Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:29:34 +0100>From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] "Seasons of Love" in Klingon
Well, it turned out that Marc was going to see RENT performed in a few weeks! He also told me that that song had been covered in Klingon, although Marc had never seen/heard the video.
I think he has seen it and has just forgotten (or at least a version of it, if there's more than one recording or performance), because he made the following comment about it on Facebook: "Someone actually knows how to use Klingon numbers!" (source: https://www.facebook.com/marc.okrand/posts/345321122223456)
Huh. Well, what do you know.
Here are the lyrics.>>{vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup, lo'laHbogh vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD poHmey, vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup. chay' DIS DajuvlaH?
bIjuvmeH pemmey, povmey, ramjepmey, qa'vIn HIvje'mey, 'ujmey, qelI'qammey, naD, QeH ghap Dalo'laH. vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup Dalo'laH. chay' wa' yIn DIS DajuvlaH?
parmaq Dalo'laH'a'? parmaq Dalo'laH'a'? parmaq Dalo'laH'a'? bIjuvmeH parmaq yIlo'.}
Obviously, since it's a song, there are some liberties taken in the translation,
Like turning miles into kellicams?
but the grammar is faultless. The pronunciation could have been better, but it's quite good for a performer whom (I assume) does not actually speak the language.
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.