Surak's Sayings
Dakh'uh pthak. Nam-tor ri ret na'fan-kitok fa tu dakh pthak.
Cast out fear. There is no room for anything else until you cast out fear.
Vah mau vah tor-yehat ri stau. Kup-fun-tor ha'kiv na'ish du stau? Dom nam-tor vohris nem-tor ha'kiv.
As far as possible, do not kill. Can you return life to what you kill? Then be slow to take life.
Ma etek natyan - teretuhr lau etek shetau weh-lo'uk do tum t'on.
We have differences. May we, together, become greater than the sum of both of us.
Nam-tor ri thrap wilat nem-tor rim.
There is no offense where none is taken.
Shiyau thol'es k'thorai ri k'ahm.
Nobility lies in action not in name.
Tilek svi'khaf-spol t'vathu - tilek svi'sha'veh.
The spear in the other's heart is the spear in your own.
Variben veh sochya kuv nam-tor vah goh yut ha-tor.
He talks peace if it is the only way to live.
Ri klau au ik klau tu. Nufau au sochya - yi dungi ma tu sochya.
Do no harm to those that harm you. Offer them peace, then you will have peace.
Ri vath kau eh ri vath rok nam-tor na'etek hi etek kau-tor.
There is no other wisdom and no other hope for us but that we grow wise.
Pulau na'vathular k'nuhk. Nar-tor pulaya s'au k'ka'es - k'el'rular tun-bosh.
Reach out to others courteously. Accept their reaching in the same way, with careful hands.
Nam-tor wak vah yut s'vesht na'fa'wak heh pla'rak. I'wak mesukh-yut t'on.
Time is a path from the past to the future and back again. The present is the crossroads of both.
Eik-veshtaya to'ovau kau - lu veshtaya ri glazhau goh na'kastorilaya t'kashan.
Wide experience increases wisdom, provided the experience is not sought purely for the stimulation of sensation.
Spunau bolayalar t'Wehku bolayalar t'Zamu il t'Veh.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
Nam-tor rubah bolaya-torek t'ek'nam.
Change is the essential process of all existence.
Cast out fear. There is no room for anything else until you cast out fear.
Vah mau vah tor-yehat ri stau. Kup-fun-tor ha'kiv na'ish du stau? Dom nam-tor vohris nem-tor ha'kiv.
As far as possible, do not kill. Can you return life to what you kill? Then be slow to take life.
Ma etek natyan - teretuhr lau etek shetau weh-lo'uk do tum t'on.
We have differences. May we, together, become greater than the sum of both of us.
Nam-tor ri thrap wilat nem-tor rim.
There is no offense where none is taken.
Shiyau thol'es k'thorai ri k'ahm.
Nobility lies in action not in name.
Tilek svi'khaf-spol t'vathu - tilek svi'sha'veh.
The spear in the other's heart is the spear in your own.
Variben veh sochya kuv nam-tor vah goh yut ha-tor.
He talks peace if it is the only way to live.
Ri klau au ik klau tu. Nufau au sochya - yi dungi ma tu sochya.
Do no harm to those that harm you. Offer them peace, then you will have peace.
Ri vath kau eh ri vath rok nam-tor na'etek hi etek kau-tor.
There is no other wisdom and no other hope for us but that we grow wise.
Pulau na'vathular k'nuhk. Nar-tor pulaya s'au k'ka'es - k'el'rular tun-bosh.
Reach out to others courteously. Accept their reaching in the same way, with careful hands.
Nam-tor wak vah yut s'vesht na'fa'wak heh pla'rak. I'wak mesukh-yut t'on.
Time is a path from the past to the future and back again. The present is the crossroads of both.
Eik-veshtaya to'ovau kau - lu veshtaya ri glazhau goh na'kastorilaya t'kashan.
Wide experience increases wisdom, provided the experience is not sought purely for the stimulation of sensation.
Spunau bolayalar t'Wehku bolayalar t'Zamu il t'Veh.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
Nam-tor rubah bolaya-torek t'ek'nam.
Change is the essential process of all existence.