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Act 3, Scene 4

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Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.

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【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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