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Post by Lady Elwen on Mar 22, 2005 1:05:46 GMT -5
Ir Ithil ammen Eruchîn<br> menel-vîr síla díriel
si loth a galadh lasto dîn!
A Hîr Ann?n gilthoniel,
le linnon im Tinúviel.
Translation:
The Moon, having watched for us Children of Eru
shines like a jewel in the sky
now flower and tree, listen silent!
O Lady of the West, star-kindler,
I sing to you, I, Nightingale!
Translated by David Salo officially, in A Gateway to Sindarin. An extant text in Sindarin, part of the "Lay of Leithian" (Recommenced version), Canto III, lines 99-103.
I've loved this verse for as long as I can remember, and since I had the translation, I thought I'd throw it out there...
~ Elwen
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Elbereth
Ranger
~The light of Il?vatar lives still in her face.~
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Post by Elbereth on Mar 23, 2005 1:34:16 GMT -5
Oh wow... That's in the Lay?? I've looked for that forever, and just couldn't seem to find it! Now I have to go look! (Lays of Beleriand, correct?)
I love the translation, especially the center three lines. Same with the "si loth a galadh lasto din! A Hir Annun gilthoniel" line.
But as a random point, I remember looking for it because someone had pointed out that grammatical structure of this peice was off somewhere. Is that true?
~ Elbereth
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Post by Lady Elwen on Mar 25, 2005 1:20:47 GMT -5
Yup, it's in the Lays of Beleriand! As for structure... I'm pretty sure it's about as normal as you can get with Elvish... I could be wrong... Ana? Where'd you go?  ~ Elwen |
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