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Translated into Quenya by Sanwe in 2025.

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Translation from Italian by VL user Sanwe (Husky009), written in 2025, provided here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Retrieved on 2025-12-20.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Uma ressë, eccuinunenyë	   	One day I awoke,
2	Á natyë mai, natyë mai, natyë márië	        	Be thou well, be thou well, be thou well,
3	Uma ressë, eccuinunenyë,	    	One day I awoke,
4	túven i nalantaro	  	discovered the invader
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6	Oliémo, colá ni öa	    	Partisan, bear me away,
7	Á natyë mai, natyë mai, natyë márië	        	Be thou well, be thou well, be thou well,
8	Oliémo, colá ni öa	    	Partisan, bear me away,
9	an qualmenya úva nin	   	For my death draws near to me
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11	Qui auvanyë ve oliémo	   	If I shall die as a partisan,
12	Á natyë mai, natyë mai, natyë márië	        	Be thou well, be thou well, be thou well,
13	Qui auvanyë ve oliémo	   	If I shall die as a partisan,
14	Mauva elyen noita ni	   	Even you must bury me
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16	Áni noita, i orontissen	    	Bury me in the mountains,
17	Á natyë mai, natyë mai, natyë márië	        	Be thou well, be thou well, be thou well,
18	Áni noita, i orontissen	    	Bury me in the mountains,
19	I halassë lóteva	  	In the shade of a flower
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21	Ar i lië ranyaila tassë	    	And the people wandering there
22	Á natyë mai, natyë mai, natyë márië	        	Be thou well, be thou well, be thou well,
23	Ar i lië ranyaila tassë	    	And the people wandering there
24	Quetuva “ta vanya lóþ”	   	will say “what a beautiful blossom”
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26	Sa i lótë i oliémo	    	That is the flower of the Partisan,
27	Á natyë mai, natyë mai, natyë márië	        	Be thou well, be thou well, be thou well,
28	Sa i lótë i oliémo	    	That is the flower of the Partisan,
29	quáliéla lériën	 	having died for freedom

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