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Wind is singing

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Translated into Quenya by Delle in 2020. Reviewed for language by Shihali.

Notes

This is the translation by Delle of the song "Wind is singing, the sea is unquiet" ("Ветер поет, беспокойное море") by Leytenno. Video link: Youtube. See also the thread on VL.

Quenya text provided here by Delle under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, with the provision that the author does not permit this Quenya text to be used to train AI.

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No. Quenya Tengwar Means
1 Earon uquildë ar naineä vailë,       Wind is lamenting and the ocean is restless
2 Ar lumboríva lanyasta lilómeä na,       and the weaving(pattern) of the clouds is very dark
3 Illomë falmar, unotimi falmar,       everywhere waves, endless waves
4 Amna fendenna eäruilë ortiënwa.      Raise seaweed almost to the doorway
5 Ardi nar rílin, ar henci nar sinyar,          reeds are rigid and tidings are rare
6 Lappar nurdaiva ta rúcinar líar ve tiër        Confused loose ends of ropes entwine like roads
7 Nairië líri na pá vinicaima      sad songs above (the) cradle
8 Rámar ilcaitë linyenwa tancolwa nar.       white-gleaming wings of the old coat-of-arms
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10 Nië quelello i láta paltassë      Tear of the autumn on the open palm
11 Lingë lassíva urusta ar helceva axina,        Leaves sound of copper and ice of steel
12 Lumbor tornanga andúnenna hyasta,      Iron-heavy clouds dash into sunset
13 Arma moressë ve horteä macil na.        Sunray in darkness is like flying blade of steel
14 Earon uquildë ar naineä vailë,       Wind is lamenting, the ocean is restless
15 Menel teriënwa lé ceuran, ar ulonen serquë,          the sky is pierced by the new moon and bleeds rain
16 Serceä circa rílindon aucirnë     The bloody sickle cut off like grass
17 I veryar i váner i veryar (i) lemenyer.          the valiant that left and the valiant that stayed
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19 Pá ta fendenna as rílin ar falmar        above the doorstep with reeds and waves
20 Yéni unótinë, yéni utuntë autar,        uncounted years pass unnoticed
21 Tassë intyuva i mahtar olarya      there the growing up warrior will be wondering
22 Yá atariryava mahtalë telyva.::     when his father’s battle would end

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