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This example of Box Script was found in Āttarein, where the language is a bit different than in Xāmorte.

eshiēn ānith'n l'ālm āññ lj'rēyn īl sh'sēl rū emār ārjanin ē ñiw rū shō ma ānn mir'n to ehār tāw

In regular Kēlen script, the above would be:

eshiēn ānithn lālm āññ ljrējn īl shsēl rū emār
 ārjanin ē ñiw rū shō ma ānn mirn to ekhār tāw

In the Roman Alphabet:

exiēn ānith'n l'ālm āññ λ'rēyn īl x'sēl rū emār
ārjanin ē ñiw rū xō ma ānn mir'n to ehār tāw

What does it mean?

exiēn ānith'n
'language' Coll.Pl.Adjective --> "Language"
l'ālm
BE:equivalent 'ford' --> "is a ford"
āññ
Loc:'through' --> "through"
λ'rēyn īl
Unique.Sing 'river' 'time' --> "the River of Time"
x'sēl
that BE:transaction+1p-obj --> "that [brings] us"
rū emār ārjanin
Loc:'to' 'houses' 'ancestors' --> "to the houses of the ancestors"
ē
'and' --> "and"
ñiw
BE:become+not --> "[become] not"
rū xō
Loc:'to' 'there' --> "to there"
ma ānn
3p 'with' --> "he who [is] with"
mir'n to ehār tāw;
'fear' source 'water' 'deep' --> "fear from deep water"

The equivalent in Xāmorte Kēlen:

la antaxōni ien jālme rā jatāna anīlien āñ
se ñiēþ rā jammārien mārji mē;
ē ñi sāen rā xō wē
hī pa anmīra sāen to antāni pa antāwa;