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Words a Warrior Lives By

Four canon phrases every Klingon speaker knows

What do you want? (used as: Hello.)

Today is a good day to die.

Success! (used as: farewell, a toast, good luck)

We are Klingon!

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Klingon (tlhIngan Hol) has no single canonical 'poem' the way Quenya has Namárië — it's a language built for a warrior culture, so its most iconic lines are the ones spoken constantly in Star Trek: a greeting, a battle-readiness proverb, a farewell, and a declaration of identity. Read together, they trace a warrior's day from meeting to parting.

Source: Marc Okrand, The Klingon Dictionary; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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