Act 3, Scene 4

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Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Caresta 3, Tanasta 4	    	Act III: Scene IV
2	(Matisolma mi Macmbeþo taras. Eä merendimat Macmbeþ mitta ó Héri Macmbeþ, Ross, Lennox, turini, ar riþamontar.)	                     	[The dining hall within Macbeth’s castle. There is a banquet. Macbeth enters with Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, Lords, and their attendants.]
3	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
4	Istaldë yanna haruldë. Minyan	    	You all know whither you all sit. To [the] first
5	Ar teldan, maitulië.	    	And last [among you all], a welcome.
6	(I Turini harur.)	   	[The Lords sit.]
7	Turini:	 	Lords:
8	Hantalë lyen, atar.	    	Thanksgiving to you, king.
9	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
10	Lanquetuvalmë ó tárólië	  	We [I] will converse with high society
11	Ar nucumya naþendo.	   	And [be] a humble host.
12	Naþindelva hára sí, mal rongo	     	Our hostess is sitting now [on the throne], but soon
13	Mauruvalvë suiliërya.	  	We will require her greeting.
14	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
15	Quetyá sa nin, tár, ilyë málolvain,	        	Pronounce it for me, sir, to all our friends.
16	Hóninya queta nántë maitulyë.	    	My heart is saying they are welcome.
17	(I turini merenyar. Silumë, i Minya Nahtar mitta ar atë Macmbeþwa cen.)	              	[The lords celebrate. Meanwhile, the First Murderer enters and catches Macbeth’s sight.]
18	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
19	(Héri Macmbeþen) A, ela, hantantë hondontainen	       	(To Lady Macbeth) Oh, behold! They thank you with [all of] their hearts.
20	Yúyo permë imya —- Hí harúvan enel.	        	Both sides [are] even — Here I will sit in the middle.
21	Mai alaryá! Yuluvalvë ulma	   	Rejoice well! We will drink a flagon
22	I paluht' os.	   	The table around.
23	(Macmbeþ tulya i Minya Nahtar oä.)	      	[Maxbeth leads the First Murderer aside.]
24	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
25	Sercë antalyassë.	  	(Away to First Murderer) Blood [is] on thy face.
26	Minya Nahtar:	  	First Murderer:
27	Nás Mbanquova.	  	‘Tis Banquo’s.
28	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
29	Nás arya lyen ava, lá sen mitya.	        	‘Tis better for thee without, than for him within.
30	Ma nahtanes?	 	Was he slain?
31	Minya Nahtar:	  	First Murderer:
32	Langorya ristaina;	  	His throat [is] slit;
33	Ta carnen sen.	   	That I did for him.
34	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
35	Nál i arya cillangoron;	    	You are the best of cut-throats;
36	Nan mára nás ye carnë imma Flëanssen.	       	Yet good is he who did the same to Fleance,
37	Qui carnelyes, nál hanvëasta	    	If you did it, you are nonpareil.
38	Minya Nahtar:	  	First Murderer:
39	Tár,	 	Sir,
40	Flëanss unþë.	  	Fleance escaped.
41	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
42	Þossenya entula.	  	My fear is returning.
43	Naiénë hyaqui ilvana,	   	I had been otherwise perfect,
44	Ronda vë alas, varna vë ondo.	       	Solid as marble, secure as stone.
45	Sí nán cöaina, vincaila, minaxanwa	      	Now I am cabined, abed, [and] fettered
46	Attindoin ar þossín. Ma mal Mbanquo—?	        	To doubts and to fears. But is Banquo—?
47	Minya Nahtar:	  	First Murderer:
48	Ná, hérë, varna saptassë maris,	       	Ay, [my] lordship. Secure in a delved hole he dwells,
49	Ó yuquain cirissi caryanna — Yá	     	With twenty slashes unto his head — When
50	I minya nahtaniévanë.	   	The first one would have slain [him].
51	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
52	Hanta;	 	Thanks.
53	Leuca qualin. I vembë i uþië	      	A snake [is] dead. The worm that has escaped
54	Oluva hloirëa nin lúmenen;	    	Will become venomous to me with time;
55	Ú carcar sín. Hecá. Enar elvët	       	No fangs for now. Be gone! Tomorrow, we two
56	Hlaruvat inwët ata.	   	Will both hear ourselves again.
57	(Nahtar auta.)	  	[The Murderer exits.]
58	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
59	(I Paluhtallo) Verunya,	   	(From the table) My husband.
60	Ú antë' alassë. I mat homancaina	      	You are not giving happiness. The meal is bought
61	Qui uis hrin tancatanwa, an carië	      	If it is not many times vouched for; for a making
62	Antaina naþiénen. Matya, arya maryë.	       	[Is] given with welcoming . To feed, [it is] better at home.
63	I singima ná i apsan rundië;	      	The sauce for cooked meat is ceremony;
64	Yomenië held' ava sa.	    	A Mmeting [is] naked without ’t.
65	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
66	Lissë rener.	  	Sweet remembrancer.
67	(Illin) Mityucië armenë matírë.	    	(To all) Digestion accompanies appetite.
68	Málë yúyon!	 	Good health to both!
69	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
70	Mecin, tár, á haru.	      	Please, sir, sit down.
71	(I nimulë Mbanquo mitta, ar harus Macmbeþwa hanwassë. Macmbeþ vá tunta n'immarmë i nimulëo minyassë.)	                 	[The ghost of Banquo enters, and he sits in Macbeth’s seat. Macbeth does not realize the identity of the ghost at first.]
72	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
73	Sámiévanemmë ilya arquen tupin	   	Us two would have had each noble roofed
74	Hí, au valda Mbanquo ániénë	     	Here, if only graceful Banquo had arrived,
75	Ye ni ulquetuva horniëo	   	Who I will accuse of rudeness
76	Hyano lá ófelmë umbartënen.	    	Rather than [of] pity by misfortune.
77	Ross:	 	Ross:
78	Únáverya váquéta vandarya.	   	His absence is refuting his promise.
79	Ma manyauval me ó yonávelya?	    	Will you bless us with your presence?
80	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
81	I paluhta quanta.	   	The table [is] full.
82	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
83	Hí hanwa hepinwa.	   	Here [is] a seat reserved.
84	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
85	Massë?		Where?
86	(Lennox leptenta hanwayassë i Nimulë Mbanquo hára.)	       	[Lennox points to a seat where the Ghost of Banquo is sitting.]
87	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
88	Hí, mára tár.	    	Here, good sir.
89	(Macmbeþ cenë i Nimulë.)	    	[Macbeth sees the Ghost.]
90	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
91	Mana nás i ápa lyë?	    	What is it that is concerning thee?
92	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
93	Man léo carië si?	   	Who among you all has done this?
94	Turini:	 	Lords:
95	Mana, hérenya?	  	[Done] what, my lordship?
96	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
97	(Nimulen) Ú ecë quetë carnenyes. Áva	      	(To Ghost) You cannot say [that] I did it. Don’t
98	Quasë meharna findelelyar nin.	    	Shake your gory locks to me.
99	Ross:	 	Ross:
100	Oryá. I atar hlaiwa.	     	Rise! The king [is] sick.
101	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
102	Hará, málor. Verunya ná sildë,	       	Sit, comrades. My husband is like this,
103	Anaiës o vínë. Mecin, hará.	       	He has been [like this] from youth. Please, sit.
104	I hwindalë þenwaima; neunessë	    	The fit [is] momentary; in a second
105	Nauvas málëa ata. Quí tirëldë	     	He will be healthy again. If you all stare,
106	San yaituvaldës ar taitu' valmerya.	     	Then you all will mock him and prolong his excitement.
107	Áva matya hlíverya.	   	Don’t feed his sickness.
108	(Au Macmbeþen) Ma nál nér?	    	[Aside to Macbeth] Are you a man?
109	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
110	Ná, ar verya mo, i verya tirë	        	Ay, and a brave one, who dares to look
111	Inna uhta n'Arrauco.	   	Upon what appalls the Devil.
112	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
113	A, hwinquetë!	  	Oh, nonsense!
114	Si i siremma insa þosselyo.	     	This [is] the picture, itself, of your fear.
115	Si i vilya-emina sicil i	    	This [is] the air-drawn dagger which
116	Tentanel Nduncanna. Sina ruxië,	     	Pointed [you] toward Duncan. This crumblings,
117	Laiti antar nanwa þossen, camtuva	     	False faces to true fear, [would] suit
118	Nissuva quenta hrívëo ruinessë	   	A woman’s story in a winter’s blaze.
119	Nyarnë haruniryanen. Naitya.	    	Related by her grandmother. For shame!
120	Manan caral uþcendeli? Tiral	   	Why are you making bad faces? You are looking
121	Lusta fimbahanwann'	 	Toward an empty seat.
122	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
123	(Naþalín) Mecin! Tirá ta! Ela!! Mana quétaldë?	      	(To Guests) Please! Look there! Behold! What are you all saying?
124	(Nimulen) Maro cimban? Qui polel quaþë, pahtá!	       	(To Ghost) Why [would] Í care? If you can nod, speak!
125	Quí cöaxor ar saptalmar mentar	    	If charnel houses and our graves send
126	Té i sampelmë nan; ondolelmar	     	Them that we dug back [to life], our monuments
127	Vë i ancar soronciön.	    	[Will be] like the jaws of kites.
128	(I Nimulë fifírë.)	   	[The Ghost slowly vanishes.]
129	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
130	Ma ‘naiël únerina?	  	Have you been unmanned?
131	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
132	Quí téran hí, cennen sé.	      	If I am standing here, [then] I saw him.
133	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
134	Ai, naityá!	  	Fie! For shame!
135	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
136	Sercë hwantë andanéya,	   	Blood spilled, long ago,
137	Fai namnastar auquantanër i milya carnema.	      	Before regulations purged the gentle welt.
138	Ar pan nahtaler ‘naiër carinar,	     	And since murders have been done, [are]
139	Arrúcima hlaren. Lúmi engiër,	     	[Too] terrible for an ear. Times there have been,
140	I, yá corpi rancer, néri qualdë —	        	That, when skulls broke, men died —
141	Ar ta tel. Mal sí oryantë ata	       	And there an end. But now they rise again
142	Ó nahti yúquain arcastintassen,	    	With twenty woundings on their crowns,
143	Ar nirë me hanwalmallon. Nás	     	And to push us from our stools. ‘Tis
144	Anhyanya lá nahtalë.	   	Stranger than a murder.
145	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
146	Verunya.	 	My husband.
147	Aratë nildolyar pénar lyë.	    	Your noble friends are lacking you.
148	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
149	(Naþaleryain) Etsenin.	  	(To his guests) I forget [myself].
150	Áva elma ninna, valdë málor.	      	Don’t marvel at me, worthy comrades.
151	Samin hyanya hlívë, i ná alla	      	I have a strange sickness, which is nothing
152	Téna yë ista ni. Málë illin;	       	To those who know me. Good health to all;
153	Ta haruvan. Tulá miru, quantá.	       	Then I will sit down, Fetch wine, fill full.
154	Yulan málolvan, Mbanquo, ye nyéralvë	      	I drink to our comrade, Banquo, [for] who[m] we are grieving.
155	Milyëan sen. Illin, ar sen, yulá.	         	I am longing for him. To all, and to him, drink!
156	Illi illin.	  	All to all.
157	Turini:	 	Lords:
158	Nautiëlvar, astar.	   	Our duties, [and our] loyalty.
159	(Yulantë. Emmitta i Nimulë Mbanquo.)	      	[They drink. Re-enter the Ghost of Banquo.]
160	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
161	(I Nimulen Mbanquon) Heca ceninyall'; nai cemen cuvë lyë.	          	(To the Ghost of Banquo) Be gone from my sight; May [the] earth hide you.
162	Axolyar necaxendi, sercë niquë,	     	Your bones [are] marrow-less, [your] blood is cold.
163	Samilyë ú cen tanu hendussë	    	You have no sight in those two eyes
164	Inen tíralyë.	  	With which you are glaring.
165	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
166	(I Naþalín) Saná si, málor,	      	(To the Guests) Think [of] this, comrades.
167	Ve sitina engwë: nás ú hya. Mal	        	As a customary thing: ‘tis nothing else. But
168	Naxatas i fastalë i lúmëo.	     	It spoils [the] pleasure of the time.
169	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
170	(I Nimulen Mbanquon) Quí nér verya, veryan.	        	(To the Ghost of Banquo) If man dares, I dare.
171	Tulá ve horna Russiö morco,	     	Come as a rough Russian bear,
172	Varmanwa rassemunda, hráva rimpera;	     	An armed rhinoceros, [or] a wild tiger;
173	Ú tana hrö', ar ñwarmi	     	Not that bod’, and my nerves
174	Papuvar ú ambë. Hya nancoitá,	      	Will tremble no more. Or live again,
175	Ar veuyá ni I qualmen macilmen.	      	And dare me to the death by sword.
176	Quí papin, san yaitá ni vë	      	If I am trembling, then mock me as [being]
177	Vinimo nettëo. Silo, naira huinë!	      	A baby of a little girl. [Come] hence, horrible shadow!
178	Únanwa yaitië, silo!	   	Unreal mockery, hence!
179	(I Nimulë Mbanquo fifirë.)	    	[The Ghost of Banquo vanishes.]
180	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
181	Vaniës.	 	It has passed.
182	Ennán nér ata vin. Hará hí.	       	I am a man again just now. Sit here!.
183	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
184	Roviël i tyalië, rancel lanquettar,	      	You lost the mirth, you broke [this] conversation,
185	Araitaina lengalenen.	  	With most shocking behavior.
186	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
187	Ma ecë sinë natin ëa,	     	Can it be for such things to exist,
188	Ar orturë ve lumbo lairëssë	    	And to overpower us like a cloud in summer
189	Necelmenda? Estëaldë ni hyanya	   	Without wonder? You all are naming me strange
190	Sina indolengenen i öan,	    	To this disposition that I possess,
191	Céniëldë sinë ehteni, mal	    	You all have seen these sights yet
192	Alaryalden sercirilleldanen	 	You all cheer me up with you all’s rubiness [of your faces],
193	Lan ninya ninquitina þossenen	   	While mine [is] blanched with fear.
194	Ross:	 	Ross:
195	Mana ehteni?	 	What sights?
196	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
197	(I Naþalín) Áva pahta. Olëas anurra.	       	(To the Guests) Don’t speak. He is becoming worse
198	Maquettar urþar se. Ú pusto, heca!	       	Questions enrage him. At once, be gonet.
199	Cimbá ú arestaldain lenweldanen,	    	Care not for y’all’s titles by y’all’s leaving ,
200	Mal heca sí.	   	But be gone now.
201	Lennox:	 	Lennox:
202	Nai arya málë	  	May better [good] health
203	Riþë aranusserya.	  	Attend his kingship.
204	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
205	Mára lómë illin.	   	A good night to all.
206	(Illi autar hequa Macmbeþ ar Héri Macmbeþ.)	       	[All exit except Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.]
207	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
208	Ná. Equent sercë samuva sercë.	      	Ay. They say blood will have blood.
209	Ñurusarni istainë lévë, ar	    	Gravestones [are] known to move, and
210	Orni pahta; fandor ar carmantar	     	Trees [are known] to speak; augurs and their tools,
211	Nyatsoinen ar corcoinen yáviër	   	By magpies and by corvids, have brought out
212	N'arimuina nér sercëo. Ma i lómë?	      	The most secret man of blood. [What time is] the night?
213	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
214	Nás amna cotto arinyo.	    	‘Tis almost an enemy of morning.
215	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
216	Mana sával pá Macduff aptië ná	   d  	What do you believe concerning Macduff refusing to be
217	Yaliëlmassë?		At our [my] summoning?
218	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
219	Ma tultanë sen, tár?	    	Did you send for him, sir?
220	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
221	Hlarinyes I lénen, yaluvanyes.	     	I hear it by the way, [but] I will summon him.
222	Nás ú minen tëo, mal maryassë	      	‘Tis not just for one of them, but in his house,
223	Hepin núro nautanen. Menuvan enar —	      	I keep a servant in debt. I will go tomorrow —
224	Ar ron silo — i Núlë Néþannar.	       	And soon, hence — to the Weird Sisters.
225	Ambë pahtuvantë, pan ni möa	     	More will they speak, since l must
226	Ista, núlenen, urralë. Alassenyan	      	Know, by witchcraft, the worst. For my happiness,
227	Ilya cahtar ruxuvar. Sercenna	    	All causes will crumble. Into blood
228	Pátiën sin hairavë, i quí sumban	      	I have stepped so deeply, that if I submurge
229	Ener, ralië nauva vë naica.	      	Further, returning [would] be as bitterly painful [as it was to submurge].
230	Hyanyë nati caressë n'indu mán	    	Strange things are in [my] head which will to [my] hand
231	I möa carinë nó nántë ecceþinë.	      	Which must be done before they are found out.
232	Héri Macmbeþ:	  	Lady Macbeth:
233	Pénal ita illi maurar, lorë.	      	You lack that which all require: to sleep.
234	Macmbeþ:	 	Macbeth:
235	Tulá, lorúvanquë. Im-ñwalmenya	    	Come, we two will fall asleep. My self-torment
236	I yestaróva þossë penna yuhtalë	    	[Is] the initiate’s fear lacking usage.
237	Nálmë sí vinya cardain.	    	We are [I am] now young in deed[s].
238	(Autantë.)	 	[They exit.]

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