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Hyólamo

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Translation by VL user Ehtelion in 2025. Provided here with permission.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Hyólamo hostala hossë atina né cottonen ar ramanë.	        	A trumpeter gathering the army was captured by the enemy and cried out.
2	“Ohtari, lá nahtuvar ni allaro.	      	“Soldiers, don’t kill me for no reason.
	Lá nacantenyë mo, ar lá mainyë ma hequa urus sina.”	            	I didn’t kill anyone among you, and I have nothing except this bronze thing.”
3	I cotto aquentë.	   	The enemy replied,
4	“E san mauya tyen firë.	     	“Therefore you should die all the more.
	Lá istatyë mahtalë, mal valtanyë ilyë mahtalen.”	         	Though you don’t know how to fight, you rouse all to battle.”

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