The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Jude]

I would say that's from "O! Water hot his a noble thing!" but I don't know where Runic Songs is from.

Also, "bath" is mentioned elsewhere in the song, but as far as I can see, "noble" is mentioned only in context with "water".

Am I on the wrong track?

[Frelga]

A very right track, Jude. Runic appears to be the result of transliteration rather than translation.

[Jude]

Is that the entire first verse shortened to a single sentence?

"Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
that washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!"

[Frelga]

Just the last two lines. It deduced bath from hot water, I guess.

[Jude]

Okay, I think if I just posted the final result from translationparty, this would be impossible to solve:

Had seen.

So, let's back up - 2nd last result:

Had to see.

3rd last:

It was happy to show up.

Backing up about half-way:

I am show was delighted.

Backing up more:

Find a show, I was delighted.

I don't think this is solveable with any of those hints. If I'm wrong, feel free to not look at the 2nd translation in the spoiler tag:

Hidden text.

Visible I was glad to find.

Off-topic: the spell-checker wants me to change "solveable" to "solvable". Is that correct? Neither of them look right, but my version looks less wrong. To me, anyway.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

So far as I am aware, "solvable" is the correct spelling, at least in American English.

[Jude]

Yeah, but what about real English?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I can't comment about that!

[Primula Baggins]

"Real" English never met an extraneous vowel it didn't like.

[Jude]

Ai amme seau pleasede to heare thatte.

[Primula Baggins]

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour. . . .

[Primula Baggins]

OR

His shoures soote perced Aprille, 3 month roote droghte, vertú engendred flour; all of the switches and Licóur Veyne

[Jude]

Evenne bettterre:

HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas, syððanærest wearð
feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum weorðmyndum þah,
oð þæt him æghwylc ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan; þæt wæs god cyning!

[Frelga]

Reminds me of Dave Barry's comment that once people read Chaucer and said, "Boy do we need some spelling around here."

[Primula Baggins]

People apparently read Beowulf and said, "Twenty-six letters really oughta be enough."

[Jude]

We could make it with twenty-five. I mean, who needs "c"? We can replace it with "k" and "s", and pronunciation would be even clearer.

I miss thorn, though. Sticking "t" and "h" together just doesn't mutt the custard.

[Alatar]

Ahem. To return from Osgiliath... Gandalf to Bilbo. "I am glad to find you visible" (From memory, so wording may not be correct.)

[Jude]

Your memory is actually very good - the wording is 100% correct!

[Jude]

... or, in other words, you got the answer right!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Or in other words, its your turn.