tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 23 14:56:50 1995
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Re: An attempted Klingon Poem :-)
- From: david barron <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: An attempted Klingon Poem :-)
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 15:56:43 -0700 (MST)
At 05:59 AM 12/23/95 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Greetings!
>
>I read the following bit of poetry in a ST novel (I think it was
>"Klingon Gambit") and have tried to translate it for a poetry reading
>coming up at our next Klingon meeting. Please understand I read this
>novel in German, and first had to retranslate it into English
>so I could present it here!
I am sure most of the grammarians are on thier Xmas vacation
so I will take the liberty of making a comment.
I hope no one minds too much.
>
>Quoted from the epic Ramenaa by Kahless:
>ramena' ghitlh qeylIS' 'ej DaH vImuchvam:
>
>(This is translated very loosely, as I do not have words for
>"epic" and "quote". There is no epic by the name of Ramenaa in
>ST canon, so I simply spelled it phonetically.)
>
......stuff deleted....
>But we will not give in.
>'ach majeghbe'.
I would say <'ach majeghQo'>. The differece between <-be'> and
<-Qo'> is the difference between negation and refusal. You are not
merely saying that you don't surrender but that you REFUSE to do so.
>
>We will wear faces of fire.
>qul qabDu' matuQ.
Prefix mix-up. <DItuQ> or perhaps <wItuQ>.
>
>(I used tuQ = to wear clothing on purpose. I *think* this is
>not taking poetic expression too far. Would qabDu' meq be a better
>way of putting " faces of fire"?)
I would accept the poetic licence here.
>
>
>
>As I won't be online for the next couple of days, just let me
>wish you all a:
>- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
>- ein frohes Fest und guten Rutsch
>- tera'ngan yupma 'quv DIS chu` Quch je.
On this last hail I would invoke the <-jaj> as in
<tera'ngan yupma'lIj vItIvjaj 'ej Quchjaj DISlIj chu'>
>
>
> {{:-)
>
> taj'IH
Till the grammarians get back thats my 2 cents.
david
aka DaraQ
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