tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 13 04:15:06 2006
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Re: Can Klingons learn from Vulcans?
- From: Shane MiQogh <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Can Klingons learn from Vulcans?
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:14:46 -0700 (PDT)
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"klingon haiku" comes to mind...
QeS 'utlh <[email protected]> wrote: Last night I was rereading "The Romulan Way" by Diane Duane and Peter
Morwood. While reading it, I came across a short passage (pp. 44-45) which,
while inconsequential in the novel, jumped out and caught my eye; it
describes a supposedly Vulcan mode of poetry called the "steheht" mode. Two
verses in this mode (in English) are given, from which one can deduce that a
verse is structured around a certain number of syllables in each line. It
appears that a stave of "steheht"-mode poetry is composed of five lines, of
four, six, five, five, and two syllables.
This mode struck me as though it might be usable in Klingon as well, and I
managed to make a couple of verses very easily using this mode, which is
quite something considering how rubbish I am at poetry generally. This may
be of interest to you all; then again, it may not. Do with this info what
you please.
bomvam yIQoy!
qeylIS lIjla'be'bogh
ghaH SuvwI' Dun'e';
tlhIngan batlh pabchu'
net Sov.
jIbDaj'e' chIp;
tlheghmeyvetlh tIq lo' 'ej
vaHbo'Daq tlhegh lan;
chen tlhIngan batlh 'etlh,
betleH.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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