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Andy Ayres Ok, folks! My next few days (if not weeks) are going to be a bit hectic, so I'm going to give a text that shouldn't be too difficult to crack within 24 h:
A strada m’hà chjamatu
Eccu i petri chì m’ani fatta
Ed eccu induva vocu
M’ani chjamata “strada” ma sa
U me nomu
Hè ancu “ochji”
Veda vecu tuttu ma stocu
Sempri muta
Saraghju par tè una suredda
S’è tu mi voli ascoltà
Una suredda di fedi
Attaccata à i to passi
Com’è u famitu
S’attacca à u pani biancu
A strada m’hà chjamatu
Eccu i petri chì m’ani fatta
Ed eccu induva vocu
M’ani chjamata “strada” ma sa
U me nomu
Hè ancu “ochji”
Veda vecu tuttu ma stocu
Sempri muta
Saraghju par tè una suredda
S’è tu mi voli ascoltà
Una suredda di fedi
Attaccata à i to passi
Com’è u famitu
S’attacca à u pani biancu
Anna Robbins Hello, hello! I'll perhaps make an attempt on this one.... I agree with Thatcher, it looks like Corsican to me 
Дайте Нефть Из Баку "The road" you called me
Here are the stones that made/created me
And here is where I am going/headed
They called me "road" but do you know
My name
Is also "eye"
You see, I see everything but remain
Always silent
I will be a sister for you
If you'd like to listen to me
A sister in faith
Following each of your steps
As the hungry man
follows (a loaf of) white bread.
It looks strikingly similar to Sardinian but some things are off, so I'd say it's Corsican all right.
Here are the stones that made/created me
And here is where I am going/headed
They called me "road" but do you know
My name
Is also "eye"
You see, I see everything but remain
Always silent
I will be a sister for you
If you'd like to listen to me
A sister in faith
Following each of your steps
As the hungry man
follows (a loaf of) white bread.
It looks strikingly similar to Sardinian but some things are off, so I'd say it's Corsican all right.
Andy Ayres Evening folks! Thatcher et al are right in guessing Corsican. Here's Dajte's text - there are only a few small errors, great first translation!
"The road" [you] called me
Here are the stones that made/created me
And here is where I am going/headed
They called me "road" but do you know
My name
Is also "eye"
You see, I see everything but remain
Always silent
I will be a sister for you
If you'd like to listen to me
[A sister in faith]
Following each of your steps
As the hungry man
follows a loaf of white bread.
"The road" [you] called me
Here are the stones that made/created me
And here is where I am going/headed
They called me "road" but do you know
My name
Is also "eye"
You see, I see everything but remain
Always silent
I will be a sister for you
If you'd like to listen to me
[A sister in faith]
Following each of your steps
As the hungry man
follows a loaf of white bread.
Wrik Chatterjee ...yeah, I'm running out of ideas. Is it supposed to bring a connotation of "best friend" or "fellow sufferer?"
Дайте Нефть Из Баку Can't I just leave it as "sister in/of faith", then? It looks like a poem, so I don't think it should be paraphrased.
Andy Ayres No, as that would be a mistranslation; it's got a specific, idiomatic meaning in Corsican that is quite different to what has been offered as translations so far! Wrik is getting warmer...
Дайте Нефть Из Баку The road called me:
"Here are the stones that made me
And here is where I am going
They called me "road" but do you know
My name
Is also "eye"
You see, I see everything but remain
Always silent
I will be a sister for you
If you'd like to listen to me
A soul sister
Following each of your steps
As the hungry man
follows a loaf of white bread."
"Here are the stones that made me
And here is where I am going
They called me "road" but do you know
My name
Is also "eye"
You see, I see everything but remain
Always silent
I will be a sister for you
If you'd like to listen to me
A soul sister
Following each of your steps
As the hungry man
follows a loaf of white bread."
Andy Ayres Awesome! It's pretty cool in particular to have been able to host a round on Sprogspelet's birthday. To many more years! 
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