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.
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【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
【5】 restelma ter linimë 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 sérinqua mandë
► then finally were going to find a peaceful final bliss
【9】 en quiquië 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 cuitail' ilu ata
► we search for the songs that will awaken all again
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