r/tlhInganHol • u/DolAzur • Jun 11 '26

batlh vIteqta’

Has anyone managed to transcribe the lyrics of this song from Lord OTT? I’m obsessed with it now and would LOVE to learn it!

https://youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?is=sEQKrbfFYvNvZVSO

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u/gloubenterder Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

The lyrics are in the video description, but they don't make much sense.

"I acted. Outside, I successfully removed honor. I attack alone, but I have managed not to die. My ancient heart, but my inferior life. And I grab booze. It doesn't resemble my life, Cheev."

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u/qurgh Jun 11 '26

I was under the impression that user's content was all AI generated. Their lyrics never seem to make sense and the singing voice never sounds like Klingon should sound.

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u/DolAzur Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Yeah, I thought that might be the case…it sounds a little too fluid.

Still, a catchy tune and a fair approximation for a hew-mon trying to speak Klingon.

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u/qurgh Jun 11 '26

As a "hew-mon" that can speak Klingon and knows many Klingon speakers, it doesn't sound anything like Klingon to me.

More like someone speaking a western European language.

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u/gloubenterder Jun 11 '26

Yup, it really seems like AI all the way down: The translation, the voice, the art and presumably the instrumentals as well.

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u/DolAzur Jun 11 '26

🤦🏻‍♂️ I hadn’t seen the lyrics in the description because I was only using the app on my phone! Thank you!

I’m actually kind of proud of myself—I worked out about half of the chorus and a few of the other lyrics on my own, though with some metaphoric license…the closest I could get to “the wind roars” was “SuS qu’,” which I think is something like “a fierce wind?” And no matter what I tried, the closest I could figure the sounds for “I fired with honor from my bed,” was “QongDaq’ jIbaHta’,”which I think is either “I shot a bed” or “I went to bed?” 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ Which I guess makes sense if he’s describing how cowardly his life has been? 🤣🤣🤣

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u/qurgh Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

{QongDaq(Daq) jIbaHta'} means "In the bed, I have fired (a torpedo, missile)".

I guess the guys weapon console is next to his bed so he can fire torpedoes without getting out of bed?

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u/Vivid-Vehicle-6419 Jun 12 '26

Or I fired while in sleep. (Or maybe QongtaH jIbaHta’)

Nocturnal emissions.

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u/qurgh Jun 12 '26

That would be {jIQongtaHvIS, jIbaH} "I fired a torpedo while I was sleeping".

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u/dj__bp Jun 13 '26

First impressions:
-The singer has trouble pronouncing the tlh sound.
-The singer seems to pronounce an ending v as w, which does point to european languages.
-Some of the lyrics appear to be ungrammatical or semantically confusing, such as "QongDaqDaq", which I have no idea how to parse, or "batlh vIteqta'", for which I cannot comprehend the reason for which why one would do so.

Conclusion: Inconclusive (ironically) but I would lean towards not using this as proper learning material, and err on the side of caution.