tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 24 12:11:16 1997
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KLBC: Introduction to the Black Fleet
As a Klingon smuggler my work takes me throughout the quadrant. I hear many
tales and I have begun to write them down. Below is the prologue to a
collection of stories set in the black fleet. The prologue is entitled "logh
tam" or "Silent Space." Comments and grammatical corrections are welcome.
Thanks,
Hat!
tam logh.
bir logh net Sov.
chuSmo' SuvwI' yIn 'e' wIlIjlaw'
'ach qawbej vay.
lIjlaHbe'chu' yo' qIj vajpu'.
loghDaq QIch tu'lu'be'.
jatlhlaH vaj mInDu' neH.
jachlaH lurDu'Daj 'ej Haghlah Huy'Du'Daj 'ach ghogh gahjbe' HughDaj.
vItvam mughojmoH vavwI' 'ej ghaH ghojmoH vavDaj.
DaH lut qaja'.
yo' qIj ra'bogh 'aj qaja'.
HeghDI' lijpu' pongDaj.
DaH 'aj Hurgh 'oH'e' pongqoqDaj neH.
lutDaj 'oH'e' lutvam.
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Space is quiet.
Space is cold, everyone knows that.
Because a warrior's life is noisy we seem to forget it.
But some surely remember.
The warrior's of the black fleet can certainly not forget.
There is no speech in space.
Only a warrior's eyes can speak.
His pupils can scream and his eyebrows can laugh, but his throat has no
voice.
My father taught me this truth, and his father taught him.
Now I will tell you a story.
I will tell you about an admiral who commands the black fleet.
When he died his name was forgotten.
Now he is known only as the dark admiral.
This is his story.