A Parsed and Translated Version of Lament of the Highborne

A Parsed and Translated Version of Lament of the Highborne, this article was submitted the various linguistic circles throughout the Lands of Azeroth. This was originally intended to draw attention to the beautiful poetic verse of this old lamentation.

It should be noted that the pronunciation of the noun Sin'dorei, drops the i at the end, and should be pronounced Sin'dore. In addition all apostrophe in nouns are there to indicate gluteral stops and should be pronounced as such--this is similar to the ʿa in Tanari and Zandalari.

And without further ado, thus begins the lamentation.

Original Translation
Line 1 Anar'alah ......................................................... By the Light

Line 2 Anar'alah belore .............................................. by the Light of the Sun

Line 3 Sin'dorei ........................................................... Children of the Blood

Line 4 Shindu fallah na ............................................... Our enemies are breaking through

Line 5 Sin'dorei ........................................................... Children of the Blood

Line 6 Anar'alah .......................................................... By the Light

Line 7 Shindu Sin'dorei ............................................... Failing Children of the Blood

Line 8 Shindu fallah na ............................................... They are breaking through

Line 9 Sin'dorei ........................................................... Children of the Blood

Line 10 Anar'alah belore ............................................. By the light of the Sun

Line 11 Shindu Sin'dorei ............................................. Failing Children of the Blood

Line 12 Shindu fallah na ............................................. They are breaking through

Line 13 Sin'dorei ......................................................... Children of the Blood

Line 14 Anar'alah belore ............................................. By the Light of the Sun

Line 15 Belore ............................................................ The Sun

New Translation
Line 1 Anar'alah ......................................................... For the Light,

Line 2 Anar'alah belore .............................................. by the Light of the Sun.

Line 3 Sin'dorei ........................................................... Children of Blood,

Line 4 Shindu fallah na ............................................... Our enemies, they are breaking through!

Line 5 Sin'dorei ........................................................... Children of Blood.

Line 6 Anar'alah .......................................................... for the Light.

Line 7 Shindu Sin'dorei ............................................... They are failing, the Children of the Blood.

Line 8 Shindu fallah na ............................................... They are breaking through.

Line 9 Sin'dorei ........................................................... Children of the Blood,

Line 10 Anar'alah belore ............................................. by the light of the Sun.

Line 11 Shindu Sin'dorei ............................................. They are failing, the Children of the Blood.

Line 12 Shindu fallah na ............................................. They are breaking through.

Line 13 Sin'dorei ......................................................... Children of the Blood,

Line 14 Anar'alah belore ............................................. by the Light of the Sun.

Line 15 Belore ............................................................ The Sun!

Line 1
Anar'alah

By the Light

The introductory line stands as a prepositional statement that is often seen in many ritualistic lamentations and incantations. Anar can either be translated into "by" or "for", and the noun alah is in the nominative case with the nominative case ending -ah, and is translated into "light". The first line in particular is to call Belore at the end of the lamentation.

Line 2
Anar'alah belore

By the Light of the Sun

This line is the repetition of the first line with addition of the noun Belore, meaning "sun". The noun is in the accusative case as it take the accusative case ending -e. This line directly invokes Belore.

Line 3
Sin'dorei

Children of the Blood

The compound noun Sin'dorei, meaning "Childern of the Bloodl", would be the nominative case, however after the Dath'Remar Era compound nouns no longer experience case declension.

Line 4
Shindu fallah na

Our enemies are breaking through

The verb shindu, "to break" or "to fall through", is conjugated in the 3rd p. pl. present tense. The noun fallah, "enemy", is in the nominative case as it is the subject of the verb shindu, the nominative case ending -ah is attached. It is also plural as there is the double gemination of the l in  fallah. The 1st p. pl. pronoun -na is added to the end of the line.

Line 5
Sin'dorei

Children of the Blood

A repetition of Line 3.

Line 6
Anar'alah

By the Light

A repetition of Line 1.

Line 7
Shindu Sin'dorei

Failing Children of the Blood

The verb shindu, "to break" or "to fall through", is conjugated in the 3rd p. pl. present tense. The compound noun Sin'dorei, meaning "Childern of the Bloodl", would be the nominative case, however after the Dath'Remar Era compound nouns no longer experience case declension.

Line 8
Shindu fallah na

They are breaking through

A repetition of Line 4.

Line 9
Sin'dorei

Children of the Blood

A repetition of Line 3.

Line 10
Anar'alah belore

By the light of the Sun

A repetition of Line 2.

Line 11
Shindu Sin'dorei

Failing Children of the Blood

A repetition of Line 7.

Line 12
Shindu fallah na

They are breaking through

A repetition of Line 4.

Line 13
Sin'dorei

Children of the Blood

A repetition of Line 3.

Line 14
Anar'alah belore

By the Light of the Sun

A repetition of Line 2.

Line 15
Belore

The Sun

The noun Belore, meaning "sun". The noun is in the accusative case as it take the accusative case ending -e. Line 15 is directed to line 1 and to concludes the lamentation.