La la la, geeking out over Quenya translation

[luzula]

Inspired by my last post, have a translation of Gerard Manley Hopkins' Spring and Fall: To a Young Child into Quenya. Will geek out over the translation at the slightest provocation--it's obviously not word for word, and there were some interesting choices to make here.

Tuilë ar lasselanta: nessa hínan

Marilla, ma nyéral
Laurenor alautiën?
Lassi, ve i tanwi fírimaron, le
Cévi sanwelyainen méla, ma istal?
Ai! Írë i enda yeryuva
Yétuvalyet ringar lá
Irë lúmë auta, úvalyë fírë
Er malwë lassi atalantië caituvar;
Ananta nyénal ar méral ista manan.
I essë umë valdëa, hína:
Nyérëo ehteli nár imya.
Anto ar sáma umir quetë
Yan i enda hlarnë, i fairë intyanë.
Fírimar óner yarun sina,
Marillan nyéral.

Gah, this stuff is almost addictive! I could do it all day.

Comments

[luzula]

Ha, no, I'm not sure it really counts as a fanwork--I mean, it's just a translation of one of his poems. Although of course, there's definitely a fannish impulse behind it.

(And hi! Haven't seen you in a while.)

[butterflyghost]

I exhausted myself last year with Bookman, and didn't go online much while I was recouping my creative energies. Wouldn't say I'm all the way 'recouped' yet, but I'm getting there.

[luzula]

Still haven't read all of Bookman, but I will! As I recall, I've read parts 1 and 2.