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<p><span>> I don’t have a copy of paq’batlh, just various extracts. <br>
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<p><span>> Can someone check the original (and the second edition).<br>
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<p><span>This takes place towards the beginning of the story, as Kahless is making his way to Gre'thor.<br>
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<p><span>I suspect the "river of" bit may have been omitted for the sake of brevity, and because the rivery nature of the blood had already been established in the previous canto:</span></p>
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<p><span>Then he sees bright red</span></p>
<p><span>At the end of his fall</span></p>
<p><span>It is a river, blood-colored.</span></p>
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<p><span>The blood streams carry him</span></p>
<p><span>To the great gates of Gre'thor,</span></p>
<p><span>The land from where none return.</span></p>
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<p><span>ghIq pum 'e' mev</span></p>
<p><span>bIQtIq Doq legh</span></p>
<p><span>bIQtIq nguvmoH 'Iw</span></p>
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<p><span>ghe'tor lojmIt'a'Daq</span></p>
<p><span>'Iw bIQtIq ghoS</span></p>
<p><span>naDevvo' chegh pagh</span></p>
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<p><span>(This is from the first edition.)</span></p>
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<p><span>//loghaD<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 16, 2023 5:10:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> tlhingan-hol@kli.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Steven Boozer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QaD</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Here’s what I have in my notes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">'Iw bIQtIqvo'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> toS SuvwI' yoH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> puH QaDDaq paw<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The fearless warrior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Climbs out of the blood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Onto dry land. [paq'raD, Canto 1, Stanza 4]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If “river of” wasn’t accidentally omitted from the English, the image may be there’s more blood than water in the River of Blood after this confrontation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I don’t have a copy of paq’batlh, just various extracts. Can someone check the original (and the second edition). Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">P.S. I’m reminded of when Quark said to Grilka after defeating a rival for her affections (with Worf’s computer-aided assistance) in DS9 "Looking for par'Mach
in All the Wrong Places": “This is ridiculous! I’m surrounded by corpses, my shoes are dripping in blood—and you want me to feel romantic?!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The English translation omits the word “river”. Shouldn’t that be, “The brave warrior climbs out of the river of blood onto dry land.”? It seems to lose the sense of scale in terms of the horror to not mention that there’s enough blood
there to fill a river. I mean, if the Klingon were in a pool of blood up to his neck, one would expect him to be relatively comfortable, aside from being wet (“Do you mean we’re just supposed to SIT here?”), but he proves his fearlessness by actually swimming
across a river, presumably weighted down with weaponry and armor. THAT takes ENDURANCE.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Feb 16, 2023, at 10:11 AM, Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org">tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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'Iw bIQtIqvo' toS SuvwI' yoH puH QaDDaq paw <br>
The fearless warrior climbs out of the blood onto dry land. (PB)<br>
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br>
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