tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 01 19:06:37 1997
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The Klingon Anthem - at last!
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: The Klingon Anthem - at last!
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 21:05:19 -0500 (CDT)
As part of Simon & Schuster's promotion for their new Klingon "Day of
Honor" series of novels, they have revealed the "official" version of the
lyrics to the much discussed Klingon Anthem. As I'm on their mailing list,
I just got this announcement. If you visit the site, there's a link to a
"sneak preview" from the series -- the Anthem's lyrics. I bet that singing
the Anthem turns out being an important part of the Day of Honor. Hmmm...
I wonder if the lyrics will also be in the new Okrand book. Well, I guess
we'll all be able to see in just a couple of weeks as both are scheduled
for release this month (August).
I've appended the relevant extracts below. I recommend visiting the site as
there is considerable information (titles, ISBNs, prices) as well as
extensive extracts from the first two books in the series. There's also a
note about _Klingon for the Galactic Traveler_.
Voragh
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From: "SimonSays.com Mailing List" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997
Subject: Star Trek Book News for August!
Announcing Day of Honor!
We're pleased to announce the creation of our latest Star Trek cross-over
series - Day of Honor.
Find out more by visiting our new Day of Honor page at
http://www.startrekbooks.com/honor/
This is the place to go in order to learn more about our new Day of Honor
cross-over series. Whether you're a fan of TOS, TNG, DS9 or Voyager, you're
bound to find an interesting and honorable tale here.
A note to all Klingon Warriors...
These are the never-before-published lyrics for the Klingon Anthem, the
song featured on the Star Trek: Klingon CD-ROM game. As an added bonus, you
can get the lyrics in English and in Klingon!
Klingon Anthem
(Hilary Bader's lyrics, Copyright 1997)
Hear! Sons of Kahless.
Hear! Daughters too.
The blood of battle washes clean.
The Warrior brave and true.
We fight, we love, and then we kill.
Our lives burn short and bright.
Then we die with honor and join our fathers in the Black Fleet where
we battle forever, battling on through the Eternal fight.
(Klingon version)
Qoy qeylIs puqloD.
Qoy puqbe'pu'.
yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI'
Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw.
maSuv manong 'ej maHoHchu'.
nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'.
batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma' DImuv.
pa' reH maSuvtaHqu'.
mamevQo'. maSuvtaH. ma'ov.
Literal translation:
Hear! sons of Kahless.
Hear! daughters.
The battle blood perfectly cleans the warrior who is brave and loyal.
We fight, we're passionate, and we kill perfectly.
Our lives are not long, but they're very bright.
We certainly die, and we join our fathers in the Black Fleet.
There we always really continue fighting.
We won't stop. We continue fighting. We compete.
Copyright Simon & Schuster. All rights reserved.