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It is adapted to personal struggles, as well.

This elven song is about enduring and emerging from sorrow, tied to the elves’ loss of their ancient lands.

Canon: The Elvish Eulogy hahren na melana sahlin Ma serannas (ma SEHR-ahn-ahs): Thank you. Ma nuvenin (mah noo- VEY-nihn): As you wish.

Also could be translated as: “Our hearts”. The name of the elven civilization before the arrival of humans in Thedas. How the Dalish refer to the “witch of the wilds” known commonly as Flemeth.ĭareth shiral (da- RETH shee- RAL): Used as a “farewell” it means, “safe journey”.Įlvhenan (EL-vehn-ahn): Place of our people. Literally: “My safe place”.Īrlathan (ahr- LATH-ahn): The major city of Elvhenan, original homeland of the elves, from the phrase “ar lath’an” meaning “I love the place”.Īsha’belannar (AH-shah BELL-ahn-ahr): The Woman of Many Years. Literally: “I dwell in this place, a place of peace.”Īneth ara (AH-neth AH-rah): A sociable or friendly greeting, more commonly used among the Dalish themselves rather than with outsiders. Canon: Elvish PhrasesĪndaran atish’an (ahn- DAHR-ahn ah- TEESH-ahn): Enter this place in peace. Living among humans, the city elves now retain only a few old Elvish words whose origin is almost forgotten, such as “shem” – derived from “shemlen”, meaning “quickling”, or “quick children” the old Elvish term for humans – and “hahren” – the leader of an Alienage, meaning “elder” in Elvish.

The Dalish Elves, self-appointed custodians of the elven language and lore, use more Elvish than their city elf brethren. The Elvish of the Dragon Age is thus a fragmented remnant, a few words that are thrown into conversation rather than a working language used to conduct everyday life. When the elves settled their second homeland, the Dales, they aimed to restore their lost language and lore, but the Dales fell after an Exalted March declared by the Chantry in the early Glory Age. The Elven Language, or “Elvish”, was largely lost when Elvhenan fell to the Tevinter Imperium and its people were enslaved around two millennia before the Dragon Age.