Act 2, Scene 2

Attribution

Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 2, Tanasta 2	    	Act II: Scene II
2	(Héri Macmbeþ mitta.)	   	[Lady Macbeth enters.]
3	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
4	Sí, ita cárië tu limpunquat	     	Now, that which has made them two drunk
5	Anië nin verië ar ruini.	     	Has given me boldness and fires.
6	Las! Nás hó i holtunë, qualmëa nyellendo,	        	Hark! It was an owl that shouted, a fatal bellman,
7	Ye nyarë ñwalca “Mailó”. Cáraryes.	      	Who relates a cruel “Goodnight.” He is doing it.
8	I fendi látë, ar yaitëat	     	The doors [are] open, and they both are mocking
9	Nautiëtta þuxínen. hloilortanen	   	Them two’s duty with snores. I have drugged
10	Hímetta. I ñuru ar ilu cottyat	      	Their two beers. [So] that death and nature do fight [to see]
11	Matwa coituvattë.	  	Whether they will live [or die].
12	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
13	(Ettë) Man ta? Mana si?	    	(From offstage) Who [is] there? What [is] this?
14	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
15	Ai, fó! Þoryan ucuitianëttë,	     	Alas, no! I am fearing they have both awakened,
16	Ar coitattë. I rihta, ú i carda	        	And they both live. The effort [but] not the deed
17	Fehta met. Las! Nucaitanen siciletta.	      	Ruins us both. Hark! I laid down both their daggers.
18	Céniës tai. Quí ú avëaltaniénes	     	[Surely,] he has seen them. If [Duncan] had not closely resembled
19	Atya lan lórnes, cáriénenyes.	     	My dad while he slept, I had done it.
20	(Macmbeþ mitta, colilë sercië sicili.)	      	[Macbeth enters, carrying bloody daggers.]
21	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
22	Veru!		Husband!
23	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
24	Carnen i carda. Ma ú hlassel hlón?	       	I did the deed. Did you not hear a noise?
25	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
26	Hlassen hó ar cilopír holtur	    	I heard an owl and crickets cry.
27	Ma pahtanel?	 	Did you speak?
28	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
29	Malúm'?		When?
30	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
31	Vin.	 	Just now.
32	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
33	Lan núyanen?	 	When I descended?
34	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
35	Ná.	 	Ay.
36	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
37	Man caitëa attëa þambess'?	   	Who is lying i’ th’ second bedroom?
38	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
39	Donalmbain.	d 	Donalbain.
40	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
41	(Cendas máryaren.) Si rúcima ehten.	      	(He is looking to his hands)This [is a] terrible sight.
42	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
43	Auca tenna	 	A foolish thought
44	Quetë “rúcim' ehten”.	   	to say “an awful sight.”
45	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
46	Er landë lóressë.	   	One laughed in [his] sleep.
47	Ar er holtunë, “Nahtalë!” i cuitanë	      	And one screamed, “Murder!” which woke
48	I hyë. Tarnen ar lastanë. Hyamenettë	       	The other. I stood and listened. They prayed
49	Ar ta feryanexet lóren.	    	And then they both prepared themselves for sleep.
50	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
51	Ma marettë uö.	   	They two are dwelling together?
52	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
53	Er holtunë, “Eru manta!” “Násië,”	      	One cried out, “God bless [us]! Amen!”
54	hyë, vequi céniénettë lingando mányat.	      	[The] other [said], as if both of them saw my hangman’s two hands. List’ning
55	Þossettan, úecenen quetë “Násyë,”	     	To both their fears, I was not able to say, “Amen,”
56	Yá quentettë “Eru mantá!”	   	When they said, “God bless [us]!”
57	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
58	Va lausana sin .	   	Do not overthink it.
59	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
60	Mal manan úpollen quetë “Násyë?“	    	But why was I unable to say, “Amen?”
61	Mauranen mána ar “Násië”	   	I very much needed a blessing, and “Amen”
62	Harnë hlunconyassë.	  	Sat within my throat.
63	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
64	Áva sana pá sinë cardar	    	Do not think about these deeds
65	Ve ta. Nauvanquë hwindat.	     	Like that. We two will be insane.
66	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
67	Hlassën óma holtu “Áva lórë!	    	I heard a voice cry out, “Do not sleep!
68	Macmbeþ nahta cámalóra lórë” —	    	Macbeth murders innocent sleep” —
69	I quitë i psarin' ranco ríþëo,	      	Which knits the frayed sleeve of care,
70	I ñuru Ilya ré, mólomeva	     	The death of each day, hard labor’s
71	Hwalmë, millaivë sahtë sanarín	    	Bath, balm for marred minds,
72	Hérumat coiviéno.	  	Chief meal of live
73	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
74	Manallë?		In what manner so?
75	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
76	Tensi holtunes “Lorá úmbë” illin	    	Still it cried out, “Sleep no more” to all
77	Nglams anahtië lórë, San Cawdor	     d	Glamis has murdered sleep, thus Cawdor
78	N'imma. Macmbeþ loruva úmbë.”	     	The same. Macbeth will sleep no more.
79	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
80	Man holtunë? Maro, valda héru,	      	Who cried out? Why, worthy thane,
81	Cúnal arata túrelya sana	   	[Do] you bend your noble strength to think
82	Sin sanarengwa? Sí tulyá nén, ar	      	So brainsickly. Now [go] fetch water, and
83	Hwalá sina muqua vetto mályat.	     	Wash [off] this filthy witness from your both your hands.
84	Maro coldel sinu sicilu talo?	    	Why did you bear these two daggers thence?
85	Möattë caita ta. Ralyá tu, ar	       	They both must lie there. Return them both,
86	Purá i núrot sercenen.	    	Smear the two grooms with blood.
87	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
88	Fó, ván.	   	No, I will not.
89	Þórëa cenë ita cáriën	   	I am afraid to see what I have done
90	Ván tirë ata sanna.	    	I will not look again upon it.
91	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
92	Limpa mendëo.	  	Weak of purpose.
93	Antá tu nin. I lorna ‘r qualin	       	Give them both to me. The sleeping ‘n’ dead
94	Nár ve emmar. Nás i hen vínëo	       	Are like pictures. ‘Tis the eye of childhood
95	I þorya embina rauca. Quí sercas,	       	That fears a painted demon. If he bleeds,
96	Malastauvan cendeletta ó sa,	    	I will gild their two faces with it,
97	An möa nemes cámatta.	    	For, it must seem [to be] them two’s fault. .
98	(Héri Macmbeþ auta.)	   	[Lady Macbeth exits.]
99	(Tambië lamya ettë.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
100	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
101	Mallo tanë tambië?	  	Whence [is] that knocking
102	Maro nin ilya hlóni ruhtar ni?	     	Why for me does every sound terrify me?
103	Mana már hí? Ha! Aurihtatt' hendunya	     	What hands [are] here? Ha! They pluck out both my eyes.
104	Illi ëar hwaluva sercë	   	Will all the sea wash [the] blood
105	Poica mánya? Fó! Mánya hyan	    	Clean from my hand? No! My hand rather
106	I linima ëari carnetauvar,	    	The manifold great seas will incarnadine,
107	Carila falwa runya.	   	To make turquoise fiery red.
108	(Héri Macmbeþ emmitta.)	   	[Lady Macbeth reenters.]
109	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
110	Mányat quilelyo, mal naityanyel	    	My two hands [are] of your color, but I shame you
111	Samila hóndon sin malwa.	    	For having a heart so pale.
112	(Tambië lamya ettë.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
113	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
114	Hláran tambië	 	I am hearing a knocking.
115	Hyarmitwenessë. Sí, sambenquanna.	     	At the south entrance. Now, to us two’s chamber.
116	Nén sovalduva vét cardanquallo.	    	Water will cleanse us both from us two’s [shared] deed.
117	Yé aþcárima én. Vorolelya	    	What an easy thing to do then. Your constancy
118	Ehehtië lyé.	  	Has forsaken you.
119	(Tambaila lamya ettë.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
120	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
121	Las! Amba tambië.	   	Hark! More knocking.
122	Vaimatá lórcollolya, þossen tulma	    	Get dressed in your nightgown, for fear occasion
123	Tana nánquë tirmot. Áva vanwa	     	Show [that] us two are both watchers. Do not [be] lost
124	Sindë tennalyassen.	  	So much within your thoughts.
125	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
126	Ista cardanya, nás mai ú ista imni.	        	To know my deed, ‘tis well not to know myself.
127	(Tambaië lamya ettë.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
128	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
129	Cuitá Nduncan tambiëlyanen! Merin polel	    	Wake Duncan with your knocking! I wish you could.
130	(Autanquë.)	 	[They both exit.]

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