tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 20 07:10:56 1997
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Re: I awoke from a dream...
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: I awoke from a dream...
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:11:26 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen wrote:
> [...] I found myself laying in bed in a light hypnogogic state, neither
> really awake or asleep. I suddenly had this image pop into my head of
> [...] some poor middle-management warrior sitting in his tiny cubical.
> He was singing the following song [...]. I don't know what it means[...]
> reH Dochmey vISovbogh vISov. Always I know what I know
> rut Dochmey vIlIjbogh vIqaw. Sometimes I forget what I remember
> vIQongtaHvIS, pagh vIchechDI', While I am sleeping, or when I'm drunk
> munuQlaHbe' potlh not. Important matters cannot bother me.
Hm! Well, if you're sure that you actually perceived this, as opposed
to composing it yourself, then I suppose we should take it as canonical
text (sent down via you rather than Okrand for a change). Do we all get
to use {not} in that strange way now (cf. the end of the last line)?
--
"reH Sov yInej 'ej Dap yImuS, <dOstI bA mardom-e dAnA nEkO-st,
jagh val qaq law' jup QIp qaq puS" do^sman-e dAnA beh az nAdAn dOst>
(Sheikh Muslihuddin Abu Muhammad Abdullah Saadi Shirazi)
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
Home: cplx Iztok bl 91, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria