Heri Moralquo Lairë
(Quenya)

I éli sílar sinomë,
Or aldannar,
I aldar ataquétat,
Calanen lassion lauriva.

I éli silir tanomë?
Sílarintë, toronnya?
Ar i lassi?
Ataquétat?

I mórë lóméva alantië,
Or i lassénnar,
Ar i fuinë tauriva
Otopië i eleni?

Istanyë eressë, toronnya,
Ya lassë ar él ucenar i tatyan lá yonta,
Ar i él milya,
Milyarë omentië selerya lassë.

Sirer ar tauri peryart,
Sirer lúmiva ar tauri huiniva.
Ai, toronnya!
Ai, Laiqualassënya!

Yalumë fainuvanyë lessë ata?...
Yalumë cenuvanyël?...


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Moralphwen's Poem

The stars shine here,
Over the trees,
The trees answer them,
With the light of golden leaves.

Do the stars shine there too?
Do they, my brother?
And the leaves?
Do they answer them too?

Or has the dark of night fell,
Over the leaves,
And the shadow of the woods
Covered the stars?

I only know, my brother,
That leaf and star no longer see each other,
And the star longs,
She longs for her sister leaf.

Rivers and forests part them,
Rivers of time and forests of dark.
Ai, my brother!
Ai, my Greenleaf!

When shall I light on thee again?...
When shall I see thee?...