tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 02 21:09:20 1997
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KLBC: klingon poetry?
- From: "Rolando Coto" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: klingon poetry?
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 21:57:33 -0600
Qapla'. I'm Rolando Coto, I haven't written to TLHINGAN-HOL for a long
time, that damn <DuSaQ>. I just bought KGT and I've finished reading it for
the second time, looks amazing. It even inspired me to write a little, I
don't know if it's poetry, if it's a story, oh well...
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"ghoryanavaD", rol'anDo' maryo' puqloD. (3)
mInDu'wIj vISoQmoHDI'
QongDaqDaq jISaQDI', qablIj vIleghtaH
'IH mInDu'lIj, qa'lIjDaq cha' Qorwagh rur
qIj jIblIj, 'eng leghluHbe'bogh (1) ram rur
jIyInmeH wuSDu'lIj vIHotnIS.
yabwIjDaq ghoghlIj vIQoytaH
muDuQ ghoghlIj, meQbogh taj rur
jIHvaD bImonta'bogh poH Quch vIqawtaH
jIHvaD mu'mey 'ey Dajatlhbogh poH ngaj vIqawtaH
mu'mey 'ey, naran (2) rurta'
'ach DaH
bIQ rur mu'meylIj.
'ach SoQchoHta'DI' nujlIj 'ej mumuSchoHDI'
tlhoS Hegh tIqwIj
'IQqu'mo' tIqwIj pIlmoHbe' bom
'ej nIteb SoHvaD parmaqwIjmo' jISaQ.
ghoryana (3), parmaqwIj tIn HoS Hoch tIn puj
muleghqa'chugh Hov vIjon 'ej SoHvaD vInob
jIHvaD bImonqa'chugh
'engvo' SaQlu'bogh bIQ woHmeH qul vIlo'
wuSDu'lIj vIHot 'e' Dachaw'chugh
SoHvaD yInwIj vInob.
bangwI'na' SoHtaH 'e' DaSovchugh...
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(1) I know it's wrong, and I should have said <leghlaHbe'bogh vay'>, but we
know Klingon poets tweak the rules all the time (remember tlhonmey?), and
it's an "eloquent" poem anyway.
(2) I think this is another of Okrand's jokes. BTW, I hate those! I think
<naran> may come from spanish "naranja", orange; since we know Okrand
speaks spanish. I know, it's a pretty long shot, but after <qettlhup>,
anything, anything is possible.
(3) Her name. Her real name (in spanish) is Gloriana, it just sounded
better in Klingon. Her hair is dark, her eyes are hazel colored, she's
beautiful, oh right.
Just in case of, this is what I tried to mean:
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"For Gloriana", by Rolando, son of Mario.
When I close my eyes, when I cry at bed, I still can remember your face.
Your eyes are beautiful as two windows into your soul, you hair is black as
a cloudless sky, I can't live without feeling your lips.
In my mind I still hear your voice, your voice stabs me like a burning
dagger, I still remember the beautiful time when you smiled at me, I still
remember the short time when you spoke sweet words to me.
Sweet words, they resembled <naran>. But now, they resemble water.
But, when your mouth closed and you started hating me my heart almost died.
It was so sad not even music could bring it up, and in loneliness I cried
because of my love for you.
Gloriana, my love for you is the biggest; if you looked at me again I would
steal a star and give it to you, if you smiled at me again I would pick
rain with fire,
If you let me kiss you, I would give you my life. If only you knew you're
my definite beloved...
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I gotta find a way to make a real poem, that rimes and stuff, one day... In
a few days I'm gonna start my very final exams this year, including a
college math exam, may God help us. I real gotta go, Qapla'.
Rolando Coto.
[email protected]