Translation Challenge!! (surrealist sci-fi poetry)

Translate here in conlangsfrom.space to any non-English language in any creative interpretation you want.

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Wahai penduduk بومي! Aku lahir di Musytari.
Peninjau angkasa sentuh torak dan hantar bahan tiruan.
Aku program sesuatu dan layar ke بومي melalui mesin faks.
Nombor aku tujuh kosong sembilan, tujuh lima lima, enam E L tiga.
Nombor fail komputer sembilan tiga.

(This is Malay with a bit of Jawi writing system thrown in for emphasis.)

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In my Finnish-inspired minimalistic language with ~150 base words:

Miye kotumautosatualunodi, usitunu kuusolaiseli lunololi kotumautosatuadi.
Person-PL home-ground-MORE-INT-round-GEN old/new-MORE-LATIVE-1S.VERB five-number-LATIVE round-OBJ-LOCATIVE home-ground-MORE-INT-GEN.
People of home space round thing, I into new'd in fifth round thing of home space.


Sotkusatumi mautosatuadi, gomunipoki, lavotolstu tosivestofi.
Mess/Organised-MORE-LATIVE-person ground-MORE-INT-GEN, ABSTRACT-mouth-stick, hand-ABLATIVE-IMPERATIVE false/true-LESS-thing.
Into-organised-person of space, talk-stick, away from hand fake material.


Usisateon eya et nokasan kotumautosatualunotu apusagomunidiigitat lipoditat.
New/old-MORE-DIMINUTIVE-1S.VERB one and leg-MORE-1S.VERB home-ground-MORE-INT-round-LATIVE near/far-MORE-ABSTRACT-mouth-device-PROLATIVE paper-GENITIVE-PROLATIVE.
I modify one and I leg to home space round thing through far-talk-device of paper.


Seite-neve-ile seite-kuuso-kuuso seke-E-L-loke laisepaa enindipaa
Seven-zero-nine seven-five-five six-E-L-three number-3S.NOUN 1S.GEN.3S.NOUN
Seven-zero-nine seven-five-five six-E-L-three number of I (verb)


Diigi diigilipo: ile-loke
Device device-paper: nine-three
Device device-paper: nine-three

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Vordynian | Wıt W̄ørrdÿnuı Rrıha /wɪʔ ʋɒɽ͡rdɘnyːɪ̯ ɽ͡rɪħɐ/

Ïta-Jämän, mëthı'na w̄aïrradü jä Zdēus
/itɐ-ʝæmæn, mtʰɪʔnɐ βɐi̯ɽ͡rɐdu ʝæ zdeːʊ̯s/
Humans, I was born on Zeus.

Nürõıga Kōsmaïb, alaje wıt tüobön, ax̄olle wıt x̄ombõdõn
/nʊrɤɪ̯ɢɑ kɔːsmɐɪb, ɑlɐʝɜ wɪʔ tuʌ̯bøn, ɐχɔɭə wɪʔ χɔm͡bɤɾɤn/
Space Guardian, contact the tubes, send the synthetics

Küallend'na nua kaı măl Ïta jämınd'na ïko Faksïmïlēı
/kuɐ̯ɭɜⁿdᵊnɐ nyɐ̯ kɐɪ̯ mɐl itɐ ʝæmɪⁿdnɐ iko fɑksimileːɪ̯/
I program one, and to Earth I go via fax modem

En'nua'nah «Jākk-En-X̄ömıa Jākk-Gÿt-Gÿto Ēama-E-Le-Rÿt»
/ɛnːʏɐ̯ʔnɐħ ʝɑːq ɛn χømɪɑ̯ jɑːq ɢɘtɢɘtʌ ɛːɑ̯mɐ ɛlɛ rɘt/
My number "709 755 6EL3"

Plïkk Ordïnaïbb: X̄ömıa-Rÿt
/pliq ordinɐi̯bᵊ χømɪ̯ɑ rɘt/
Computer File: 9 3