Act 1, Scene 7

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Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 1, Tanasta 7	    	Act I: Scene VII
2	(I hlón tartöaron siper. Narrundor calyar i tyaltalan, sië ná lómëTurnúro mitta, én hríma núror mittar tulyaila telpinë neleccor ar paldar ó matta. Apa Macmbeþ mitta.)	                              	[The sound of oboes pipe. Torches light [up] the stage; thus, it is night. A butler enters, then many servants enter carrying silver forks and trays with food. Later, Macbeth enters.]
3	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
4	Quí sa carin' yá sa carin', san sa mára	         	If it [is] done when [it is] done, then [it is] proper
5	Sa linta carin'. Quí i nahtalë	      	It [is] quick[ly] done. If the murder
6	Cé hranga i virda atë,	     	May stunt the consequence and catch,
7	Qualmenen, turanda, i sina narambo	      	By death, success, that this knock
8	Cé ná il-ëa il-telma.	    	May be [the] be-all [and the] end-all.
9	Mal sina sarniëssë lúméno	   	But on this pebbly bank of time,
10	Capuvan i vehtë tulë. Mal	     	I will jump the life to come. But
11	Samelvë náma hí; yá sercië	     	We [all] have judgement here; when bloody
12	Peäntalvë, n'anaië saitainë, ralir	     	We give instructions, which[, ]having been taught, return,
13	Ñwalya i tuvar: sina failassë	     	Torment the inventor: this fair-minded justice
14	Laita i þundi hloitaina yulmono	    	Praises ingredients of a poisoned chalice
15	Pempenquanta. Se hí, ó atwa estel:	        	To our two pairs of lips. He [is] here, with double hope:
16	Minya, nán onóro ar ostomo,	      	First, I am [his] kinsman and [his] citizen,
17	I tentat anqua i carda; ve	      	Which both point against the deed; then, as
18	Naþendo, möan holya i fendë	     	Host, I must shut the door,
19	Nahtaroin, ú mahta sicil imni.	      	To murderers, not wield the knife myself.,
20	Ar Nduncan maxa cúnyanië; san,	      	And Duncan pliant[ly] has governed; thus,
21	Faila nánë cuniërya, márasseryar	    	Just was his reign, his goodness
22	Liruva ve Ainur, rombiënen,	     	Will sing like angels, by trumpeting,
23	Anqu' arihrúlantë nahtaleryo.	   	Against [the] great damnation of his murder.
24	Ófelmë, ve helda vinya-nóna,	     	Pity, like a naked newborn,
25	Telcontaila i róma, hya Ceruv Ildumo,	       	Striding the blast, or a cherub of heaven [who],
26	Nortaila úcénima rocco	  	Riding by an unseen horse visto,
27	Vintuva i ñorto ilyë hennar,	     	Will blow the horror into every eye
28	Itan niër quostuvar súrë. Uin	     	So that tears will drown [the] wind. I do not
29	Harya neceli erca mínastanya	   	Have thorns to prick [at] my intention
30	Rië xarranta, i orcapë insa, ‘r	       	Only ambition, which overleaps itself, ‘n’
31	Linta i hyanna.	   	Falls upon the other.
32	(Héri Macmbeþ mitta.)	   	[Lady Macbeth enters.]
33	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
34	Mana sinyar?	 	What [is] the news?
35	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
36	Anna mátiës. Manan autiël elmë?	     	Almost he has eaten. Why have you left us?
37	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
38	Ma céstiës nin?	  	Has he asked for me?
39	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
40	Ma ú ista ná?	   	Do you not know [that] it is so?
41	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
42	Vánquë menta ener sina írenen	    	We two will not proceed further with this desire.
43	Laitiës ni þentané ar namoiäniën	    	He has praised me recently and I have earned
44	Maltainë quettar ilima quenillon, i	     	Golden words from many different sorts, which
45	Nauva vaina céva oiwiënen	   	Will be clad with a new gloss,
46	Ú aþahehtaina.	  	Not easily thrown out.
47	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
48	Ma nánë estel limpunqua	   	Was hope drunk
49	Yá vaimatanel? Ma olóriës	   	When you dressed? Has it slept
50	Ar cuitëa, nemila sin hlaiwa	     	And is [now] waking, appearing so sickly pale,
51	An ita carnes feryavë? Epesi,	     	Toward what it did [so] readily. From now on,
52	Melmelya sinen notuvan. Ma	    	Your love by this means I will account. [Do]
53	Þoryal ná n'imma lyenya cardanen	    	You fear to be the same by thine own deed
54	Ve nál írenen? Ma meruval	    	As you are by desire? Will you hope for
55	Ita mirtal harmar coiviéno,	    	That which you esteem [to be] treasures of life,
56	Ar coita tennoiö er þossenen	    	And live forevermore alone because of fear,
57	Lávala “Ván verya” turë “Ni þá,”	      	Letting “I do not dare,” to dominate “I will [dare],”
58	Ve miuë ye ava nenda.	     	Like a cat who refuses [to be] wet.
59	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
60	Rainë:	 	Peace:
61	Veryan carë ita canta nerdo.	     	I dare do that which suits a strong man .
62	Veryas ye carë amba ëa ú	     	One who [dares] to do more exists not.
63	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
64	Mana hrávan	 	What wild beast
65	Nánel ye cétanë si nin? Yá	     	Were you who proposed this [plan] to me? When
66	Veryanel caritas, nánel nerdo;	     	You dared to do it, you were a strong man;
67	Ar, ol' amba lá ita nál, nauva	        	And, to become more than what you are, you will be
68	Amba nero. Lúmë latwë nómë	     	More of a man. [Neither] time nor place
69	Himnë, mal cáriévanel yúyo.	     	Adhered, yet you would have done both.
70	Cáriënt' intë, ar ta, camaitessenta	      	They have made themselves, and that, their fitness
71	Nancarë lyë. Sóhtiën iliminya	    	Unmakes you. I have given [you] my milk to drink.
72	Istan I melmë mo ye tyetë nillo.	       	I know [the] love of one who suckles from me.
73	Lan raitanes cendelenyanna	  	While it smiled at my face.
74	Ráfiévanen se tyetsenyallo	  	I would have snatched him from my teat
75	Palpa corperya, quí vestaniénë	    	To beat his skull, if I had sworn
76	Ve cáriël.	  	[To carry out a plan] as you have done.
77	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
78	Ma quí loituvanquë…?	  …	[What] if we two fail?
79	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
80	Loita?		Fail?
81	Tacá veriëlya himítë-nómenna	  	Fasten your courage unto [the] sticking-place.
82	Ar vánquë loita. Yá Nduncan lorna,	       	And us two won’t fail. When Duncan [is] asleep —
83	Yanna anarya i andaréllo	   	To which [which is] better from the long day
84	Naþyaluvës se — veumaryat	   	It [sleep] will invite him — his two servants
85	Loruþahtuvan mirúnen, laitalínen	   	I will sedate with wine, [and] with praises,
86	Itan enyalië, varn' óréno,	     	So that memory, guard of inner thought,
87	Nauva fanwë, ar camma axanwéno	     	Will be a vapor and a receptacle of logic
88	Er þussë. Yá polcaya lóressë,	      	Only [will be] a puff of air. In swinish sleep,
89	Limpunquë léntar, caitar vequi qualini.	      	Their drunk manners lie as if dead.
90	Mana ecanquë ú carë	   	What can we two not do
91	Útiritë Nduncanen? Mana ú ecë	    	To unguarded Duncan? What can not
92	Caitanquë Varnoryain, ye coluvar cáma	     	We two put upon his guards, who will bear guilt
93	Ortúrenquan?		For us two’s conquest.
94	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
95	Á nosta nin néri-hínar rië,	     	Beget to me men-children only,
96	Úþossëa fëalya ontuva	  	Your unfearful soul will beget
97	Rië hanur. Ma sa ú a-tunta	      	Only males. Will it not be perceived
98	Yá aváhtiënquë tú sercenen	   	When we two have stained them two with blood
99	Þamberyallo 'r mahtiéla siciletta	   	From his chamber ’n’ having wielded their daggers,
100	Cáriëttë,	 	[That those] two have done it?
101	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
102	Man sauva exanen,	   	Who will believe otherwise
103	An, nyérenqua rávauvanquë illin	    	For , your and my grief we both will be roaring to all,
104	Qualmeryanna?		Upon his death?
105	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
106	Þantiën. Cúnuvan	  	I have decided. I will bend
107	Ilya quén an i rúcima cardan.	      	Each person for this terrible deed.
108	Heca, yaitá lúmë máralenen;	     	Be gone, mock time with goodness.
109	Laitë anta cuvë ita i laitë hóndo ista.	        	False face hides what the false heart knows.
110	(Autantë.)	 	[They exit.]

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