Well, well, well. I think this is the first time we talk about a game here, so why not start big?
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim is the 5th game of The Elder Scrolls series (and the only one I have actually played), an Action-RPG franchise set in a Fantasy-Medieval world. And Skyrim is all about dragons: Your character main “role” is the one of the Dragonborn: you have the power to feed yourself from dead dragon souls and, with them, learning how to use powerful shouts in the draconic language, each with a different ability according to the shout’s meaning. For example, the most famous of them all is the Unrelenting Force, also called FUS RO DAH, that translates in the ingame language as “Force, Balance, Push”.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a whole language was created for this amazing game! And its masterpiece is the song “Dovahkiin”, presented below:
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah vod
Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Wo lost fron wah ney dov
ahrk fin reyliik do jul
voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein
Ahrk fin kel lost prodah,
Do ved viing ko fin krah,
Tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein!
Alduin, feyn do jun,
kruziik vokun staadnau,
voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein!
Nuz aan sul, fent alok,
fod fin vul dovah nok,
fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin jot!
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
Translated into English, it goes as follows:
Dragonborn, Dragonborn
by his honor is sworn
To keep evil forever at bay!
And the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph’s shout,
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
Who was kin to both wyrm
andthe races of man
with a power to rival the sun!
And the Scrolls have foretold
of black wings in the cold,
that when brothers wage war come unfurled!
Alduin, Bane of Kings,
ancient shadow unbound,
with a hunger to swallow the world!
But a day, shall arise,
when the dark dragon’s lies,
will be silenced forever and then!
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin’s maw!
Dragonborn, Dragonborn
byhis honor is sworn
To keep evil forever at bay!
And the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph’s shout,
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!
I think you have guessed already to where we’re going: QUENYA VERSION! From the language of the dragons to the language of the elves!
Lócenona, lócenona
alcaryanen carna i vanda
etelehtien ilyë ulcullo!
Ar i antulcë cotumor túrëa
írë hlarintë yello
Lócenona, almarelyan hyamilmë!
Á hlárë sí, hini lossëo, randan, anda né
Ar i quenta, canyavë nyarna
Yá né nóssë yúyo lócë
ar i nórë firyo
yo túrë ohtacarë i Anarenna
Ar i Parmar nyarë
mori rámarëo niquessë
Ya írë torni ná mailëa ohtan
Alduin, Mandë Arano
yára leryaina lumbulë
yo hroafelmë mata i Ambar!
Mal anarórë entuluva
írë i morilócë huru
tuluva mettan oialë
Vanima Vilyaríma ná leryaina saura antollo Alduinwa
Lócenona, lócenona
alcaryanen carna i vanda
etelehtien ilyë ulcullo!
Ar i antulcë cotumor túrëa
írë hlarintë yello
Lócenona, almarelyan hyamilmë!
really nice
Hantanyel, Adriano!
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You are my god.
No, I’m just an elf and Ondo (the translator of this post) is just a Gondorian!
But we’re pretty glad you liked it!