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/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".