'ay' 1 - bI'reS (The Beginning)

(1/31/2021) It seems silly in retrospect that it took me so long to realize my weird dreams about alien planets were being caused by the alien instrument I had recently obtained. But I just assumed that the dreams and associated songs were coming from my own subconscious. For instance, today's song is about not getting a job you want, which makes sense, as I've been applying for jobs and not getting them quite a bit lately.

But the thing is, the songs never exactly match how I personally feel. When I don't hear back from a job, my reaction is "Oh, too bad, that looked like a good one." Whereas in the song, the reaction is "Hegh qa'wI' bom / qatlh ratlhnIS lom?" ("The song of my spirit dies / Why does the corpse need to remain?"). I mean, seriously-- chay' <<melodramatic>> jatlhlu'?

It's a nice song, though, addressing SuvwI' Dun (Great warriors) and SuvwI' quv (Honored warriors) in the beginning, only to realize SuvwI' jIH (I am a warrior) at the end. And it includes one of my favorite proverbs, bIlujlaHbe'chugh bIQaplaHbe' (If you cannot fail, you cannot succeed).

​The only problem was the last line: "DaH tagh tlhev lut" ("Now begins the story of  tlhev"). I didn't recognize the word tlhev, and when I looked it up, all I could find was tlhevjaQ, one of those KGT weapons we all try to learn to pass the KLCP exams. It didn't make much sense, but I wasn't about to start making up words, so the first time I did the recording, I sang "DaH tagh tlhevjaQ lut".

​The next day, I found this greeting me in the morning: 

That's right, my wooden bagel-cutter-turned-pen-holder had been burned with pIqaD letters spelling tlhev lut. The handwriting was so bad it seemed obvious that this was the work of either someone who had just gotten a wood-burning pen and didn't know how to use it yet, or more likely, a non-corporeal being with unreliable access to the material world! ​​

So I went back to my Suchtuv QonoS (dream journal) and took a closer look at the dreams associated to this song. Here's an example: 

It was clear that this isn't my story at all. DaH tagh tlhev lut :