[tlhIngan Hol] qorvaD Hegh bom

Jeremy Silver jp.silver at tiscali.co.uk
Wed Mar 29 04:06:47 PDT 2017


I was recently inspired to complete a similar project on the Dirge for Kor 
from the end of the DS9 episode: Once More Unto the Breach, to see if I could 
make something more meaningful of it.

If the one who made the translation which is published on the lyrics pages is 
on the list - no disrespect intended.

Here's what I have so far (hope it lines-up for everyone):

Phonetic			My best guess		What I hope it means
me-ko ka-ra		{mI' qul, qar'a'}		The fires dance, right?
eng-do ki-la		{leng yo' qIj la'}	The Commander of the Black Fleet 
travels
key-do-sum		{QI'tu'; Sum}		Paradise; it is nearby
ka-reH-do key-la	{qarI'; yo' qIj la'}	I call out to you; Commander of the 
black fleet
sutem-pa raH-do	{Sutempa', la' tlho'}	Before you(all) deny, he thanks the
								Commander
ma-ra eh- Kor		{mara': 'el qor}		We command: Kor enters

re-ka				{rI'qa'}			(he/they) call(s) out again
re-ka				{rI'qa'}			(he/they) call(s) out again
re-ka				{rI'qa'}			(he/they) call(s) out again

da-so pa-ca-re		{DaSo'pa' qarI'}	Before you cloak, I call out to you
key ro-kah			{yo' qIj qa'}		Spirit of the Black Fleet
[note: for this last line I could make nothing meaningful of the syllables in 
the order they came in (in conjunction with the following lines), so I swapped 
the first two. Maybe the original transcriber of the script swapped them 
first.
If any of you can make more sense of them than me, I welcome your input.]

ro-kah		        {yo' qa'}			Spirit of the fleet
ro-kah		        {yo' qa'}			Spirit of the fleet
ro-kah		        {yo' qa'}			Spirit of the fleet


If it helps, direct from the script we have this:
Mi' qul qar'a, 'ej Do' QI'la'.
QI'do' Sum, garI' do' QI'la.
Sutem pa' rI' tlho' Mara' 'e' qor.
rI'qa' rI'qa' rI'qa' DaSo' pa gareh QI' ro'qa' ro'qa' ro'qa' ro'qa.


While we're discussing Kor, there's a meaningful quote from him in this 
episode, I hope my attempt at a translation does it justice:

{yIn naH'e' yItIv, juppu'wI' Qup. baQDI' 'oH, 'ey, 'ach qaStaHvIS DISmey 'Iq 
yIyInQo'. qaSpu'DI' poH wIbchoH wejwa'.}





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