<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:29:34 +0100</div><div id="ydpb63a5d37yahoo_quoted_1002475510" class="ydpb63a5d37yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">>From: "De'vID" <<a href="mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>><br></div>>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] "Seasons of Love" in Klingon</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Well, it turned out that Marc was going to see RENT performed in a few<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> weeks! He also told me that that song had been covered in Klingon, although<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Marc had never seen/heard the video.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>I think he has seen it and has just forgotten (or at least a version of it,<br></div><div dir="ltr">>if there's more than one recording or performance), because he made the<br></div><div dir="ltr">>following comment about it on Facebook: "Someone actually knows how to use<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Klingon numbers!" (source:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marc.okrand/posts/345321122223456" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">>https://www.facebook.com/marc.okrand/posts/345321122223456</a>)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Huh. Well, what do you know.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div>>Here are the lyrics.</div><div>></div><div dir="ltr">>{vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup,<br></div><div dir="ltr">>lo'laHbogh vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD poHmey,<br></div><div dir="ltr">>vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>chay' DIS DajuvlaH?<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>bIjuvmeH pemmey, povmey, ramjepmey, qa'vIn HIvje'mey,<br></div><div dir="ltr">>'ujmey, qelI'qammey, naD, QeH ghap Dalo'laH.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup Dalo'laH.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>chay' wa' yIn DIS DajuvlaH?<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>parmaq Dalo'laH'a'?<br></div><div dir="ltr">>parmaq Dalo'laH'a'?<br></div><div dir="ltr">>parmaq Dalo'laH'a'?<br></div><div dir="ltr">>bIjuvmeH parmaq yIlo'.}<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Obviously, since it's a song, there are some liberties taken in the<br></div><div dir="ltr">>translation, <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Like turning miles into kellicams?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">>but the grammar is faultless. The pronunciation could have<br></div><div dir="ltr">>been better, but it's quite good for a performer whom (I assume) does not<br></div><div dir="ltr">>actually speak the language.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Good to know the grammar is flawless. Hmmmm . . . if Rachel Bloom probably doesn't speak Klingon, that means someone else must have translated the lyrics. I wonder who wrote the translation.<br></div></div>
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