Baléikonis
axé e sé
i
eilé a8 ius.
They we e
p in ed
"In hope*
i
,,Lie u os
jikininke“.
“A he
ime hey
we e
qui e
popula .
An ai
Mica
Pe aus-
kas
pa a8é
music by
Bal ikonio
eilé a8 i
,,.We
i
Zu om
i
ken éjom...“,
e y
iSpopula ia éjo
,.Kalinys“,
i es olk
song, la e
ha monized
J.
Swedish,
like olk
ales,
w i en in
lines
,,The
days will
come“,
iS
ansla -
ion usy poe a
A.
Ples-
&nex
,,Pauks y é
«
Bal ikonis'
e olu ion-
a y poe y
well
ye ino
p o .
B.
The
—
G eek
ji
Poe s.
Jo a o’ .
&O he
J.
Baléikonis
signed unde
a ious
pseudonyms:
T imi as,
Spa nai is,
Bij inélis.
,,G azina“
e é
Sil es o
Rimma's
nickname.
A lo o
hings
Bal&ikonis
ea s
he
ansla o peculia ly.
J.
Bal ikonium
,,In he
collec ion
o his
wo ks i is
s a ed
ha he
published a
se ies o
aluable
wo ks on
i
Li huanian
onomas ic-
s, including
wo ks on
he
Li huaniani-
za ion o
su names.
Tha he
p o esso
had his own
a i ude.
isible
i
i8
poem a dy
ansla io-
n. Name o
he main
cha ac e
o he poem
G adina he
eplaces
G azine,
p ince
Liu au o
name is
changed o
Liu a o,
place name
Nauga duk-
as becomes
Nauga du,
coun y
name
Ge manya
—
They a e
called
Mazo ia.
1
Pupkis
A.,
Maziulis
V.
Juozas
Balcony.
—
Kn. :
J.
Bal ic.
Selec ed
wo ks
V.,
1978,
.
1,
p.
11.
38
When we
ead he
ansla -
ion o J.
Baléikoni-
s,,G azin-
e“, in he
10 h
e se we
d aw
a en i-
on o a
ce ain
Zodynq.
Ins ead
o
ip as y,
dél dazno
and
uni e sal
use
nublanku-
siy
ZodZiy
linguis
chooses
mo e
i id
synonym-
s. J.
Bal&eiko-
nio,,G az-
inés“
speaks
olk, -li e.
T ansla -
o does
no a oid
spoken
language
ZodZiy. I
is widely
used in
sculp u-
e and
o he
o ms o
a , e.g.
:,,i
apsakq
( he
s o y) q
has
s a ed
o
ollow“,,,-
in he
end.do
an aip.-
s op“
(nusp en-
dé),,,0
Sodzio
am
ap e s
(change)
meilaus
gané o“
(ui eko),,-
,Liu a q
he
dukes
deda“
(ski ia),,,-
ne u im
Cia
gaiSuo i*
(gai8 i),,,-
enu da
ka q
y o kel
g ei yj-
y“
( as ly),
nea by
s opped
common-
ly be o e
he
os “
(mua),,,ai
is weak
(no
wha ),
some
wind“,,,p-
ailsusius
bema
back
nuspaud-
é“
(chased),-
.ne
pas djys
(obs ina-
ion) him
some
uzéjes
bi y“,,.né-
a g azu
mums
pyk is
sa ybée_-
je“ (wi h
each
o he ),.,-
he ace
is ho ,
she is
e ibly
con use-
d“
(exci ed)-
,,, emem-
be , kq
o de ed,
you will
ag ee“
(pasi uo-
%e) and
so on.
They a e
e y
necessa-
y: hey
gi e he
s o y a
mys e y,
as i hey
ake us
back o
ancien
imes,
e.g. :,,p ie
du y
kunigés
(kunigaik-
s ienés)
ei
pasi yZ -
a“, The
wo d
kunigé is
used in M.
MaZ ydo
a8 ai, K.
Si ydo
Zodyne.,,-
K yZei iy
(k yZiuo-
iy)
siun ini-
us
(pasiun i-
nius)
isb uk
pa yko“
—The
wo d
k yzei i-
ai is
ound in
A. and J.
Ju8ky, S.
Daukan o
wo ks,
siun iniai
—S.
Sla oéns-
ki
giesmyn-
e, K.
Si ydas
zodyne.
O he
a chais-
ms used
by J.
Baléikon-
is a e
ound in
he old
w i ings-
:,,ka,
iespacia
(lo d),
gi dziu?-
“,,, ai
kunigas“
(p ies ),
po
kiemus
( illages)
oliau ku
isiki es“,-
,,i
sakalas
—ga bé
ik a
medéjo“
(hun e ),-
,, ai mo é
(woman),
al hough
she
wea s a
man’s
weapons-
“. In he
ansla -
ion he e
is
ano he
a e
wo d —J.
Basana i-
čius and
V.
Pie a io
used, bu
ne e
used, he
ga ds:,,-
o some
he gi es
ga dq
(ci y), o
o he s
he gi es
Zeme“.
Aki
a ac s
and he
linguis 's
own
wo d
plough,
used in a
new
sense: ia
lenky
k aS q
aukia-
me
a io i"
( o
plough).
J ai iy
leksiniy
g upiy
Wo ds
used in
ansla -
ion ha e a
po en ial
aes he -
ic cu e.
In he
sense o
cul u al
adi io-
n,
a chaism
means
seman i-
cally no
he same
as
hun e ,
p ies
canno
be
eplaced
wi h
p ince,
cou ya-
d — wi h
illage.
Ta myb-
és and
a chais-
ms
c ea e
his o ic-
al colo .
Almos all
dialec s
a e
spoken
language
wo ds,
bu he
poe ic
ans o-
ma ion
is no
always
meaning-
ul: i is
no
sui able
o a
oman ic
poem, i
aises
o he
associa -
ions, e.g.
:,,i is
e y
con use-
d“
(exci ed)-
,,,bu o
you men
(di e e-
nce) is
essen ia-
l“: Now
le ’s look
a a
longe
sec ion
o he
ansla -
ion. Le
us
compa e
J.
Baléikoni-
s’s
ansla -
ion wi h
o he
ansla -
ions.
Wha
makes
he
ansla -
ion o J.
Baléikon-
is
di e en-
? Imkime
example
auS an¢-
io y o
ap aSym-
a: JuZ
noc
pie zcha-
a, juz
pensée
wiosy
Dawn on
he
eas e n
un olds
obioku. J.
Baléikoni-
s'
ansla -
ion does
no lea e
S y ingiy
auS os
hai ,
jasmeni-
nimo,
min j
e éjas
‘con eys
simple
olk
language,
as abou
S in an -
ia auS a
said
illage
Man: »
While i is
s ill
nigh , he
sky is
al eady
one Son
Eas
om he
e lec i-
on o he
au o a
ed...
39
The
o iginal
meaning is
con eyed, al hough
i
ne
he same
image,
al hough
i
be
aliuzijy
i
an iking
li e a ii g
( o he
oman ics,
an ikiné
li e a u e
was an ideal).
Changed
i
ansla -
ion
syn ax.
The i s
sen ence
ex ends he
second hal o
he sen ence,
he epe i ions
disappea
,,ja“, i
does no
a ec he
meaning o
he
ansla io-
n: he
sen ence is
luen , al hough
i
be
Poe ical
ph ases.
Righ .
Ma cinke icius
spli s he i s
sen ence o
he o iginal
in o wo,
j
changing he
dynamics o
o
he o iginal
language and
lo
he a is ’s
image as well:
i
I was a
e ible nigh .
Quick
In he
eas , he
sky is
co e ed
in pu ple.
V.
Sy iac-Gi a
ansla ion
esembles a
olk song.
Ve ime
,,auS iné’’
i
,,cloud“
becomes a
deminu i e,
he a is ic
image is no
e ained. The
syn ax is also
changed, so-
&mo e, as in
p e ious
i
ansla ions,
he meaning ul
con en is
con eyed.
J.
Zilius-Jonila
In hese
e ses
he wo d
"ZodZiui" means:
Al eady
day
wo en,
al eady
ches
aus inés
Whi e
The
ansla o
accu a ely
con eys he
a is ic image
o he o iginal,
he
pe sonaliza i-
on o he ime,
allusions o
ancien
li e a u e
( emembe
i
Home 's,,Odys-
sey* Au& a
audonpi S e),
bu he
ansla ion is
silen , simila
o a p ose
ex . O iginal
Syn ax
j
J.
Zilius-Jonila
changes: wo
sen ences o
he o iginal
pa ag aph
becomes one
sen ence,
meaning ul
con en dél
emains
unchanged, i8is
conside ed
epe i i e
o
‘yes’.
Ano he
example.
I depic s a
mys e ious
iew o
No go od
cas le a
nigh ,
de ailed in
e e y de ail:
walach ha ni
Po
z
i
po
blue sand
Wi h a
gian
boa , he
shadows
o he
bu y,
Falling
w
in o he
di ch,
whe e in
he middle
o e e nal
dams,
B ea hing
wa e ,
unde
g een molds.
The syn ax
o he
o iginal is
né
no kep in
one
ansla io-
n, wo d
o de is
changed,
sen ence
connec ion
is no
app op ia e o he o iginal.
J.
Bal ikonis’
ansla ion
con ains
in o ma ion
ha is no in
he o iginal
(memo y
in o ma ion),
ja
we only eel
in he
p esence o :
Toli
I 's been
a long
ime.
A ound he
deep wa e
di ch
blackens,
he peace
u ned in o
Moo s
jo
co e ed,
Bu he
s ange is
no
ji
expec ed.
The
ansla ion
is i id,
meaning is
con eyed,
al hough
he a is ic
image is
qui e
i
ne
accu a e.
The
a
o iginal
colo
scheme
will
disappea-
:,,blue
smélis“,,,G een molds“.
Ta iau
,Moo s“
al eady
ansmi-
s
i
colo ul
echoes,
i
sounds
Much
mo e na u al
uz
‘zZalius
pelésius’.
Synonyms
used in
ansla io-
n: sinekdocha
,Se8éli me a
boké ai*,
an h opomo -
phiza ion
I 's ime.
This is he
a 's
means and
he way
o li e.
40
Didn'
you ead
hese
lines
om V.
Si ijos-G-
i a:
Cas le
SeSélis
like a
column
gulé
On he
blue sand,
embank-
men , in
he
dep hs
Pe kaso
ell,
whe e
d égnam
pa ésy
Wa e
sucked
be ween
Zaliy
pelésiy.
He e, as in
he
o iginal,
he
pe sonali-
za ion,
“wa e
b ea he-
d” and
he colo
scheme
a e
main ain-
ed, bu
he
ansla i-
on sounds
inanima e,
he
sen ence
loses i s
i ali y, i
exceeds
he
bounda ies o he e se. T ansla ion by P. A minas-T upinelis:
On he
yellow
sand and
on he
cas le
oly
Seséliai
as gian
guléjo,
Ta um j
g io j jy
dalis
ig us a,
Ku
senas
anduo i
milzéjai
pis a. In
he
ansla -
ion o one
o iginal
“ac o ”
(wa e )
he e is
also a
second
one,
made in
he
ci cums-
ances
o he
place
(molds).
No as i
sounds,
“old
wa e ”,
glue
poe y.
Bea ing
in mind
ha his
is he
e y
i s
ansla -
ion o
“G azina-
”, we
canno
be oo
aile .
Righ .
Ma cink-
e ičius'
ansla -
ion,
al hough
g ace ul
and
sounding,
dis o s
he
meaning
o he
o iginal:
Velény
pillimu
aukS yn
pakile,
Sméliu
SeSéliai
Sliauzia
dideli.
They all
in o he
ench in
a igue,
Whe e
be ween
he Zoliy
esh
wa e
lows. A
comple -
ely new
a is ic
image is
c ea ed.
I is ue
ha
oman i-
cism is
wha i
should be
in a
oman ic
poem,
bu he
au ho
o his
poem did
no aim
o
con ey
he clea
mood o
he
gushing
wa e ,
bu o
show he
mys e i-
ous and
igh en-
ing peace
o he
nigh ,
wi h
which
he
wa e
gushing is
only
cloudy. In
addi ion,
in he
di ch
ha
su oun-
ds he
cas le,
he
wa e
can no
Giu len i, © he mo e o be e eshing.
By
compa ing
he
ansla i-
ons wi h
he
o iginal
and wi h
each
o he , we
would ind
many
in e es i-
ng hings,
bu his
would
equi e a
mo e
ex ensi e
wo k. I
can be
men ioned
ha no
one
Baléikonis
changed
he name
o
G azina. P.
A minas--
T upinélis
G azing
ansla -
ed
G aZioji.
Jonila's
poem
ies o
li huanize
as much
as
possible:
Nauga du-
kas
became
Naujapile,
Liu au as
—Lii au u.
V.
Sy ia-Gi -
a's
messenge-
s we e
ea ed
as
lega es, J.
Baléikonis
as en oys.
Baleikioni-
ui
k yZiuoéiy
o de s
panagus
j,,mul i-h-
eaded
snake“,
Gi ai
—i,,hyd a“,
Ma cinke-
iGiui
—i,,d agon-
“. Al eady
i8 sho
e imy
compa is-
on we can
make
hese
conclusio-
ns.
T ansla i-
ons by J.
ZiliusJoni-
la and P.
A minas--
T upinélis
aim a he
g ea es
isual
accu acy,
some im-
es i is
necessa y
o check
whe he
he
language
is lexible
and easy
o ead.
The
ansla i-
on o V.
Sy ia-Gi a
is no
always
accu a e,
some im-
es i is
done by
wo d, bu
he poe 's
alen
sa es a
lo . Righ .
Fo
Ma cinke-
ičius, he
mos
impo an
is o
e ain he
o iginal
colo ,
mood and
dynamics
o he
dialogue. J.
Bal ikonis
ansla -
es wisely
a chaic,
p esen s
he
images o
he
o iginal in
such a
way ha
hey a e
close o
he
Li huanian
wo ld ie-
4l
w. The e
is a
endency
o
popula ize
he
language.
In a
syllabic
ele en-syl-
lable line,
he uses a
penkiapéd-
Ziu jambu,
which is
he
closes
subs i u-
e o a
syllabic
line. J.
Bal&ikoni-
s's wo k is
one o he
mos
pe ec
examples
o
philological
ansla i-
on: almos
e e ywhe-
e he
exac
ansla i-
on
p inciple is
ollowed,
idiomy
exp essio-
ns a e
used,
sen ences
a e
luen ,
al hough
wi hou
poe ic
polemics.
The
ansla i-
on o
»G aziné-
s« he
p o esso
epea ed-
ly
co ec e-
d, seeking
a mo e
i id and
i id
s o y. He
eplaced
noun
cons uc-
ions wi h
mo e
app op ia-
e means
o
exp essi-
on o he
spoken
language,
imp o ed
he
hymes.
He ies
o say as
much as
possible,
as
angibly
as
possible,
al hough
he
poe y o
he o iginal has changed in some places. He e a e some examples:
He did
no
sleep— h-
a he
nea es
knew,
Bu he
iimy
Zmeneés
and he
cas le
gua ds
Hono ab-
le men
om§
he e y
council
Pabels
he lo d j
doo
ea ed.
He was
no
sleeping,
he clea ly
knew,
Al hough
a ma e
o such
impo a-
nce
appea e-
d, Which
he could
no
esol e
wi hou
he
comman-
de , Bu
he
comman-
de was
a aid o
knock on
his doo .
Zodis is
mo e
speci ic
han
Zodj's
ela i e-
s, 0 he
change
o ule
in
command
shows
he
impo a-
nce o
he
ac ion o
he
poem,
when
e e yone
expec ed
ha
Liu au -
as would
be no
only he
ule , bu
also he
comman-
de o
he
ba le.
Lines 2
and 3
ha e
been
eplaced.
They
become
mo e
in o ma-
i e, he
ans e-
ence o
hough
disappea-
s, he
speech
becomes
mo e
li ely:
iSplés in-
is
con inuo-
us
sen ence
is
eplaced
by d iejy
laipsniy
G ee ing
sen enc-
e. In
ansla -
ing he
lines he
Wo d o
he
Council is
his mos
mind ul,
in he
ield o
ba le he
is he
b a es
o all, he
ansla -
o mus
yengé
he
mono o-
ny o he
language,
sodél
dis u b-
ed
highes
deg ee
ad e bs
eplaced
by
comple -
ely
di e e-
n
Wo ds. In
he
council he
gi es
good
decision-
s, on he
ba le i-
eld his
weapon
akes
he
uppe
hand. In
addi ion,
his
pe sonal-
iza ion o
“ he
weapon
is o e ”
is mo e
pic o ial and olkie . é Sakys, u u y p isiplés no éjai, I Žeme s e ima uzpul u éjai. The e ses a e co ec ed as ollows: Sakys, jam yk as s e imas magéjo, GodiSius kelio g iebés uZpuoléjo.
42

The
co ec ion
anima es he
igu a i e
ac ionWo ds
o he
magéjo, he
second
pe son change o he e-
I do his
because I
wan o
con ey
ano he
pos -We-
j
s e n
o
ne
ule , o
speak o
i
he .
The
emo ional
unde one
is gi en by
he name o
he cha ac e , godisium.
A be e
hyme.
Eilu és
Beau i ul
C osses
You' e
building
o es-
ses, look
a hem,
hey' e
al eady
ea ed.
imp o ed
wice:
K yzei iy
beau i ul-
ly buil
o ess-
es, F om
you many
kendia
p iisai
e ils.
i
The
cas les
o
K yZiuoc-
iy Zemej
p iisu, IS
he e
ensla ed
hey
yko
k ak q
miisy.
This is
p obably
done dél
hyme.
In he second
i
hi d
amendmen
he
pe sonaliza i-
jo
on o he
i s edi ion is
los , i.e.,
he,,hal -way
building“ is
a oided.
,,Beau i ul
cas les” in
“
he hi d
ansla ion
sounds mo e
con incing
han,,beau i -
ul
o esses”.
A.
Zi conium
Zodiiais,,,i is
he wo k o a
ne
p o essional
poe , a
o
language
specialis .
Al hough he
i
el a
endency
owa ds
poe y, he
spen his
en i e li e
wo king on he
i
p ose
language, he
de elopmen
su
o poe ic
language.
gi e as
much
poe inés
language
iSgaliy as
i is
a ailable
Fo people
whose
special y
is he a
o
"? basic
poe y...-
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e ca
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moomp
A.
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uya,,[pax-
una“,
spmonm-
sennem FO. Basbunkonncom.
B
nepesose
FO.
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nne , I.
Apmunaca-Tpy-
mnenuca, B.
Cupuéc-Cupn,
KOc . Map anKaBHuoca). OOpalliae ca BHUMaHHe
M
Ha
HcIIpaBlenusA
Me ascina,
BHeceHHEIe
camum
FO.
Bans4HK-
OHHCOM C
IelIbIO
AOCTHKe-
HUA
HAHOOMb-
UIel
HApOFHO-
CTH
A3bIKAa. 2
Ho se A.
On he
Roads o
Li e a u-
e. —V.,
1976, p.
105.