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Transcription Translation (per Brad Derrick):

[thasahay] so Ne Quin-al
Rim'kha jah [rawlitay]1
baji Rawla-Kei rabi nay
[jakhazay]2 so Dunei

dar-kreenya Orcrest shabar khaj
Verkarth do-radhin hicho
kreenya [dibay] sa Meirvale
Helkarn rabi [nairzo]

[jo tara]3 Al'basti payba
rawla khajiit so Bruk'ra
yahaza Pa'alatiin so gaten
Corinthe [sedarthra]

bahaji baba so Tenmar
Torval [handalzi ri-nandin]4
mu Khenarthia rabi hos
Senchal [rawlinthorzi]1

Swift paws of Ne-Quin-Al
Rimmen gold rains down
Green Riverhold has farms
Blessed-moons of Dune

Clever-Smile Orcrest in Dessert [sic]
Verkarth Strong-Warrior stand
Must-smile drinks for Meirvale
Helkarn has wary eyes

Wise words Alabaster praise
River people of Bruk’ra
Pray Pa’alatiin of reverence
Corinthe carving wood

Green forests of Tenmar
Torval renowns the Mane
Sweet Khenarthia has fish
Senchal ocean traders

Note: Words corroborated elsewhere are in regular font, speculative phonetic transcriptions are in italics. Square brackets indicate unclear word boundaries.

1 Compare rawla ("river") etc., rawl is likely "water"; rawlith khaj is "rain of sand"
2 Compare ja-Kha'jay (the Lunar Lattice, "Moonstrings")
3 Compare -jo (postnominal suffix for wizards, scholars, physicians), Ta'agra
4 Compare -ri (postnominal suffix for kings, Speaker, Mane)