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Eärendillinwë
Stanza 8
“From Evereven’s lofty hills
where softly silver fountains fall
his wings him bore, a wandering light,
beyond the mighty Mountain Wall.
From World’s End then he turned away,
and yearned again to find afar
his home through shadows journeying,
and burning as an island star
on high above the mists he came,
a distant flame before the Sun,
a wonder ere the waking dawn
where grey the Norland waters run.“
Quenya
Tárë ambollon Ilandúnëo
yassen milyavë telepehteli lantar
rámaryar hlapunë se, ranyala cala,
i taura Ramboron pella.
Ambar-mettallo sië rúmanes,
ar mernë ata hirë háya
marderya ter ungor i lelië,
ar ve tollelen i urië
táravë or i hísi tulles,
vahaia nárë nó Anar,
elmenda nó i cuivëa ára
yassë neni Fortinórëo sindavë tuiar.
Line 109
Tárë ambollon Ilandúnëo
From lofty hills of Eversunset
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Tárë = tára+[ë] = adj. lofty, high, tall+[plural marker]
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ambollon =ambo+[llon] = n. hill+[ablative case plural suffix]
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Ilandúnëo = Ilandúnë+[o] = Everevening, Eversunset+[genitive case suffix]
Line 110
yassen milyavë telepehteli lantar
where softly silverfountains fall
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yassen = ya+[ssen] = rel. pron. “that, which”+[locative case plural suffix]
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milyavë = milya+[ve] = adj. soft, weak, mild+[adverbial suffix]
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telepehteli = telpë+[ehtelë]+{i} = n. silver+[n. fountain]+{plural marker}
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lantar = lanta+[r] = vb. to fall+[plural marker]
Line 111
rámaryar hlapunë se, ranyala cala,
his wings flew him, wandering light,
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rámaryar = ráma+[rya]+{r} = n. wing+[poss. pron. “his, her, its”]+{plural marker}
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hlapunë = hlapu+[ne] = vb. fly or stream in the wind+[past suffix]
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se = obj. pron. “him, her, it”
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ranyala = ranya+[la] = vb. to wander, to stray+[active participle suffix]
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cala = n. light
Line 112
i taura Ramboron pella.
the mighty Wallmountain beyond.
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i = def. art. “the”
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taura = adj. mighty
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Ramboron = ramba+[oron] = n. wall+[n. mountain]
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pella = postp. beyond (in Quenya “beyond” is not a preposition but a postposition)
Line 113
Ambar-mettallo sië rúmanes,
From World’s End then he moved,
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Ambar-mettallo = Ambar-metta+[llo] = n. World-end+[ablative case suffix]
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sië = adv. thus, then, so
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rúmanes = rúma+[ne]+{s} = vb. to move (intransitive)+[past suffix]+{pers. pron. “he, she, it”}
Line 114
ar mernë ata hirë háya
and wished again to find afar
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ar = conj. “and”
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mernë = merë+[ne] = vb. to desire, to wish, to yearn, to want+[past suffix]
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ata = adv. “again”
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hirë = vb. to find
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háya = adv. far away, far off, afar
Line 115
marderya ter ungor i lelië,
his home through dark shadows the journeying,
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marderya = már+[rya] = n. home+[poss. pron. “his, her, its”]
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ter = prep. Through
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ungor = ungo+[r] = n. dark shadow, cloud
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i = def. art. “the”
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lelië = lelya+[ië] = vb. to travel, to go, to journey+[gerund suffix]
Line 116
ar ve tollelen i urië
and as islandstar the burning
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ar = conj. “and”
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ve = prep. “as, like”
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tollelen = tol+[elen] = n. island+[n. star]
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i = def. art. “the”
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urië = urya+[ië] = vb. to burn (intransitive)+[gerund suffix]
Line 117
táravë or i hísi tulles,
highly above the mists he came,
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táravë = tára+[ve] = adj. lofty, high, tall+[adverbial suffix]
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or = prep. over, above
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i = def. art. “the”
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hísi = hísë+[i] = n. fog, mist+[plural marker]
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tulles = tullë+[s] = past tense of tulë “to come”+[pers. pron. “he, she, it”]
Line 118
vahaia nárë nó Anar,
far flame before Sun,
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vahaia = adj. far
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nárë = n. flame, fire
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nó = adv. “before” (time relations, not spatial)
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Anar = n. Sun
Line 119
elmenda nó i cuivëa ára
wonder before the wakening dawn
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elmenda = n. wonder
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nó = adv. “before” (time relations, not spatial)
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i = def. art. “the”
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cuivëa = adj. wakening
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ára = n. dawn
Line 120
yassë neni Fortinórëo sindavë tuiar.
where waters of Northernlands greyly spring.
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yassë = ya+[ssë] = rel. pron+[locative case suffix]
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neni = nén+[i] = n. water+[plural marker]
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Fortinórëo = fortë+[nórë]+{o} = adj. northern+[n. land, country]+{genitive case suffix}
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sindavë = sinda+[ve] = adj. grey+[adverbial suffix]
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tuiar = tuia+[r] = vb. to spring+[plural marker]
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