Submitted by Katie on Tue, 2006-02-28 00:08.
This is my first real attempt at writing a rhyming Quenya poem of any significant length. Here is an interlinear translation, with numbered lines for easier viewing. Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy.
Roitan Súrë
I Chase the Wind
1) Hyarmenenna ar san Formenenna vor
1) Hyarmenna ar oä san Formenna vor
Ever to the South and then away to the North
2) Sin ná tië taura súriva
This is the path of the mighty wind
3) Ca sa rinderyassë lelyan as neuror
Behind it on its circle I travel with the followers
4) An nás ná ambarinya sa roita
For it is my fate to chase it
5) Yáressë mányatsë harmar vanimë
Once beautiful treasures in my hands
6) Ar nolw’ endanyassë yá hempen
And formerly wisdom in my heart I held
7) Mal súrë ya hilyan *entë palpanë
But the wind which I follow battered even them
8) Tenn’ ai! *nentë vanwë niquenen
Until alas! they were lost by the coldness
9) Ilqua lúmessë
Everything in an hour
10) *Né pÃlina
Was stolen
11) Vor remmaryassë
Ever in its snare
12) *Nén *Nen eresseä
I was alone
13) Súrill’ oä merin lelya anwavë
Away from the wind I truly want to travel
14) Mal ai! massë nauvan san ú so?
But alas! where then will I be without it?
15) Man tuluva etelehta ni nye tárë?
Who will come to deliver me in that day?
16) Man tulyuva san ni nye et huillo huinëo?
Who then will lead me from the murk?
17) Lemyuvan as sa
I will remain with it
18) Lá autuvan
I will not leave
19) Lá polin hehta
I cannot abandon
20) Er nat ya hanyan
The only thing which I understand
21) Restassen ter otso yéni mótanen
In the fields through seven years I toiled
22) Ar marnen nu Anar ve laman
And under the sun I abided like an animal
23) Nat titt’ alassenyan anwa, sananen
A small thing for my true happiness, I thought
24) An rato mÃrenya haryuvan
For soon I will possess my jewel
25) Mal vasarerya
But its veil
26) San lantanë
Then fell
27) Hirnen er hwesta
I found only a breath of air
28) Ya avánië
Which has vanished
29) Ar as hwesta estelinya er lendë
And with the breath of air went my only hope
30) An otso yéninyar *ner muntan
For my seven years were for nothing
31) Ma mótuvan lúmi únótim’ exë?
Will I toil other uncountable hours?
32) Ma oialë súrë roituvan?
Will I forever chase the wind?
33) En! autas ata
Look! again it goes away
34) Ho sinomë
From here
34) Mir yúcalë
Into the twilight
35) Ar hilyuvan sa
And I will follow it
36) Roituvan súrë
I will chase the wind
37) Sà namárië...
Now farewell...
38) Hyarmenenna ar san Formenenna vor
38) Hyarmenna ar oä san Formenna vor
Ever to the South and then away to the North
39) Sin ná tië taura súriva
This is the path of the mighty wind
40) Ca sa rinderyassë lelyan as neuror
Behind it on its circle I travel with the followers
4) An nás ná ambarinya sa roita
For it is my fate to chase it
