In Honor

[netlhQIn]

This week a friend of mine passed away.  Some of you may know him from KAG:

Lt. Commander Khieras vestai T'Ruqnar
Commanding Officer IKV Kri'stak
Head of House T'Ruqnar
(AKA: Mike Watkins)

I wish to sign the guestbook for his online obituary, and would like for it to be in Klingon:

"Travel heavy only with the riches of a life well lived,
Love of family and friends,
Courage and honor,
Kindness and respect,
In all of these you will be most boldly remembered."

If someone would translate this for me I would be most appreciative.

Also, if others would like to sign the guestbook for his obituary, it is here --> http://www.hansonrunsvold.com/obituaries.asp?ID=369

Thank you.

- netlhQIn

[ter'eS]

Loosely rendered:

ta'mey le' ngaSbogh tep naQ'e' neH yIqeng: qorDu' juppu' je yIQorgh; yIyoH 'ej batlh yIvang; pung yIghaj 'ej Hoch yIvuv. ta'meyvetlhmo' batlh bIqawlu'bej.
"Carry only a full cargo of special deeds: care for your family and friends; be brave and act honorably; have mercy and respect everyone. Because of these deeds, you will be remembered with honor."

ta' accomplishment, deed (chosen because the qualities mentioned will actually be actions)
-mey general plural
le' special (meant in the sense of "only a certain kind of deed")
ngaS to contain
-bogh verb suffix: "which X-es"
tep cargo
naQ full
'e' suffix needed to mark the subject of ngaS
neH adverb: "only"
yI- verb prefix, imperative: "you do X!"
qeng to carry
qorDu' family
jup friend
-pu plural
je and
Qorgh to care for (no verb meaning exactly "to love")
yoH be brave
'ej and
batlh honorably
vang to act
pung mercy
ghaj to have (the phrase "have mercy" to substitute for "be kind", for which there isn't a word)
Hoch everyone
vuv to respect
-vetlh those
-mo' because of
qaw to remember
-lu' verb suffix, sort of a passivizer: "be X-ed"
-bej verb suffix: "definitely"

Sorry to hear about your friend.

[netlhQIn]

Thank you very much, ter'eS.  I appreciate it a lot.

[SoplaHtaHwI']

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGH"

Or something in that vain. a death howl is hard to catch in written text...
Sorry to hear about the loss netlhQIn.
Strength to you and the others he left behind.

[netlhQIn]

Thank you, SoplaHtaHwI'.

I was actually unable to attend the funeral, having a family reunion to attend, but I heard there was one who did say a few Klingon words in his honor.  I doubt it was the death howl though - we tend to be pretty reserved individuals in the northern midwest, and unlikely to do anything too upsetting to those not in-the-know.