Mashithamel
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Mashithamel (Template:OT + Template:OT, "Young Love") is a song from the Season 1 soundtrack of The Wheel of Time television series. It accompanies the romance scenes between Rand al'Thor and Egwene al'Vere, capturing the tragedy of childhood sweethearts whose fates are bound together by the Wheel, yet whose paths must diverge.
Lyrics
| Old Tongue | Literal Translation | Official English |
|---|---|---|
| Verse 1 | ||
| Chicaba cuebiyar | Engine [of] my-heart | The engine of my heart |
| Cierto vid ba'asa | Enduring with your-heart | Enduring with your heart |
| Tirast dar perant | Pulled forward together | Pulled forward together |
| Vinle roscher | Hold separate (*) | Stay separate |
| Verse 2 | ||
| Fel ghoba frait | Our souls [are] strong | Our souls strong |
| Buidoae vaesht thamel | Knotted while young | Knotted while young |
| Vid drenni a makitai | With turning of wheel | With the turning of the wheel |
| Lal sanasant inde | Have knowledge not | Have no knowledge |
| Gavane sein iyetdou | What they will-become | What they'll become |
| (x2) | ||
| Verse 1 (repeat x2) | ||
| Chicaba cuebiyar | Engine [of] my-heart | The engine of my heart |
| Cierto vid ba'asa | Enduring with your-heart | Enduring with your heart |
| Tirast dar perant | Pulled forward together | Pulled forward together |
| Vinle roscher | Hold separate (*) | Stay separate |
| Verse 2 (repeat x2) | ||
| Fel ghoba frait | Our souls [are] strong | Our souls strong |
| Buidoae vaesht thamel | Knotted while young | Knotted while young |
| Vid drenni a makitai | With turning of wheel | With the turning of the wheel |
| Lal sanasant inde | Have knowledge not | Have no knowledge |
| Gavane sein iyetdou | What they will-become | What they'll become |
| (x2) | ||
| Final Verse | ||
| Chicaba cuebiyar | Engine [of] my-heart | The engine of my heart |
| Cierto vid ba'asa | Enduring with your-heart | Enduring with your heart |
| Tirast dar perant | Pulled forward together | Pulled forward together |
| Vinle roscher | Hold separate (*) | Stay separate |
* Vinle is interpreted as a modified form of vin, or a word related to vin. Vin means promise, with connotations of "holding" (vin appears in many other words with meaning related to a form of "holding"). Vinle here seems to mean "held" or "maintained" (without any clear past tense implications).