Lirnen lassion, laurië lassion ar laurië lassi tuianer:
súrio lirnen, súrë utúlië ar súyanes olwassen.
Anar pella, Isil pella, Eärë falastanë,
ar mi Ilmarino hresta Alda laurëa ortanë.
Oiosinyëo nu eleni mi Eldamar cacálala,
mi Eldamar, Tiriono ara rambar Eldaiva.
Laurelassi lohtier andavë et olwava yénillon,
nan Alatairë pella sinomë sí Eldanier lantëar.
A Lóriendë! Sí Hrívë utúlië, Arë helda lassevalta;
lantëar lassi celumenna ar síra Sírë oar.
A Lóriendë! Fárië yéni mi Falas Sina amárien,
ar fifírula rië irícien laurëa elanarnen.
Nan ciryaron sí liruvan, quí tuluva nir cirya,
i cirya i nyë atacoluva ter Eärë allanda?
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This translation into Quenya is copyright © 2002 Alex Grigny de Castro
unrestricted quoting is allowed provided the copyright is mentioned
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a o! vocative particle
Alatairë Great Sea, name of the Western Ocean between Beleriand and Valinor
alda tree
al-landa most wide
Anar the Sun
andavë long, long time adverb
ar and conjunction
ara beside, outside prefix used as preposition
arë day
ata-col- to carry back
cacal- frequentative of cal-
cacálala constantly shining active participle of cacal-
cal- to shine
celumë stream, flow synonim sírë
cirya ship
col- to carry
Eär and Eärë the Sea
el-anar star-sun, Sindarin elanor
Elda-mar Elven-home, another name of Tirion
Elda-nië Elf-tear
Elda Elf
elen and el star
et out + ablative out of
falas falass- and falassë shore, strand
falasta- to foam
farëa and fárëa enough adverb
fifir- frequentative of fir-
fifírula fading away active participle of fifir- with -ula of distaste, as in Markirya
fir- to fade away, die
helda naked, stripped bare
hresta shore
hríve winter
i the definite article
i that, which, who conjunction in Quenya, relative pronoun in English
Ilmarin mansion of the high airs, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë
irícië perfect ric-
Isil the Moon
lanta- to fall
lasse-valta leaf-less
lassë leaf
laure-lassë gold-leaf analogical to Laure-nandë Gold-valley
laurëa golden plural laurië
lir- to chant, sing
lohta- from locta- to sprout, put forth leaves or flowers
lohtier shortened perfect of lohta-
Lórien and Lóriendë Lórien, both the name of a place in Valinor, the dwelling of Vala Irmo (and also his name), and of Lothlórien, the realm of Galadriel in Middle-Earth
mar- to abide
mi on preposition
nan but adversative conjunction
nir to me personal pronoun 1st person singular (allative), unattested, but ni I and nin to me (dative) are attested
nu under preposition
nyë me personal pronoun 1st person singular (accusative)
oar away adverb
Oio-sinyë Ever-eve
olwa branch
orta- to rise
pella beyond postposition
quí and quíta particle of uncertainty
ramba wall
ric- to twist
rië crown
sí now adverb of time
sina this
sinomë in this place, here adverb of place
sir- to flow
sírë river, stream synonim celumë
súre súri- wind
súya- to breathe
ter through preposition
Tirion Great Watchtower, city of the Elves on the Hill of Túna in Aman
tuia- to sprout
tul- to come
utúlië came perfect tense of tul-
-valta -less
yén long year = 144 solar years
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