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Klingon Poetry (corrected)



DaH qar'a' pabwIj?


ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH

qonta' *tu'loD *roy' puqloD

ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH
yIghojmoHchu' tIghmeychaj mojnISmo' tIghmaj
tugh qa'meHpu'ma' moj chaH

ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH
chaH poQ pIq law''e'
taHmeH quv'e' tIghmeymaj SovnIS
batlh yInmeH mIwmey DI'aghnIS
mataHmeH maH'e' tIghmeymaj SovnIS chaH'e'

ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH
laDmeH 'ej qonmeH mIw yI'agh
ghojwI' nIvqu' qonwI' nIvqu' joq moj chaH'e'
batlh yInmeH mIw yI'agh
DevwI' nIvqu' moj chaH'e'
QubmeH 'ej ghojmeH mIw yI'agh
puqpu'chaj ghojmoHmeH mIw yI'agh je

ghojwI'pu'lI'  tISaH
wIchenmoHpu'bogh qo'Daq QapnISchu' *
mataHmeH maSachnIS
puqpu'vaD tIghmaj  DIghojnISmoH
mataHmeH no'chaj tIghmey ghojnISmoH puqpu'ma'

tIghpu'maj ghojmoHbe'chugh maHeghbej
wIvonlu'pu'be' neH, 'ach Hoch qorDu'ma' je DIvonmoHlu'  **
puqpu'lI'vaD nugh tIghmey DaghojmoHbe'chugh, bIvonlu'pu'

ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH


* I wanted to write "in the world which we created."
** "We haven't only failed ourselves, but our families also."  Or I might have written "malujchu'be' neH, 'ach Hoch qorDu'pu'ma' je lulujlu'."  I don't prefer the second choice, because luj means "fail" in the sense of "not win."

T'Lod


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