'Nin Annún [Into the West]

[Lothiel]

((This is double-posted; orig. is in my Blog on Elei Edhellin))

Na vedui (at last)....!! At last I have finished it! The long-promised translation which I started around St. Patrick's Day is finally finished and now posted for your reading pleasure. *makes an elegant leg and gestures at the text below*

'Nin Annún [Into the West]
-from The Return of the King Soundtrack
-Words and Music by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, & Annie Lennox
-Performed by Annie Lennox

Caetho
Lay down

Dôl velui a benorven lín
Your sweet and weary head

Dú danna
Night is falling

Le túliel sí nan meth
You have come now to the end

Losto hí,
Sleep now,

A oltho en bân ian toll main
And dream of the ones who came first

Cenir
They are calling

O athrafalas chae...
From across a distant shore...


Amman nallach?
Why do you weep?

Man nîr bo nîf lín?
What [are these] tears on your face?

Vi lú then cenithach
Soon you will see

Echais bain lín gwannathar
All your fears will depart

Band* vi raincen
Safe in my arms (*I'm actually kind of dubious about the "true" meaning of this word and how it fits in this sentence...)

Lostach...
You sleep...

CHORUS
Man cenich
What can you see

Vi haered?
On the horizon? (lit. In the distance?)

Amman myl faen cenir?
Why do the white gulls call?

Athra'aer
Across the sea

Ithil vaidh eria
A pale moon rises

In cair telir le toged bar.
The ships come to bring you home.

BRIDGE
A bân prestatha
And all will change

Na chele geleb
To silver glass

Calad erin nen
A light on the water

Faer bain gwannar...
All souls pass...


Estel pêl
Hope fades

Vi na i ambar dú
In to the world of night

Trî vorchaint dannar
Through shadows falling

Ed rîn a lú...
Out of remembrance and time...


Avo bedo
Don't say

Men túliel sí nan meth
We have come now to the end

Felais 'lyss* cenir
White shores are calling (*I'm not sure about adjective plurals...)

Geveditham ad
We will meet again


Le vi raincen
You [will be] in my arms

Erui lostad...
Only sleeping....

REPEAT CHORUS AND 1ST THREE LINES OF BRIDGE

Cair vithren gwannar
Grey ships depart

'Nin Annún...
Into the West...

[Linithiel]

Ooh, it's beautiful, Loey!! Well done!
Do you mind if I make a few comments?

_{In cair}

Shouldn't it be "i chair"?


_{Trî vorchaint dannar
Through shadows falling}

I'd use "dannol", but I don't think there's anything wrong with "dannar". Just my opinion...  


_{Erui lostad...
Only sleeping....}

Again, I'd use "lostol".


_{Felais 'lyss* cenir
White shores are calling (*I'm not sure about adjective plurals...)}


Looks fine to me!

[Lothiel]

About "in cair," you're right; it should be "chair," but "in" is correct--it's the plural form of "i."

[Linithiel]

Umm, in the Council of Elrond Sindarin lessons, it says that in + c = i ch. So I''m sure it should be "i chair". I could be wrong though.

[Lothiel]

Hmm. I'll double check my sources too.

[Gwendeth]

Yes - 'i chair' is correct...

[Lothiel]

Hey, thanks Gwen for verifying that. I haven't had much time to do anything linguistic-related.

But now I've got to think of which translation I want to do next, lol!