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--- translations:goblin_song_2 [2022/03/14 10:59] – translations 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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 | bird    | aig    | NL < Gnomish "aigli", Sindarin "aew" < Etym. "AIWÊ" (small bird) |
 | 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    | 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) |
+| burn    | ghâsh- | LL < TK (fire) |
 | cinder  | hîsht  | LOS (ash, dust) < SV |
 | crack   | grik-  | NL < Qenya "kirkis", compare with TK "grish" in PN "Grishnákh" |
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 | eat     | throkh- | SV < LL "throqu-" |
 | eye     | hont   | LOS < Quenya and Sindarin "hend" < Etym. "KHEN-D-E" |
-| fan     | ??? | the verb "to fan" means "blow" (wind, fire), "winnow" (grain) |
+| 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)  |
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 | fir     | drodh  | ON, probably from MERP "brodh" < Albanian |
 | five    | krâk   | LL |
-| fizzling | ??? | |
+| fizzling | shûfug | NL, onomatopoeic |
-| for     | -ûr    | EL |
+| for     | -(z)ûr | EL |
-| fry     | ???    | |
+| fry     | zhîz-  | NL < Qenya "sisi" (to scorch, singe, fry) |
 | funny   | glaz   | NL < Noldorin "glas" (joy) < Etym. "GALÁS" (joy, be glad) |
-| glaze   | ???    | |
+| glaze   | kolg-  | NL < Gnomish "celeg", "celc" (glass) |
 | hair    | zud    | NL < EH "azud" < Valarin "(a)šata" |
 | have    | brus   | LOS |
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 | in      | -or    | LOS |
 | lie     | kât-   | lie on side, LOS < Quenya "caita" < Etym. "KAY" |
-| light   | | |
+| light   | thîr-  | NL < Valarin "ithîr" (n) |
 | little  | mik    | SV |
 | :::     | sta    | SV |
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 | pot     | kus    | any vessel for cooking on fire, MERP |
 | roast   | ghaur- | LOS |
-| scorch  | ??? | |
+| 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" |
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 | 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   | ??? | |
+| toast   | rozg-  | NL < Gnomish "ras", "rôsi" (to scorch, toast), "rasc" (toasted bread) |
-| torch   | ??? | |
+| 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 |
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 ===== 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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