[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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