Literature:Night's Watch oath

This oath shall be taken by all new members of the Night's Watch, from George R. R. Martin's book A Song of Ice and Fire and the HBO series Game of Thrones. The two versions differ slightly.

Translations

Night's Watch oath

English

Original	TV series
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.	Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.

Avendonian

TV version

La nate se samle, e ia la vata mede agina.
Et ne scula endere uscia'l dodo mede.
Eo ne sculo nemare nilo fruva, aldare nilo landi, tigere nilo cindi.
Eo ne sculo dragare nilo bogi e vinare nilo era.
Eo sculo levere e stervare a'l stando mede.

Eo bi el sverto en la duncalita.
Eo bi el vatetore en le vantu.
Eo bi el scilto ce varde li ricii de menisci.

Eo perspreco el levere e era mede a la Vata de la Nate,
per eca nate e one le nate cumanti.

Soc'ul'

Original	Soc'ul'
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.	Aídi tum'ay, r'uz secuc'zi. Cuc' lád he ne. Uc' sehey n'eú xen', cumuzm'e muj xen', sehnál'az co xen'. Uc' setnuatsiý uc'iadcoil xen' cuieite ez'e cual xen'. Uc' secil secsuxad xuaylac en eý. Sun' teuad ez'e curjí eý. Sehan' uc'ziuóc réúia eý. Setnayn xemux āhxem ez'e nivjí je, Tum āhúijey julzidum, Teuil āhlaúzax laidziuóc, Tambu āhnuxeuaz jer' céce. Secdiuzyec suiux diuzi āhun' Ez'e Uc'zi Tum'ay, Jál tum'ay eý āl tum'ay jutxux eý.

Aí-di

CL1>CL1-gather

tum'ay,

night

r'uz

INCH

sec-uc'zi.

1>1-watch

Cuc'

TERM.SUBJ

lád

death

he

1.INAL

ne.

with

{{interlinear |Uc' seh-ey n'eú xen', cu-muzm'e muj xen', seh-nál'az co xen'. |SUBJ 1>CL2-take wife none 1>CL5-own land none 1>CL2-{be parent} child none ||display-messages=no|italics1=yes|italics2=no|italics3=no}}

Uc'

SUBJ

setn-uatsiý

1>CL3-wear

uc'iadcoil

crown

xen'

none

cu-ieite

1>CL5-win

ez'e

NZ

cual

good

xen'.

none

Uc'

SUBJ

sec-il

1>1-live

sec-suxad

1>1-die

xuaylac

post

en

1.POSS

eý.

at

Sun'

COP.1>CL5

teuad

sword

ez'e

NZ

cur-jí

dark-ADJ.VBZ

eý.

in

Sehan'

COP.1>CL2

uc'zi-uóc

watch-AG

réúia

wall

eý.

on

Setnayn

COP.1>CL3

xemux

fire

āh-xem

REL-burn

ez'e

NZ

niv-jí

cold-ADJ.VBZ

je,

to

Tum

dim light

āh-úi-jey

REL-CL5>CL1-bring

julzidum,

dawn

Teuil

horn

āh-laúz-ax

REL-wake-CAUS

laidzi-uóc,

sleep-AG

Tambu

shield

āh-nu-xeuaz

REL-CL3?CL5-realm

jer'

man.PL

céce.

Mismatch in the number of words between lines: 4 word(s) in line 1, 3 word(s) in line 2 (help);

Sec-diuzyec

1>1-pledge

suiux

life

diuzi

honor

āh-un'

REL-COP.CL5>CL5

Ez'e

NZ

Uc'zi

watch

Tum'ay,

night

Jál

DEM

tum'ay

night

eý

at

āl

face

tum'ay

night

jutxux

all

eý.

at