> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark A Mandel [mailto:mam at theworld.com] > Sent: Thursday, 2002 November 28 20:26 > To: dragaera at dragaera.info; stevenbrust at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [stevenbrust] new filk on FHYA > At The Seventeenth Cycle's End > Mark A. Mandel Copr. 2002 > Ttto In Good Old Colony Times, trad. > Based on Steven Brust's _Five Hundred Years After_ > > (Note: "Jhereg" is pronounced "zhuh-REG", where "zh" is the > sound of "s" in "pleasure", and accented on the second > syllable, roughly rhyming with "break a leg" as said to an > actor or an enforcer.) > > At the Seventeenth Cycle's end > With the Phoenix fated to fail > A Jhereg, a Tiassa, and a Dragon proud > Were part of a tragic tale > Part of a tragic tale > A Jhereg, a Tiassa, and a Dragon proud > Were part of a tragic tale > > The Jhereg was betrayed by his House > The Tiassa by the great > And the Dragon was betrayed by his soaring pride > And the twisted workings of fate > [repeat as above] > > The Jhereg got his revenge > The Tiassa his reward > And the Dragon was dissolved in swirling Chaos > When he tried to take the Orb > > Now, nobody's seen the Jhereg > The Tiassa can still draw blood > And the Dragon's ghost haunts the Lesser Sea of Chaos > Where Dragaera City once stood Cool! :) I wonder if I get my wife to play it for me. :)