Sanwe Luite Þinyeo

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Written by Luinyelle, posted to the Vinye Lambengolmor forum in 2024, provided here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Retrieved on 2024-11-05.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Sanwë Luitë Þinyeo	  	Thoughts of a Melancholic Evening
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3	Lusta þambë, quilda þinyë,	     	An empty room, a quiet evening,
4	Ep‘ i lattin lemya nixë.	     	In front of the window frost lingers.
5	Ter vaþar niëron ceninyë	   	Through a veil of tears I see
6	Iþilmessë malwa tixë.	   	In the moonlight a pale dot.
7	Nás i elen i tirnenquë,	     	It is the star that the two of us watched,
8	Falassessë, má mi massë,	     	On the seashore, hand in hand,
9	Nairi hairë, ar neppenquë	    	Sorrows far and we breathed
10	Singwa márië, túr‘ alassë.	     	Salty happines, great joy.
11	Nem‘ i lúmë haunë ressë	    	It seems that time stopped on the day
12	Yá lendenyë nóretyallo –	   	When I travelled away from your land –
13	Nan sisíra sívë nessë,	    	But on the other hand keeps flowing like youth,
14	Úra lís, leperinyallon,	    	[Like] hot honey, from my fingers,
15	Ar hunessë tyurë, nutë	    	And on the ground congeals, binds
16	Talunya taldë úmaressë	  	My feet down in an un-home
17	Yallo ú polinyë rucë.	    	Whence I cannot flee.
18	Manen Atan oi‘ eresses?	   	How can Man live in solitude?

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