Quotes in other languages - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 11-03-2004, 02:14 PM

So something on the lines of " A man who flees his fear may find he has taken a short cut to meet it?" Aieee.... not LOTR .. but iot sounds just like gandalf.... but too "dark" for the hobbit...... aieee.... So I think it must be the SIlmarillion and teh person who runs away most is Turin...but I find it not... time for a rethink..

HerenIstarion · 11-13-2004, 03:42 AM

You were very close, Mithalwen, and I were willing to let you have some time to figure it out, but my fingertips itch to give an answer now that more than a week is gone since last try

So, the person spoken to indeed was Túrin, but t'was Sador who quoteth, and thus he spake unto young one, explaining his damaged limb:

Quote:

But alas! my love of battle was sated, for I had seen spilled blood and wounds enough; and I got leave to come back to the woods that I yearned for. And there I got my hurt; for a man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it

Guinevere · 11-13-2004, 07:23 AM

Correct, of course, HerenIstarion !

Mithalwen · 11-14-2004, 12:58 PM

Ah silly me .... I did read Turin again but I guess I was too focussed on his words and then thought it might be Beleg or Mablung .. then I thought I was on a wild goose chase... but I am spared trying to concoct my own translation again

.. HI has so many more languages at his disposal...

HerenIstarion · 11-15-2004, 03:23 AM

Following Bilbo, I 'have put my foot right into it'. I suppose now I have to contrive a next quote, and to spare me a trouble I'll offer you Russian again

so:

Vdal za tumannie xolodnie gori
V glubokie podzemel'a i starie pecheri
Doljni mi poiti do rassveta
Dabi iskat blednoe zakoldovannoe zoloto

as a hint: it's a verse which I haven't versified for translation's exactness' sake

cheers

Mithalwen · 11-29-2004, 01:22 PM

Is that all there is of the poem or is it one of many stanzas?

HerenIstarion · 11-29-2004, 04:17 PM

Opening stanza of a much longer verse, to be found in an opening chapter of a book. I suppose that the name of the book will pass as the next hint if noone gets it prior to such a necessity

11-03-2004, 02:14 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	So something on the lines of " A man who flees his fear may find he has taken a short cut to meet it?" Aieee.... not LOTR .. but iot sounds just like gandalf.... but too "dark" for the hobbit...... aieee.... So I think it must be the SIlmarillion and teh person who runs away most is Turin...but I find it not... time for a rethink.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-13-2004, 07:23 AM	#3
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Correct, of course, HerenIstarion ! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

11-14-2004, 12:58 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Ah silly me .... I did read Turin again but I guess I was too focussed on his words and then thought it might be Beleg or Mablung .. then I thought I was on a wild goose chase... but I am spared trying to concoct my own translation again .. HI has so many more languages at his disposal... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-15-2004, 03:23 AM	#5
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Following Bilbo, I 'have put my foot right into it'. I suppose now I have to contrive a next quote, and to spare me a trouble I'll offer you Russian again so: Vdal za tumannie xolodnie gori V glubokie podzemel'a i starie pecheri Doljni mi poiti do rassveta Dabi iskat blednoe zakoldovannoe zoloto as a hint: it's a verse which I haven't versified for translation's exactness' sake cheers __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

11-29-2004, 01:22 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Is that all there is of the poem or is it one of many stanzas? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-29-2004, 04:17 PM	#7
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Opening stanza of a much longer verse, to be found in an opening chapter of a book. I suppose that the name of the book will pass as the next hint if noone gets it prior to such a necessity __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

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