Nynaeve Shares a Moment With Lan

Episode

Season 1, Episode 4: The Dragon Reborn

Transcript

Nynaeve

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intrude."

Lan

"You didn't."

Nynaeve

"What was that?"

Lan

"It's a ritual of my people. Seven times for the Seven Towers of Malkier... for the home we lost... for which we shall find again. In this life or the next."

Nynaeve

"You pray often?"

Lan

"When I need to."

Nynaeve

"(speaks in Old Tongue)"

Ayend'an Atha'an'shari'a,

marath allende'nesodhin an'ara'rhiod,

e'fel loviyagae zavilat'a'veren Ba'asa.

Pronunciation

[ä.ˈje̞n.dan ˈäθ.an ʃä.ˈɹi.ä]

[mä.ˈɹaθ e.lĕ.ˈje̞n.de̞ɪ̯ ne̞.ˈso̞.dɪn än.ˈä.ɹä ˈɹi.ɔd]

[e̞.fe̞ːl lo.vi.ˈa.ʒe̞ɪ̯ zə.ˈvi.lät ə.ˈvɛ.ɹe̞n bä.ˈʔä.sä]

Lan

"Well, I didn't know you knew the Old Tongue."

Nynaeve

"I don't. It's the last thing my parents ever said to me when they hid me in the cellar during an attack on our village. I used to say it whenever I was scared."

Lan

"Why did you stop?"

Nynaeve

"People don't go to Wisdoms for ignorance. I don't even know what the words mean."

Lan

"Do you want to?"

[Nynaeve nods.]

Lan

"It's what the last king of Manetheren said to his wife... before the battle they knew they'd lose."

"We shall go into the land... so our children can always hold us... and will never be alone."

Literal Translation

The dead people of our blood must pass through my land, and those who change our will (will have) memories of your heart.