Narqelion

"Narqelion" is a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien, being his first poem in an Elvish language. The original manuscript has the dates of November 1915 to March 1916, likely referring to its time of composition.
== First stanza ==
:N·alalmino lalantila
:Ne·súme lasser pínea
:Ve sangar voro úmeai
:Oïkta rámavoite malinai.
== Background ==
Four lines of the poem were badly transcribed by Humphrey Carpenter in J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. The complete poem was then published with an analysis by Paul Nolan Hyde in Mythlore 56 in 1988. The poem was then reprinted in Vinyar Tengwar 6 and then in Vinyar Tengwar 12 with a translation by Paul Nolan Hyde and a synopsis by Jorge Quiñonez. It was published once more in 1990 between pages 6-32 of Parma Eldalamberon 9 with an exposition by Patrick H. Wynne and Christopher Gilson. It was lastly published in Vinyar Tengwar 40 with an analysis by Christopher Gilson.
== Etymology ==
Narqelion is a name in Qenya meaning "autumn".The History of Middle-earth? Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, I: "The Cottage of Lost Play", Kortirion among the Trees (pre-1937), pg. 32. In later versions of the Quenya language, the word for autumn was spelled as Narquelion.The History of Middle-earth? Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, I: "The Cottage of Lost Play", The Trees of Kortirion, pg. 41
== References ==
Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien
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