[Tlhingan-hol] Short Poems

[John R. Harness]

QeS and I have privately been discussing Klingon poetry. Below find two new
poems. The first was a collaboration (a la a poetical exquisite corpse
exercise) and the second is from the writings of a lesser-known but quite
profound Klingon poet whose work I have recently discovered and begun
translating (*wink*). These came about during a discussion of the
possibilities of assonance in tlhIngan bommey.

For your consideration and amusement.

1) Somraw bom

lommeyvaD bomwIj bomtaH Somraw
mabommeH maH maghomlaHjaj
Somraw bom qaw'be' lommey puS
vaj molchaj law'Daq bom Somrawmaj
ben law' qaS yInmaj jatlh jatlhwI'vam
chen nIyma' neH ratlhbe'DI' yInmaj
ghIq lomvaD bom bomtaH Somraw

2) Qaw'bogh Qincha'

(Slashes mark long pauses (caesura))

ghatlhbogh ghargh / chalvo’ ghIr
nuvvaD nej / noghwI’ ghung


jaghvaD jangDI’ / ghotpu’ jatwI’
lI’Ha’ lurDech / lulotlhlaHbe’


QotDI’ QoS / Qaw'bogh QIncha'
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