<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class="">I haven’t been writing much in Klingon for a long time. My problem is that when I think in Klingon, I don’t tend to say anything if I don’t have anything important to say. Of course, all who know me know that in English, I face no such barrier.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class="">Anyway, I thought I’d try to write a song in Klingon, but I realized that I’m just not familiar enough with what is appropriate for a Klingon song, so I did some research.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class="">As it happens, I have stumbled across what appears to be an ancient Klingon song’s original lyrics. Apparently, more recently, alternative lyrics were applied to this song. I’ve seen references to it, though I haven’t tracked it down yet, though I think I’ve heard Krankor do an English version of the newer lyrics.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class="">My attempts to track down the tune have been thwarted by an apparent ban on the melody at all leSpal ngevmeH malja’ qachmey.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="2" class="">Anyway, for what it’s worth, here’s what I found:</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><b class="">‘ej muSIvmoHbejtaH</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">qol’om ‘oH gho-onbo-ogh Hoch’e’ ‘e’ Harchu’ ja-aw </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">ghaHbogh be’’e’ ‘ej QI’tu’ letlh je-e’taH.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">pawDI’ jaw’vam ngaQchu-u’-chugh ma-alja’ qa-ach, </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">ngoQDaj’a’ SuqlaHbe-ej ‘e’ So-ovbej.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘u’ ‘u’ ‘u’, ‘u’, ‘u’ ‘u’ ‘u’ ‘u’</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘ej QI’tu’ ghoSbogh le-etlh je’law’taH.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">reDDaq vepHey tu-u’lu’, ‘ach vo-oqchu’ ne-eH</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">rut cha’ qech chuplaHmo-o’ wa’ mu-u’.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">bIQtIqHom retlhDaq SorDaq bomtaH qa-anra-aD.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">rut Hoch buSHachmaj no-obHa’lu-u’. [This last verb was apparently mistranslated into English.]</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">bISov.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">tIng ’ev vIghantaHDI-I’ jItIwchoH net ghu-ur</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘ej jItlheD neHmo’ qa’wIj nongchoHbej.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Sormey Hay tlhIch rutlhme-ey vIlegh ‘e’ vI-Ija-al</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">bejbogh nu-uvpu’ QI-Ichmey je-e.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">qajal.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">tlhuplu’. <<tugh bom wIwIvchugh mameqmeH nu-uDe-ev </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Dov’agh. taHwI’pu’vaD choH jaj chu-u’</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘ej Haghqu’ta-aHmo-o’ nuvlaw’pu-u-u’ la-aw’ </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">nge-em’a’ Hoch lute-ebchu’ ya-a’rIS>></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Haghlu’ghach Daqaw’a’?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">toH, HIja’, HISlaH, lu’.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘ej muSIvmoHbejtaH.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">tIlIjDaq chuSlu’chugh, yIjot. yIghumbe’lu-u’.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">maqtagh ta’vaD Say’moHlu’ neH.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">cha’vo’ wa’ He DawIvnISbej ‘e’ So-ov Ho-och.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">HelIj DachoHmeH ratlh poH yap.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">tlhon’a’meyvo’ Huyqu’lu’ta-aH ‘ej mevlu’Qo-o’.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><<HImuv!>> jatlh Dov’agh chu’wI’’a’.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">jaw’oy, SuSbogh SuS DaQoylaH’a’? ‘ej DaSov’a’?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">tlhuptaHbogh SuSDaq letlhlIj ‘oH[taH].</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘ej HemajDaq malengtaHvIS.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">QIbmaj woch law’ qa’maj woch puS.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">pa’ yIt jaw’e’ wISovchu’bogh.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">tamghay chIS chu’ ‘ej ‘aghchu’ neH.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">qol’om mojmeH Hoch Ho’DoS ‘agh.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">‘ej bI’Ijchu’chugh vaj DaQoy.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">bom’a’ Dagho-ovchoHlaHchu’.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">wa’ mojDI’ Hoch, Hoch mojDI’ wa-a’</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">nagh’a’ Damoj ‘ach not bIron.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">toH. 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