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This helmet-hole lays bare
the brigand's head of hair.
Perhaps its latest trim
was by an axe's rim?

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【1】 i UNQUE castolossë

  

► The cavity in the helmet

【2】 apanta find' arpossë

  

► reveals the hair on the thief;

【3】 yas hyaldava i címa

   

► where, of an axe, the blade-edge

【4】 tar mittanë i síma

   

► entered thither into the mind.

Extra

A translation into German: (LOCH)

Das Loch im Helm
von diesem Schelm
zeigt 'ne Frisur
der Streitaxt pur.

The hole in the helmet
of this brigand
shows a hair-do
purely by battle-ax.

Ránatar/Maivandion on VL provided a translation into Russian: (ВПАДИНА)

Через впадину на шлеме
Видно волосы у вора;
Там, где лезвием так метко
В мозг его вошёл топор.

Through the hollow on the helmet
you can see the thief's hair;
where with blade so accurate
an ax entered his brain.

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