Author's Notes:
Disclaimer: The wonderful language of Quenya and the only Elf-Ainu pair on record are the property of genial J.R.R.T.
Disclaimer 2: I am not Japanese and I am familiar with Japanese culture not nearly as well as I would like to be, so my haikus probably suck as haikus, but I tried to do my best.
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This is the original English version
Thingol and Melian
Long before the Sun
First rose over the young forest
Two hearts sang with love
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This is the final Quenya version with English translation
Elwë Singollo ar Melyanna
Anar vá orta an linyéni
Or i taurë nessa ar lindë
Atta fear lindaner melmenen.
Sun will not rise for many years [yet]
Over the forest young and singing
Two hearts sang [because of] love.
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This is one of the undeservedly forgotten great love stories…
This haiku (Quenya version) is one of my personal favorites.
