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RE: weQwIj




From:  Irene Gates [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:  Monday, February 03, 1997 3:42 AM
To:  ANDEENRE; Multiple recipients of list
Subject:  Re: weQwIj


>>> 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.
   

>>> cha' DaqDaq meQtaH weQwIj chu';
>>> tugh, tlheDpa' ramvam, loj;
>>> 'a toH!  yIqIm, jaghpu', juppu' --
>>> 'IH meQtaHvIS, 'ej Doj.

> Qum 'Iwvan:

>> baQa', do I wish you didn't have to make that a *new* candle!

> jIH je.

...

>>> 1) what is the function of "chu'" in the first line (other than to   
allow
>>> for rhyme and meter)?  Why is your candle new?  Edna's wasn't.

>> Rhyme, surely.

>Unfortunately, yes.  A stressed syllable is needed after {weQwIj}, and   
even
>though line three is quite flexible, there aren't many choices for the   
end of
>line one.  {chu'} doesn't do any harm if the poem is taken literally,   
but it
>does if it is taken metaphorically (as it should be).

You could also use <ru'> (temporary).  


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