r/Quenya • u/hebrewhammer1234 • 12d ago

Translation Request

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a translation? I’m designing a tattoo, and want the text to be a Quenya translation of the last line of Dante’s Paradiso, “The Love that moves the sun and the other stars.”

Much appreciated!!

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u/F_Karnstein 12d ago

i-melmë i rumë Anar ar eleni

would be the most basic form to say "the love that moves the Sun and stars", but I'm not sure whether yo or a suffix -ye might be preferable for "and", and it seems the root form of the verb is also not entirely clear, so that it might be safer to use rúma instead of rumë, though that might actually be present tense instead of a general aorist.

Absolutely do get a second opinion on that, especially if it's for something permanent.

But as always: it's safest not to translate but just get a transcription of the English phrase into Tengwar letters.