Angie’s new tattoo
September 24, 2006
Angelina Jolie got a new tattoo for Pchum Ben. It’s a Khmer inscription on her left shoulder blade:
May your enemies run far away from you.
If you acquire riches, may they remain yours always.
Your beauty will be that of Apsara.
Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve
and protect you, surrounding you on all side
It appears extremely unlikely, however, that the person actually doing the tattooing was, you know, literate in the language, because to the fractionally less illiterate, Angie’s new ink displays what might generously be called a slightly unorthodox interpretation of the Khmer alphabet. So if the magic doesn’t work, you know why.
UPDATE: Arrgh! This tattoo is apparently ages old (blog first, ask questions later.)
September 6, 2007 at 1:51 pm
[...] 4.6.74. For Mr. Pitts sake, let’s hope the photo is a hoax, and not yet another lesson in the perils of foreign-language tattoos. Posted by DAS Filed in Angelina [...]
August 10, 2008 at 7:30 am
The tattoo is is a Buddhist Pali incantation written in ancien Khmer script as the one carved on the stones in Angkor wat area…Her tattoo is made in Pathum Thani, Thailand by a thai Ajarn Noo Khanpai.
here is some alphbets of Pali; ancient khmer for those ignorance pretend to be smart ! Learn ur own culture & language!
August 10, 2008 at 7:30 am
http://www.sak-yant.com/khorm/