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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] wedding vows - heartbeat?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 10 09:29:18 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:29:08 +0000
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E8771239AFA1@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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Felix:
> In paq'batlh, {joq} is used to refer to the beating of hearts:
>
> =======================
> Suto'vo'qor botlhDaq
> pe'vIl joqchu'taH
> quvbogh 'ej valbogh tIqDu' tIQ
> =======================
> SIqral bIQtIqDaq
> joqtaHbogh molor tIqDu' qem qeylIS
> bIQ DoqDaq tlhabmoH
> =======================
{joqtaHbogh molor tIqDu'} "Molor's still-beating hearts" (PB)
Another example from paq'batlh:
Hay'chu' luneHqu'
vaj pe'vIl joqqu'
cha' tlhIngan tIqDu'
Both Klingon hearts beat,
At their strongest,
In lust for blood. (paq'raD, Canto 23, p. 167)
N.B. {pe'vIl} used twice with {joq} and in all three examples: {tIqDu'} - Klingons have two hearts!
> So, "my heart beats only for you" could perhaps be translated with
> {tIqwIj DajoqmoH SoH neH}.
"Only you cause my heart to beat"
Why not translate it literally if we can:
SoHvaD neH joq(taH) tIqwIj
my heart beats only for you
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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