“Tale of Celebrinor”
by Rínor
(original 2024, updated 2026)
Celebrinor badrast belah i·felais na Forlond, i·felyth felechiasser boe ñguin a maew agóner viñ gwae.
Aur ‘olf nan alaf, bath a gern vo lû e·balath dín.
e·Râd dín udunc den n’ in·îf daer i edírer e·Chûb na Lhûn.
Pediast1 tírad i·chîr o Charfalas i athranner e·gethaeg, i·melyn dín engíler viñ galad nan Anor.
Bachor huilant den boe râd, colol gawethlas2 a lhann dhail.
Celebrinor nunnast vi dhîn ah ebent allad.
Enc3 gestast ‘oli4, felol ‘lass vi ereth.
in·Eryn nachóver den od5 i·felais.
i·Thuin vrastol alanner n’ ell, i·theneglin6 dín echadol orthelian nelch.
Efil hîdh nui ñgylf dín.
Aew linnasser vuig, ah e·gwelu ogul e·ûl gevn o thug a chef níd.
Mudast voe maib dín vil lum oel, echadol naid dithin a chegrin.
Echant thibin o chwinn a theithant chirth bo nedil7.
Ú-gennen vo Ardhon e·guru dín, ach evir û bethlor8, sennui anírol hîdh echaded naid.
Er aur, hên ui ‘obel anglent den, garol aew i aw raw rangen.
Celebrinor anamp vuig e·‘wê ragui a nathrant e·raw dín.
e·Chên raedast, i·chind dín pathanner en·annad dhínen dín.
Celebrinor badrast ndi ñgîl vi ndui, i·chelaid chaeryn dín pathanner boe diras9 idhren dín.
Lhassant lhuis oh oeth vi nuir chae ias10 Edain ah Edhil feriasser an degir ú·‘iannatha.
in·Chyst hin bessanner vaethyr egil, û den.
Eno, Te dirui.
in·Eryn bauranner darthad barn adh randir i odúler dri den a chestanner ‘rest.
Celebrinor pernant alphen od5 e·râd dín, an de e·daur dín beriad.
in·În hiriasser ve hîr bell, ah ‘Ardhon ‘wistast, eno Gelebrinor dharthast ú·aphannen.
i·Maew agóner boe felais, i·felyth eno felechiasser boe ñguin, ah i·ñgîl edírer Gelebrinor vin eryn.
Notes:
1. pedia-, v. “to stop, halt, pause” derived from √PUTyă alternative to posta-, v. “to stop, cease, leave off” [author: Rínor]
2. cawethlas, n. “spice (lit.) taste-leaf” ⪤ tyávelassë “spice, (lit.) taste-leaf” [author: Rínor]
3. enc, adv. “seldom, rarley” found on Vinyë Lambengolmor.
4. goli, n. “company” ⪤ Q. olië n. “company, people together” [author: Rínor]
5. od, prep. “ABLATIVE, (away) from (here elsewards)” ✶aw(d/t) < √WĀ/AWA [author: Ellanto]
6. thoneglin, n. “pine-needle” [author: Rínor]
7. nedil, n. “trinket, small thing of personal adornment” ⪤ Q. netil n. “trinket, small thing of personal adornment” [author: Rínor]
8. pethlor, n. “fame, renown” < kʷetta⋅klāra / peth + glawar, found on Vinyë Lambengolmor.
9. tiras, n. “stare, gaze” ⪤ Q. [ᴱQ.] ^tirmë n. “steadfast regard, stare, *gaze” [author: Rínor]
10. ias, conj. “where (relative)” ⪤ Q. yassë, conj. “where [relative], in which place” [author: Unknown]
Celebrinor walked along the shores of Forlond, the waves splashed on the stones and gulls cried out in the wind.
He carried [a] staff of elm, smooth and worn by (agent of) time [was] its surface.
His path brought him to the high cliffs that looked towards the Gulf of Lhûn.
He paused to see the ships from Harfalas that crossed the horizon, their sails gleamed in the light of [the] Sun.
A merchant greeted him on the path, carrying spices and fine cloth.
Celebrinor nodded in silence and said nothing.
Rarely he sought company, feeling joy in solitude.
The woods summoned him away from the shores.
Towering pines stretched to [the] sky, their needles forming [a] thick canopy.
He felt peace under their branches.
Birds sang softly, and the air carried the earthen scent of resin and damp soil.
He worked by (agent of) his hands in the cool shade, crafting little and humble things.
He carved [a] flute from birch wood and inscribed runes on [a] trinket.
Not seen by (agent of) [the] world [was] his craft, but he desired no fame, instead wanting peace to create things.
One day, [a] child from the village approached him, holding [a] bird that had [a] broken wing.
Celebrinor gently took the fragile creature and mended its wing.
The child smiled, her eyes showed her silent thanks.
Celebrinor walked beneath the stars in the night, their distant lights showed on his thoughtful gaze.
He heard whispers of war in the far-off lands where Men and Elves prepared for battles he will not join.
These quarrels concerned other warriors, not him.
Still, he [was] vigilant.
The woods needed to stay safe for wanderers who come through it and sought aid.
Celebrinor turned no one away from his path, for it [was] his forest to protect.
The years flowed like [a] quiet stream, and the World changed, still Celebrinor remained untouched.
The gulls cried out on the shores, the waves still splashed on the rocks, and the stars watched over Celebrinor in the woods.
© 2024, 2026, Rínor.
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