Bilingual version Quenya - English - Ambar Eldaron

Boromir: Lá polim ambalelya. Ni alacénala ar anyerna.
I cannot climb. I am blind and very old.
Tirno: Yando tyë fírië, an i axan alalavë* i mittar rácina nallë tana cuina.
You are also dead, for the law does not allow those who enter that cursed
valley to live.
Sívë Laurendil ar i etyë autar i nómë yassë Boromir ar i tirno quetëar, hlarintë yello
Boromirello ve i tirno macitas. San, hlarintë i tirno rámala ar i rimbë nérion yurëa.
Rato i lammar i tirnoron sintar. Ilyë quildë hequa i moica nyényier i atta wendion. [As
Laurendil and the others pass the place where Boromir and the guard are speaking, they hear
a cry from Boromir as the guard kills him. Then, they hear the guard shouting and the host of
men running. Soon the sounds of the guards fade. All is quiet save for the soft weeping of the
two maidens.]
Laurendil: Ava nyénya, wendi. Boromir firnë ve mernes, veuyala iCala. Valar valuvar.
Do not weep, maidens. Boromir died as he wished, serving the Light. The will
of the Valar will be done.
Luttantë undu iSiril tenna i masto vanwa. San autantë i sírë yassë aldar teltar i ravar, te nurtala
hendillon cotumoron. Laurendil horya carë nárë. Lá fumintë, mal írë entë lauca ar parca,
vorolelyëantë leliemmanna, vantala tenn’ ára. Fëantar tumnë ar lá cenintë i vanima i nórëo
ter’ ya vantantë. Sívë i vinyar fírimar caitar nu tamurilli, fúmenta quanta ulcar lórion.
Laurendil tirë te, órerya lunga nyéryenen, sánala pá Boromir. Ettires nómentallo nurtalo
hyaryanna yassë iSiril sirë mir i helwa hayassë. Nindamos er lilauri lelyala.
[They float down the Siril until the village is gone. Then they leave the river where trees
overshadow the banks, hiding them from the eyes of their enemies. Laurendil begins to make
a fire. They do not sleep, but when they are warm and dry, they continue on their journey,
walking until dawn. Their spirits are low and they see not the beauty of the land through
which they walk. As the young mortals lie down under some yew trees, their sleep is full of
evil dreams. Laurendil watches over them, his heart heavy with sorrow, thinking of Boromir.
He looks out from their hidden camp to the south where the Siril flows into the pale blue
distance. Nindamos is still many days traveling.]
Vocabulary:
oiosana: “evermind”, Quenya form of Rohirric simbelmynë.
Palarran: “Far-wanderer”, name of Aldarion’s ship.
Tar-Elenalcar: Quenya form of Gil-galad, meaning “Star of Radiance”: elen (star) + alcar
(radiance).
Ciryatan: Quenya form of Círdan.
nénu: yellow water-lily. In the Illuminated Language of Flowers, water-lilies symbolize
“purity of heart”.
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