[Tlhingan-hol] tuj rop

[Steven Boozer]

For those who'd like to see the original text (cf. http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/feaver.htm ):

O! Do not die, for I shall hate
    All women so, when thou art gone,
That thee I shall not celebrate,
    When I remember thou wast one.
But yet thou canst not die, I know ;
    To leave this world behind, is death ;
But when thou from this world wilt go,
    The whole world vapours with thy breath.
Or if, when thou, the world's soul, go'st,
    It stay, 'tis but thy carcase then ;
The fairest woman, but thy ghost,
    But corrupt worms, the worthiest men.
O wrangling schools, that search what fire
    Shall burn this world, had none the wit
Unto this knowledge to aspire,
    That this her feaver might be it?
And yet she cannot waste by this,
    Nor long bear this torturing wrong,
For more corruption needful is,
    To fuel such a fever long.
These burning fits but meteors be,
    Whose matter in thee is soon spent ;
Thy beauty, and all parts, which are thee,
    Are unchangeable firmament.
Yet 'twas of my mind, seizing thee,
    Though it in thee cannot perséver ;
For I had rather owner be
    Of thee one hour, than all else ever.
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From: Rohan Fenwick [mailto:qeslagh at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:59 AM

This is one I've played with on and off for many months in between other things. It's only seven verses, but the language is pretty dense, so it's taken me a while to push through and wind up with a Klingon version I'm happy with.

At any rate, I hope you all enjoy.

tuj rop (A Fever)
qonta' John Donne

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yIHeghrupQo'! narghDI' qa'lI',
qo' Hoch be'pu' vImuSchoHchu':
be' SoHpu' 'e' vIqawqa'DI',
qalopQo'mo' vI'IQmoHlu'.

'ach wej bIHeghlaH 'e' vItlhoj;
qo' mejchugh qa', Hegh SIQnISlu'.
'ach mejDI' qa'lI', ngugh bIloj,
'ej qo' Hoch vel tlhuHlIj chISqu'.

bInarghDI' SoH, qo' Dun qa' nIv,
ratlh qo', 'ach lomlIj rur neH 'oH;
be' 'IHvaD rapbej nIyma' QIv,
ghargh qal mojlaw' je voDleH yoH.

'o ghoHbogh tej! qo' meQwI' qul
lunejtaH chaH, 'ach reH yajbe':
Sovna' lughovbe' nejwI' mul:
chaq qulvetlh 'oH tuj ropDaj'e'!

'ach poH nI'be'qu' SIQlaH neH,
pujqu'moHlaHbe' qulvam joy';
porgh tuj'a'vam nI' meQtaHmeH
nIn Da quvHa'wI' DavHam 'oy'.

chunDabmey rurbej tuj poHvam:
porghlIjDaq tugh meQHa'choH bIH;
'u' choHbe'bogh SaD DIS poH tlham
rur porghlIj Dun, Darur SoH 'IH.

Do'Ha', tugh yaH yInlIj pugh Dun,
'ach taH SoHvo' narghbogh qa' pup;
'ej Hoch 'u' poH munobchugh Qun,
qatlhejtaH qaStaHvIS wa' lup.

QeS
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