Act 2, Scene 4

Attribution

Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 2, Tanasta 4	    	Act II: Scene IV
2	(Faifessë mi Macmbeþwa taras. Ross ar Yára Nér mittar.).	           	[At Fife within Macbeth’s castle. Ross and an Old Man enter.]
3	Yára Nér:	  	Old Man:
4	Coranari otoquain mairenin	  	Seventy years I remember well
5	Mi i parma lúmëo, Tíriën	     	Within the book of time, I have watched over
6	Rimbë nairë engwi, mal silomë	     	Many dreadful things, but tonight
7	Yaipihtië nöë istyar.	   	Has trivialized former knowledges. .
8	Ross:	 	Ross:
9	Mai atar.	  	Good father.
10	Cenel menel, perestaina Atanwen,	     	You see the heavens, [as] disturbed by mankind,
11	Orda sercëa tyaltalan. Nás ré,	      	Threaten the bloody world. It‘s day[time],
12	Mal huinë quorë i lelyaila calma.	      	But darkness chokes the traveling lamp.
13	Ma ná lómeva nótúrë hya réva	     	Is it night’s predominance or day’s
14	Naityalë i huinë fantë i Ambar	     	Shame that darkness cloaks the Earth,
15	i coivëo cala cé miquë?	    	Which life’s light may kiss?
16	Yára Nér:	  	Old Man:
17	Nás hyanya.	  	‘Tis strange.
18	Ve i carda cárin' Aldúyassë,	     	Like the deed that was done. On Tuesday,
19	Circot, orro valateryassë nómëo,	     	A falcon, up in the air in her pride of place,
20	Nánë nyarrincaila hónen nucirina.	    	Was, by a mousing owl, cut down.
21	Ross:	 	Ross:
22	Ar Nduncanwa roccor — nat arihyanya —	      	And Duncan’s horses — A thing most strange —
23	Vanimë ar larcë, aryë nostalento,	      	Beautiful and swift, best of their kind,
24	Hrávavë laccir ar ussir latsentar,	     	Wildly kicked and escaped [from] their space,
25	Cotyaila canwahímië, vequi	   	Fighting obedience, as if
26	Ohtassë pá atan.	   	At war with mankind.
27	Yára Nér:	  	Old Man:
28	Equet roccor manter ilya hyi.	     	They say [that the] horses ate each other.
29	Ross:	 	Ross:
30	Carnentes, i aimen hendunyo i	     	They did it, to the surprise of my two eyes that
31	Cennë sa. Mára Macduff túla sir. .	    d    	Saw it. Good Macduff is coming hither.
32	(Macduff mitta.)	d  	[Macduff enters.]
33	Ross:	 	Ross:
34	(Macduffen) Mana sinyar, tár, sí?	d      	(To Macduff) What [is the] news, sir, now?
35	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
36	Ma ú cenë	  	[Do] you not see?
37	Ross:	 	Ross:
38	Ma nás sinwa ye carnë i ongwë?	      	Is it known who did the crime?
39	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
40	Tu i Macmbeþ nahtië.	    	Them two that Macbeth has slain.
41	Ross:	 	Ross:
42	Ai, i ré!	   	Alas, the day!
43	Mana márë cé nentat?	   	What good could both of them pretend?
44	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
45	Nánet muisorinu.	  	They both were suborned.
46	Malcom ar Donalmbain, yondurya,	  d   	Malcolm and Donalbain, his two sons,
47	Ussit ar lerencet, i caita tussë	      	Both escaped and both fled, which lays on them two
48	Nausta i cardo.	   	Suspicion of the deed.
49	Ross:	 	Ross:
50	Únassëa!		Unnatural!
51	Necestela xarranta n'ammatuva	  	Hopeless ambition that will devour
52	I ontar coivettato. Én nai	     	The begetter of both their two lives. Then perhaps
53	I aranus lantuva Macmbeþen	   	The kingship will fall to Macbeth.
54	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
55	Se ná estaina ar autanes Scónna	     	He is named, and he left to Scone
56	A-rínata.	 	To be crowned.
57	Ross:	 	Ross:
58	Massë Nduncanwa loico?	  	Where [is] Duncan’s corpse?
59	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
60	Colla Columba-lónenna,	  	[It is being] Born towards Colmekill,
61	N'aina noimen yarnostareryaron	  	The holy tomb-place of his ancestors ,
62	Ar varno axontaron.	   	And protector of their bones.
63	Ross:	 	Ross:
64	Ma lyë Scónna?	  	Are you [going] to Scone?
65	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
66	Fó, rendo. Faifenna.	     	Nay, cousin. II will go] toward Fife.
67	Ross:	 	Ross:
68	Menuva tara.	  	I shall go thither.
69	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
70	Nai engwi maitullur ta, maivanyá.	      	May it be that things go well there. Goodbye!
71	Þossen cévë varmar ú camtainar.	     	For fear new robes will not [be] suited.
72	Ross:	 	Ross:
73	Námarië.	 	Farewell.
74	Yára Nér:	  	Old Man:
75	Erúva mána illin i carir	    	May God’s blessing to all that make
76	Mára urrallo ar nilmor cottollon.	     	Good out of bad ‘n’ friends out of foes!
77	(Autantë.)	 	[They exit.]

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