[1] To you, Starphruscon[1], who care for the Pharcujamaethrians. [2] Radjon[2] (take care) of you and the gods are your companions. [3] After three suns left us, from these lands, [4] our men expelled three armies from the fateful Egbarile, [5] who were accompanied by two large ranks of derutherus. [6] After five suns had left us, a messenger from Slatiel, [7] from that man who is king of Icunarujorce[3], [8] who does not love the gods of the Cmejemartecs[4] [9] but to the god of the Romans, Christ; approaching [10] Cerperac[5], because he knew that the others were coming. [11] We are strong to endure those beasts, [12] who only want to enslave the kings of our people. [13] Earlier his troops expelled an invader. [14] After many suns left us, the Dejanibednarcs[6] [15] They wanted to enter our lands through Icphrus. [16] There were then the brothers Starphroghrus and Chorujoc, [17] the sons of Tharotut, who wanted to go to the mountains [18] to wait for the invaders before they came here. [19] But a bear that came out of the grove stole their food. [20] Starphruscon entered the forest to look for him. [21] There he met a deer with white fur [22] and was captured by the beauty of its snowy antlers. [23] He followed him to a lake that, despite the cold, was liquid. [24] There he then killed him with his knife, but the edge turned to ice [25] and broke into pieces, sticking into his coat. [26] Then other snow deer came out from the trees, [27] the family of the animal, born from the womb of Radjon, [28] with white flesh that cooled whatever it touched. [29] One of them came to him and said: [30] “Son of Tharotut, your intention is good, [31] But you have done injustice by killing one of us, [32] because we are sons of the gods.” [33] And the hunter responded to this saying: [34] “My heart regrets my offense. How can I resolve it?” [35] The deer said to him: “To maintain the number, [36] you will become a snow deer.” The hunter said: [37] “Everything that Rasdhón says I will happily carry out.” [38] Then the animal touched hes nose with its nose [39] and the hunter's skin turned into snow, [40] while the body took the shape of a deer with antlers of ice. [41] Chorujoc had then entered the forest when [42] Elgeloc[7] was coming down along with his soldiers from the mountains [43] and saw the hunter, so he separated from the ranks [44] and then sent a warrior his, to Gidrecnudul, [45] whose name means “weak heart” in their language, [46] so that he would follow only the son of Tharotut. [47] But the deer heard Chorujoc's footsteps, [48] so they entered the depths of the forest. [49] Although Starphroghrus heard his brother's voice, [50] his legs moved on their own, following the other animals. [51] When the hunter entered the forest, Pravus[8] [52] wanted to send a beast to protect him. For this reason, [53] he took wood and made a polar bear, [54] whose head was higher than the top of all the trees, [55] who then awaited the soldier of Elgeloc. [56] But the snow fell on the beast's eyes, [57] so that he could not see the one standing before him. [58] The leg of one of the deer broke and was left on the road, [59] after the other animals. Then Chorujoc went there [60] and, seeing the beautiful animal, killed it with the Dascejec[9]. [61] The deer felt in his body that a part had been amputated, [62] so they then went to look for their brother. [63] And because the gods wanted this, or for the offense, [64] or for the benefit of the sons (ours), or it was a fatal end that no one wanted, [65] the hunter then went to a clearing in the forest [66] and there he found the great beast of Pravus, [67] but fear dominated Chorujoc and with the Dascejec [68] he cut off both ears of the animal, which then, [69] due to the pain, throwing him a claw to the head, [70] snatched the life from the hunter's body and devoured him. [71] Gidrecnudul heard the hunter's cry [72] and went to the clearing, finding the beast, [73] who neither heard nor saw him and, setting on fire [74] the tip of the weapon, the hunter threw it at the beast, [75] stabbing in the paw, after which the fire consumed the bear, [76] touching the trees around him. [77] The paw with which it had killed the hunter had sunk into the snow, [78] so the fire did not touch the clothing before it went out. [79] Then the deer saw the body of their brother [80] lying on the ground and the son of Tharotut, between the wooden wedges, [81] He saw the brother's clothing. The animals, going towards the soldier, [82] stabbed their ice antlers into his flesh, [83] taking the life out of his body, killing him there. [84] And because the gods wanted it, the snow deer [85] looked for their equals and, seeing them below the mountain range, [86] they killed all of them, except Elgeloc, [87] who was able to escape through are. In this way, Starphruscon, [88] the gods wanted the men of our town to be [89] free today from the weapons of other towns.
[1] Historical king of Decurjathebon in the time of Lumpicurx.
[2] “Great mother”; epithet of Prafuja, goddess of nature and life, main deity of the Parbidic pantheon
[3] “Deep Water People”; name with which the Parbidians referred to Telmither.
[4] From Mejecmartec, “green land”; name with which the Parbidians referred to the Symbaians.
[5] Historical King of Pharcujamaethar in the time of Lumpicurx.
[6] “Those of the other side of the mountain”; name with wich the Parbidians referred interchangeably to the eloduians and the Damarians.
[7] Mythological king of Sirgecre.
[8] The parbidic god of the sky and the sun.
[9] Spear of parbidic origin.