Sindarin, Quenya
The Story Foretold
English translation
The Story Foretold
Nef [aer, sí nef aearon]
Beyond the sea, here beyond the great sea.
[A] Elbereth Gil[thoniel]
O Elbereth Star-kindler
Boe naer [gwannathach, an]nant uich ben-estel
Sorrowing you must go, and yet you are not without hope
Man ammen toltha i dann hen [Amarth] ?
Who brings to us this token of Doom?
[I anann darthant dam] morn
That which has stood so long against the darkness
Si dannatha.
Will now fall.
Nauva [i nauva].
What should be shall be.
Melmelma nóren sina
Our love for this land
Núra lá earo núri
Is deeper than the deeps of the sea
[Nauva i nau]va.
What should be shall be.
Tercáno Nu[ru]va.
The Herald of Death