Author's Note

While the Nightmare Ruins fragments specifically, and broadly the Æternal language as a whole, are a deeply studied subject with a number of ponies interested in them, they remain a relatively niche portion of the broader breadth of academia, or even just archeology and linguistics. Much more focus is, perhaps understandably, placed on more well known languages, or ones more closely relating to ponykind's history or Equestria's own. It is partly our hope that the publishing of this translation may inspire new life into the subject and research surrounding it.

Cries-Bound Truce

Fire-came-to-its-enemy's-halls.

Fire-wished-to-speak-of-what-lay-past-the-veil.

The-enemy-welcomed-Fire.

The-enemy-offered-of-Frost's-domain-and-Life's-Earth's-domain-bound-lessers,-and-its-domain-and-Life's-Earth's-domain-bound-lessers,-as-in-those-cycles-heavy-was-Heaven's-domain-upon-all-likesoul.

Fire-consumed,-and-Fire-absorbed,-and-Fire-dwindled.

"Reason."

Fire-warred-to-stop-its-enemy's-domain's-birth.

Fire-sang-of-Heaven-in-untruth,-and-Fire-sang-of-the-sea-beyond-the-veil.

Fire's-enemy-shone,-bright-as-Heaven.

Fire's-enemy-sang-of-motion-and-the-marriage-of-Wind-and-Heaven,-of-the-marriage-of-Life-and-Earth,-of-the-warring-of-Frost-and-Fire.-Fire's-enemy-sang-of-loss,-and-worth,-and-reach.

Fire's-eyes-hollow,-it-came-to-envy-Heaven.

Fire-sang-for-echoes-of-knowledge-and-control.

Fire's-enemy-shone.

Fire's-enemy's-domain-was-ancient-more-than-all-but-Heaven-amongst-the-ungreat-likesoul,-and-Heaven's-domain-too-great-to-witness.

Fire's-enemy-many-revolvings-of-Heaven's-domain-in-depth-in-witness-of-its-domain-past.

Fire's-domain-was-ancient.

Fire-echoed-its-enemy's-song-of-witness-over-its-domain.

Fire's-mind-swirled-with-infinity.