Lay of Nimrodel

Lay of Nimrodel: Words by J.R.R. Tolkien, Music by Margaret Davis. Sung by Margaret Davis of Broceliande.

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An Elven-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day:
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver-grey.

A star was bound upon her brows,
A light was on her hair
As sun upon the golden boughs
In Lórien the fair.

Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
And fair she was and free;
And in the wind she went as light
As leaf of linden-tree.

Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
By water clear and cool,
Her voice as falling silver fell
Into the shining pool.

Where now she wanders none can tell,
In sunlight or in shade;
For lost of yore was Nimrodel
And in the mountains strayed.

The elven-ship in haven grey
Beneath the mountain-lee
Awaited her for many a day
Beside the roaring sea.

A wind by night in Northern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the streaming tide.

When dawn came dim the land was lost,
The mountains sinking grey
Beyond the heaving waves that tossed
Their plumes of blinding spray.

Amroth beheld the fading shore
Now low beyond the swell,
And cursed the faithless ship that bore
Him far from Nimrodel.



Of old he was an Elven-king,
A lord of tree and glen,
When golden were the boughs in spring
In fair Lothlórien.

From helm to sea they saw him leap,
As arrow from the string,
And dive into water deep,
As mew upon the wing.

The wind was in his flowing hair,
The foam about him shone;
Afar they saw him strong and fair
Go riding like a swan.

But from the West has come no word,
And on the Hither Shore
No tidings Elven-folk have heard
Of Amroth evermore.

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[Lunaladee]

Stunningly beautiful, both song and photographs. You did an excellent job. Thank you for sharing.

[Endakil]

Thank you (blush ^^). I used pictures with a "Middle Earth look"; so nice you liked them :)

[CromArmada]

Quien canta la canción?

[Endakil]

The Starlit Jewel.

Está en Amazon, no lo he podido encontrar por otros medios.

[LuthienofOssiriand]

"And cursed the faithless ship that bore him far from Nimrodel". Those words always touch me.

[greengrendel]

@FuckinLittleDreamer you weren't- just look about you with the right eyes!

[Ruca77]

Oh Very nice :)

[WiseGuy257]

@FuckinLittleDreamer I feel just about the same thing.

[int0x19]

@FuckinLittleDreamer In the world where that comes from, you'd have a high chance of being food for orcs, or else dying of sickness by 40. It's just that it would be too mundane and boring to write a song, much less a book, about.

[FuckinLittleDreamer]

I was born in the wrong world get me outta here.

[LuciaAugust]

Exquisite as always!

[Yannick20]

1 orc has seen this video ^^

[Jonasv20]

this would have sounded better in quenya i think :)

[Conuiron]

I love this song, I love how it has an Irish feel to it, extremely cool. This is faved.

[Chesterhorse1993]

who ever disliked this thought it was the 'dis-i-liked' button.

This song was so amazing and i plan on singing it at my talent show :D