Lojban
John Cowan (translator)

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Concerning The Stars
The set of stars has four subsets.
The first subset is called "movers", because they move through the night sky.
The second subset is called "stayers", because they are far from the sun.
The third subset is called "ones who die" or "ones who fall", because they fall from the sky to the ground.
The fourth subset is called "strangers", because they become visible far away, but not for a long time, in the night sky.  They are the thingummies of the earth, which the goddess has very angrily burned up.

sera'a lo tarci
.i lo'i tarci zo'u lo klesi be ri cu vomei
.i lo pamoi klesi cu se cmene zo muvdu .iki'ubo muvdu fo lo nicte tsani
.i lo remoi klesi cu se cmene zo stali .iki'ubo darno lo solri
.i lo cimoi klesi cu se cmene zo mrobi'o .a zo farlu .iki'ubo farlu lo terdi lo tsani
.i lo vomoi klesi cu se cmene zo cizra .iki'ubo se kakne viska binxo vujenaize'u lo nicte tsani .ibo ra du lo terdi broda noi lo fetcevni cu ba'o fegrai jelgau ra

Glossary:

.a      or
ba'o    perfective aspect marker
be      incorporates object into a denominal verb
binxo   become
broda   (n) widget (noun whose meaning depends on the context)
cevni   god, deity
ci      three
cizra   (n) stranger, exotic (v) be strange, be exotic
cmene   (n) name; (v) has the name of
cu      separates subject from predicate
darno   (adj) far; (v) be far from
du      copula
farlu   (n) one who falls; (v) ditransitive: fall to ... from ...
fegrai  very angry, wrathful (-rai is a superlative ending)
fet-    female
fo      see muvdu
.i      separates sentences
.ibo    separates closely related sentences; may have particle between .i and bo
je      and
jelgau  burn (transitive)
kakne   be able to
ki'u    because, justified by reason
klesi   class, set, subset (of)
lo      article; the, an, some
lo'i    the set of
mei     suffix meaning "group of size N", where N is the prefix
moi     suffix meaning "Nth", where N is the prefix
mrobi'o (n) one who dies; (v) die (lit. become dead)
muvdu   (n) mover; (v) move (with "fo" = move along path)
nai     negative suffix
nicte   night
noi     which; non-restrictive relative clause marker
pa      one
ra      it/they, not so recently mentioned
re      two
ri      it/they most recently mentioned
se      inverse voice: interchanges subject and object
sera'a  about, concerning
solri   sun
stali   (n) one who remains; (v) remain
tarci   (n) star(s), (v) be a star
terdi   earth, ground (positional, not = dirt), the Earth
tsani   sky
viska   see
vo      four
vu      (prep) a long way from
ze'u    (prep) during a long interval of time
zo      makes next word into a one-word quotation
zo'u    separates topic from comment in topic/comment sentences

Note:  the appearance of "broda" in this text reflects the fact that
the text I got had a noun which was not in the supplied glossary.
I did my best with it.