For Tom and Goldberry
I sing the ages passing by,
The River-daughter's song returns
To answer mine, and lilies lie
Along her hair, with gold entwined,
We've loved with waters swirling by.
As long as moon and sunlight burns,
I sing, the ages passing by,
The River-daughter's song returns.
- Primula
For the Boys
Between two brothers or two friends
A hearty handshake will suffice
No flowers or candy I extend
Between two brothers or two friends
Still, there's no need to oft pretend
That a big hug is not quite nice!
Between two brothers and two friends
A hearty handshake will suffice.
For Elrond and Celebrian
My love I'll see, one day again,
To tell her that I love her still;
I heard her sing the sea's refrain...
My love I'll see, one day again.
Her eyes shine in our sons, a-twain
And with her grace our daughter's filled.
My love I'll see, one day again,
To tell her that I love her still.
"First Love"
Of Celeborn and Galadriel
In Doriath at Thingol's side,
Love for Galadriel did bloom.
In grace and love we did abide,
In Doriath at Thingol's side,
Her beauty and her hair out shined
Even starry night, and the moon.
At Thingol's court, in Doriath;
My love for Galadriel did bloom
"The Mariner's Wife"
(The lament of Erendis for Aldarion)
In Romenna, on cliffs I stand,
The sea beckons and waits below.
One hundred years upon the strand,
In Romenna, on cliffs I stand.
Sailing ships took away his hand,
Now into the sea I follow.
In Romenna, on cliffs I stand
Melian and Elwe
No mighty spell or woven trap
Did Melian use to Elwë catch
His head he laid upon her lap
No mighty spell or woven trap
Their folk their footsteps could not map
Once Elf and Maia sealed their match
No mighty spell or woven trap
Did Elwë use to Melian catch.
For Smeagol and Gollum
My other half, my only love,
My dark that dims the nasty lights -
We is below, we is above
My other half, my only love,
For us we seek It, hand and glove,
We comforts us, sometimes we fights -
My other half, my only love,
My dark that dims the nasty lights.
Bill the Pony and Sam
He carried packs and did his part,
It's almost like that beast could talk.
Though thin he was right at the start,
He carried packs and did his part,
The two of us shared servant's hearts -
We both were faithful through our walk -
He carried packs and did his part,
It's almost like that beast could talk.
Peregrin and Diamond
Back in Shire's land a gem he found,
No longer foolish, nor alone -
A living gem not of the ground.
Back in Shire's land a gem he found,
A shining lass to show around,
Warm as his heart, bright as her stone,
Back in Shire's land a gem he found;
No longer foolish, nor alone.
For the Boys
Between two brothers or two friends
A hearty handshake will suffice
No flowers or candy I extend
Between two brothers or two friends
Still, there's no need to oft pretend
That a big hug is not quite nice!
Between two brothers and two friends
A hearty handshake will suffice.
- Lothithil
For Elrond and Celebrian
My love I'll see, one day again,
To tell her that I love her still;
I heard her sing the sea's refrain...
My love I'll see, one day again.
Her eyes shine in our sons, a-twain
And with her grace our daughter's filled.
My love I'll see, one day again,
To tell her that I love her still.
- Primula
"First Love"
Of Celeborn and Galadriel
In Doriath at Thingol's side,
Love for Galadriel did bloom.
In grace and love we did abide,
In Doriath at Thingol's side,
Her beauty and her hair out shined
Even starry night, and the moon.
At Thingol's court, in Doriath;
My love for Galadriel did bloom
-siradaono (Onono Laivindur)
"The Mariner's Wife"
(The lament of Erendis for Aldarion)
In Romenna, on cliffs I stand,
The sea beckons and waits below.
One hundred years upon the strand,
In Romenna, on cliffs I stand.
Sailing ships took away his hand,
Now into the sea I follow.
In Romenna, on cliffs I stand
The sea beckons and waits below.
-Onono Laivindur
Melian and Elwe
No mighty spell or woven trap
Did Melian use to Elwë catch
His head he laid upon her lap
No mighty spell or woven trap
Their folk their footsteps could not map
Once Elf and Maia sealed their match
No mighty spell or woven trap
Did Elwë use to Melian catch.
- Lothithil
For Smeagol and Gollum
My other half, my only love,
My dark that dims the nasty lights -
We is below, we is above
My other half, my only love,
For us we seek It, hand and glove,
We comforts us, sometimes we fights -
My other half, my only love,
My dark that dims the nasty lights.
- Primula
Bill the Pony and Sam
He carried packs and did his part,
It's almost like that beast could talk.
Though thin he was right at the start,
He carried packs and did his part,
The two of us shared servant's hearts -
We both were faithful through our walk -
He carried packs and did his part,
It's almost like that beast could talk.
- Primula
Eowyn and Faramir
Blades and flowers dwell in our hearts-
You saved my soul when I wished death.
Together, we've seen hope restart;
Blades and flowers dwell in our hearts,
And thus entwined, we'll never part -
For by the truth of ev'ry breath,
Blades and flowers dwell in our hearts...
You saved my soul when I wished death.
Blades and flowers dwell in our hearts-
You saved my soul when I wished death.
Together, we've seen hope restart;
Blades and flowers dwell in our hearts,
And thus entwined, we'll never part -
For by the truth of ev'ry breath,
Blades and flowers dwell in our hearts...
You saved my soul when I wished death.
- Primula
"Arwen and Aragorn"
A day is as a thousand years
I will forever long for you
In Rivendell we shared our fears
A day is as a thousand years
Our wedding day was filled with cheers
Now I remain, and mourn for you
A day is as a thousand years
I will forever long for you.
"Arwen and Aragorn"
A day is as a thousand years
I will forever long for you
In Rivendell we shared our fears
A day is as a thousand years
Our wedding day was filled with cheers
Now I remain, and mourn for you
A day is as a thousand years
I will forever long for you.
- Onono Laivindur
"Lúthien, Beren, Edith, and John"
Lúthien so loved her Beren
Edith married and loved her John
For love a jewel was taken
Lúthien so loved her Beren
Mandos gave them their own heaven
Their love goes ever on and on
Lúthien so loved her Beren
Edith married and loved her John.
Merry and Estella
For the Master of Brandy Hall
No less than a star-lass would do -
So shining out from midst them all,
For the Master of Brandy Hall
Besought her eyes, beckoned her call -
Magnificent love, shining true...
For the Master of Brandy Hall
No less than a star-lass would do.
"magnificent" doesn't really fit the stresses, but I thought it was worth a slight bend to get his title in there.
"Lúthien, Beren, Edith, and John"
Lúthien so loved her Beren
Edith married and loved her John
For love a jewel was taken
Lúthien so loved her Beren
Mandos gave them their own heaven
Their love goes ever on and on
Lúthien so loved her Beren
Edith married and loved her John.
- Onono Laivindur
Merry and Estella
For the Master of Brandy Hall
No less than a star-lass would do -
So shining out from midst them all,
For the Master of Brandy Hall
Besought her eyes, beckoned her call -
Magnificent love, shining true...
For the Master of Brandy Hall
No less than a star-lass would do.
"magnificent" doesn't really fit the stresses, but I thought it was worth a slight bend to get his title in there.
- Primula
Peregrin and Diamond
Back in Shire's land a gem he found,
No longer foolish, nor alone -
A living gem not of the ground.
Back in Shire's land a gem he found,
A shining lass to show around,
Warm as his heart, bright as her stone,
Back in Shire's land a gem he found;
No longer foolish, nor alone.
-Primula
