Earth Song

The Song to the Earth is a chant that comes from the Book of the Sorcerers which is part of the Ilkaya, the holy scriptures of the Chosen. It is shown translated into English and in the original Quya - a labour of several weeks for David Adger and myself.

The transliteration used here is the original one devised by David, and the one that he favours. It is true that its use of "x" for the phoneme "sh", and "tx" for "ch" is more elegant. I chose to use the latter sequence for the chant in the published editions of THE CHOSEN because it would seem to more easily give the reader an idea of the sounds of Quya.

Earth Song:

• English
• Quyan
• Quyan text with glosses