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).