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Litany against fear

The Litany against fear is an incanation of fictional Bene Gesserit order in Frank Herbert's “Dune” book series. It was taught by Lady Jessica to her son Paul Atreides to withstand the test by Agony Box with Gom Jabbar poison inside.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

The List of required words

English	Nûrlâm	Etymology and comments
and	agh	TK, RI
be	kul-	LOS, compare with Quenya “cuilë” (life) < Etym. “KUY” (come to life, awake)
bring	thrak-	TK, RI
death	gurz	MERP
death	mât	HORN < EL “mat-” (to die)
eye	hont	LOS < Quenya, Sindarin “hend” < Etym. “KHEN-D-E”
face	tad-	HORN < MERP “bartas” (brawl)
fear (n)	ufurm	LOS “ufur-” (to fear), “uf-” (to frighten)
fear (v)	ufur-	LOS “ufur-” (to fear), “uf-” (to frighten)
go	ukh-	LOS
go	bhan-	more like “pass away”, “leave” NL < Quenya “vanya”, “vana” < Etym. “WAN”, Quenya and Telerin “auta”
I	da	HORN, Urartian “-də”
inner	nâdûrz	NL < MERP “nâdar” + Primitive Elvish “ndē̆”
it	ta	all dialects < EL “tak” (they), from Etym. “TA” (that), Qenya “ta” (that, it)
killer	thrug	MERP
little	mik	SV
me
mind	furm	NL, merging LOS “frûm” < MERP < Albanian “frymë” with Quenya “fairë”, Sindarin “faer”
must	maug-	NL < Noldorin “bui” (I must), “baur” (need) < Etym. “MBAW” (compel, force, subject, oppress)
my	dab	Genitive case of “I” (= “da”)
not	nar	AN < TK interjection of disagreement
nothing	narash	NL, lit. “not one”
obliteration	shoshurm	NL “shosh-” (to remove, delete) < SV “shoshog-”
only	tug	EL
over	thu	LOS (more like “beyond”)
pass	laut-	NL < Quenya “lahta” < Primitive Elvish “LA”, “LAGH”
past	hoirarz	NL “hoir” (adj) < EH “hoir” (n)
path	mûl	LOS < Quenya “malle” (road) < Etym. “MBAL”
permit	dabh-	NL < Noldorin “dâf” (permission) < Etym. “DAB” (give way, make room, permit, allow); requires object in dative case
remain	irn-	NL < Qenya “erin” (v) (remains)
see	hon-	LOS < Quenya “hen(d)”
that	zamash	(relative clause)
there	not translated directly, replaced with impersonal sentence
through	as	LOS (more like “across”)
total	ûk	TK “all, completely, fully”
turn	bhad-	HORN
when	amil	(relative)
where	amin	(relative)

The Translation

Nûrlâm	Gloss
Danarmaug ufurut	1SG=NEG-must fear-INF
Ufurm kulâ furmthrug	fear be-3SG mind=killer
Ufurm kulâ gurzmik zamash thrakâ shoshurmûk	fear be-3SG death=little that bring-3SG obliteration=total
Datadub ufurmdab	1SG=face-FUT fear=1SG.GEN
Dadabhub tazûr lautut izish thu agh izish as	1SG=permit-FUT 3SG-DAT pass-INF 1SG-ACC over and 1SG-ACC through
Agh amil tabhanuz hoirarz, dabhadub hontum nâdûrz honat mûltab	and when 3SG=leave-PST past-ADV, 1SG=turn-FUT eye-DET inner see-GERV path=3SG.GEN

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