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San rI'lu' (was Re: Kingon mood music)



["Carmina Burana"  "O Fortuna" je wIqel]

Daniel asks:
>What would it sound like in Klingon? That might be some thing to look
>forward to.

'ay' wa'DIch vImugh 'e' vInID.

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
(Fortune, Empress of the World)
{qo' che'bogh be' ghaH San'e'}
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O Fortuna (Chorus)     O Fortune               San rI'lu' (bom Hoch)

O Fortuna              O Fortune,              San wInoymoH
velut luna             like the moon           maS Dalaw' 'oH
statu variabilis,      you are changeable,     reH choHtaHmo' maS rurbej
semper crescis         ever waxing             reH ghurlaw'lI'
aut decrescis;         and waning;             'ej nuplaw'lI'
vita detestabilis      hateful life            reH ghu' ram ghu' potlh je tlhej
nunc obdurat           first oppresses         rut nuQIDchoH
et tunc curat          and then soothes        rut nupIvmoH
ludo mentis aciem,     as fancy takes it;      maghuHbe' wuqmo' yIn wIH
egestatem,             poverty                 mIpHa'ghach'e'
potestatem             and power               potlhbogh woQ je
dissolvit ut glaciem.  it melts them like ice. Sanmo' tetbogh chuch rur bIH
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murI' jInmolna' 'e' vIQoylaw'!

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj




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