[Tlhingan-hol] The Dhammapada: A Klingon Translation, verses 1-2

[Josh Badgley]

jIvHa'wI' Sov'a' He (The Dhammapada) vImughchoHpu'. qup He (Theravada) vIpabmo' potlhqu' paqHomvam 'e' vIHar.  naDev cha' tlheghmey (verses?) tu'lu'. 

The English translations are mine.  I have done my very best to translate the original Pali into Klingon and then to provide some English so that, in the likely event my Klingon stinks, those of you who are more skillled will know what I was trying to say and can help me out, if you are willing to do so.  I am very serious about this project and would like to complete a full version.  I wanted to thank 
'ISqu' for her excellent edition of the Tao Te Ching, which I am reading right now and without which I would be hopelessly lost. I have nicked the term jIvHa'wI' from her and am using it for "Buddha". Even though "Dhammapada" really means something like "Path of Dhamma", I am calling it "The Buddha's Path of Wisdom" or jIvHa'wI' Sov'a' He

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'ay'
wa' 

chang'engmey



1



yab wanI'mey nung yab,
che' yab,
chenmoH yab.
qaltaHvIS yab bIjatlhchugh
qoj bIvangchugh,
vaj bep Dutlha'
rur tangqa' qam tlha'bogh
rutlh'e'



Mind precedes mental
phenomena,
Mind rules them, mind
creates them.
If you speak or act while
the mind is corrupted
Then agony follows you
Like the wheel that
follows the foot of the ox



2



yab wanI'mey nung yab,
che' yab,
chenmoH yab.
wovtaHvIS yab bIjatlhchugh
qoj bIvangchugh,
vaj Qapla' Dutlha'
rur mejbe'bogh QIb



Mind precedes mental
phenomena,
Mind rules them, mind
creates them.
If you speak or act while
the mind is bright,
Then success follows you
Like a shadow that does
not depart.






-- jhb
 		 	   		  
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