Act 3, Scene 2

Attribution

Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 3, Tanasta 2	    	Act III: Scene II
2	(Héri Macmbeþ ar Núro mittar.)	     	[Lady Macbeth and a Servant enter.]
3	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
4	Ma Mbanquo vanwa hillo?	   	Is Banquo gone from here?
5	Núro:	 	Servant:
6	Ná, tár, mal entuluvas silomë.	       	Yes, madam, but he will return tonight.
7	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
8	Nyará I Aran, cé quetuvan ó	      	Tell the King, I will speak with
9	Se lavemeryassë.	  	Him at [his] leisure.
10	Núro:	 	Servant:
11	Tarinya, þá.	   	My queen, I shall.
12	(I Núro auta.)	   	[The Servant exits.]
13	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
14	Alla samin', illi vanwa,	     	Naught[‘s] had, all[‘s] spent.
15	Ñentemmë íremmar ú alassë.	    	Us two obtain our desires without joy.
16	Nás anvarna ná ita fehtammë	    	‘Tis safer to be that which we two destroy
17	Lá quelmenen oiä attindovë.	    	Than by ruin, dwell doubtfully.
18	(Macmbeþ mitta.)	  	[Macbeth enters.]
19	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
20	Manen sí, Macmbeþ! Maro háral er	      	How now, my lord? Why are you staying alone
21	Ó arilumnë símar vë satarilyar,	     	With most burdensome imaginations as your companions,
22	Yutaila tennar i möa qualir	    	Using thoughts that must die
23	Séo i sánëal? Nati ú haþasta	     	Of him that you are thinking [about]?l Things without a remedy
24	Cé laistaina. Ita carinar carinar.	      	May be ignored. What [is] done [is] done.
25	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
26	Hyániënquë i leuca, nan coitas.	      	We two have injured the snake, yet it lives.
27	Venyauvas, lan penya hrúmenqua	    	She will heal while our poor malice
28	Lemyuva raxessë carcaryato.	   	Will remain in danger of her two fangs.
29	Mal á lavë i canta layanta,	      	But let the frame[work] disjoint,
30	Yúyo ambar ñwalë.	   	Both worlds suffer.
31	Fai matuvanquë ó þossë ar lorë	     	Ere we two will eat in fear, and sleep
32	Ó i ñwalmë i ñorti olorion,	      	With the torment of the horrible dreams,
33	I quasir vet illómë'. Aryë ó qualini	       	Which shake us two nightly. [It is] better [to be] with [the] dead [ones] ,
34	Ye vet, rainenquan, leltanë rainenna	      	Who[m] we both, for peace, have sent to peace,
35	Lá ungwalessë sanaro caita	   	Than [up]on torture of [the] mind to lie
36	Lórelóra tírelenen.	  	With restless anxiety.
37	Nduncan saptaryassë.	  	Duncan [is] in his grave.
38	Pó coiveryo úrimë, mailoris.	     	After his life’s fever, he sleeps well.
39	Oricuvië cárië cardarya. Ú axë, hloima,	        	Treason has done its deed. Not steel, poison,
40	Mardaitë hrúvë, ettë hotsë, alla,	       	Domestic malice, foreign army, nothing,
41	Cé apë se sí.	    	May affect him now.
42	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
43	Tulá.	 	Come [on],
44	ºÖapsará horna nemestelya;	º   	Rub away your rough appearance.
45	Á ná calima ar neþya naþalelyar.	      	Be bright and gay for your guests.
46	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
47	Þá, melindo; ar hyamin imman lyen.	        	I shall, [my] love; and I pray for [the] same for you.
48	Á yuhta lauca rénelya Mbanquo.	     	Use your fond memories of Banquo.
49	Aitá sé hendanen ar návanen:	     	Revere him by eye and by tongue:
50	Úvarna sín, itan vet möa etulya	      	Unsafe for now, so that we two must pour forth
51	Laitali celumennar meluquetto	  	Praises into streams of flattery
52	Ar carë cendelenquë ñwarcari.	    	And make both our faces [into] two vizards.
53	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
54	Á pusta si.	   	Stop this!
55	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
56	A, sanarinya quanta ó nastari!	     	Oh, my mind [is] filled with scorpions!
57	Istal i Mbanquo ar Flëanss coitat!	     	You know that Banquo and Fleance both live.
58	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
59	Mal tussë coiviëva ui oira.	     	But in them life is not eternal.
60	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
61	Ta tiutalë sí. Náttë nahtaimu.	      	There [is] a comfort now. Them two are both slayable.
62	Fai i quildareva ainapacanwa	   	Ere the bat’s cloistered
63	Vilda, fai Hecaitwa nahámen i	     	Flight; ere to Hecate’s summons, the
64	Múco-nóna ticin lordë lírínen	   	Shard-born beetle with [its] drowsy songs,
65	Hyalë lómeva nyellë, euva	    	Rings night’s bell, there will be
66	Carda ñorta ling'o.	   	A deed of horrible [musical] note.
67	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
68	Mana euvas?	 	What will it be?
69	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
70	Lertá imlë n'istyallo, meldanya,	     	Be free yourself from the knowledge, my dear,
71	Tens' palpal i carda. Tulá, Lómë,	        	Till you applaud the deed. Come, Night,
72	Fantá i milya hen nainaima réo;	      	Blindfold the tender eye of lamentable day;
73	Ar sercëa, úcénima mályanen,	     	And with your bloody, invisible hand
74	Aptá ar riptá tana arnaxa	    	Deny and tear up that great bond
75	I quóla ni. Cala nelya,	      	Which is ailing me. Light thickens,
76	I corca vilë haustaitë taurenna	    	The raven flies to [the] rooky wood.
77	Almi réo lingar ar lorur;	     	Good things of day droop [and] drowse;
78	Lan lóva þaumar farnantain cuitar,	     	While night’s foul-ones for their preys rouse,
79	Elmëal quettanyassen: mal reþá.	     	You are marveling at my words: but wait.
80	Uxari turyar imtë ulcunen	   	Misdeeds strengthen themselves by evil.
81	mecin, tulá ó ni.	     	Please, come with me.
82	(Autantë.	 	[They exit.]

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