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Translated by: Daniel Andreasson
Torch:
I ilyfadar felig o'i ced.
Ne'n sen i enn o'i fen forn.
Rhafen sen i feirn,
   a gwanen i last new,
   a fanen se nghillt.
Onhen ammar sen fen fei cilltein.
Tufen enh sen i ammar new,
   na'i ddos sen i ardd new.
Essed ne'i ilyfadar en sen i ammar yll,
a lleded ne, i ilyfadar en.
Smooth translation:
The great Allfather of the word.
I was in the middle of the dark place.
I screamed in the darkness,
and I lost my hearing,
and I disappeared in silence.
I silently created a world in a place far away.
There I discovered my world.
The people is in my realm.
They called me the holy Allfather in the entire world,
and they praised me, the holy Allfather.
Translation of previous torch Missing
Interlinear
i   ilyfadar  felig o   i   ced
the allfather great GEN the word
'The great Allfather of the word.'

n -e   =n   sen i   enn    o   i   fen   forn
be-PAST=1SG in  the middle GEN the place dark
'I was in the middle of the dark place.'

rhaf  -e   =n   sen i   feirn
scream-PAST=1SG in  the darkness
'I screamed in the darkness.'

a   gwan-e   =n   i   last    new
and lose-PAST=1SG the hearing my
'And I lost my hearing.'

a   fan      -e   =n   se nghillt
and disappear-PAST=1SG in silence
'And I disappeared in silence.'

onh   -e   =n   ammar sen fen   fei      cilltein
create-PAST=1SG world in  place far:away silently
'I silently created a world in a far away place.'

tuf     -e   =n   enh   sen i   ammar new
discover-PAST=1SG there in  the world my
'There I discovered in my world.'

n -a    i   ddos   sen i   ardd  new
be-PRES the people in  the realm my
'The people is in my realm.'

ess -e   =d   ne  i   ilyfadar  en   sen i   ammar yll
call-PAST=3PL 1SG the allfather holy in  the world whole
'They called me the holy Allfather in the entire world.'

a lled    -e   =d   ne, i ilyfadar en
and praise-PAST=3PL 1SG the allfather holy
'And they praised me, the holy Allfather.'

Glossary/mini dictionary
a - and
adar - father
ammar - inhabited world
ardd - realm
ced - word
cillt - silence, quiet (noun)
-d - 3PL pronominal clitic
-ein - adverbforming suffix
en - 1. child (n.), 2. holy (adj.), 3. Look! (v.)
enh - there, yonder
enn - middle, center, core (noun)
ess - call, name
fan - disappear, leave
fei - far away, distant
felig - great
gwan - lose
i - definite article
ilyfadar - god, allfather, the One
ilyf - all
llast - hearing (noun)
lled - praise, glorify, worship
meirn - darkness
men - place
morn - black, dark, gloomy, sombre
n- - copula, to be
-n - 1st person pronominal clitic
ne - 1st person pronoun, free/object/emphatic form
new - 1st person genitive form
nos - family, people, clan, kindred
o - genitive particle
onh - make, create
rhaf - cry out, shout, scream
sen - in, on, at, LOCATIVE
tuf - discover
yll - all, entire, whole
Grammar notes
SO. 
Adjectives, adverbs and genitives follow their head.
Prepositions.
There is no case marking.
Genitive phrases are formed: possessee GEN possessor.
Genitive phrases including a pronoun are formed the
same, but with a preceding definite article.

There is massive mutations in Cein. Below is a table:

Normal  Soft Spirant  Nasal 
p        b     ff      mh 
t        d     th      nh 
c        g     ch      ngh 
m        f     f       n/a 
n        dd    dd      n/a
ll       l     l       n/a 
rh       r     r       n/a
s        h     h       n/a

Soft mutation occurs:
* after the genitive particle o [coll o fenel < menel ]
* after the conjunction a 'and' [od a galf < od a calf  'war 
  and death']. This does not affect verbs following a as in 
  _a na od_  'and war is', not *a dda od.
* on modifiers following nouns [oron fag < oron mag]. 
* on the possessor of a possessive phrase [tol ra < tol 'island' 
  rha 'lion'].
* after the sg. definite article i, where it takes precedence 
  before nasal mutation [nen chasar 'by dwarfs' not *ne nghasar 
  'by dwarfs', which means 'by a dwarf'.]

Spirant mutation:
* marks nouns as plural and also exist after the pl. definite 
  article i(r). 
* occurs after some exceptional words after which there is spirant 
  mutation, e.g. ni 'woman' and mann 'halls of the dead, hell'.

Nasal mutation:
* only occurs after prepositions and particles ending in -n (e.g. 
  nen 'by, INSTR', in 'to, for, DAT', an 'to, towards, ALLATIVE', 
  sen 'in, on, at, LOCATIVE').

The pronouns are clitics that attach to the end of the verb.

The definite article _i_ is often attached to the preceding
preposition or the copula. There is no indefinite article.

The copula is _n-_.

The suffix _-e_ marks past tense.

Stress is on the final syllable, not that it matters. :)

Please let me know if there is something not clear, or something
that I've forgotten. Send a copy to daniel_noldo@hotmail.com if
you have question, since I'll be at my work all day tomorrow and 
won't be able to check my usual mail daniel.andreasson@telia.com.