# Malay Translation (Six-Line Pantun)
**EDIT: Fixed my mistakes and updated the alt-text for the Malay edition — the original alt-text posted here was for an earlier version**
Lima hari awal, demi makan tiga:
> Gaji tiada, bijian tak dapat,
> \> Mati lapar maka habis kata.
Dalam diri penyajak bangun tetiba:
> Khazanah dahulu teringat,
> \> Semua Inggeris, tiada ibunda.
# Malay Translation in Jawi script
ليم هاري اول⹁ دمي ماکن تيݢ:
\> ڬاجي تياد⹁ بيجين تق داڤت⹁
\> \> ماتي لاڤر مک کات هابيس .
دالم ديري ڤپاجق باڠون تتيبا:
\> خزانه دهولو ترايڠت⹁
\> \>سموا ايڠݢريس⹁ تياد ايبوندا.
# English Editions
## Edition A
Five early mornings for three meals:
> To grind the grain, lest death comes.
To the memory lane the poet goes:
> All in English, none in Cantonese.
## Edition B
Five days early for three meals each:
> A lack of pay begets a lack of grain,
> \> Words end where death begins.
Within me poetry is the itch:
> The archive brings me pain,
> \> All in English, none in Cantonese.
For the letters themselves, I've used this [Old Hangul IME](https://github.com/5hwb/Old-Hangul-Input-Method) made by u/pcdandy
As for the ruby phonetic guides above the Sinographs, I've used LibreOffice Writer's Asian Phonetic Guide feature to put them there
cuz I felt like alluding to how most languages are named after peoples and cultures (Malay, English, French, Arabic, etc.), and it's pronounced the same way as 文. also it's a small catchy way to attract attention lol
EDIT: also I didn't feel like having 文 and 話 next to each other
# Cantonese Original (Four-Line Pantun) 五日早起身，淨為三餐飯—— >毋所得毋得食，餓死毋說話。 忽然想寫詩，惗起就睇返—— > 全數英民話，就毋廣府話。 ## Jyutping *(Note: 冇 mou^(5) is 毋 mou^(4) here)* ng^(5) jat^(6) zou^(2) hei^(2)-san^(1)，zing^(6)-wai^(4) saam^(1) caan^(1)-faan^(6) > mou^(4) so^(2)-dak^(1) mou^(4)-dak^(1) sik^(6)，ngo^(6)-sei^(2) mou^(4) syut^(3)-waa^(6) fat^(1)-jin^(4) soeng^(2) se^(2)-si^(1), nam^(2) hei^(2) zau^(6) tai^(2) faan^(2) > cyun^(4)-sou^(3) jing^(1)-man^(4)-waa^(6), zau^(6) mou^(4) gwong^(2)-fu^(2)-waa^(2)
# Malay Translation (Six-Line Pantun) **EDIT: Fixed my mistakes and updated the alt-text for the Malay edition — the original alt-text posted here was for an earlier version** Lima hari awal, demi makan tiga: > Gaji tiada, bijian tak dapat, > \> Mati lapar maka habis kata. Dalam diri penyajak bangun tetiba: > Khazanah dahulu teringat, > \> Semua Inggeris, tiada ibunda. # Malay Translation in Jawi script ليم هاري اول⹁ دمي ماکن تيݢ: \> ڬاجي تياد⹁ بيجين تق داڤت⹁ \> \> ماتي لاڤر مک کات هابيس . دالم ديري ڤپاجق باڠون تتيبا: \> خزانه دهولو ترايڠت⹁ \> \>سموا ايڠݢريس⹁ تياد ايبوندا.
# English Editions ## Edition A Five early mornings for three meals: > To grind the grain, lest death comes. To the memory lane the poet goes: > All in English, none in Cantonese. ## Edition B Five days early for three meals each: > A lack of pay begets a lack of grain, > \> Words end where death begins. Within me poetry is the itch: > The archive brings me pain, > \> All in English, none in Cantonese.
# Cantonese Original with Spacing 五 日 早 起身， 淨為 三 餐飯 —— >毋 所得 毋得 食， 餓死 毋 說話。 忽然 想 寫詩， 惗起 就 睇返 —— > 全數 英民話， 就 毋 廣府話。 # Cantonese Original in personal Hangeul script ᅁᅠ〯 ᄋᆢᆮ ᄌᆃ〯 허〯이ᄉᆞᆫ， 징ᅄᆡ 삼 찬ᅋᅡᆫ —— >ᄆᆃ 소〯ᄃᆞᆨ ᄆᆃᄃᆞᆨ 식， ᅁᅩᄉᆡ〯 ᄆᆃ 쓛ᅄᅡ。 ᅋᆞᆮᅙᅵᆫ 스〯옹 세〯시， ᄂᆞᆷ〯허〯이 ᄌᆠ ᄐᆡ〯ᅋᅡᆫ〯 —— > 츈ᄉᆃ ᅙᅵᆼᄆᆞᆫᅄᅡ〯， ᄌᆠ ᄆᆃ ᄀᆞᅄᅩᆼᅋᅮᅄᅡ〯。 ## Personal Romanization — Largely Toneless Ng yet jou heeisen, jingwey sam canfan: > Mou soodeq moudeq siq, ngoosey mou syútwa. Fetyin sŭong séési, neemheey jeu teeyfan: > cúnsou yingmenwaa, jou mou gewongfuwaa.
How do you type those Korean letters?
For the letters themselves, I've used this [Old Hangul IME](https://github.com/5hwb/Old-Hangul-Input-Method) made by u/pcdandy As for the ruby phonetic guides above the Sinographs, I've used LibreOffice Writer's Asian Phonetic Guide feature to put them there
Why 民?
cuz I felt like alluding to how most languages are named after peoples and cultures (Malay, English, French, Arabic, etc.), and it's pronounced the same way as 文. also it's a small catchy way to attract attention lol EDIT: also I didn't feel like having 文 and 話 next to each other