[89586] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: chIjwI' tIQ bom: 'ay' wej
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Sun Sep 11 11:13:33 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:07:22 +1000
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20110911064127.0acfa4e0@flyingstart.ca>
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jIjatlh:
> maHaghlaHbe', majachlaHbe',
> 'oj Hughmaj, meQ je wuS;
> QaDmo' Hoch Hugh, tam! bIQ wIHutlh,
> vaj DeS vIchop, 'IwwIj vItlhutlh!
> < DujHey! > jIjatlh, jIchuS.
mujang Qov:
> The third line doesn't flow quite as beautifully (but my lack of
> confidence in my own expertise on stress is the reason I haven't been
> commenting on that generally)
Agreed, on both points. The first part of that line ends mid-foot and I don't
think it's great metrically, but as you say the meaning is better, and I'm
happy to take the compromise.
> In exchange it is clearer on all three points: the thirst-enforced silence,
> the glorious reason for the arm-biting and the sighting of the peculiar
> thing that seemed to be a ship. muQuchmoH.
maj.
QeS 'utlh
