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boHemngan nongbom



I haven't posted much to the list, and I'm way behind on taking David's
lessons, but I've finished the first version of my pet project: the
translation of Bohemian Rhapsody into tlhIngan Hol.

The lyrics came from the sheet music, and if ANYONE can tell me what
BIS-MIL-LAH means I will be VERY happy.  For now, I have left it as it is. 
I'm trying to work out something tlhIngan to put in it's place.

Some cautions.  I tried to keep the rhythm and meter of the song, and didn't
worry overmuch about rhyme.  I don't think I was entirely unsuccessful, but I
did take a few liberties with some words.  There are also a few extra aspect
or qualification suffixes thrown in for aesthetic purposes.  I'd prefer to use
 canonical tlhIngan Hol, so any suggestions for changes are welcome.  My skin
isn't that thin.  :-)  I fully expect to be torn to shreds, this time.

I am NOT a linguist, although I did have a course in the history of the
English language in college, so please keep your explanations to the level an
educated layman can understand.  I also cannot yet think in Hol, so I have to
work almost everything out on paper.  Makes it tough, sometimes.

I'll post the full Hol text first, then my translation.  So, without further
ado, "boHemngan nongbom".

Sogh'a' Qob vestai-qutvaj

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boHemngan nongbom (be'jaw'a'vaD)

teHbej'a' yInvam
neH teHlaw''a' 'oH
vIHbogh puHDaq jontaH
teHbejghachvo' jInarghlaHbe'
mInlIj DapoSmoH
chalmeyDaq Danej
'ej Dalegh

neH puqloD mIpHa' jIH
tuvupnISbe'bej
jIjatlhtaH: jIpaw ngeD, jItlheD ngeD
jISey mach, jI'It mach
nuqDaq ghoStaH SuS
potlhbe'bej 'oH jIHmeH
jIHmeH......


SoSoy,
loD vIHoHta'
nachDajDaq HIch vIlanta'
chu'wI' vIyuvta' DaH Heghpu'
SoSoy,
neH taghchoHpu' yIn
'ach DaH jIjaHpu'
'ej Hoch vIwoDpu'
SoSoy,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
qaSaQmoH 'e' jIHechbe'
wa'leS poHvam naDev jIcheghbe'chugh
bItaH, bItaH
jIHmeH potlhbe'bejmo' 'oH

DaH qaS
pawpu' poHwIj
pIpwIjDaq QommoHlu'
reH 'oy'taH porghwIj
Qapla', juppu'wI'
jItlheDnISchu'
jIH 'o'Daq ratlhnIS Hoch
'ej vIt vIlaj
SoSoy,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
jIHegh vIneHbe'
not jIboghpu' jIH 'e' rut vIneHbej

Som DopDaq loDqoq QIb mach vIlegh 'e' vIQub
nuch mIyqu'
nuch mIyqu'
chaq vanDango' DanID'a'
jorbogh cha pu'mey je
jItaHvIpqu'
jIH!


Melota (Melota)
Melota (Melota)
Melota Kahless
Dunqu'chu'taH....

neH puqloD mIpHa' jIH
mumuSHa'taH pagh
neH puqloD mIpHa' ghaH
qorDu' mIpHa'vo'
Sanvamvo' yInDaj botoDlaH'a' vay'?

naDev ghoS, pa' ghoS
jImej 'e' bochaw''a'
BIS-MIL-LAH, ghobe'!
bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'
yIchaw'!
BIS-MIL-LAH, bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'
yIchaw'!
BIS-MIL-LAH! bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'.
yIchaw'!
bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'!
yIchaw'!
bImej 'e wIchaw'be'!
yIchaw'!
ghobe' ghobe' ghobe' ghobe'
ghobe'! ghobe'! ghobe'! ghobe'!

SoSoywI', SoSoywI'
jImej 'e' tuchaw''a'
veqlarghHom ghaj veqlargh jay' 'ej muloS...
muloS....
muloS!!!!

toH! chonaghlaH 'e' DaQub
'ej mInwIjDaq bIghupHa'!
chomuSHa'laH 'e' DaQub
'ej jIHeghmeH chomej!
toH, be'oy,
choghonglaHbe' be'oy
neH jIghoSnIS
neH naDevvo' jIghoSnIS.

potlhlaw' pagh jay'
luleghlaH vay'
potlhlaw' pagh jay'
potlhbej pagh jay'
jIHvaD....

nuqDaq ghoStaH SuS....

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boHemngan nongbom (be'jaw'a'vaD)
     Bohemian passion-song (from female-lord(augmentive))

teHbej'a' yInvam
     Is this life certainly true?
neH teHlaw''a' 'oH
     Is it just apparently true?
vIHbogh puHDaq jontaH
     caught in land which moves
teHbejghachvo' jInarghlaHbe'
     I can not escape from certain truth.
mInlIj DapoSmoH
     You open your eye
chalmeyDaq Danej
     You look toward the skies
'ej Dalegh
     And you see

neH puqloD mIpHa' jIH
     I am just a poor boy
tuvupnISbe'bej
     you all certainly need not pity me
jIjatlhtaH: jIpaw ngeD, jItlheD ngeD
     I say: I arrive easy, I depart easy
jISey mach, jI'It mach
     I am a little excited, I am a little depressed
nuqDaq ghoStaH SuS
     where the wind blows
potlhbe'bej 'oH jIHmeH
     It certainly doesn't matter to me
jIHmeH......
     to me....


SoSoy,
     Momma,
loD vIHoHta'
     I have killed a man
nachDajDaq HIch vIlanta'
     I put a phaser to his head
chu'wI' vIyuvta' DaH Heghpu'
     I pulled the trigger, now he is dead
SoSoy,
     Momma,
neH taghchoHpu' yIn
     Life just began to start
'ach DaH jIjaHpu'
     but now I have gone
'ej Hoch vIwoDpu'
     and I have thrown away it all
SoSoy,
     Momma,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
     Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
qaSaQmoH 'e' jIHechbe'
     I did not intend it that I cause you to cry
wa'leS poHvam naDev jIcheghbe'chugh
     If I do not return here this time tomorrow
bItaH, bItaH
     you continue, you continue
jIHmeH potlhbe'bejmo' 'oH
     Because it certainly doesn't matter to me

DaH qaS
     it happens now
pawpu' poHwIj
     my period of time has arrived
pIpwIjDaq QommoHlu'
     Someone causes tremors in my spine
reH 'oy'taH porghwIj
     my body hurts always
Qapla', juppu'wI'
     Success, my friends
jItlheDnISchu'
     I clearly need to depart
jIH 'o'Daq ratlhnIS Hoch
     All needs to remain aft of me
'ej vIt vIlaj
     and I accept the truth
SoSoy,
     Momma,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
     Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
jIHegh vIneHbe'
     I do not want that I die
not jIboghpu' jIH 'e' rut vIneHbej
     I sometimes definitely wish that I never had been born

Som DopDaq loDqoq QIb mach vIlegh 'e' vIQub
     I think that I see a small shadow of a so-called man on the
          side of the hull
nuch mIyqu'
     very bragging coward
nuch mIyqu'
     very bragging coward
chaq vanDango' DanID'a'
     Perhaps you dance the Fandago?
jorbogh cha pu'mey je
     torpedo explosions and phasers
jItaHvIpqu'
     I am very afraid to continue
jIH!
     me!


Melota (Melota)
Melota (Melota)
Melota Kahless
Dunqu'chu'taH....
     It certainly continues to be very great


neH puqloD mIpHa' jIH
     I'm just a poor boy
mumuSHa'taH pagh
     Nobody continues to love me
neH puqloD mIpHa' ghaH
     He's just a poor boy
qorDu' mIpHa'vo'
     from a poor family
Sanvamvo' yInDaj botoDlaH'a' vay'?
     can somebody save his life from this fate?

naDev ghoS, pa' ghoS
     here it comes, there it goes
jImej 'e' bochaw''a'
     Will you allow it that I go?
BIS-MIL-LAH, ghobe'!
     BIS-MIL-LAH, no!
bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'
     We will not allow it that you go.
yIchaw'!
     Allow it!
BIS-MIL-LAH, bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'
     BIS-MIL-LAH, we will not allow it that you go
yIchaw'!
     Allow it!
BIS-MIL-LAH! bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'.
     BIS-MIL-LAH! We will not allow it that you go.
yIchaw'!
     Allow it!
bImej 'e' wIchaw'be'!
     We will not allow it that you go!
yIchaw'!
     Allow it!
bImej 'e wIchaw'be'!
     We will not allow it that you go!
yIchaw'!
     Allow it!
ghobe' ghobe' ghobe' ghobe'
     No no no no
ghobe'! ghobe'! ghobe'! ghobe'!
     No! No!  No!  No!

SoSoywI', SoSoywI'
     My mamma, my mamma
jImej 'e' tuchaw''a'
     Will you all allow it that I go?
veqlarghHom ghaj veqlargh jay' 'ej muloS...
     Fek'lhr has a devil and it waits for me
muloS....
     it waits for me
muloS!!!!
     it waits for me!!!!

toH! chonaghlaH 'e' DaQub
     You think that you can stone me
'ej mInwIjDaq bIghupHa'!
     and un-swallow at my eye!
chomuSHa'laH 'e' DaQub
     You think that you can love me
'ej jIHeghmeH chomej!
     and you leave me so that I die!
toH, be'oy,
     Well, loved woman
choghonglaHbe' be'oy
     you can not abuse me, loved woman
neH jIghoSnIS
     I just need to depart
neH naDevvo' jIghoSnIS.
     I just need to depart from here.

potlhlaw' pagh jay'
     Nothing apparently is $@^*# important
luleghlaH vay'
     anyone can see it
potlhlaw' pagh jay'
     Nothing arrarently is $@^*# important
potlhbej pagh jay'
     Nothing apparently is $@^*# important
jIHvaD....
     to me....

nuqDaq ghoStaH SuS....
     wherever the wind blows.... 



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