tolkienlanguages1-4  Exercise 2: Breaking Down the Ring Verse
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  ash nazg gimbatul
  ash        one
  nazg       ring
  gimbatul   to find them

"One ring to find them."

What repeats: "ash nazg" (one ring) opens the first three lines, and the verbs
durbatulûk, gimbatul, thrakatulûk and krimpatul share a stem ending in -tul.
The fourth line starts with agh (and) and has burzum (darkness) with -ishi
(in).

(These word meanings are the standard ones given for the Black Speech; check
a reference such as Tolkien's letters or Eldamo before relying on them.)