Þize Hrigge waur§un, hausida waurda
§reis du haldan Þiudanam Albe
tugglahulidaim triggwaba guldanai.
Sibunuh §aim in sali§wam staine
Fraujam Dwairge frikahwairbam,
waila witum, waur§un gibanai;
Diwa-Mans domidis dau§nan lofans
Niun nausandins afnemun Bauge;
I§ Ains nauh ist, ainaha §anei
faha filhi§ Frauja Riqizis
in sitla swartamma sitands §arei
liuhadalausai ligand aufto
skadjus mikilai Maurdaurlandam in.
Ist Ains fin§an allans Hrigge
gawandjan, waldan jah gawidan allis
ana rune stadam riqizis §arei
liuhadalausai ligand aufto
skadjus mikilai Maurdaurlandam in.
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Prose Translation:

Of the Rings I have heard tell that, Three were yielded to the Kings of the Elves to keep; Seven were rendered , well we know, to the lords of the Dwarves, ruled by their greed, in their Halls of Stone. The open palms of Mortal man, the corpselike ones doomed to die, received Nine of the Rings. There is one alone yet, which the Dark Lord hides in his grasp, sitting on his black throne in the Land of Mordor where indeed great lightless shadows lie. One (Ring) there is to find all of the Rings, to (turn and) bring them and rule them and surely to bind them in secret places of darkness in the land of Mordor where indeed great lightless shadows lie.
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Lastly, a very literal version of "The Ring Poem"
deftly done by David Salo:
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?rija figgragul?a faur ?ans albiska-?iudanans undar ?ana himin;
Sibun faur ?ans dwairga-fraujans in rohsnim seinaim stainahaim;
Niun faur mannans diwanans, domidans diwan;
Ain faur ?ana fraujan riqizeinan ana stola riqizeinamma seinamma,
In ?amma landa Maurdauris ?arei ?ai skadjus ligand.
Ain figgragul? waldan ija alla, ain figgragul? fin?an ija,
Ain figgragul? briggan ija alla jah in riqiza bindan ija.
In ?amma landa Maurdauris ?arei ?ai skadjus ligand.
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Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Morder where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
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