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[tlhIngan Hol] Misty mountains cold...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Silver)
Wed Aug 9 18:40:26 2017
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From: Jeremy Silver <jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk>
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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:40:20 +0100
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On Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:34:32 BST SuStel wrote:
> Tolkien also called them the Mountains of Mist. Just say *vI'laS HuD.*
>
> Where Tolkien uses the word /dungeons/ in the poem, he doesn't mean the
> prison kind; he's referring to underground chambers.
>
> A literal translation (without attempting to reproduce the poetry):
>
> *vI'laS HuDmey bIr Hay HopDaq
> wutlh pa'mey jaQDaq DIS qanDaq
> 'IDnar qol'om wov wInejmeH malengnISchoH qaSpa' jajlo'.*
>
That's a very good start I think.
But it's not merely poetry, it's a song that needs to rhyme and fit the music.
Glad there's a short version of the song, with these lyrics:
Far over the Misty Mountains cold,
To dungeons deep, and caverns old;
We must away, ere break of day,
To find our long, forgotten gold.
The Pines were roaring, on the heights;
The Winds were moaning, in the night;
The Fire was red, it flaming spread;
The Trees like Torches, blazed with light.
And currently lurking a google search away on youtube (but who knows how long
for, or who in the world can access it). So you'll want the 3 minute one after
searching "far over the misty mountains cold".
{vI'laSHom HuDmey bIr Hay HopDaq
pa'mey jaQDaq, ghIq DIS qanDaq
majaHnISmo' qaSpa' jajlo'
qol'ommaj wISam wIneHmo'
jenwI'meyDaq jachtaH Sormey;
qaStaHvIS ram, bey tlhuD SuSmey;
Doqqu'choH qul, tInqu'choH qul;
meQbogh Sechmey wov rur Sormey.}
Hopefully any problems can be covered by artistic licence.
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