tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 26 11:47:21 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Verse form of paq'batlh
SuStel:
> I'm now reading the paq'batlh, and in trying to understand why certain
> translation choices were made, I want to understand the verse
> structure.
>
> We are told in Okrand's foreword that Klingon epic literature consists
> of stanzas of three lines of unequal length (with the qualifier
> "usually" on each of those descriptors).
Vincent Van Gerven Oei in his speech at {qepHom wa'maHDIch} called it {lut'a'}: {tlhIngan lut'a' paq} and {lut'a' 'oH paq'batlh'e'}. Does {lut'a'} appear in Okrand's introduction?
Here's the full quote (which Okrand likely provided):
tlhIHvaD paq chu' wImuch 'e' bochaw'mo' chequvmoH 'ej chebelmoH.
lut'a'raj Dun laDlaHmeH tera'ngan, tera'Daq tlhIngan lut'a'
paq wa'DIch wIchenmoHta', lut'a' 'oH paq'batlh'e'.
It is a great honor and pleasure that you have allowed us to
present you with the first Terran edition of your glorious epic,
the paq'batlh. [via Felix Malmenbeck, 4/12/12]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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