There's no punctuation in the Klingon, but it does show up in the English translation: mob qeylIS ngeng HeHDaq yIt SanDaj buS vaj 'It qul ngeng HeHDaq ba'taHvIS qeylIS ghoS SuvwI' qan And Kahless was alone Walking along the shore, His fate heavy on his shoulders. Kahless sits at the shores Of the lake of fire As an old warrior passes by. --Voragh On Behalf Of Felix Malmenbeck == DISCUSSION ONLY: No new requests in this message. ==
mob qeylIS ngeng HeHDaq yIt And Kahless was alone walking along the shore (PB)
Should this be {mob ngeng HeHDaq yIt qeylIS} ?
The full stanza is: mob qeylIS ngeng HeHDaq yIt SanDaj buS vaj 'It The text of paq'batlh is mostly devoid of punctuation, but given both the grammar and the line breaks, it's probably safe to assume that the Klingon text of the first two lines could be divided as: {mob qeylIS. ngeng HeHDaq yIt. SanDaj buS, vaj 'It.} A more literal translation of the Klingon text would probably be "Kahless was alone. He walked by the lake's shore." You could also have {mob. ngeng HeHDaq yIt qeylIS.} ("He was alone. Kahless walked by the lake's shore.") However, I think that's a bit less clear; Morath is also involved in this canto, so it's a good idea to clarify that you're talking about Kahless sooner rather than later. ________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org<mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org>> on behalf of Anthony Appleyard <a.appleyard@btinternet.com<mailto:a.appleyard@btinternet.com>> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 00:05 To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org<mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] mu' chu' chabal tetlh! Should this be {mob ngeng HeHDaq yIt qeylIS} ? ----Original message----
From : sboozer@uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu> Date : 22/03/2017 - 17:22 (GMTST) To : tlhingan-hol@kli.org<mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org> Subject : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] mu' chu' chabal tetlh! shore (lake) : mob qeylIS ngeng HeHDaq yIt And Kahless was alone walking along the shore (PB)