Tengwar
transcription (click the image):
[I
used here fonts Tengwar Cursive and Tengwar Noldor]
Interlinear translation:
[Mutation are removed but marked with a ° sign for clarity]
[Sindarin
text]
An
Aragorn Arathornion Edhelharn, Aran Gondor a Hîr i °Bair
Annui
To
Aragorn Arathornson Elfstone, King [of] Gondor and Lord [of] the Western Lands
suilad
o °Perhael
Baravornion, Condir i Drann
greeting
from Samwise Hamfastson, Mayor [of] the Shire'
erin
Ivanneth neder-a-tadphaenui uin anor 1470 ben genediad Drannail
on-the
September 29th of-the 1470th sun according [to] reckoning of-Shire
Aranen
°Muin!
My-king
beloved!
Sir
edinor en-edledhiad Iorhael i-°Taur
na Annún, na °Tol-Ereb.
Today
[is] anniversary of-the departure [of] Frodo the 'High'
to-[the]-West, to-Lonely-Island
Nelui
Andrann *methant a tôl andrann eden.
Third
Age ended and comes age new
Im
iaur *dan °gellui
dorthon ned sîdh ned Ardh Aderthannen.
I
[am] old but glad [that] I-live in peace in Kingdom Reunited
A
Iorhael híren linna a egleria Rodyn ned
°Tol-Ereb.
And
Frodo my-lord sings and glorifies the Valar in [the] Lonely Island
Aníron,
Aranen, le trenared
°pith
°medui
Galadriel i lastannen ned Mithlond
I-want,
my-King, to-thee to-recount words last [of] Galadriel which I-heard in
Grey-Havens
ir
Elrond, Celeborn a Galadriel edlennir Ennorath.
When
Elrond, Celeborn and Galadriel left Middle-earth.
Naergon
Galadriel teithon ned 'Quenya'
Lament
[of] Galadriel I-wrote in Quenya
egor
ned Lam in-Ngódhil be lastannen ned Mithlond:
or
in Tongue of-the Noldor as heard in Grey-Haven
[Quenya
text; its analysis can be found here]
'Ah!
Like silver fall the tears in the rain, long years like numberless
jewels of the Sea! Long years have passed like swift morsels of the sweet
lembas under lofty trees, under golden mallorns of Lórien, in which birds are
singing and the air dances in their song. Who will draw a thorn
out
of my
heart? For now Ulmo seizes our ship like a grey foaming wave; Varda shall send
the Star of Hope which will lead us above heavens bending and broken beyond
the West, towards white shores. But I want a flower of elanor, for today I see
Middle-earth for the last time. Farewell! We leave for Valinor. We leave
Middle-earth! Farewell!'
[Sindarin
text continues]
Ir i gair
°medui
edlenn o Mithlond lastannem
°pith
°sin
Galadriel :
When
the ship last left from Grey-Havens we-heard words these [of] Galadriel
Ir cenin eilph reviol
a lassath dhannol nu 'elaidh
aníron Ethuil cheriol.
'When
I-see swans flying
and leaves falling under trees
I want Spring beginning-suddenly...'
Le
suilannon uin Drann,
I-greet
you from-the Shire
Glossary:
*neder-a-tadphaenui
'twenty
ninth'; cf. paenui '10th' (VT#42, p. 25)
*edinor
'anniversary';
cf. Noldorin edinar (LR 400)
*edledhiad
'departure';
cf. edladhia- 'to go into exile' (LR 368)
*andrann
'age,
cycle'; cf. Noldorin anrand (LR 382)
*methant
'ended';
< CE *met-ta- 'to end'
*dan
'but'
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