The Grace of Undómiel - Howard Shore, Renée Fleming

THE EVENING STAR

text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO

(SINDARIN)

Ngil cennin eriel vi Menel aduial.

Glingant sui mîr

Síliel mae.

((I saw a star rise high in The evening sky.

It hung like a jewel

Softly shining.))

Ngil cennin firiel vi Menel aduial.

Dûr, dûr i fuin

Naenol mae.

((I saw a star fade in The evening sky.

The dark was too deep and so light died

Softly pining.))

An i ú nathant

An i naun ului

A chuil, anann cuiannen

A meleth perónen.

((For what might have been

For what never was

For a life long lived

For a love half given.))