The Song of Eärendil - Complete Edition
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Eärendil was a mariner
That tarried in Arvernien
He built a boat of timber felled
In Nimbrethil to journey in
Her sails he wove of silver fair
Of silver were her lanterns made
Her prow was fashioned like a swan
And light upon her banners laid
In panoply of ancient kings
In chainéd rings he armoured him
His shining shield was scored with runes
To ward all wounds and harm from him
His bow was made of dragon-horn
His arrows shorn of ebony
Of silver was his habergeon
His scabbard of chalcedony
His sword of steel was valiant
Of adamant his helmet tall
An eagle-plume upon his crest
Upon his breast an emerald
Beneath the Moon and under star
He wandered far from northern strands
Bewildered on enchanted ways
Beyond the days of mortal lands
From gnashing of the Narrow Ice
Where shadow lies on frozen hills
From nether heats and burning waste
He turned in haste, and roving still
On starless waters far astray
At last he came to Night of Naught
And passed, and never sight he saw
Of shining shore nor light he sought
The winds of wrath came driving him
And blindly in the foam he fled
From west to east and errandless
Unheralded he homeward sped
There flying Elwing came to him
And flame was in the darkness lit
More bright than light of diamond
The fire upon her carcanet
The Silmaril she bound on him
And crowned him with the living light
And dauntless then with burning brow
He turned his prow; and in the night
From Otherworld beyond the Sea
There strong and free a storm arose
A wind of power in Tarmenel
By paths that seldom mortal goes
His boat it bore with biting breath
As might of death across the grey
And long forsaken seas distressed
From east to west he passed away
Through Evernight he back was borne
On black and roaring waves that ran
O'er leagues unlit and foundered shores
That drowned before the Days began
Until he heard on strands of pearl
Where ends the world the music long
Where ever-foaming billows roll
The yellow gold and jewels wan
He saw the Mountain silent rise
Where twilight lies upon the knees
Of Valinor, and Eldamar
Beheld afar beyond the seas
A wanderer escaped from night
To haven white he came at last
To Elvenhome the green and fair
Where keen the air, where pale as glass
Beneath the Hill of Ilmarin
A-glimmer in a valley sheer
The lamplit towers of Tirion
Are mirrored on the Shadowmere
He tarried there from errantry
And melodies they taught to him
And sages old him marvels told
And harps of gold they brought to him
They clothed him then in elven-white
And seven lights before him sent
As through the Calacirian
To hidden land forlorn he went
He came unto the timeless halls
Where shining fall the countless years
And endless reigns the Elder King
In Ilmarin on Mountain sheer
And words unheard were spoken then
Of folk of Men and Elven-kin
Beyond the world were visions showed
Forbid to those that dwell therein
A Elbereth Gilthoniel! Silivren penna míriel
O menel aglar elenath gilthoniel, A! Elbereth
We still remember, we who dwell
In this far land beneath the trees
The starlight on the Western Seas
A ship then new they built for him
Of mithril and of elven-glass
With shining prow; no shaven oar
Nor sail she bore on silver mast
The Silmaril as lantern light
And banner bright with living flame
To gleam thereon by Elbereth
Herself was set, who thither came
And wings immortal made for him
And laid on him undying doom
To sail the shoreless skies and come
Behind the Sun and light of Moon
From Evereven's lofty hills
Where softly silver fountains fall
His wings him bore, a wandering light
Beyond the mighty Mountain Wall
From World's End there he turned away
And yearned again to find afar
His home through shadows journeying
And burning as an island star
On high above the mists he came
A distant flame before the Sun
A wonder ere the waking dawn
Where grey the Norland waters run
And over Middle-earth he passed
And heard at last the weeping sore
Of women and of elven-maids
In Elder Days, in years of yore
But on him mighty doom was laid
Till Moon should fade, an orbéd star
To pass, and tarry never more
On Hither Shores where Mortals are
For ever still a herald on
An errand that should never rest
To bear his shining lamp afar
The Flammifer of Westernesse
That tarried in Arvernien
He built a boat of timber felled
In Nimbrethil to journey in
Her sails he wove of silver fair
Of silver were her lanterns made
Her prow was fashioned like a swan
And light upon her banners laid
In panoply of ancient kings
In chainéd rings he armoured him
His shining shield was scored with runes
To ward all wounds and harm from him
His bow was made of dragon-horn
His arrows shorn of ebony
Of silver was his habergeon
His scabbard of chalcedony
His sword of steel was valiant
Of adamant his helmet tall
An eagle-plume upon his crest
Upon his breast an emerald
Beneath the Moon and under star
He wandered far from northern strands
Bewildered on enchanted ways
Beyond the days of mortal lands
From gnashing of the Narrow Ice
Where shadow lies on frozen hills
From nether heats and burning waste
He turned in haste, and roving still
On starless waters far astray
At last he came to Night of Naught
And passed, and never sight he saw
Of shining shore nor light he sought
The winds of wrath came driving him
And blindly in the foam he fled
From west to east and errandless
Unheralded he homeward sped
There flying Elwing came to him
And flame was in the darkness lit
More bright than light of diamond
The fire upon her carcanet
The Silmaril she bound on him
And crowned him with the living light
And dauntless then with burning brow
He turned his prow; and in the night
From Otherworld beyond the Sea
There strong and free a storm arose
A wind of power in Tarmenel
By paths that seldom mortal goes
His boat it bore with biting breath
As might of death across the grey
And long forsaken seas distressed
From east to west he passed away
Through Evernight he back was borne
On black and roaring waves that ran
O'er leagues unlit and foundered shores
That drowned before the Days began
Until he heard on strands of pearl
Where ends the world the music long
Where ever-foaming billows roll
The yellow gold and jewels wan
He saw the Mountain silent rise
Where twilight lies upon the knees
Of Valinor, and Eldamar
Beheld afar beyond the seas
A wanderer escaped from night
To haven white he came at last
To Elvenhome the green and fair
Where keen the air, where pale as glass
Beneath the Hill of Ilmarin
A-glimmer in a valley sheer
The lamplit towers of Tirion
Are mirrored on the Shadowmere
He tarried there from errantry
And melodies they taught to him
And sages old him marvels told
And harps of gold they brought to him
They clothed him then in elven-white
And seven lights before him sent
As through the Calacirian
To hidden land forlorn he went
He came unto the timeless halls
Where shining fall the countless years
And endless reigns the Elder King
In Ilmarin on Mountain sheer
And words unheard were spoken then
Of folk of Men and Elven-kin
Beyond the world were visions showed
Forbid to those that dwell therein
A Elbereth Gilthoniel! Silivren penna míriel
O menel aglar elenath gilthoniel, A! Elbereth
We still remember, we who dwell
In this far land beneath the trees
The starlight on the Western Seas
A ship then new they built for him
Of mithril and of elven-glass
With shining prow; no shaven oar
Nor sail she bore on silver mast
The Silmaril as lantern light
And banner bright with living flame
To gleam thereon by Elbereth
Herself was set, who thither came
And wings immortal made for him
And laid on him undying doom
To sail the shoreless skies and come
Behind the Sun and light of Moon
From Evereven's lofty hills
Where softly silver fountains fall
His wings him bore, a wandering light
Beyond the mighty Mountain Wall
From World's End there he turned away
And yearned again to find afar
His home through shadows journeying
And burning as an island star
On high above the mists he came
A distant flame before the Sun
A wonder ere the waking dawn
Where grey the Norland waters run
And over Middle-earth he passed
And heard at last the weeping sore
Of women and of elven-maids
In Elder Days, in years of yore
But on him mighty doom was laid
Till Moon should fade, an orbéd star
To pass, and tarry never more
On Hither Shores where Mortals are
For ever still a herald on
An errand that should never rest
To bear his shining lamp afar
The Flammifer of Westernesse
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:42.92] Eärendil was a mariner
[00:49.26] That tarried in Arvernien
[00:55.77] He built a boat of timber felled
[01:02.45] In Nimbrethil to journey in
[01:15.37] Her sails he wove of silver fair
[01:21.90] Of silver were her lanterns made
[01:28.47] Her prow was fashioned like a swan
[01:34.83] And light upon her banners laid
[01:44.90]
[01:56.50] In panoply of ancient kings
[02:01.17] In chainéd rings he armoured him
[02:05.65] His shining shield was scored with runes
[02:10.12] To ward all wounds and harm from him
[02:14.50] His bow was made of dragon-horn
[02:18.45] His arrows shorn of ebony
[02:23.01] Of silver was his habergeon
[02:27.17] His scabbard of chalcedony
[02:31.71] His sword of steel was valiant
[02:35.96] Of adamant his helmet tall
[02:40.88] An eagle-plume upon his crest
[02:45.19] Upon his breast an emerald
[02:50.90]
[03:12.57] Beneath the Moon and under star
[03:17.60] He wandered far from northern strands
[03:22.03] Bewildered on enchanted ways
[03:27.01] Beyond the days of mortal lands
[03:31.81] From gnashing of the Narrow Ice
[03:36.48] Where shadow lies on frozen hills
[03:41.10] From nether heats and burning waste
[03:45.55] He turned in haste, and roving still
[03:50.45] On starless waters far astray
[03:55.55] At last he came to Night of Naught
[04:00.05] And passed, and never sight he saw
[04:05.28] Of shining shore nor light he sought
[04:12.22] The winds of wrath came driving him
[04:16.92] And blindly in the foam he fled
[04:22.04] From west to east and errandless
[04:26.88] Unheralded he homeward sped
[04:34.10]
[05:13.83] There flying Elwing came to him
[05:18.60] And flame was in the darkness lit
[05:23.02] More bright than light of diamond
[05:27.33] The fire upon her carcanet
[05:31.38] The Silmaril she bound on him
[05:35.97] And crowned him with the living light
[05:40.15] And dauntless then with burning brow
[05:44.69] He turned his prow; and in the night
[05:48.83] From Otherworld beyond the Sea
[05:53.57] There strong and free a storm arose
[05:57.56] A wind of power in Tarmenel
[06:01.95] By paths that seldom mortal goes
[06:08.23] His boat it bore with biting breath
[06:12.95] As might of death across the grey
[06:17.24] And long forsaken seas distressed
[06:21.40] From east to west he passed away
[06:30.06] Through Evernight he back was borne
[06:34.67] On black and roaring waves that ran
[06:39.21] O'er leagues unlit and foundered shores
[06:43.58] That drowned before the Days began
[06:47.95] Until he heard on strands of pearl
[06:52.01] Where ends the world the music long
[06:56.33] Where ever-foaming billows roll
[07:01.01] The yellow gold and jewels wan
[07:07.47] He saw the Mountain silent rise
[07:11.89] Where twilight lies upon the knees
[07:16.39] Of Valinor, and Eldamar
[07:20.99] Beheld afar beyond the seas
[07:27.32] A wanderer escaped from night
[07:31.43] To haven white he came at last
[07:35.98] To Elvenhome the green and fair
[07:40.05] Where keen the air, where pale as glass
[07:44.54] Beneath the Hill of Ilmarin
[07:48.50] A-glimmer in a valley sheer
[07:53.19] The lamplit towers of Tirion
[07:57.62] Are mirrored on the Shadowmere
[08:05.20]
[08:23.68] He tarried there from errantry
[08:30.35] And melodies they taught to him
[08:36.72] And sages old him marvels told
[08:43.21] And harps of gold they brought to him
[08:49.72] They clothed him then in elven-white
[08:56.49] And seven lights before him sent
[09:02.98] As through the Calacirian
[09:09.55] To hidden land forlorn he went
[09:16.04] He came unto the timeless halls
[09:20.81] Where shining fall the countless years
[09:25.15] And endless reigns the Elder King
[09:29.20] In Ilmarin on Mountain sheer
[09:34.08] And words unheard were spoken then
[09:37.96] Of folk of Men and Elven-kin
[09:42.49] Beyond the world were visions showed
[09:46.74] Forbid to those that dwell therein
[09:56.48] A Elbereth Gilthoniel! Silivren penna míriel
[10:04.82] O menel aglar elenath gilthoniel, A! Elbereth
[10:13.15] We still remember, we who dwell
[10:17.26] In this far land beneath the trees
[10:21.61] The starlight on the Western Seas
[10:32.95] A ship then new they built for him
[10:37.05] Of mithril and of elven-glass
[10:41.63] With shining prow; no shaven oar
[10:45.78] Nor sail she bore on silver mast
[10:49.94] The Silmaril as lantern light
[10:53.89] And banner bright with living flame
[10:58.22] To gleam thereon by Elbereth
[11:02.34] Herself was set, who thither came
[11:06.48] And wings immortal made for him
[11:10.75] And laid on him undying doom
[11:14.93] To sail the shoreless skies and come
[11:19.23] Behind the Sun and light of Moon
[11:29.18] From Evereven's lofty hills
[11:33.65] Where softly silver fountains fall
[11:37.75] His wings him bore, a wandering light
[11:41.77] Beyond the mighty Mountain Wall
[11:46.22] From World's End there he turned away
[11:50.11] And yearned again to find afar
[11:54.31] His home through shadows journeying
[11:58.44] And burning as an island star
[12:04.66] On high above the mists he came
[12:09.02] A distant flame before the Sun
[12:13.22] A wonder ere the waking dawn
[12:17.53] Where grey the Norland waters run
[12:24.04]
[13:01.11] And over Middle-earth he passed
[13:06.97] And heard at last the weeping sore
[13:13.52] Of women and of elven-maids
[13:20.03] In Elder Days, in years of yore
[13:28.23] But on him mighty doom was laid
[13:32.58] Till Moon should fade, an orbéd star
[13:36.85] To pass, and tarry never more
[13:41.09] On Hither Shores where Mortals are
[13:52.14] For ever still a herald on
[13:58.59] An errand that should never rest
[14:05.37] To bear his shining lamp afar
[14:11.68] The Flammifer of Westernesse
[14:21.88]
[00:49.26] That tarried in Arvernien
[00:55.77] He built a boat of timber felled
[01:02.45] In Nimbrethil to journey in
[01:15.37] Her sails he wove of silver fair
[01:21.90] Of silver were her lanterns made
[01:28.47] Her prow was fashioned like a swan
[01:34.83] And light upon her banners laid
[01:44.90]
[01:56.50] In panoply of ancient kings
[02:01.17] In chainéd rings he armoured him
[02:05.65] His shining shield was scored with runes
[02:10.12] To ward all wounds and harm from him
[02:14.50] His bow was made of dragon-horn
[02:18.45] His arrows shorn of ebony
[02:23.01] Of silver was his habergeon
[02:27.17] His scabbard of chalcedony
[02:31.71] His sword of steel was valiant
[02:35.96] Of adamant his helmet tall
[02:40.88] An eagle-plume upon his crest
[02:45.19] Upon his breast an emerald
[02:50.90]
[03:12.57] Beneath the Moon and under star
[03:17.60] He wandered far from northern strands
[03:22.03] Bewildered on enchanted ways
[03:27.01] Beyond the days of mortal lands
[03:31.81] From gnashing of the Narrow Ice
[03:36.48] Where shadow lies on frozen hills
[03:41.10] From nether heats and burning waste
[03:45.55] He turned in haste, and roving still
[03:50.45] On starless waters far astray
[03:55.55] At last he came to Night of Naught
[04:00.05] And passed, and never sight he saw
[04:05.28] Of shining shore nor light he sought
[04:12.22] The winds of wrath came driving him
[04:16.92] And blindly in the foam he fled
[04:22.04] From west to east and errandless
[04:26.88] Unheralded he homeward sped
[04:34.10]
[05:13.83] There flying Elwing came to him
[05:18.60] And flame was in the darkness lit
[05:23.02] More bright than light of diamond
[05:27.33] The fire upon her carcanet
[05:31.38] The Silmaril she bound on him
[05:35.97] And crowned him with the living light
[05:40.15] And dauntless then with burning brow
[05:44.69] He turned his prow; and in the night
[05:48.83] From Otherworld beyond the Sea
[05:53.57] There strong and free a storm arose
[05:57.56] A wind of power in Tarmenel
[06:01.95] By paths that seldom mortal goes
[06:08.23] His boat it bore with biting breath
[06:12.95] As might of death across the grey
[06:17.24] And long forsaken seas distressed
[06:21.40] From east to west he passed away
[06:30.06] Through Evernight he back was borne
[06:34.67] On black and roaring waves that ran
[06:39.21] O'er leagues unlit and foundered shores
[06:43.58] That drowned before the Days began
[06:47.95] Until he heard on strands of pearl
[06:52.01] Where ends the world the music long
[06:56.33] Where ever-foaming billows roll
[07:01.01] The yellow gold and jewels wan
[07:07.47] He saw the Mountain silent rise
[07:11.89] Where twilight lies upon the knees
[07:16.39] Of Valinor, and Eldamar
[07:20.99] Beheld afar beyond the seas
[07:27.32] A wanderer escaped from night
[07:31.43] To haven white he came at last
[07:35.98] To Elvenhome the green and fair
[07:40.05] Where keen the air, where pale as glass
[07:44.54] Beneath the Hill of Ilmarin
[07:48.50] A-glimmer in a valley sheer
[07:53.19] The lamplit towers of Tirion
[07:57.62] Are mirrored on the Shadowmere
[08:05.20]
[08:23.68] He tarried there from errantry
[08:30.35] And melodies they taught to him
[08:36.72] And sages old him marvels told
[08:43.21] And harps of gold they brought to him
[08:49.72] They clothed him then in elven-white
[08:56.49] And seven lights before him sent
[09:02.98] As through the Calacirian
[09:09.55] To hidden land forlorn he went
[09:16.04] He came unto the timeless halls
[09:20.81] Where shining fall the countless years
[09:25.15] And endless reigns the Elder King
[09:29.20] In Ilmarin on Mountain sheer
[09:34.08] And words unheard were spoken then
[09:37.96] Of folk of Men and Elven-kin
[09:42.49] Beyond the world were visions showed
[09:46.74] Forbid to those that dwell therein
[09:56.48] A Elbereth Gilthoniel! Silivren penna míriel
[10:04.82] O menel aglar elenath gilthoniel, A! Elbereth
[10:13.15] We still remember, we who dwell
[10:17.26] In this far land beneath the trees
[10:21.61] The starlight on the Western Seas
[10:32.95] A ship then new they built for him
[10:37.05] Of mithril and of elven-glass
[10:41.63] With shining prow; no shaven oar
[10:45.78] Nor sail she bore on silver mast
[10:49.94] The Silmaril as lantern light
[10:53.89] And banner bright with living flame
[10:58.22] To gleam thereon by Elbereth
[11:02.34] Herself was set, who thither came
[11:06.48] And wings immortal made for him
[11:10.75] And laid on him undying doom
[11:14.93] To sail the shoreless skies and come
[11:19.23] Behind the Sun and light of Moon
[11:29.18] From Evereven's lofty hills
[11:33.65] Where softly silver fountains fall
[11:37.75] His wings him bore, a wandering light
[11:41.77] Beyond the mighty Mountain Wall
[11:46.22] From World's End there he turned away
[11:50.11] And yearned again to find afar
[11:54.31] His home through shadows journeying
[11:58.44] And burning as an island star
[12:04.66] On high above the mists he came
[12:09.02] A distant flame before the Sun
[12:13.22] A wonder ere the waking dawn
[12:17.53] Where grey the Norland waters run
[12:24.04]
[13:01.11] And over Middle-earth he passed
[13:06.97] And heard at last the weeping sore
[13:13.52] Of women and of elven-maids
[13:20.03] In Elder Days, in years of yore
[13:28.23] But on him mighty doom was laid
[13:32.58] Till Moon should fade, an orbéd star
[13:36.85] To pass, and tarry never more
[13:41.09] On Hither Shores where Mortals are
[13:52.14] For ever still a herald on
[13:58.59] An errand that should never rest
[14:05.37] To bear his shining lamp afar
[14:11.68] The Flammifer of Westernesse
[14:21.88]