tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 30 11:19:47 1997
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Re: <weQwIj> 'ej <ghe''or>
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: <weQwIj> 'ej <ghe''or>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:24:30 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
Irene Gates wrote:
> My candle burns at both ends;
> It will not last the night;
> But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends --
> It gives a lovely light.
>
> (Edna St Vincent Millay, 1920)
>
> cha' DaqDaq meQtaH weQwIj chu';
> tugh, tlheDpa' ramvam, loj;
> 'a toH! yIqIm, jaghpu', juppu' --
> 'IH meQtaHvIS, 'ej Doj.
baQa', do I wish you didn't have to make that a *new* candle!
But I can propose nothing better. I'd say {rInpa' ramvam},
though, and certainly {peqIm} instead of {yIqIm}.
> jatlh 'Iwvan:
> > [...] Looking at the structure of the _terza rima_, I've got an idea
> > of a game for people who like translating rhyming and scanning stuff.[...]
> jInIDqang jIH. qaDlIj lulaj'a' latlh?
wej. 'a qay'be', QujmeH yap je cha'.
Meanwhile a story, just to keep the subject of _Inferno_ alive
for a while yet --
qaStaHvIS tera' qo'noH cha', monDaq baHlu'mo', 'oH mejnIS SoSwI'
qorDu'. wa' veng machDaq ghoS. pa' DuSaQDaq vumchoH SoSwI' SoS;
_Bulgaria_ Hol ghojmoH. 'ach tInbe'mo' DuSaQ, paqghom vu' je ghaH.
wa' jaj paqyaH ghoS wa' ghot. DuSaQDaq vum je ghaH, 'ach ghojmoHbe'.
chaq 'avwI' toy'wI' joq ghaH. jIqawchu'be'.
SoSnI'wI'vaD jatlh: <<ghe''or> vIlaDmeH chonob vIneH.>
SoSnI'wI' merqu' mu'meyDaj. <qatlh <ghe''or> DaneH?>
<<QaQqu' lut> muja'lu'mo'.>
<lugh, 'ach ghaytan DatIvbe'. chaq Dayajbe'. paqmey law' tu'lu',
bIH Daj law' 'oH Daj puS. DaneHchugh, may'mey Daw'mey joq Delbogh
paq qanob.>
<bIjatlh 'e' yImev! ... <ghe''or> vIneHbej. DaH jIHvaD yInob!>
neHba'mo', beplaHbe' SoSnI'wI'. ghaHvaD <ghe''or> nob.
rInDI' Hogh puS, chegh ghotvetlh. pagh jatlhtaHvIS, paq roQ 'ej
lojmIt ghoSchoH. 'ach belHa' ghaH 'e' leghmoH SoSnI'wI', mevmoH
'ej tlhob: <paq DatIv'a'?>
qaStaHvIS lup puS tam ghaH. <Dap jay'!> jang, QeHba'taHvIS. <Dapna'!
qechmeyvam Davoqchugh SoH ... 'ej ghojwI'pu'vaD bIH Daja'chugh je ...>
mej, mu'tlhegh rInmoHpa'.
--'Iwvan
--
"mIw'e' lo'lu'ta'bogh batlh tlhIHvaD vIlIH [...]
poH vIghajchugh neH jIH, yab boghajchugh neH tlhIH"
(Lewis Carroll, "_Snark_ wamlu'")
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
Home: cplx Iztok bl 91, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria