THE EVENING STAR
text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO
( SINDARIN )
Ngîl cennin eriel vi
Menel aduial.
Glingant sui mîr
Síliel mae.
(( I saw a star rise high in
The evening sky.
It hung like a j**el
Softly shining. ))
Ngîl 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. ))