Narn en-Angol
'Rhyme of Lore' translated into Sindarin by Lea Sheler
Lea Sheler's Sindarin translation was first published in Elfling. Rhyme of Lore is a song sung by Gandalf during his travel to Minas Tirith. It tells about Palantíri of ancient kings.
Cîr dynd ah erain dynd
neledh lui neledh.
Man tyngir o dôr dhannen
or-aear hirol?
Geil odog a sern odog,
a galadh hilivren vîn.
Free
translation
'Tall ships and tall kings
three times three.
What brought they from the foundered land
over the flowing sea?
Seven stars and seven stones
and one white tree.'
Interlinear
translation
Narn en-Angol
Rhyme of-Lore
Cîr dynd ah erain dynd
Ships tall and kings tall
neledh lui neledh.
three times three.
Man tyngir o dôr dhannen
What did-they-bring from-[the] land
fallen
Or-aear hirol?
Over-[the]-sea flowing?
Geil odog a sern odog,
Stars seven and small-stones seven,
A galadh hilivren vîn.
And tree shimmering-white one.
Glossary
cîr
n.
'ships';
pl. of cair.
dynd
adj. pl.
lenited
form of tond 'tall'.
ah
conj.
'and'.
erain
n.
'kings'; pl.
of aran.
neledh/neled
adj. num.
'three'.
lui
n. num.
'times'; pl. of lû
'time'.
man
pron.
'what?'.
tyngir
v. pl.
'brought'; preterite of tog-
'bring'.
o
prep.
'from, of'.
dôr
n.
'land'.
dhannen
v. pp.
'fallen'; lenited
form of danna- 'to fall'.
or
prep.
'over'.
aear
n.
'sea'.
hiriol
v. inf.
'flowing'; lenited
form of siria- 'to flow'.
geil
n.
'stars'; pl. of gîl 'star'.
odog
adj. num.
'seven'.
sern
n. pl.
'small stones'; pl. of sarn
'small stone'.
galadh
n.
'tree'.
hilivren
adj.
'shimmering white'; lenited
form of silivren.
vîn
adj. num.
'one'; lenited
form of mîn.