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--- translations:goblin_song_2 [2022/03/13 23:38] – english word list morgoth
+++ translations:goblin_song_2 [2024/03/10 20:32] (current) – one more alternative title morgoth
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 ====== Goblin Song ======
-These songs from The Hobbit 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).
+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!
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   Ya hey!
-  Bake and toast ’em, fry and roast ’em!
+  Bake and toast 'em, fry and roast 'em!
   till beards blaze, and eyes glaze;
   till hair smells and skins crack,
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 The following words (listed alphabetically) are required for translation:
 ^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Etymology and comments ^
-| alive | | |
+| alive   | kîbarz | DS "kîb-" (to live), "kîbum" (life) + LOS adverb ending "-arz" |
-| and | | |
+| and     | agh    | TK, RI |
-| bake | | |
+| bake    | mazg-  | NL < LOS "mûz" (bread) < Quenya "masta" < Etym. "MBAS", "MASAG" (knead) |
-| beard | | |
+| beard   | thârg  | NL, merging Khuzdul "tarâg" (beard) with Sindarin "fang" < Etym. "SPÁNAG" |
-| beneath | | |
+| beneath | lata   | EL (under) |
-| bird | | |
+| bird    | aig    | NL < Gnomish "aigli", Sindarin "aew" < Etym. "AIWÊ" (small bird) |
-| black | | |
+| black   | mor    | LOS < Sindarin |
-| blaze | | |
+| 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 | | |
+| boil    | zugsh- | NL < HG "zu-" (to cook, boil, stew) < LOS and all major dialects "zau-" < MERP < Albanian "ziej" |
-| bone | | |
+| bone    | takh   | NL < SV "tach" |
-| breeze | | |
+| breeze  | zûzd   | NL < Quenya "hwesta" < Etym. "SWES" (noise of blow or breathing)|
-| but | | |
+| but     | ap     | NL < Quenya "apa" |
-| burn | | |
+| burn    | ghâsh- | LL < TK (fire) |
-| cinder | | |
+| cinder  | hîsht  | LOS (ash, dust) < SV |
-| crack | | |
+| crack   | grik-  | NL < Qenya "kirkis", compare with TK "grish" in PN "Grishnákh" |
-| delight | | |
+| delight | zrî    | LOS < SV (sadistic pleasure) |
-| die | | |
+| die     | ghur-  | DS (Moria) < Sindarin "guru" < Etym. "ÑGUR" |
-| do | | |
+| do      | kramp- | LOS |
-| dwarves | | |
+| dwarves | gazat-hai | EL < Khuzdul "khazad" |
-| eat | | |
+| eat     | throkh- | SV < LL "throqu-" |
-| eye | | |
+| eye     | hont   | LOS < Quenya and Sindarin "hend" < Etym. "KHEN-D-E" |
-| fan | | |
+| 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 | | |
+| fat     | tôm    | NL < LOS "tûm" < MB, SV "tû", probably from Sindarin "tûg" < Etym. "TIW" |
-| feather | | |
+| feather | pozg   | NL < Noldorin "pesseg" (pillow)  |
-| fern | | |
+| fern    | filg   | NL < Gnomish "fileg", Qenya "filqe" |
-| fiery | | |
+| fiery   | hûr    | not literal translation: NL < TK PN "Mauhúr", probably from Noldorin "hûr" (vigour, fiery spirit) < Etym. "KHOR"\\ literally would be "ghâshûrz" |
-| fifteen | | |
+| fifteen | nukrâk | NL |
-| fir | | |
+| fir     | drodh  | ON, probably from MERP "brodh" < Albanian |
-| five | | |
+| five    | krâk   | LL |
-| fizzling | | |
+| fizzling | shûfug | NL, onomatopoeic |
-| for | | |
+| for     | -(z)ûr | EL |
-| fry | | |
+| fry     | zhîz-  | NL < Qenya "sisi" (to scorch, singe, fry) |
-| funny | | |
+| funny   | glaz   | NL < Noldorin "glas" (joy) < Etym. "GALÁS" (joy, be glad) |
-| glaze | | |
+| glaze   | kolg-  | NL < Gnomish "celeg", "celc" (glass) |
-| hair | | |
+| hair    | zud    | NL < EH "azud" < Valarin "(a)šata" |
-| have | | |
+| have    | brus   | LOS |
-| hot | | |
+| hot     | gashûrz | NL < SV "gash" < TK "ghâsh" |
-| in | | |
+| in      | -or    | LOS |
-| lie | | |
+| lie     | kât-   | lie on side, LOS < Quenya "caita" < Etym. "KAY" |
-| light | | |
+| light   | thîr-  | NL < Valarin "ithîr" (n) |
-| little | | |
+| little  | mik    | SV |
-| melt | | |
+| :::     | sta    | SV |
-| night | | |
+| melt    | tîkh-  | NL < Qenya "tiqi" |
-| no | | |
+| night   | fugh   | NL < Gnomish "fuʒu", "fui" |
-| or | | |
+| no      | nar    | AN < TK |
-| our | | |
+| or      | ogh    | LOS (SN) |
-| pot | | |
+| our     | dakob  | NL |
-| roast | | |
+| pot     | kus    | any vessel for cooking on fire, MERP |
-| scorch | | |
+| roast   | ghaur- | LOS |
-| shall | | |
+| scorch  | shiz-  | NL < Qenya "sisi" (to scorch, singe, fry) |
-| shrivel | | |
+| shall   | maug-  | NL < Noldorin "bui" (I must), "baur" (need) < Etym. "MBAW" (compel, force, subject, oppress); compare with "mog" in name "Gothmog" |
-| skin | | |
+| shrivel | nark-  | NL (wither, fade) < merging TK "nar" (negative particle) + Qenya "narqa" (to wither), Gnomish "narcos" (to rot, decay) < Primitive Elvish root "NṚQṚ" |
-| sky | | |
+| skin    | daft   | NL, melting Gnomish "daf", "dôf", "dauth" |
-| smell | | |
+| sky     | nût    | EL |
-| so | | |
+| smell   | pushd- | lit. "stink", TK, OC|
-| stew | | |
+| so      | zârz   | NL < EL "za" and LOS adverb suffix "-arz" |
-| their | | |
+| 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) |
-| they | | |
+| their   | takob  | EL "tak" (they) |
-| thing | | |
+| them    | ul     | TK, RI |
-| till | | |
+| they    | tak    | EL |
-| toast | | |
+| thing   | kûl    | HG |
-| torch | | |
+| till    | zi     | LOS |
-| tree | | |
+| toast   | rozg-  | NL < Gnomish "ras", "rôsi" (to scorch, toast), "rasc" (toasted bread) |
-| we | | |
+| torch   | glar   | NL < Quenya and Sindarin "calar" (lamp) < Etym. "KAL" (shine) |
-| what | | |
+| tree    | orn    | NL < Quenya "ornë" (high isolated tree) < Etym. "ÓR-NI" |
-| wing | | |
+| we      | dak    | HG |
-| with | | |
+| what    | mash   | LOS |
-===== The translation =====
+| 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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