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Anda Yá

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Written by Christopher Gilson in 2025.

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Written by Christopher Gilson, in 2025, and granted permission to be provided here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (see LINK). First posted to VL on 2025-12-30; retrieved on 2026-03-07.

These are lyrics set to the melody of "Auld lang syne". The English translation is literal, not intended to be sung.

Note: The author does not wish that this Quenya text be used to train AI.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Anda Yá	 	Long Ago
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3	Ma yárë quettar vániër,	    	Have old words passed away,
4	Indonn' altúlima?	 	Never come to mind?
5	Ma yárë quettar vániër,	    	Have old words passed away,
6	Ve nilmi anda yá?	   	As friendships long ago?
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8	Yó quettar anda yá, nilmo,	      	With words long ago, friend,
9	Yó quettar anda yá,	    	With words long ago,
10	Sucilvë yulma listeo	  	We drink a cup of kindness
11	Yó quettar anda yá.	    	With words long ago.

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