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nngrey on March 31, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Who are your favorite poets?

David E. Howerton. He's not well known but one of my favorites.

  tajpe’ joj ‘oy’wI’Daq
  boS yabwImey
  legh choSmeyDaq
  nuqDaq Hon e’be’ pa’
  Qoy ghoghmey tun
  retlh HeH yabmey
  ghIH nuqDaqvIpbe’

And the translation:

  Torn between pains,
  the gathering of my mind,
  seeing shadows move,
  which aren’t there.
  Hear the voices whispering
  along the edge of minds
  coming out of nowhere.

windowshopping on March 31, 2015 [–]

what on earth language is that?

schoen on March 31, 2015 | [–]

It's Klingon.

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