Quotes in other languages

[Mithalwen]

"Ships he may love, my daughter, for those are made by men's minds and hands; but I think that it is not the winds or the great waters that so burn his heart, nor yet the sight of strange lands, but some heat in his mind, or some dream that pursues him." Nuneth to Erendis, Aldarion and Erendis, Unfinished Tales.

[Mariska Greenleaf]

Good job!! Your turn.

[Mithalwen]

With many apologies since it is a very long time sinceI attempted a French prose piece and my "serieux" dictionary has disintegrated - and I am afraid - you will have to manage without accents :

"Mais, pour tout cela, La Mort ne partit pas du pays. Au contraire elle venait plus tot et plus souvent et en catamini. Antan, les hommes viellissaient lentement et se coucherent a reposer finalement, quand ils se lassaient enfin du monde, alors la folie et la maladie les assaillaient, pourtant ils avaient peur de mourir, d'entrer dans le noir, le royaume du seigneur qu'ils avaient pris, et ils se maudissaient dans leur agonie."

[HerenIstarion]

It's from AKALLABÊTH. Technically it is not a quote, but a description of a decay that befell the men of Westernesse in the time of last kings:

But for all this Death did not depart from the land, rather it came sooner and more often, and in many dreadful guises. For whereas aforetime men had grown slowly old, and had laid them down in the end to sleep, when they were weary at last of the world, now madness and sickness assailed them; and yet they were afraid to die and go out into the dark, the realm of the lord that they had taken; and they cursed themselves in their agony

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by HerenIstarion

It's from AKALLABÊTH. Technically it is not a quote, but a description of a decay that befell the men of Westernesse in the time of last kings:

Sorry .... lost track of the rules ..was thinking quote from book rather than quote of person .. but you are quite right....... so silly of me ... I could have done without the past historic!!! It is all yours HI

[HerenIstarion]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Sorry .... lost track of the rules ..was thinking quote from book rather than quote of person

No worries . Make sure you make it clear next time, though - that is, mark it with 'author's narrative' flag or something

Well, well, well. It seems we haven't had obscure languages for a while. Let it be Arabic:

A’mallu an la eestaruhhu abadan ar-reehee t-tufahee

Not to make it impossible right from the start, here's the clue:

At-tufah=apple

PS And I hope there are no Arabs proper around to mock out my pathetic attempts

[Guinevere]

Hm, I can only think of two instances where apples are mentioned, and all three sentences somehow don't fit this arabic quote. In two of them, the apples aren't at the end , and the third sentence is too short.

[HerenIstarion]

The original the quote is translated from has the apples not exactly in the end, but one word prior. I don't know the proper grammatical term in English, but in Arabic, if something belongs/proceeds to/from something else, the 'owner/originator' has to be put in the end of the construction, if you follow my meaning

Clumsy paragon: in English, 'Donny's book' and 'book of Donny' are equally correct forms, in Arabic only 'book of Donny' may be used

Another hint: Quoth the Dwarven (Nevermore)