'jaj jav' (Friday)

[klingonkaraoke]

Last weekend I had the inescapable feeling that what the world really needed was a Klingon translation of that ubiquitous Rebecca Black song.

And here it is! (Original audio, Klingon subtitles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6IkBtTd6Y

luq   yes
ghoS po. jIvemtaH   the morning comes. I am waking up
jIvangnIS jIghIrnIS   I must act, I must descend
nIQ vISopnIS. loSpev vISopnIS   I must eat breakfast, I must eat quadrotriticale
Hoch vIleghtaH. loSbe' poH.   I am seeing everything, time doesn't wait
puvtaH poH 'ej moDtaHwI' qorDu'   time is flying, my family is hurrying
jolpa' vIjaH vIneH   I want to go to the transport room
tugh chu'lu' jol   the transport beam will be activated soon
'ach juppu'wIj vIlegh   but I see my friends
chaH vIlegh   (I see them)
   
'etDaq leStaHvIS   while relaxing in the area at the front
'o'Daq ba'taHvIS   while sitting in the area at the back
jIba'qangbogh jIwuqnIS   I must decide where I am willing to sit
   
Ha'   Let's go!
jaj jav jaj jav   Friday, Friday,
jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch   Everybody needs to celebrate due to Friday
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
jaj jav jaj jav   Friday, Friday,
jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch   Everybody needs to celebrate due to Friday
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh, pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
   
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
tIv! tIv! tIv! tIv!   enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
   
tugh HeDaq malengtaH   soon we are travelling on the route
nom lengvIs puvmeH poH jImoD   I hurry in order that time flies quickly while travelling
tIv! tIv! tIv vIbuS!   fun, fun, think only about fun
tIv! tIv! tIv Dayaj'a'?   do you understand fun?
vISeHpu'. DaSeHpu'.   I have controlled it, you have controlled it
jIH retlhDaq ghaHtaH jup'e'   my friend is in the area beside me
vISeHpu'. DaSeHpu'.   I have controlled it, you have controlled it
DaH DaSov   now you know it
   
'etDaq leStaHvIS   while relaxing in the area at the front
'o'Daq ba'taHvIS   while sitting in the area at the back
jIba'qangbogh jIwuqnIS   I must decide where I am willing to sit
   
Ha'   Let's go!
jaj jav jaj jav   Friday, Friday,
jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch   Everybody needs to celebrate due to Friday
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
jaj jav jaj jav   Friday, Friday,
jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch   Everybody needs to celebrate due to Friday
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
   
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
tIv! tIv! tIv! tIv!   enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
   
jaj vagh 'oH wa'Hu''e'   yesterday was Thursday
jaj jav 'oH jajvam'e'   this day is friday
maSeyqu'   we are very excited
maSeyqu'   we are very excited
jajvam maloptaH   we are celebrating today
   
jaj Soch 'oH wa'leS'e'   tomorrow is saturday
'ej jaj wa' ghoS   and Sunday follows
leSpoH mev vIneHbe'   I don't want shore leave to cease
   
rebe'qa' jon puqbe' be'laq tuq   Rebecca, daughter of John, of the House of Black
'etDaq leStaHvIS   while relaxing in the area at the front
'o'Daq     in the area at the back
jIjaHtaH, lengtaH   I'm going, travelling
jIH retlhDaq leng lupDujHom   a shuttlecraft is travelling beside me
DaH jIH tlhopDaq 'oHtaH   now it is in front of me
naDev vo' yIghoS   go away!
tlhaqwIj  vInuD   I check my chronomoter
ghoSpu' jaj jav   Friday has come
malopqang, SuH. SuH. Ha'!   we are willing to celebrate. Ready! Ready! Let's go!
   
Ha'   Let's go!
jaj jav jaj jav   Friday, Friday,
jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch   Everybody needs to celebrate due to Friday
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
jaj jav jaj jav   Friday, Friday,
jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch   Everybody needs to celebrate due to Friday
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend
   
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
tIv! tIv! tIv! tIv!   enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy
jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh   Nobody is willing to wait for the weekend

[qurgh_]

majQa'! Pretty good as far as I can see.   

Not sure if you wanted feedback/suggestions, but there are a few little things I noticed:

moDtaHwI' qorDu' - The hurrier's family (Looks like you put the -wI' in the wrong place, should be on qorDu')

jIba'qangbogh jIwuqnIS - This line needs some work, possibly something like: DaqDaq vIba'qangbogh vIwuqnIS - I need to choose the location that I am willing to sit in

jajmo' jav lopnIS Hoch - I'd translate jajmo' jav as "because of the day's six". You might want to go with something like jaj jav 'oHmo' - because it's the sixth day

jaj jav loSqanqbe' pagh - No one is willing to wait for the sixth day (maybe Hogh 'er'In loSqangbe' pagh - No one is willing to wait for the week's end)

Should Friday be vagh jaj, not jav jaj?

Monday - jaj wa'
Tuesday - jaj cha'
Wednesday - jaj wej
Thursday - jaj loS
Friday - jaj vagh
Saturday - jaj jav
Sunday - jaj Soch

nom lengvIs puvmeH poH jImoD - -vIS must always be accompanied by -taH (think of "while" as being -taHvIS not just -vIS). Right now it means: While it travels quickly, in order that time flies I hurry. If you want the time flying to be quick, you need to move nom to before puvmeH. Also remember that "time flies" is an idiom, time isn't really flying in the sky, which is what puv poH means. If you stick with the idiom, you're translation will only be understandable by people who's culture has an idiom about time flying, which may be limited to just English speakers.

naDev vo' yIghoS - -vo should be connected to naDev.

This is the second translation I've seen of this song in as many weeks: http://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/g80ag/friday_in_klingon/

[ter'eS]

Really fun! If I was still doing those, I'd lego-animate this; although first I'd have to talk a young girl into singing it in Klingon.

   
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!
maloptaH maloptaH luq!   we are celebrating, we are celebrating,  yes!

Just a suggestion: luq means 'yes' in the sense of agreement. It's also a hard word to give the proper exuberance. How about Ha' 'come on, let's go!'. Same basic idea, and it's more in line with the happy shouted "Yeah!" of the original.