Act 1, Scene 5

Attribution

Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 1, Tanasta 5	    	Act I: Scene V
2	(Héri Macmbeþ mittar, tengwaila tenca.)	      	[Lady Macbeth enters, reading a letter.]
3	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
4	(Tengwaila) “Omennentë met i ré túremmo, ar apáriën arilvanyë equessintainen, samintë amba mi te lá firya istya. Yá urtanen írenen maquetë te ambela, lancanantentë intë vistanna, yanna queldentë. Lan tarnen sanaila i elmo i tenno, mentaror ananyer i Aranello, ye estaner ni “Héru Cawdoro”; i tengessë yanen, nó, i Ñúlë Néþar suiliéner ni, ar ye èn quenter nin, “Aiya, Aran i uva!” Si sananen nánë mára menta lyenna, arivalda verinya mairëo, itan ú ecel penta maiyannalyar alariéno laistanen i túralë vestaina nin. Á caita si hóninyanna, ar namárië!	                                                   d                è                                      	(Reading) “They met us both the day of [me and Banquo’s] victory, and I have learned by their perfectest statements, they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned with desire to question them further, they transformed themselves into air, whither they vanished. While I stood thinking [of] the wonder of the thought, messengers arrived from the King, who called me “Thane of Cawdor”; the title, by which, before, the Occult Sisters had greeted me, and who then said to me, “Hail, King that shall be!” This I thought good to send to you, my most dear wife of splendor, so that you may not lose your rights of rejoicing by ignorance of the greatness promised to me. Lay this upon your heart, and fare well!”
5	(Insen) Nglams nályë, ar Cawdor, yú; ar nauvel	     d     	(To herself) Glamis you are, and Cawdor, too; and you shall be
6	Ita nál vestaina. Nan þoryan lélya;	       	That which you are promised. Yet I fear y’all’s manner;
7	Nás quanta n'ilimanen firya máral'o	    	It is filled with the milk of human goodness
8	Ú ciluva n'ariþenta ranta.	    	He will not choose the most direct path
9	Sanil xarranta, mal ú i hlívë	      	You have ambition, but not the sickness,
10	I armenë sa. Ita orwavë	     	That accompanies it. That which highly
11	Xaral, xaral airavë. Vál cupta,	       	You want, you want holily; You will not deceive,
12	Apa cé laitevë turë. Samil	     	And yet would falsely win. You have,
13	Ita holtu “Si möal quí nál cavitas.”	       	That which cries out, “This you must [do] if you are to receive it. ,”
14	Mal uiüval carë sa þossen i	 ü    	But you will not be doing it for fear that
15	Meruval sa nancarina. Tulá:	     	You will wish it [was] undone. Come:
16	Itan cé ulyan hyero hlasselyann'	    	So that I will pour wine into your ear
17	Paiquetë n'astalmen quettanyaron	  	To chastise [you] with the valour of my words
18	Ilya nuhtiër i maltaina corm',	     	All impediments to the golden ring,
19	Marto ar hanermëa aþë nemir	    	[Which] Fate and metaphysical aid seem
20	Rínata lyë n'aran.	   	To crown you as the king. .
21	(Núrë mitta.)	  	[A servant enters.]
22	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
23	Mana sinyar?	 	What news?
24	Núrë:	 	Servant:
25	Aran tulë sir silomë.	    	[The] King comes hither tonight.
26	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
27	Nál hwinda nyaraitas!	  	You are crazy to say it!
28	Ma ú túrininqua ó se? Quí nás,	       	[Is] not your lord with him? If he is [so],
29	San nyáriévaryë nin ferya.	    	Then he would have told me to prepare.
30	Núrë:	 	Servant:
31	Nairenyanna, náto — hérulva tula.	      	Unfortunately, it is so — our Thane is coming..
32	Min málonyaron hlintë han sira,	     	One of my comrades sped past hither,
33	Ye, amna qualin föan, samnë pitya	       	Who, almost dead for breath, had little
34	Amba nyara i sinyar.	    	More [breath] to relate the news.
35	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
36	Á risë sén.	   	Tend to him.
37	Tulyas maisinyar.	  	He brings good news.
38	(I núrë auta.)	   	[The servant leaves.]
39	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
40	I corco uþepa i	   	The raven[, himself, is] hoarse that
41	Quaqua qualmëa mittar Nduncanwa	   	Croaks [the] fatal entrance of Duncan
42	Nu quihtópanyar. Tulá, le fairi,	       	Under my battlements. Come, all you spirits,
43	Ye riþir firyë tennar, úpuhtyá ni hí,	        	Who tend to mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
44	Quatá ni, arcasell' pirenn',	     	Fill me, from crown to toe,
45	Arinairë paimenwen! Nelyá sercenya;	    	With direst cruelty! Thicken my blood;
46	Taptá i fenda ‘r tië apanainiéno	     	Impede the threshold ‘n’ path of regret
47	Itan ú nócámaiti faiceni	   	So that no remorseful visions
48	Cé quasë induinen'nya, hya hepë rainë imbë	       	Shake my evil purpose, [n]or keep peace between
49	I tyarda ar sa! Tyetá, tittenyassët;	       	The result and it! Suckle at my two teats;
50	Lancatá ilininya sálann', ñúlë mor.	      	Transform my milk into bile, occult ones.
51	Yassë, úcénimë hröaldainen,	    	Wherever, with you all’s invisible bodies,
52	Riþeldë uxaren ilúo. Túla, lóm',	       	You all tend to the mischief of nature. Come, night,
53	Tupá ni armorë quondanen Nármando	    	Cover me with [the] darkest smoke of Hell
54	Itan maica sicildya vá cenë harnas,	      	[So] that my sharp knife will not see it[self] wound,
55	'Twë Ilduma tertirë töallë huin'o	    	Nor Heaven peek through a blanket of gloom
56	Holtu, “Pusta!”	  	To cry out, “Halt!“
57	(Macmbeþ mitta.)	  	[Macbeth enters.]
58	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
59	I ara Glams ar Cawdor!	  g  d	The great Glamis and Cawdor!
60	Anana lá yúyo, aiyainen epesí,	      	Greater than both, by hails hereafter.
61	Tencalyar téntiënyen han sina	   	Your letters have sent me [in a direction] beyond this
62	Laistila sinanwa, ar felan sí	     	Ignorant present, and I am feeling now
63	I tulurya senwassë.	   	The future in an instant.
64	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
65	Melissenya,	 	My [female] love[r],
66	Tulëas sílomë.	  	He is coming tonight.
67	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
68	Ar malúmë silo?	  	And when hence?
69	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
70	Ener, saves.	   	Tomorrow, he believes.
71	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
72	Allumë		Never
73	Cenuvas tana ré!	  	Will he see that day.
74	Cendelelya, héru, parma yassë	     	Your face, thane, [is a] book wherein
75	Neri tengwar hyanyë nattur. Luhta	     	Men read strange matters. To enchant
76	I lúmë, olá i lúmë. Naþá	       	The time, become the time. Welcome
77	Te ó heninyat, quettainen. Nemá	      	Them with your eyes, [and] with words. Appear [to be like]
78	Úcáma lótë, mal ná i leuca	      	An un-guilty flower, but be the snake
79	Undu sa. Riþá Aranen ar	     	Beneath it. Attend to [the] king, and
80	Nasartá siloméva carda nin,	    	Entrust tonight’s deed to me,
81	Ar san ilya lómi ar rér apa	      	And then all nights and days after
82	Antauvar vet túrë ar valmë er.	      	Will give us two mastery and authority alone.
83	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
84	Pahtuvanquë ron.	  	We two will speak soon.
85	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
86	Vá rúcina;	  	Do not [be] disordered;
87	Vista nemestalya illumë þorya.	    	To change your appearance always [is] to fear.
88	Á lemya i hyar nin.	     	Leave the rest to me.
89	(Autantë.)	 	[They leave.]

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