[tlhIngan Hol] “bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD” vImugh 'e' vInIDqa'

[Daniel Dadap]

(muboQqu'mo' SuStel vItlho'qu'!)

mungwIj vengHom Dab loD qan,
bIQ'a' lengchu'pu' ghaH net Sov.
maHvaD yInDaj lut nuja',
bIQ qoD Dujmey DaqDaq qaS Hoch.

vaj bIQ'a'Daq jul wIghoS,
bIQ SuD wISampu'DI' mamevpu'
'ej yu'egh bIngDaq maHtaH,
bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'.

bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH,
bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH.
bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH,
bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH.

matay' maH, juppu'ma' je,
jIlpu'na'ma' chaH latlh law''e'.
'ej vogh QoQ muchchoHlu'pu'…

[ QoQ muchlu'taH ]

bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH,
bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH.
bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH,
bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH.

[ tujqu'choH QuQ. ]
[ nughoS jagh. ]
[ chay' jura? ]
[ Qu'vatlh! ]
[ batlh maHegh! ]
[ cha yIghuS! ]
[ So'wI' yIchu'Ha'! ]
[ baH! ]

'ej ngeDtaH- [ mayIntaHvIS ] -vIS yInmeymaj [ ngeDbej Hoch ],
'utbogh Dochmey, bIH [ naDev SaHbej ] Hoch DIghaj [ 'utbogh Doch ].
SuD bIQ'a' [ SuD bIQ'a' ], 'ej SuD chal je [ SuD chal je ],
bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD- [ Dujmaj SuDDaq ] -Daq maHegh… [ maHeghbej! Ha'! pebomqa'! ]

bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH,
bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH.
bIQ qoD Dujmaj SuD wIDabchu'taH maH,
bIQ'a'Daq majaH, DujmajDaq maHtaH.

[ chaq 'o'megh luHutlhlaH tera' bommey, 'ach tlhIngan bommo' 'oH bomvam'e', 'o'meghqoq wIcherghQo'. vaj, rIn bomvam. pItlh. ]




Notes about text in square brackets if anybody wants to record this (I might at some point, but I invite anybody else to do it if they get to it first):

For [ QoQ muchlu'taH ], this could perhaps be the brass band in the Terran version of this song, or it could be something like an excerpt from 'aqtu' mellota' je.

The dialog lifted from “Conversational Klingon” should be played one phrase per measure in the interlude between the second refrain and the final verse, timed with the bass drum beats. It would ideally be the original audio from the audiobook, heavily distorted to make it sound like its being spoken through a pipe, but if the pacing of the original audio isn’t suitable, or if there’s some other reason it doesn’t sound good, then it can be replaced with a new performance, with suitable audio distortion.

The text interleaved into the lines of the final verse should be performed with a distortion similar to the text in the interlude. It takes the place of the “echo” in the last verse of the Terran version of the song.

Rather than repeating the refrain ad infinitum and fading out, as with the Terran version, this song should have a definitive end, either with an abrupt cutoff, or an orchestra hit or something. The bit about an 'o'megh can be recited either after the music has finished, or while the instrumental track continues without vocals, to be followed by the end of the music. Or that part can be ignored, and the song can fade out with an 'o'meghqoq just like the Terran version.