tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 08 16:08:17 1994
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Suzanne Vega Does Klingon
- From: [email protected] (Nick NICHOLAS)
- Subject: Suzanne Vega Does Klingon
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 94 18:05:44 EST
Yes, there is a reason for translating a Suzanne Vega song lyric into Klingon.
The reason is that it's already been done into several artificial languages
by me and people I know, and it's an interesting comparison point. Mark,
do you have a net-accessible copy of the other translations?
Hol. (1987)
bIQ 'oHchugh Hol'e', vaj SoD.
jaS, naDev Dotlh tamDaq maH.
Dotlhvam De' Qum law' mu' Hoch reH QumlaH puS.
Subqu' mu'mey.
yabDaq 'engHey lujonmeH
yapbe' Dochaj.
puvtaHvIS juS 'eng 'ej loj.
Daq 'ej poH ghajbe'bogh DaqDaq
qaghom vIneH.
SIghbogh ghu'vo'
San bIj Hoch Dop latlhDaq je vIneH.
HovHegh Dop He mach wa'maHcha'Daq
qachDaq majaHqa'jaj.
Hopqu'be'.
pa' bIQtIq tu'lu'.
'ej Qot Hov'a' loghmey je.
'ej Dotlh tamDaq maba'.
reH soD 'oH 'ej loj.
mu'mey vIlo'Qo'qa'.
qech vIQumqangbogh luQumbe'.
qech vIja'qangbogh luja'be'.
qech yoD neH bIH.
bIngchajDaq qo'mey lutu'lu'.
not luHotlu'.
not luvIHmoHlu'.
not lujuSlu' je.
--
Nick, to whom the memory of that song now seems very distant...