by Chaered
Lyrics in Quenya; sing to the traditional tune of "My bonnie is over the ocean". The English translation is semi-literal, and meant for comprehension, not intended for singing. Original text by Chaered, first posted on VL.
[verse 1]
melinya ná vanwa i váyan
i ciryanen langanes sa
nai únesse melya ni faren
ar órenya rúcina ná
[chorus]
á nantulya melinya, nantulya se nin, se nin
á nantulya melinya, nantulya se nin
[verse 2]
anvanima elda nanesse
ó hendyat ve elenu é
mal tá elenweties resse
ar inye eressea sé'
[verse 3]
yá eques alfírimo isse
ar inye ron mulo mi hún
nemnesse colonda mal lisse
san hempen en estel annún
[verse 4]
atarya nai munne melmemma
amilya attindo nin an
nai inwistanettes ve remma
hapúvanen se oio nan
[verse 5]
nai umanar caruvan cirya
han váya céþauvan er sé
na ertie hya avanirya
hya váya nucole ni, yé
[verse 1]
my beloved is gone to sea
she crossed it with the ship
maybe she did not love me enough
and my heart is shattered
[chorus]
bring back to me my beloved, return her to me, her to me
bring back to me my beloved, return her to me
[verse 2]
she was a most fair elf
with her eyes like a pair of stars
but then she had moved away on a day
and I am lonely of [=about] her
[verse 3]
when she said [that] she [was] an immortal
and I soon [to be] dust in the ground
she seemed sad but sweet
so I still kept hope at least
[verse 4]
her father disliked our love
her mother was doubtful about me as well
maybe they convinced her [that] like a snare/trap
I was always going to hold her back
[verse 5]
maybe someday I will build a boat
I will be searching her alone beyond the ocean
for [re]union, or her unwill/rejection,
or the ocean takes me down, yeah
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