Personal Kahless

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I'm a little bummed that my last Klingon song won't be death metal, but I can live with it.

This one was inspired by a meme showing 3 Klingons wearing sunglasses and captioned "Depeche Mogh."

I laughed and said, "Yeah, they'd have a song called 'Personal Kahless' and it'd be all about going into battle and stuff."

So, of course, I had to do it. Now, the AI doesn't let me specify artists or songs in any of the prompts, so I can't tell it "give me a parody of Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus' with lyrics in Klingon."

I had to come up with the Klingon on my own, with the help of a translator app. I tried to get the syllables and cadence as close as I could to 'Personal Jesus' while maintaining a parallel theme relating to Kahless in the meaning of the Klingon words. It took some effort to get it just right. After that, I had to convince the AI to give me a synth-poppy rendition that resembled DM in style. I figured the closest I would get is a style parody, not a direct parody of the song, and that's what I got.

Lyrics

(Translation in parenthesis, but not sung)

qeS DaH, vut noH      (arise now, prepare for war)

[Verse 1]
pIj qeylIS naghhom    (I'm your personal Kahless)
vaj wo' may'          (battle begins)
batlh Heghpu'         (victory or death)
pIj qeylIS naghhom    (your personal Kahless)
vaj wo' may'          (battle begins)
batlh Heghpu'         (victory or death)

[Verse 2]
qay'be' chugh yIQoyQo'      (do not fear)
waqlIj mIw vIlegh vIneH     (I go to war at your side)
QongDajDaq yIntagh          (flesh and bone are broken)
SuvwI' quv bIQtIq           (by the warrior's sword)
wejpuH ghor Qo'noS          (glory to Kronos)
reH ratlh tlhIngan          (always remain Klingon)

[Verse 3]
yan batlh wejpuH            (swing your bat'leth)
jey jagh chong HIvje'       (defeat the enemy eternal deceiver)
stovokor Duy'a' quv Qop     (Stovokor awaits the honored dead)
not jegh'a' Reh             (never surrender)
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam       (today is a good day to die)

[Chorus]
qeS DaH, vut noH      (arise now, prepare for war)
qeS DaH, vut noH      (arise now, prepare for war)

[Verse 1]
pIj qeylIS naghhom      (I'm your personal Kahless)
vaj wo' may'            (battle begins)
batlh Heghpu'           (victory or death)
pIj qeylIS naghhom      (I'm your personal Kahless)
vaj wo' may'            (battle begins)
batlh Heghpu'           (victory or death)

[Verse 2]
qay'be' chugh yIQoyQo'      (do not fear)
waqlIj mIw vIlegh vIneH     (I go to war at your side)
QongDajDaq yIntagh          (flesh and bone are broken)
SuvwI' quv bIQtIq           (by the warrior's sword)
wejpuH ghor Qo'noS          (glory to Kronos)
reH ratlh tlhIngan          (always remain klingon)

[Verse 3]
yan batlh wejpuH            (swing your bat'leth)
jey jagh chong HIvje'       (defeat the enemy, the eternal deceiver)
stovokor Duy'a' quv Qop     (Stovokor awaits the honored dead)
not jegh'a' Reh             (never surrender)
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam       (today is a good day to die)

[Bridge]
qeS DaH, vut noH          (arise now, prepare for war)
pIj qeylIS naghhom        (I'm your personal Kahless)

[Chorus]
qeS DaH, vut noH        (arise now, prepare for war)
qeS DaH, vut noH        (arise now, prepare for war)
qeS DaH, vut noH        (arise now, prepare for war)

[Outro]
qeS DaH, qeS DaH        (arise now, arise now)
qeS DaH, vut noH        (arise now, prepare for war)
qeS DaH, vut noH        (arise now, prepare for war)