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Christmas At a Distance

(English and Klingon versions) As cold as it gets on Planet Zero Light years away from home alone Crystal clear diamond mountains glow Over jagged black landscapes of granite A green sun emanates illusions of blue No warmth in winter or light to speak of Grows dimmer on the backdrop of space Spacial planes seem more remote than usual So far away from Earth on the distant eye Frozen corners of the sky aim correctly Though inhabitants are hard to find To appreciate the beauty of nature And what life hides behind the stars Just out of grasp is Christmas In a foreign part of space called Earth It turns in every corner of the universe As children listen on a distant path The past, where time stands still on snow Just to find Jesus at peace in a galaxy Far away from home and gone to sleep (Klingon versions) Christmas DeSDu' mach chuq Hoch bIr law' Suq 'oH yuQ pagh tayqeqmey'e' lutu'lu'be' away from juH nIteb qut HuvchoH Separ HuD wew rIn qIj landscapes granite jagged SuD illusions emanates SuD jul qaStaHvIS winter wov jatlh pagh warmth pagh HoSchoH dimmer poHmey backdrop spacial planes law' vI'Iprup Hop puS motlh Suvmo' away from tera' mIn chuq Qeq taD 'er'In chal correctly pagh ngan let Samta'meH moch appreciate 'ej De''e' Hov So' nuq neH jIjatlh 'uch christmas tera' pong neH nov 'ay' poHmey qaStaHvIS 'u' Hoch 'er'In tlhe' 'oH Hoch path chuq 'Ij puq qa' jIH, nuqDaq Qam poH reH peD yeSuS Samta'meH DeSDu' roj neH qIb neH Hop Ha' vo' juH 'ej yIjaH Qong

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Date: 12/25/2017 6:03:00 PM
your poem is light years away Earl and I love the Klingon translation i can just picture Worf reciting it!:-) have a wonderful Christmas and New Year:-) hugs jan xx
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Earl Schumacker
Date: 12/25/2017 6:18:00 PM
Hi Jan, Merry Christmas! Thanks! Glad you liked it. I have to confess. I do not speak foreign languages. Klingon's don't really teach other cultures their ways. They are kind of clannish that way. Have a wonderful day. Earl

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