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====== Goblin Song ======
These songs from The Hobbit (sometimes referred as "Fifteen birds") were sung by goblins chasing Thorin and company to the trees, after their escape from Goblin-town ("Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire" chapter). In the Rankin/Bass's animated movie (1977) it was titled as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oBvkWgzzOI&list=PL545948224B999E8A&index=11|Funny Little Things]]".
  Fifteen birds in five fir-trees, 
  their feathers were fanned in a fiery breeze! 
  But, funny little birds, they had no wings! 
  O what shall we do with the funny little things? 
  Roast 'em alive, or stew them in a pot; 
  fry them, boil them and eat them hot? 

  Burn, burn tree and fern! 
  Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch 
  To light the night for our delight, 
  Ya hey! 
  
  Bake and toast 'em, fry and roast 'em! 
  till beards blaze, and eyes glaze; 
  till hair smells and skins crack, 
  fat melts, and bones black 
  in cinders lie 
  beneath the sky! 
  
  So dwarves shall die, 
  and light the night for our delight, 
  Ya hey! 
  Ya-harri-hey! 
  Ya hoy! 
===== The List of required words =====
The following words (listed alphabetically) are required for translation:
^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Etymology and comments ^
| alive   | kîbarz | DS "kîb-" (to live), "kîbum" (life) + LOS adverb ending "-arz" |
| and     | agh    | TK, RI |
| bake    | mazg-  | NL < LOS "mûz" (bread) < Quenya "masta" < Etym. "MBAS", "MASAG" (knead) |
| beard   | thârg  | NL, merging Khuzdul "tarâg" (beard) with Sindarin "fang" < Etym. "SPÁNAG" |
| beneath | lata   | EL (under) |
| bird    | aig    | NL < Gnomish "aigli", Sindarin "aew" < Etym. "AIWÊ" (small bird) |
| black   | mor    | LOS < Sindarin | 
| blaze   | ghâzh- | DS (Moria) (light, n) < DS (Proto-) "gâra" < Etym. "GAL" [1], "KAL" (light, shine, be bright); obviously also inspired by TK "ghâsh" (fire) |
| boil    | zugsh- | NL < HG "zu-" (to cook, boil, stew) < LOS and all major dialects "zau-" < MERP < Albanian "ziej" |
| bone    | takh   | NL < SV "tach" |
| breeze  | zûzd   | NL < Quenya "hwesta" < Etym. "SWES" (noise of blow or breathing)|
| but     | ap     | NL < Quenya "apa" |
| burn    | ghâsh- | LL < TK (fire) |
| cinder  | hîsht  | LOS (ash, dust) < SV |
| crack   | grik-  | NL < Qenya "kirkis", compare with TK "grish" in PN "Grishnákh" |
| delight | zrî    | LOS < SV (sadistic pleasure) |
| die     | ghur-  | DS (Moria) < Sindarin "guru" < Etym. "ÑGUR" |
| do      | kramp- | LOS |
| dwarves | gazat-hai | EL < Khuzdul "khazad" |
| eat     | throkh- | SV < LL "throqu-" |
| eye     | hont   | LOS < Quenya and Sindarin "hend" < Etym. "KHEN-D-E" |
| fan     | zûp-   | the verb "to fan" means "blow" (wind, fire), "winnow" (grain);\\ NL, Qenya word "puse" (puff, whiff) written reversed and merged with NL "zûl" (wind), "zûzd" (breeze) |
| fat     | tôm    | NL < LOS "tûm" < MB, SV "tû", probably from Sindarin "tûg" < Etym. "TIW" |
| feather | pozg   | NL < Noldorin "pesseg" (pillow)  |
| fern    | filg   | NL < Gnomish "fileg", Qenya "filqe" |
| fiery   | hûr    | not literal translation: NL < TK PN "Mauhúr", probably from Noldorin "hûr" (vigour, fiery spirit) < Etym. "KHOR"\\ literally would be "ghâshûrz" |
| fifteen | nukrâk | NL |
| fir     | drodh  | ON, probably from MERP "brodh" < Albanian |
| five    | krâk   | LL |
| fizzling | shûfug | NL, onomatopoeic |
| for     | -(z)ûr | EL |
| fry     | zhîz-  | NL < Qenya "sisi" (to scorch, singe, fry) |
| funny   | glaz   | NL < Noldorin "glas" (joy) < Etym. "GALÁS" (joy, be glad) |
| glaze   | kolg-  | NL < Gnomish "celeg", "celc" (glass) |
| hair    | zud    | NL < EH "azud" < Valarin "(a)šata" |
| have    | brus   | LOS |
| hot     | gashûrz | NL < SV "gash" < TK "ghâsh" |
| in      | -or    | LOS |
| lie     | kât-   | lie on side, LOS < Quenya "caita" < Etym. "KAY" |
| light   | thîr-  | NL < Valarin "ithîr" (n) |
| little  | mik    | SV |
| :::     | sta    | SV |
| melt    | tîkh-  | NL < Qenya "tiqi" |
| night   | fugh   | NL < Gnomish "fuʒu", "fui" | 
| no      | nar    | AN < TK |
| or      | ogh    | LOS (SN) | 
| our     | dakob  | NL |
| pot     | kus    | any vessel for cooking on fire, MERP |
| roast   | ghaur- | LOS |
| scorch  | shiz-  | NL < Qenya "sisi" (to scorch, singe, fry) |
| shall   | maug-  | NL < Noldorin "bui" (I must), "baur" (need) < Etym. "MBAW" (compel, force, subject, oppress); compare with "mog" in name "Gothmog" |
| shrivel | nark-  | NL (wither, fade) < merging TK "nar" (negative particle) + Qenya "narqa" (to wither), Gnomish "narcos" (to rot, decay) < Primitive Elvish root "NṚQṚ" |
| skin    | daft   | NL, melting Gnomish "daf", "dôf", "dauth" |
| sky     | nût    | EL |
| smell   | pushd- | lit. "stink", TK, OC|
| so      | zârz   | NL < EL "za" and LOS adverb suffix "-arz" |
| stew    | zâpsh- | NL, merging LOS "zau" (soup, stew) < MERP "zau-" (to cook) < Albanian "ziej" (to stew) with LOS "âps" (cooked meat) < Quenya "apsa" and NL "zugsh-" (to boil) |
| their   | takob  | EL "tak" (they) |
| them    | ul     | TK, RI |
| they    | tak    | EL |
| thing   | kûl    | HG |
| till    | zi     | LOS |
| toast   | rozg-  | NL < Gnomish "ras", "rôsi" (to scorch, toast), "rasc" (toasted bread) |
| torch   | glar   | NL < Quenya and Sindarin "calar" (lamp) < Etym. "KAL" (shine) |
| tree    | orn    | NL < Quenya "ornë" (high isolated tree) < Etym. "ÓR-NI" |
| we      | dak    | HG |
| what    | mash   | LOS |
| wing    | skoir  | LOS |
| with    | sha    | TK, OC |

===== The Translation =====
  Nukrâk aig krâk drodhornor,
  Takob pozg zûpâkuzû ash hûr zûzdor!
  Ap, glaz mik aig, taknarbrus skoir!
  Oh mash dakmaug kûlsha glaz mik?
  Ghauratul kîbarz, ogh zâpshatul ash kusor;
  Zhîzul, zûgshul agh throkhatul gashûrz?

  Ghâsh, ghâsh orn agh filg!
  Nark agh shiz! Ash glar shûfug
  Dakob zrîzûr thîrat za fugh,
  Ya hî!
  
  Mazg agh rozgul, zhîz agh ghaurul!
  zi thârg ghâzhubû, agh hont kolgubû;
  zi zud pushdubû agh daft grikubû,
  tôm tîkhub, agh takhmor
  kâtubû hîshtor
  lata nûtum!
  
  Zârz gazat maugû ghurut,
  agh dakob zrîzûr fughum thîrut,
  Ya hî!
  Ya har ri hî!
  Ya hoi!
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