Alda
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This tree in the wood,
so long it has stood
in brown and in green
draws the letter here seen.
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【1】 si ALDA tauressë
► This tree in the forest
【2】 ná tengwava essë
► is a tengwar's name
【3】 i laica ar varnë
► which, brown and green
【4】 andavë termarnë
► has stood a long time
Extra
A translation into Dutch: (BOOM)
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Een boom in 't woud die, waar hij blijft, met loof en hout een letter schrijft. |
A tree in the forest that, where it stays, with foliage and wood writes a letter. |
Ránatar/Maivandion on VL provided a translation into Russian: (ДЕРЕВО)
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Дерево лесное, В форме буквы стоя, Летом зеленится, В осень багрянится. |
Forest tree, standing in the shape of a letter, greens in summer, becomes vermeil in autumn. |