tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 05 07:35:21 2003
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Tao Te Ching Chp. 40
- From: "Agnieszka Solska" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Tao Te Ching Chp. 40
- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 13:42:25 +0000
"Tao Te Ching" vImughlI'. 'op wen naDev 'op 'ay'mey vImughta'bogh vImuch.
DaHjaj cha' 'ay'mey chu' vImuch. vuDraj HISovmoH!
40K
vangtaHvIS mIw'a' chegh.
QaptaHvIS mIw'a' jegh.
vay'mo' tu'lu'bogh chen wa'netlh Dol.
vay'mo' tu'be'lu'bogh chen vay' tu'lu'bogh.
40E
Returning is the action of Tao.
Yielding is the function of Tao.
Ten thousand things arise from what there is.
What there is arises from what there is not.
The English translation of the first two lines differs from the Klingon
version: the former makes use of nouns, the latter of verbs. Though this is
supposed to be a general tendency in the two languages a more noun-based
Klingon rendition is possible and might even be better:
tatlh'eghghach 'oH mIw'a' ta''e'.
jeghrupghaH 'oH mIw'a' Qu''e'.
'ISqu'
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