Arda ilvanya (Arda unmarred) - by Valeria Barouch

This is a Quenya poem in the villanelle form. It is by my friend Valeria Barouch, and recorded by me on her request. See her website for some of her beautiful poems: http://www.quettar-orenyallo.ch/neoquenya%20own/neo%20quenya%20own.htm

_Arda ilvanya_

Nu laire-vilya calima
né nurtaina ambo súmasse
emma Ardo vanwa ar írima.

Urulaste ar hraicénima -
ananta sinten - anes tasse
nu laire-vilya calima.

Lótelion liltie vórima
úfane hendunyanta i lisse
emmo Ardo vanwa ar írima.

Sossenca imíca farme férima
ve arquen caine nessa arasse
nu laire-vilya calima.

Raine ar vánie waltaner i síma
panyala oiave endanyasse
nu laire-vilya nísima
emma Ardo ilvanya ar írima.

_Arda unmarred_

No one would know that it was there
were it not for some ripples in the lea
and not a breeze the blame to bear.

Far from the shelter of shrub and tree,
waited on by mallow and meadowsweet,
it feasted there like a Roman grandee.

The slender muzzle of the young doe
plucked choosily from the grassy mere,
oblivious of watchers close - friend or foe.

While the sun trailed off into the fragrant eve,
all at once the place was graced with an air
of Arda unmarred - sweet, but, oh so brief.

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• Elvish
• summer
• deer
• doe
• poem
• villanelle
• beauty

[Laerwen1]

Hantale!

[ondotambaro]

@Laerwen1 A hanta Órerámar (Valeria Barouch) ta!

[xxxseeker1]

Hantale,meldonya.Laitale.Nai Eru varyuva len.

[ondotambaro]

@xxxseeker1 Nai Eru lye mánata ta.

[ondotambaro]

@xxxseeker1 Ondo Tambaro means "Rock Woodpecker" - translation of my Finnish name Petri Tikka. Petri is a Finnish equivalent of Peter, and Tikka refers to the bird.

[xxxseeker1]

@ondotambaro Hantalye.I don't know too much quenya,but I want to learn it.And...your nickname is a word in quenya,isn't? What it means?

[ondotambaro]

@xxxseeker1 Thank you. Nai Eru lye mánata. "May God bless you."

[xxxseeker1]

Hello,this is my first comment for you and I must say:you're really a master in quenya.I wish to be like you.

[birchtree79]

Beautiful! Soothing. Never heard of such a metre before.