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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Auc' i penir handa	   	Fool he who does not hearken:
2	Quetë eldanyanda	 	A legend there be that recounts
3	I hyarna nissë néya	   	That a gypsy woman
4	Luhtunen yall' Iþil / mennai / i ambarón'	   /  /  	Conjured the Moon until dawn.
5	Nítaila þurnessë	 	Weeping, she besought
6	Tana amauressë	 	That when day arrived
7	Veryaitarya hyarmo	 	She might espouse a gypsy man...

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For Quenya we translate Gypsy here as "southern folk", the connotation in both cases is the relevant dark tone of skin.

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