Act 2, Scene 3

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Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 2, Tanasta 3	    	Act II: Scene III
2	(Tambië lamya autyaltalanello. Colindo mitta.)	      	[A knocking sounds from offstage. A Porter enters.]
3	Colindo:	 	Porter:
4	Sissë ná tambië naitië! Quí nér nánë colindo Nármando-Andon, anwavë lillumë queruvas i latil.	               	Here is a knocking indeed ! If a man was Porter for Hell Gate, certainly he will often turn the key.
5	(Tambië lamya autyaltalanello.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
6	Colindo:	 	Porter:
7	Tamb', tamb', tamb'! Man ta, i essen i Arrauco? Sissë ná cemendur i linganë insë postelmen auriëo. Túlatyë vin, haryá miwalanni fárë tyessë. Sissë singiliptuval oiälë.	                                	Knock, knock, knock! Who [is] there, for the name of the Devil? Here is a farmer that hanged himself by expectation of riches.You are coming just now. Have tissues enough on you. Here, you will sweat forever.
8	(Tambië lamya autyaltalanello.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
9	Colindo:	 	Porter:
10	Tamb', tamb'! Ma ta, i etwa rauco essen? Las, sissë ná hlimbë ataþeltar i polë vesta i aiatwen lungunteto anqua n'etwa lunguntë, ye tercarnë óricuvië opo Eru, mal úpollë ataþelta Ildumon. A, mittá, Ataþeltar!	                                         	Knock, knock! Who[’s] there, for the other Devil’s name? Hark, here is a slick equivocator that can swear for either of two scales against the other scale; who performed treason before God, but was unable to equivocate to Heaven. Oh, come in, Equivocator!
11	(Tambië lamya autyaltalanello.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
12	Colindo:	 	Porter:
13	Tamb', tamb', tamb'! Man ta? Las, sissë ná Ignenórin þerindo túla sira pan pildës Faranconóro raitelcohanello. Mittá, þerindo. Sissë cé tyë urmaxa vánitya.	           g                  	Knock, knock, knock! Who [is] there? Hark, here is an English tailor who comes hither because he has stolen from French hosiery. Enter, tailor. Here you can cook your goose.
14	(Tambië lamya autyaltalanello.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
15	Colindo:	 	Porter:
16	Tamb', tamb'! Allumë quilda. Mana tye? (Sérë, én —) Sina nómë ná anaringa lá Nármando. Ván ná Arrauco-Colindo san hansí. Sananen lavë cinan ilya mólenostalëo i menë i lé mimmerilleron i oiälë ruinaxonna.	                                       	Knock, knock! Never at peace. What [are] you? (Beat, then —), thenThis place is colder than Hell! I won‘t be Devil-Porter for it any longer. I thought to allow entry for some from each career that goes the way of primroses to the everlasting bonfire.
17	(Tambië lamya autyaltalanello.)	   	[A knocking sounds from offstage.]
18	Colindo:	 	Porter:
19	Túlan! Túlan! Iqua, á renë colindolda.	       	I am coming! I am coming! I am begging you, remember your porter.
20	(Colindo latya i ando.)	    	[The Porter opens the gate.]
21	(Macduff ar Lennox mittar.)	d    	[Macduff and Lennox enter.]
22	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
23	(Colindon) Ma nánes sin telwa ya lorunel	      	(To the Porter) Was it so late when you fell asleep
24	I lórel sil telwa?	   	That you slept [in] so late?
25	Colindo:	 	Porter:
26	Ná, tár. Yulmëánelmë tenna i tocot lamyanë yullumë. Ar yulda, tár, ná túra hrúsiutar natin neldë.	                     	Yes, sir. We were carousing until the cock sounded two times. And a drink, sir, is a great provoker for three things.
27	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
28	Mana nati neldë yulmë héravë hrúsuita?	     	What three things [does] drinking chiefly provoke?
29	Colindo:	 	Porter:
30	Las, tár, quilyaina-mén, lórë, ar mis. Lambarë, tár, hrúsuitas ar ú-hrúsuitas. Hrúsuitas n' írë, mal ungwarë i tercarda. Etta, laca yulmë equet nai ataþeltar ó lambarë. Haþasses, ar hastasses; captasses, ar nuhtasses; mirquetisses, ar úhontasses; carisses orya, ar ú orya — telya, ataþeltasses yá se lorë, ar, antaila sen i cupta, autasses.	                                                                           	Mark you, sir: a colored-nose, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it undermines the performance. Therefore, much drinking they said may be an equivocator with lechery. It heals him, and it mars him; it makes him spring up and it stops him short; it persuades him, and it disheartens him; it makes him rise, and not to rise — to conclude, it equivocates him when he sleeps, and, giving to him the lie, it leaves him.
31	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
32	Sávan yulmë anta si lyen nöa.	      	I am believing carousal gave this to you yesterday.
33	Colindo:	 	Porter:
34	Ta carnes, tár, hluncunen carnesses nin, mal paityanenyes cuptaryan; ar, savin, nán anturca lá se, pan naqui ortanes telcunya þentalúmë, apa lévanen etehatë sa.	                                	That it did, sir,! By the throat it did it to me, but I requited him for his lie, and, I believe, since I am stronger than it, because even though it lifted my two legs for a short time, and yet I turned to throw it out.
35	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
36	Ma turolya cuiva?	  	[Is] your master awake?
37	(Macmbeþ mitta.)	  	[Macbeth enters.]
38	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
39	(Lennoxen) Tambiësta ucuitanië se.	    	(To Lennox) You and I’s knocking has woken him.
40	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
41	(Macmbeþen) Mairé, arata tár.	     	(To Macbeth) Good day, noble sir.
42	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
43	A, mairé, let.	     	Ah. Good day, both of you.
44	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
45	Ma n'Aran cuiva, valda Héru?	     	[Is the] King awake, worthy Thane?
46	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
47	Fó.	 	Nay.
48	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
49	Canyanessen yalë se arinyassë.	    	He commanded me to summon him at morning.
50	Amna lítiën i lúmë.	    	I have almost let slip the time.
51	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
52	Tulyauvanyel senna.	  	I will bring you to him.
53	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
54	Istyan si alassëa tassa lyen; apa ëas.	        	I know this is a joyful trouble to you, and yet it is.
55	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
56	Ita maipahtëattë nihta ñwalma. Si i fendë.	        	That which we two are delighting reduces pain. This [is] the door.
57	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
58	Nauvan anverya holtu pan canyaina veuyalenya.	      	I will be bold to call out; since [‘tis] my appointed service.
59	(Macduff auta.)	d  	[Macduff exits.]
60	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
61	Ma Aran silo síra?	   	[Does the] King [go] hence today?
62	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
63	Caris — panyanes tan.	    	He does — he arranged for that.
64	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
65	I lómë hráva. Yassë cainelmë,	      	The night [has been] wild. Where we lay,
66	Ruimmartolmar atalantë; equet	   	Our chimneys collapsed; [and,] as they say
67	Nainiër vilyass', holler ñurüo,	    ü 	Lamentings in [the] air, shouts of death,
68	Ar apacen, rúcimë órínen	    	And foresight, by terrible warnings
69	Naira ruinëo ar rúcinë tulmar.	     	Of dire fire and [of] confused events.
70	Viny ohtenónë i naitula lún. I hó	       	New[ly] was hatched to the woeful time. The owl
71	Hútanë oi. Equet cemen nánë	     	Hooted ever. They say [the] earth was
72	Úrengwa ar quanþë.	   	feverish and shook.
73	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
74	Nánes horna .	  	‘Twas rough.
75	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
76	Enyaliënya ú ecë immenya	   	My remembrance cannot to parallel
77	Hyaquen san.	  	Another person to it.
78	(Macduff norë i sambenna.)	d    	[Macduff runs into the room.]
79	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
80	A ñorto, ñorto, ñorto!	     	Oh, horror! Horror! Horror!
81	Úquétima lamban hya hónen savë!	    	[‘Tis] unspeakable for tongue or [for] heart to believe [this]!
82	Macmbeþ ar Lennox:	   	Macbeth and Lennox:
83	Mana sinyar?	 	What [is the] news?
84	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
85	Sanyelórië cárië turondarya.	   	Lawlessness has made all
86	Necaira nahtalë terrúvië	  	A sacrilegious murder has broken open
87	Eruva aina corda, ar pildë	     	God’s holy temple, and stole
88	I fëa i cardo.	    	The spirit of the building.
89	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
90	Mana quetal:”Fëa”?	  	What [is it] you are saying: “[The] spirit?”
91	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
92	Þélal Aranelva?	 	[Do] you mean our King?
93	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
94	Mittá i þambë! Qualtá ceneldar	    	Enter the chamber! Kill y’all’s sights
95	Vequi leucafindandë. Vá cesta pahtan.	      	As if [there is] a gorgon. Don’t ask [that] I speak.
96	Tirá minya indë!	  	Look first yourselves!
97	(Macmbeþ ar Lennox autar.)	    	[Macbeth and Lennox exit.]
98	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
99	Cuitá! Hyaltá	 	Waken! Sound
100	I nyeller! — Nahtalë, óricuvië!	     	The bells! — Murder treason!
101	Mbanquo ar Donalmbain! Malcom! Cuitá!	  d  	Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! Waken!
102	Aupsará hlintë lórë, ñuruva cuptama,	      	Rub away downy sleep, death’s lie,
103	Tirá ñurunna. Amba! Cená	    	Look upon death. Up! See
104	I auþ' arumbaro! Malcom! Mbanquo!	    	The shadow of great doom! Malcolm! Banquo!
105	Vequi noireldallon, oryá ‘r patá	     	As if from your tombs, rise ‘n’ walk
106	Nevë sina ñorta! Hyallá nyellë.	     	To face this horror! Ring [the] bell!
107	(Nyellë hyallë. Héri Macmbeþ mitta.)	      	[A bell rings. Lady Macbeth enters.]
108	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
109	Mana si i	  	What [is] this which
110	Sin naica romba yála ósanwen	    	Such a grievous trumpet is summoning [us] to [a] parley
111	I lormor i cüo. Pahtá!	   ü  	The sleepers of the house? Speak!
112	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
113	A, finwa nís.	    	Oh, gentle woman.
114	Uis lyen hlarë ita pahtuva:	     	It’s not for you to hear what I will speak.
115	N'ataquetië nissuva hlarenna,	   	The repetition, into a woman’s ear,
116	Nahtuva þenwavë.	  	Will kill [you] instantly.
117	(Mbanquo mitta.)	  	[Banquo enters.]
118	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
119	Mbanquo, Mbanquo!	  	Banquo, Banquo!
120	Aranelva anaië nahtaina!	  	Our great king has been murdered!
121	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
122	Ai, orro!	  	Alas! Woe!
123	Ma, cöastassë?	  	What, in Macbeth and I’s house?!
124	Mbanquo:	 	Banquo:
125	Ariþaura.	 	Most cruel.
126	Melda Nduff, mecin, láquetá imlé,	       	Dear [Mac]Duff, I prithee, deny thyself,
127	Ar pahtá i uis si.	     	And say that ‘tis not this!
128	(Macmbeþ ar Lennox emmittar ó Ross.)	      	[Macbeth and Lennox reenter with Ross.]
129	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
130	Qui quáliénen nó sina ehten,	     	If I had died before this sight,
131	Maicoiniévanen; hansí, alla	    	I would have lived well; from now on, nothing
132	Sanwelunga ná mi fírimárë.	    	Serious is within mortality.
133	Illi tyalmar. Alcar ar lissë qualini.	       	All [are] toys. Glory and grace [are] dead.
134	I miru coivëo ettucina,	    	The wine of life [is] drawn out,
135	Ar rië caista lemyar.	    	And only lees remain.
136	(Malcom ar Donalmbain mittar.)	  d  	[Malcolm and Donalbain enter.]
137	Donalmbain:	d 	Donalbain:
138	Mana úmai?	 	What [is] amiss?
139	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
140	Nál, ar uil ista sa	     	You are, and you do not know it.
141	I ehtelë, i quinë sercilyo,	      	The spring, the peak of your blood,
142	Ná tapta. I celu insá tapta.	       	Is impeded. The [very] source, itself, [is] impeded.
143	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
144	Aranilya nahtana.	  	Your king [is] slain.
145	Malcom:	 	Malcolm:
146	Mamonen?		By whom?
147	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
148	Tu þamberyo, nemis cáriénë.	     	Them two of his chamber, it seems had done [it].
149	Mántat ar antunta tupinu sercenen,	     	Both their hands and both their faces [are] both covered with blood,
150	Ar túvelmë sicilunta, úhwaldu	    	And both daggers, which were [found] both unwashed
151	Quessecettassen. Tirnettë, rúcinu.	     	On both of their pillows. They both gazed [at us], both disordered.
152	Allë nauvanë varina túnen.	    	No one was going to be protected by those two. .
153	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
154	Ai, apa, ennainan ni ahanyo,	       	Alas, And yet, I repent me of my fury,
155	I qualtanenyet.	  	I killed them.
156	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
157	Mámen carnel ta?	  	Wherefore did you [do] that?
158	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
159	Man cé saila, feuna, ruä, ar ruxa,	          	Who can [be] wise, aghast, tranquil, and wroth,
160	Sarta, ar faila, imallumë? Ú nér.	        	Loyal, and fair-minded, at the same time? Not a man.
161	I lintië ascara nilmenyo	   	The speed of my violent love
162	Lahtanë i pusta, axanwë. Hí Nduncan.	        	Surpassed the pause, logic. Here [is] Duncan.
163	Telept' helma ó maltaina sercë	    	[His] silver skin [laced] with golden blood,
164	Cirisseryar nemner vë hyatsë iluo	    	His gashes seemed [like] a cleft of nature
165	Quelmeva mittaren; ta, i nahtari,	       	For Ruin’s entrance. There, the murderers,
166	Caitu quilessen mancaletto, sicilu	    	Both lie with colors of the two’s trade, both daggers
167	Purnë meharmen. Man cé hranga i	      	Smeared with gore. Who may thwart,
168	Oä hondo nilë, ar tana hondo	      	Possesses a heart loved him, and by that heart
169	I honverië pahtá sa.	    	The courage to speak it.
170	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
171	Haitá ni silo!	  	Help me [to go] hence!
172	(Héri Macmbeþ lorta.)	   	[Lady Macbeth faints.]
173	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
174	Riþá i Hérin	  	Attend to the Lady .
175	Malcom:	 	Malcolm:
176	(Au Ndonalmbainen) Maro hápanquë lambanqua, yá hrimi	       	(Aside to Donalbain) Why [do] we both hold both our tongues, when many
177	Cé canir si inquen?	   	May claim this [affair to be] for us?
178	Ndonalmbain:	 	*Donalbain:
179	(Au Malcomen) Mana quetuvanquë hí,	     	(Aside to Malcolm.) What will we two say here,
180	Yá umbartinqua nurta terehtillon.	    	When you and I’s fate hides from augers.
181	Möa vet uþë. Niëlvar ú ipsaltië.	       	We two must escape! Our tears have [yet] fermented.
182	Malcom:	 	Malcolm:
183	(Au Ndonalmbainen) Latwë nainenqua	   	(Aside to Donalbain) Nor [is] you and I’s sorrow
184	I talanna levëo.	   	Upon [the] foot of motion.
185	Mbanquo:	 	Banquo:
186	(Illin) Aþyá i Héri.	    	(To all) Assist the Lady.
187	(Héri Macmbeþ ná colina au.)	     	[Lady Macbeth is carried away.]
188	Mbanquo:	 	Banquo:
189	Yá cúviëlvë heldë foldarelvar,	    	When we have covered our naked frailties,
190	I cainur eccenessë, omenuvalvë	    	Which suffer in exposure, we shall meet
191	Maquetë sina sercëa carda	   	To question this bloody deed
192	Ista ambë. Þossi ar raxi quasir me	       	To know more. Fears and dangers shake us.
193	I mánen Erüo tarin, hansí	  ü   	By the hand of God I stand, [and] thenceforth
194	Anqua i ñulma varraxë, cotya	     	Against the hidden treachery, I fight
195	Sina óricuvië.	  	[Against] this treason.
196	Macduff:	d 	Macduff:
197	Ar þá yú.	   	And I will, too.
198	Illi:	 	All:
199	Me yú.	  	Us, too
200	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
201	Vaimatá sí hanúvë varmassen	   	Get dressed now in manly armors
202	Ar ocomá i solmassë.	    	And assemble in the hall.
203	Illi:	 	All:
204	Ná, þá!	  	Yes, I agree.
205	(Illi autar hequa Malcom ar Donalmbain.)	     d 	[All leave save Malcolm and Donalbain.]
206	Malcom:	 	Malcolm:
207	Mana caruvel? Vá pahta ó te.	      	What will you do? Don’t speak with them.
208	Tana úfelina naina i carda	    	To show an unfelt sorrow [is] a deed
209	Laitë nér aþcarë. Ignórenna.	    g 	A false man easily does. [I’ll go] to England!
210	Donalmbain:	d 	Donalbain:
211	Oirenórenna, ni. Satyu Umbartunqua	     	To Ireland, I [shall go]. You and I’s separate fates
212	Hepuvanquë met anvarnu. Hí	    	Will keep us both more safe. Here, are
213	Sicili rëossen. Anarë sercinen,	     	Daggers in smiles. [The] nearer by blood,
214	Anarë hwatserciën.	  	[The] nearer to bloodshed.
215	Malcom:	 	Malcolm:
216	I qualmëa pilin	  	The deadly arrow
217	Ú alantië enwa; arvarna	    	Has not fallen yet; [‘tis] most safe
218	Avanevë i mehtë. Rocconna	    	To avoid the aim. [Let us go] upon horse!
219	Ar áva vet rundu lenwenquatsë,	     	And let us both not be polite you and I’s two leavings,
220	Mal aulevë. Eä cahta i pilwen,	       	But steal away! There is motive for the theft,
221	I aupilë insa yá eär ú felmi.	       	Which steals itself when there are not feelings
222	(Autantë.)	 	[They exit.]

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