This poem was written by Chaered for future discussion the VL Opahtielva channel. Line meter is primarily a series of four 3-syllable sets with stress on the 2nd. The Engish translation is more or less word-by-word literal.
Based on a "use these words in a text" challenge by Delle (words: lérie, indo, silme, reste, helléna, ear, raxe, cav-, ráta-, sav-, linima). Reproduced here under CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
Audio recordings to accompany the text.
| No. | Quenya | Tengwar | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lómessë ciryalma númenna en lúta | | at night our ship sails on westwards |
| 2 | ai yanna eär hellénassë nai cauva | | as if to where the sea, at the horizon, |
| 3 | int' eleni naiti, ú ñilleo silmë | | will perhaps reach the actual stars themselves, not [just] mock starlight |
| 4 | |||
| 5 | restelma ter linima raxi aráti' | | our endurance has excelled through manyfold dangers |
| 6 | on' oio sávelmë i umanar elmë | | but ever we believed that someday we |
| 7 | tá teldavë túvaner sérinquë mandë | | then finally were going to find a peaceful final bliss |
| 8 | |||
| 9 | en illumë lérië lélinë né: | | still, whenever freedom has appeared before: |
| 10 | sá sillë nán' indo, han yava helléna | | it was a state of mind like this, beyond whose horizon |
| 11 | cestalmë i líri cuitait' ilu ata | | we search for the songs that will awaken all again |
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