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Re: Hegh lung wamwI'

Thorwald Peeters ([email protected])

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• Subject: Re: Hegh lung wamwI'
• Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:58:45 +0200 (CEST)
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<citaat van="Steven Boozer">

>     He burned the candle at both ends,
>     It did not last the night.
>     But while it burned, my foes and friends,
>     It gave a lovely light.

> This poem just cries out (!) to be translated into Klingon.  I don't have
> the time just now, but there don't seem to be any vocabulary issues (we
> have words for candle {weQ} and two words for the end of long objects
> {megh'an} and {'er'In}).  Anyone care to give it a try?

> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

megh'an weQ meQ 'ej 'er'In meQ weQ.
ramvetlh nI'be' 'oH
'ach, weQtaH 'oH jaghwI' juppu'wI' je,
wewqu' 'ej le' wovmoHwI'

I'm fairly certain this can be done better, but as I DO need the practice,
I just gave it a try.

-- 
Thorwald Peeters
a.k.a. qa'pIn qorghon puqloD, qI'meQ tuq
a.k.a. SoplaHtaHwI'
Khemorex KlinzhaivaD tuqmey ghItlhwI''a'

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