Translated into Quenya by Lane Lubell in 2026.
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【1】 Caresta 3, Tanasta 5
► Act III: Scene V
【2】 (Nandossë. Hundo. Mittar Curunir neldë, omenila ó i ainondë Hecait.).
► [On a heath. Thunder. Enter three witches meeting with the goddess Hecate.]
【3】 Minya Curuni
► First Witch:
【4】 Maro, Hecait, tíralyë raiquavë?
► Why, Hecate, are you looking angrily?
【5】 Hecait:
► Hecate:
【6】 Ma sáman ú cahta, þauranir,
► Have I not a reason, [you] hags?
【7】 Singwa ar accaverya? Manen verta
► Saucy and overbold. How dare
【8】 Le tulë opo Macmbeþ ó
► You all come before Macbeth with
【9】 Quettar ar nattur ñuruo,
► Words and affairs of death
【10】 Ar ni, i tári núleldo,
► And I, the queen of you all’s sorcery,
【11】 Muina ahto ilya hyando,
► [The] secret wright of all harm,
【12】 Únen cestainë áþeldan,
► Was not asked for y’all’s aid,
【13】 Hya tana curulvo astar?
► Or [to] show our skill’s glory?
【14】 Entë, illi cáriëldë
► Moreover, all [that] y’all have done
【15】 Ranya yondon er anaië,
► For a wayward son alone has been.
【16】 Tevinqua ar rúþinqua, ve hyamor yen,
► Hateful and wrathful, like others for whom,
【17】 Melë séva cahtain, ú lén.
► Loves for his own reasons, not for y’all.
【18】 Mal enapteryá sí; heca,
► Make amends now; be gone,
【19】 Ar arë Nármando latta,
► And along Hell’s pit,
【20】 Omená ni mi arinya.
► Meet me [with]in [the] morning.
【21】 Tar paruvas maranwerya.
► Thither he will learn his destiny.
【22】 Sorá capsar ar luhtaldar,
► Provide [y’all’s] vessels and y‘all’s spells,
【23】 Ñúleldar, ar aryë i hyar
► Y’all’s dark arts, and also the rest.
【24】 Ni vilyanna. Sílom' oivan
► I [am going] into the air. Tonight I will spend time [planning]
【25】 Ariñorta ar firima telman.
► For a most horrible and fatal end.
【26】 Sí nár rimbë cardar siré
► Now [there] are many deeds today [ere noon]
【27】 Carë Iþilo neltessë.
► To do on the corner of the Moon.
【28】 Lumna fanwë-limba linga.
► An ominous vapor-drop hangs.
【29】 Atuvanyes fai sa lanta.
► I will catch it ere it falls.
【30】 Ta, sovaldaina ñúlenen,
► And that, distilled by dark magic,
【31】 Yaluvan cuptailë fairi,
► I will summon deceiving spirits,
【32】 Ye ó laitemmanto poldorë,
► Who, with their illusion’s strength,
【33】 Tucuvar se an hwintalë.
► Will pull him towards confusion.
【34】 Auvas umbar, ñuru, ar caituva
► He will reject fate, and will bear
【35】 Esteleryar or lissë ar áya.
► His hopes ‘bove grace and awe.
【36】 (Lindalë ar lindë ettë.)
► [Music and a song offstage.]
【37】 Hecait:
► Hecate:
【38】 Las, nán yalina. Fairincenya, ta
► Hark, I am summoned. My little spirit, there
【39】 Hára er mi fanya, hórala ni.
► Is sitting alone within a white cloud, now waiting for me.
【40】 (Hecait auta.)
► [Hecate exits.]
【41】 Minya Curuni:
► First Witch:
【42】 Néþar, hyastá; entuluvas rongo.
► Sisters, [let’s] hurry; she will return soon.
【43】 (Autantë.).
► [They exit.]
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