"Litany of the Klingon People" by Karg

Part I

Born of the Heavens,
QI'tu'mo' mabogh
Formed of the Earth,
lamvo' wIchenmoHlu'
Forged in Fire,
qulmo' HoSghaj
So were the Klingon people created by the Gods.
vaj tlhIngan ghotpu' chenmoHpu' qa'pu'
Each realm, Heavens, Earth, and Fire,
Hoch qo' bIH QI'tu''e' lam'e' qul'e' je
Adding to the other to give the Klingon people strength.
tlhIngan SungvaD HoS nobmeH bIH wa' chel latlh
And when the Klingon people were formed,
'ej chenDI' tlhIngan Sung
The Gods looked upon them and smiled,
bej qa'pu' 'ej mon
Because they were so strong.
HoSqu'mo' chaH
And the Klingon people multiplied,
vaj ghur tlhInganpu'
And grew stronger.
'ej HoSchoHtaH
And the Gods watched.
'ej bejtaH qa'pu'
And the Klingon people became Masters of their domain,
vaj qo'chaj luDanchu' tlhInganpu'
And grew stronger.
'ej HoSchoHtaH
And the Gods watched.
'ej bej qa'pu'
And the Klingon people began to gain knowledge,
Of how strong and powerful they were.
HoS tlhInganpu' 'ej HoSghaj chaH 'e' SovchoH tlhInganpu'
And the Gods watched,
'ej bej qa'pu'
And became afraid.
'ej HajchoHpu'
And the Gods turned on their creation,
vaj yuQvetlh lu'oghpu'bogh lumagh qa'pu'
And in their fear,
Hajmo'
Sought to destroy it.
Qaw' 'e' nID
And they called upon the powers that they had used to form their creation,
chenmoHmeH qa'pu' HoSmeyvetlh'e' lo'pu'bogh poQpu' chaH
To rise up against it.
vaj qaD
And the realms responded.
vaj jang qo'mey
Destruction rained from the Heavens,
chalvo' paw QIH SIStaHvIS wanI' rur
And the Earth trembled and rose up,
Qom yuQ 'ej Hu'
And Fire consumed the land.
puH natlhchu' qul
But it was too late.
'ach paS
The Klingon peole had grown stronger that the Gods,
DaH tlhInganpu' HoS law' qa'pu' HoS puS
And they defeated them,
vaj qa'pu' jey tlhInganpu' And ended their existance,
Because of their betrayal of the Klingon people.
tlhIngan ghotpu' maghpu'mo' qa'pu' vaj HoHchu' tlhInganpu'
Even with the defeat of the Gods,
qa'pu' jeylu'
The Earth still trembled,
'ach QomtaH yuQ
And the Fire still raged,
'ej QeHtaH qul
And the Heavens grew dark,
'ej HurghchoH chal
And a great sickness spread across the land.
'ej Hoch Daq nargh rop'a'
And the Klingon people sought refuge,
In the only realm that had not betrayed them.
chaH maghpu'be'bogh wa' qo' neHDaq lulIgh lunej tlhIngan ghotpu'
The realm of water.
bIQ qo' 'oH
And they found no enemies there,
pa' jaghpu' Sambe' chaH
And it did not fight them,
'ej chaH Suvbe' qo'vam
But welcomed them.
'ach chaH van
And they became it's Master.
vaj qo'vam Danchu' ghotpu'
And in time,
qaSpu' poH puS
With it's aid,
'ej ghotpu' QaH poH
They reclaimed the Earth,
vaj yuQ Danqa' ghotpu'
And banished the Fire,
'ej qul ghIm
And only the Heavens remained,
vaj ratlh chal neH
Out of reach to them.
'ach chal SIchlaHbe' ghotpu'
But the Klingon people vowed,
vaj 'Ip tlhInganpu'
That one day,
tugh
The Heavens too would bow to them,
ghotpu' van je chal qo'
And know them as it's Master.
'ej toy'
And the Klingon people looked about them,
Dat bej tlhInganpu'
And saw that they were alone, nIteb chaH 'e' tu'
And grew afraid.
loQ Haj
And began to look for new Gods to guide them.
vaj tlhInganpu' Devbogh qa'pu' chu' nej chaH
And a voice rose up from the Klingon people,
nuvpu'vo' Sal ghoghchaj
And said,
jatlh
"We are Klingon,"
tlhIngan maH
"We are strong,"
maHoS
"We are stronger than any God."
maH HoS law' Hoch qa' HoS puS
"We need look no further than to ourselves for guidance."
maDev'eghlaH 'e' wISov
"We are our own Masters."
matoy''egh
And so the Klingon people,
Took charge of their own fate,
To prosper or perish,
By their own hand,
chavmeychajmo' chepbogh wanI' pagh Heghbogh wanI' San 'e' luwuv tlhInganpu'
And so the Klingon people have lived,
From that day on.
vaj qaSpu' jajvetlh 'ej yIn mIwvam lupabtaH tlhInganpu'


Part II

QI'tu'vo' bogh
lamvo' luchenmoHlu'
qulmo' HoSghaj
vaj tlhIngan ghotpu' chenmoHta' Qunpu'
tlhIngan ghotpu' HoSmoHmeH
muvchuqchu' Hoch qo', chal lam qul je
'ej chenDI' tlhInganpu'
bej Qunpu' 'ej mon
HoSqu'mo' chaH
vaj ghur tlhInganpu'
'ej HoSchoHtaH
'ej bejtaH Qunpu'
vaj qo'chaj luDanchu' tlhInganpu'
'ej HoSchoHtaH
'ej bej Qunpu'
HoS tlhInganpu' 'ej HoSghaj chaH
'e' luSovchoH tlhInganpu'
'ej bej Qunpu'
'ej HajchoHpu'
vaj ghotpu' chenmoHta'bogh magh Qunpu'
Hajmo'
Qaw' 'e' lunID
jo lulo'ta'bogh ra'qa' Qunpu'
qaDmeH
jang qo'mey
chalvo' SIS QIH
Qom yav 'ej Sal
puH qat qul
'ach paS
DaH tlhInganpu' HoS law' Qunpu' HoS puS
vaj Qunpu' jey tlhInganpu'
tlhIngan ghotpu' maghta'mo' Qunpu' HoHchu' tlhInganpu'
Qunpu' lujeylu'
'ach QomtaH yav
'ej QeHtaH qul
'ej HurghchoH chal
'ej puH naQ qat rop'a'
lulIgh lunej tlhIngan ghotpu'
maghbe' wa' qo' neH
bIQ qo'
pa' jaghpu' Sambe'
'ej chaH Suvbe' qo'vam
laj qo'vam
vaj qo'vam pIn'a' lumoj
tugh
ghotpu' QaHmo' bIQ qo'
puH luDoQqa' ghotpu'
'ej qul lughIm
'ach chal SIchlaHbe' ghotpu'
vaj 'Ip tlhInganpu'
latlh jaj
chaHvaD tor je chal qo'
'ej toy'
Dat nej tlhInganpu'
mob chaH 'e' lutu'
lughIjlu'
vaj ghotpu' luDevlu'meH Qunpu' chu' nej tlhInganpu'
ghomvo' ghogh Qoylu'
jatlh
tlhIngan maH
maHoS
maH HoS law' Hoch Qun HoS puS
maDev'eghlaHchu'
matoy''egh
vaj Sanchaj luSeHchoH tlhIngan
tlhIngan chavmeymo' chep pagh Hegh
vaj yInchu'taH tlhInganpu'






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