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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/10/2017 12:24 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kechpaja@comcast.net">kechpaja@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Aug 10, 2017, at 19:16, nIqolay Q <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:niqolay0@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><niqolay0@gmail.com></a> wrote:
I think the only canon song (as opposed to play or poem) is the Warrior's Anthem, which doesn't really rhyme or have much of a meter. It's just kind of chanted monotonically.
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<pre wrap="">It <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>does<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> have rhyme and meter, though, at least at the beginning: puqbe'pu'/'Iw (admittedly a rather slant rhyme), maHoHchu'/wovqu', as well as the the rhythmic similarities between the second-last and third-last lines. </pre>
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<p>It's an odd duck.<br>
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<p><b>Qoy qeylIS puqloD</b><b><br>
</b><b>Qoy puqbe'pu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI'</b><b><br>
</b><b>Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw</b><b><br>
</b><b>maSuv manong 'ej maHoHchu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq</b><b><br>
</b><b>vavpu'ma' DImuvpa' reH maSuvtaHqu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>mamevQo' maSuvtaH ma'ov</b></p>
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<p>The rhymes you point out are there, and the stresses are really
weird. Lemme rewrite this, ignoring the usual transcription system
rules about capital letters, and instead capitalize stressed
syllables, as sung by the actors.</p>
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<p><b>QOY QEY-lis PUQ-LOD</b><b><br>
</b><b>QOY PUQ-be'PU...U'</b><b><br>
</b><b>YOH-bogh MATLH-bogh JE suv-WI'</b><b><br>
</b><b>SAY'-moh-CHU' may' 'IW</b><b><br>
</b><b>ma-SUV ma-NONG 'ej MA-hoh-CHU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>ni'-BE' yinMAJ 'ach WOV-QU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>BATLH ma-HEGH-bej 'EJ yo' QIJ-daq</b><b><br>
</b><b>VAV-pu'ma' DI-muv-pa' REH ma-suv-TAH-qu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>ma-MEV-qo' ma-SUV-taH ma-'OV</b></p>
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<p>Writing this the same way, but using the stress rules from TKD,
understanding that the rules there are very rudimentary, we get
this:</p>
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<p><b>qoy qey-LIS puq-LOD</b><b><br>
</b><b>qoy puq-BE'-PU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>YOH-bogh MATLH-bogh je suv-WI'</b><b><br>
</b><b>SAY'-moh-CHU' MAY' 'IW</b><b><br>
</b><b>ma-SUV ma-NONG 'ej ma-HOH-chu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>NI'-be' YIN-maj 'ach WOV-qu'</b><b><br>
</b><b>BATLH ma-HEGH-bej 'ej YO' QIJ-daq</b><b><br>
</b><b>vav-PU'-MA' di-MUV-pa' REH ma-SUV-tah-QU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>ma-MEV-qo' ma-SUV-taH ma-'OV</b></p>
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<p>Finally, here is how I would pronounce it as prose. Through
everything Okrand has ever spoken aloud, my stress matches his.
I'm not saying I'm right, or that Okrand's pronunciation must be
the proper Klingon pronunciation, just that I think I can
reproduce what Okrand would say.<br>
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<p><b>QOY QEY-lis PUQ-lod</b><b><br>
</b><b>QOY puq-BE'-PU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>YOH-bogh MATLH-bogh je suv-WI'</b><b><br>
</b><b>SAY'-moH-CHU' MAY' 'iw</b><b><br>
</b><b>ma-SUV ma-NONG 'ej ma-hoh-CHU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>NI'-BE' YIN-maj 'ach wov-QU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>BATLH ma-HEGH-bej 'ej YO' QIJ-daq</b><b><br>
</b><b>vav-PU'-MA' DI-muv-PA' REH ma-SUV-taH-QU'</b><b><br>
</b><b>ma-mev-QO' ma-SUV-taH ma-'OV</b></p>
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<p>If this song is representative of Klingon music, or at least of
anthems of this sort, then Klingon music really lets loose with
stress, but it's otherwise not remarkable compared to Western
music (and that's because it was written by Western writers in
English and translated by Okrand; in real life it is not an
original Klingon composition).<br>
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