Going a little Klingon

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TITLE: Going a little Klingon

AUTHOUR: J. William Bell

DATE POSTED: 2025-07-24

There is a lot of stuff from my childhood and teenage years that I regret. One of the things I don't regret from that chapter of my life was enjoying STAR TREK. I got to grow up watching Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. The movies were also a part of that experience... the majourity of the time I spent watching those shows and films are deeply connected to some of the happiest moments of my life; so far.

So; every once in a while, I'm going to go down the Classic STAR TREK rabbit-hole with this blog; and if you have to blame somebody for that, blame Gene Roddenberry.

For your reading pleasure, I have provided a variation on an English translation of a Klingon War Song, as well as an Esperanto translation of the English translation.

Excelsior, and Live Long and Prosper!

KLINGON WAR SONG

Listen! Sons of Kahless,

Listen! Daughters too,

The blood of battle washes clean,

The Warrior brave and true.

Listen! Sons of Kahless,

Listen! Daughters too,

The blood of battle washes clean,

The Warrior brave and true.

We fight; we love; and then we kill,

Our lives burn short and bright,

Then we die with honour,

And join our fathers in The Black Fleet,

Battling forever in the Eternal Fight.

Kah-plah!

- Esperanto Translation -

Auxskultu! Filoj de Kahless,

Auxskultu! Filinoj ankaux,

La sango de batalo lavas puran,

La Militisto kuragxa kaj vera.

Auxskultu! Filoj de Kahless,

Auxskultu! Filinoj ankaux,

La sango de batalo lavas puran,

La Militisto kuragxa kaj vera.

Ni batalas; ni amas; kaj tiam ni mortigas,

Niaj vivoj brulas mallonga kaj brilaj,

Tiam ni mortas kun honoro,

Kaj kunigas nian patrojn en La Nigra Floto,

Batalante eterne en la Eterna Lukto.

Kah-plah!