𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸

𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌿 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌶𐍉𐌼 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄·
𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐍉𐍆𐍄 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃
𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌼
𐍄𐍅𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰·
𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌼
𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌻𐍃 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰·
𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰
𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰
𐍆𐌹𐌼𐌱𐌿𐌻𐌴 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐍆 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌴 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐌰
𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌹𐌽·
𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌼 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰
𐌷𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌳𐌴𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌻𐍉·
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌴 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍉𐍃𐍄𐌰
𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰
𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸
𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌻𐌰 𐌸𐌿 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌴 𐍈𐍉𐌷
𐌰𐍆 𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐌺 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌹𐍅 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃:~

(romanization)

auziwandils skipaman þû miþ alizom baist·
gaskoft skipa afar skeskaist bagmans
bairko silubreinaizo saiwagaggandane wigjam
twa jah sibuntehund sarwidamma harja·
siglam skaunjaim jah silubreinaim liuhadafatam
was swanakiuls tugglis timriþs bairhtaba·
undar menin usiddjes maristrandai fairra
gatauh wada welandis atta
fimbule hairdeis af faimitune stola
ana windalaika farandans faimis blomin·
undar stairnane liuhada ana straumam naurþra
hwarbodes þairh laguwigans laggahweilo·
hails auziwandil albe bairhtosta
ufar midjungard mannam sandida
jah sunjeino sunnons liuhaþ
bairhta ufar tuggla þû teide ƕoh
af sis þuk land aiw galiuhteis·

Auziwandils’ Song

Mariner Auziwandils, amidst the alders¹ you waited,
you shaped ships after splitting beams
of silver birches² for seafarers’ steeds,
two and seventy, readied for the host.³
With fair sails⁴ and silver lanterns⁵
the star’s swanship⁶ was brightly built.
Under Mena you went far from the sea-wharf,
Wada lead, Welands’ father,
the fífels’ warder, away from the foam-ettins’ throne,
traveling on Windalaiks, the foam’s flower.⁷
Under light of stars in northerly waters⁸
you wandered sea-streets for a long season.
Hail Auziwandils, brightest of elves,
and the true light of Sunno,
sent to men over middle-earth,
splendid beyond the stars; each season you,
from your own self, ever illuminate the land.⁹

englisc version

notes

¹ cf. Song of Eärendil 2 · Arvernien, potentially inspired by the Gallic Arverni tribe, wherein the element verni may relate to *wernā ‘alder’ (cf. the modern French reflex Auvergne :: vergne ‘alder’)
² cf. Song of Eärendil 4 · Nimbrethil ‘white (nim) silver birch (brethil)’
³ cf. Orendel 234 · zwên und sibenzig kiele
⁴ cf. Song of Eärendil 5 · her sails he wove of silver fair
⁵ cf. Song of Eärendil 6 · of silver were her lanterns made
⁶ cf. Song of Eärendil 7 · her prow was fashioned like a swan
⁷ Windlác ‘wind-gift, wind-play’; cf. Quenya Vingilótë ‘foam-flower,’ Thomas Speght’s Guingelot, Walter William Skeat’s Wingelock; Metres of Boethius 26 on fífelstréam fámigbordon “on the fífel-stream with foamy banks”; Elene 237 ofer fífelwǽg fámige “over the foamy fífel-wave”
⁸ cf. Song of Eärendil 21-22 · Beneath the Moon and under star / he wandered far from northern strands
⁹ cf. Crist 104-108 · engla → ielfa

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𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸auziwandilaliuþ

Auziwandils’ Song