tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 10 21:25:25 2001
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Re: Translation of songs into Klingon?
ja' Qov:
>...there are a number of songs in Klingon, enough that we
>shuold have a songbook.
wej ben bommey boSlaw'lI' jIlQun DaraQ je. jInmolHeychaj Dotlh vISovbe'.
bom paq gherqang'a' vay'? ghItlh puS vIghaqlaH jIH. wa' jI'ogh; cha'
vImughta'. <gho' 'oH> vImuchta'be' 'ach DIp bom Sovlu'bej. (QIt latlh
vImughchoH, 'aj jIyonbe'chu'.)
Tom Twohy and David Barron were soliciting original Klingon songs about
three years ago. I wonder what happened with that.
Does anyone wish to volunteer to put together an informal KLI songster?
I've got several pieces I can contribute, including an original acrostic
work and translated renditions of Sesame Street's "It's a Circle" and the
Noun song from Grammar Rock. (My attempt to produce <Qo'noS chab> has a
good beginning, I think, but it's probably going to be another few years
before I get back into the groove well enough to work on it further, and it
of course loses almost all the cultural references in translation.)
I have also unearthed a <Dap bom> that some of you might find amusing:
jeq. 'un chIl.
ben tap De' 'Il.
Du' vetlh je pe'. lo' wa': tIr.
jeq. bel Daw'.
nIb ro. QIS Qaw'.
nIn chIl. qam tamwI' ngev: DIr.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh