Naur vi eryn
Lanc i dalaf
Mathach vi geven?
Nostach vi 'wilith?
Mab le i nagor
Bad gurth vi ngalad firiel
Dorthach vi mar han?
Dagrathach go hain?
'The woods are burning
The ground lies bare
Do you feel it in the earth?
Can you smell it in the air?
The war is upon you
Death moves in the fading light
Are you part of this world?
Will you join their fight?'
Word-for-word translation:
'Fire in forest
Naked [is] the ground
Feel-you [it] in earth?
Smell-you [it] in air?
Takes you [or you are taken by] the war
Goes death in light fading
Dwell-you in land this?
Will-make-war-you with them?'