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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Man cenuva fána cirya	   	Who shall see a white ship
2	métima hrestallo círa,	   	from the final beach steering,
3	i fairi nécë	  	the vague phantoms
4	ringa súmaryassë	 	in her cold bosom
5	ve maiwi yaimië?	  	like gulls wailing?
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7	Man tiruva fána cirya,	    	Who shall heed a white ship
8	wilwarin wilwa,	  	like a butterfly fluttering,
9	ëar-celumessen		in the flowing sea
10	rámainen elvië	 	on star-like wings,
11	ëar falastala,	  	the sea foaming,
12	winga hlápula	 	the foam flying in the wind,
13	rámar sisílala,	  	the wings shining white,
14	cálë fifírula?	 	the light slowly fading?
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16	Man hlaruva rávëa súrë	   	Who shall hear the roaring wind
17	ve tauri lillassië,	   	like the many leaves of the forests,
18	ninqui carcar yarra	  	the white rocks growling
19	isilmë ilcalassë,	  	in the gleaming moonlight,
20	isilmë pícalassë,	  	in the dwindling moonlight,
21	isilmë lantalassë	 	in the falling moonlight
22	ve loicolícuma;	 ;	like a corpse-candle;
23	raumo nurrua,	  	the storm grumble,
24	undumë rúma?	 	the abyss move?
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26	Man cenuva lumbor ahosta	   	Who shall see the clouds assemble,
27	Menel acúna	 	the Heavens bending
28	ruxal’ ambonnar,	  	upon crumbling hills,
29	ëar amortala,	  	the sea heaving,
30	undumë hácala,	  	the abyss yawning,
31	enwina lúmë	 	the old darkness
32	elenillor pella	 	from beyond the stars
33	talta-taltala		sliding down and collapsing
34	atalantëa mindonnar?	 	upon lofty ruined towers?
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36	Man tiruva rácina cirya	   	Who shall heed a broken ship
37	ondolissë mornë	 	on the many black rocks
38	nu fanyarë rúcina,	   	under shattered skies,
39	anar púrëa tihta	  	a discoloured sun blinking
40	axor ilcalannar	 	on bones gleaming
41	métim’ auressë?	 	in the last down?
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43	Man cenuva métim’ andúnë?	   	Who shall see the last evening?

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