tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 06 06:59:47 1995
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Repost of: tonSaw' HoS
- From: Chester Braun <[email protected]>
- Subject: Repost of: tonSaw' HoS
- Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 06:50:24 -0800
- Organization: BSE, Inc.
Sorry for the waisted bandwidth. I'm reposting this because I noticed that
when I pasted it from Word 7.0 all of the ' came out and odd characters.
Well I'm going to get brave and try my hand at something more complicated
(and more interesting) than what I've attempted so far. I'll include the English
because I doubt anyone will figure out my intention from *my* tlhingan Hol
renduring.
The original is a, Chinese origin, bit of internal martial arts wisdom:
The origin of strength is in the feet,
initiated by the legs,
directed by the waist,
and shown in the hands.
At first I tried a, more or less, direct translation:
yavDaq rar qamDu' tonSaw' HoS mung 'ej
vaj tagh 'uSDu' 'ej
lurgh nob burgh yoS 'ej
HoS'a' 'ang ghopDu'
but wasn't happy with the, rather sedate, sound of it and the awkward sentance
constructs. For my second attempt I took the essence of the lesson and tried to
add a Klingon attitude:
HoSqu' ghajbej tonSaw'
pevIl yavDaq rar qamDu' 'ej
vaj HoS tagh 'uSDu' 'ej
HIv burgh yoS 'ej
jaghpu' Qaw' pachDu'
Hopefully it comes back around in English something like this:
Klingon fighting must have strength.
Forcefully feet connect to ground
then legs initiate strength,
waist attacks, and
claws destroy enemy.
Personally I like this last attempt best. I'd love to have comments,
corrections, objections, etc..
Have at it warriors!
Qapla'
QetaH
(Chet Braun)