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Galadriel's Lament

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【1】 Namárië - Altariëllo nainië Lóriëndessë

    

► Farewell - Galadriel's Lament in Lórien

【3】 Ai! Laurië lantar lassi súrinen,

     

► Ah! Like gold fall the leaves in the wind,

【4】 Yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!

    

► long years numberless as the wings of trees!

【5】 Yéni ve lintë yuldar avániër

    

► The years have passed like swift draughts

【6】 Mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva

  

► of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the West,

【7】 Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar

    

► beneath the blue vaults of Varda

【8】 Nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni

     

► wherein the stars tremble

【9】 Ómaryo airetári-lírinen.

  

► in the song of her voice, holy and queenly.

【11】 Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

     

► Who now shall refill the cup for me?

【13】 An sí Tintallë Varda oiolossëo

    

► For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars,

【14】 Ve fanyar máryat elentari ortanë

    

► from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds,

【15】 Ar ilyë tiër undulávë lumbulë;

    ;

► and all paths are drowned deep in shadow;

【16】 Ar Sindanóriëllo caita mornië

   

► and out of a grey country darkness lies

【17】 i falmalinnar imbë met ar hísië

     

► on the foaming waves between us,

【18】 Untúpa calaciryo miri oialë.

    

► and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever.

【19】 Sí vanwa ná, rómello vanwa, Valimar!

       

► Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar!

【21】 Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar,

    

► Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar,

【22】 Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

    

► Maybe even thou shalt find it. Farewell!

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