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Titel: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mär 2017, 18:03
ANTIQUE LYRICS OF ARDA

A collection comprising fragments of wisdom, grief, jubilee or sorrow. And all the other tales in the eyes of whom they involved. Remnants of a past which is no more, sketches of an ever-stringent present or glimpses of a future so difficult to foretell. Regardless of the fashion of the very words, one may here contemplate the happenings within the halls of Eä in the most multicoloured of the perspectives.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mär 2017, 02:04
Title: The Two Shores

Author: Attributed to the Sindar of Lothlórien, as a part of compositions dedicated to Galadriel.

Topic: The two shores of the Anduin on the eve of the White Council's strike, each of the two being the domain of a mighty presence.



The Two Shores that the Anduin divides
Two mighty fortresses where two great forces lie,

One clouded in shadows and by malice bewitched
The other bathing in light and by vast forests concealed,

Their two rulers endeavour and fight
So that hope is lost or filth is cleansed,

A nameless Shadow hides within
May the Lady cure what is ill and eventually over darkness win.



The above-mentioned indications are obviously at anyone's discretion. The absence of information might give the poem (fragment) an even more antique touch, as a scattered relic from the past.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mär 2017, 21:06
Topic: A very brief composition, without any title appointed to that. It seems that it consists of a general feeling of fear, coming from the rustic people of Rohan who live in the vicinity of the Golden Wood's borders.



Thou ought not to force thy path through the forest of gold
Lest thou meet whom of that magic is the source
One who doesn't know death and mistress of what is old
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mär 2017, 10:46
Title: Valinórë

Topic: These lyrics are sacred inscriptions which were carved into the colossal gates at the entrance of Valinor, where the chain of the Pelóri divides Eldamar (Kôr) from the very Blessed Realm of the Valar. Written both in Quenya and Valarin, these words describe the wonders of Valinor and each King's or Queen's powers and domain.

Source: This poem was presumably composed by the very Valar in the far Years of the Trees, during the foundation of Valinor itself. It was sung by Galadriel in front of Melian the Maia, while the Noldorin princess was sojourning in Doriath.



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Thou shalt enter the domain of the Powers of Arda. Be it a wise Maia or a mighty Vala, its rule thou shalt obey.

Across golden halls and evergreen fields, a holy power the eternal life of this realm sustaineth. The untrodden paths of Valinórë throughout many places shalt take thee. The flourishing Pastures of Yavanna their divine wheat shalt offer along with many of her green creations, the luxuriant Woods of Oromë many beasts hideth, in the Gardens of Lórien may the grey Estë the toil of thy heart cure and Irmo kind dreams thy sleep assure. Of Vána the ever-present Spring is the most beloved gift and Nessa even the fastest deers in the wild outrunneth.

The golden Valmar at the centre of all, of its great wonders surely thou were told. The Thrones of the Kings and the Queens lie not afar, upon which they decide the fate of ours to be. Ezellohar of Laurelin and Telperion the hallowed seat is, and the Two Trees we much bless for anything growing their radiance needeth. The skilled Aulë is father of many things and of crafting the true master is. The valiant Tulkas proud in his halls resideth, the Champion who the Dark Vala eventually won.

In the blue depths of Ekkaia Ulmo dwelleth and all the waves of the seas he dominateth. Námo within the caverns of Mandos silently remaineth and from his hidden Gaol none may escape, while Vairë the long History of the World in tapestry weaveth. Nienna near the very edges of Arda wandereth and by the sad westernmost shores for the wounds of the World she mourneth.

Manwë and Varda the entire Eä rule, and from the apex of the supreme Oiolossë every mortal deed and heartfelt plea they see and hear. The King all sorts of winds commandeth alongside every flying creature of the Air and the authority to lead upon him only was bestowed. Snow-white Varda, the most beautiful, of all Light the source is and since the obscure days even the darkest lands her ancient Stars in the firmament with hope enlightened.

Forswear any doubt and fear, thou willing to live in such bliss, for no evil is to be found within the mighty Pelóri.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mär 2017, 18:18
Topic: These lyrics are believed to be a composition of the Vanyar, depicting Manwë sending Eönwë in Beleriand as his own plenipotentiary herald.



''My command shall be thy command. Make it reach even the deepest cavern of the mortal continent''

Thus spoke the King of the realm that can't wither
And so the valiant herald went thither.



Manwë sends his herald as his own plenipotentiary envoy. The personification of the very will of the King of Arda in Middle-earth. The second part of the Vala's sentence prophesies what eventually occurred: albeit Melkor's attempt, the might of Valinor descended into the deepest pits of Angband, devastating its halls and defeating the Enemy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Apr 2017, 15:37
Title: The Birth of the Two Trees.



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YAVANNA: ''Ye, bright Telperion and radiant Laurelin, shall now be given life. The mightiest wonder of all the deeds of the Powers. With my song I command you grow tall and loose from the burdens of Arda. The sole of thy kind that shall not wither nor suffer the decay of mortality.''

NIENNA: ''Be my tears and sorrow the nourishment of thy roots. Be the grief of the World thy strength and armour, so ye might be taught forgiveness and mercy.''

VARDA: ''And I shall gift Light to you, so that the fields of Valinórë may be blessed by an ever-lasting day, while night embraces the outer lands which lie far away from the Wall of Aman. Ye shall surpass in splendour even the fairest and oldest stars, that stand immortal across the cold sidereal depths of Eä: the white of eternity which fills the whole firmament.

The vast plains of this realm shall be bathing in joy and light for all the long years that still await us.''
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Apr 2017, 01:58
Title: Unknown. This brief composition comprises scattered lyrics that would sometimes be heard among the Elves.



Three Rings, crafted under the starred sky
Fire, Water and Air an incredible power grant them
Their craftsman in them his whole art poured
And malice never touched them and they then endured.

Time stops its implacable path
An inviolable shield or hope which naught could extinguish
Bliss and beauty that shall not cease
A reflection of Eressëa that lies beyond the seas.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Apr 2017, 19:54
An Elven saying.



There we shall fain head
Where naught withers or wanes
The Powers undaunted, in their sunny domain
Spirits whom the One in grace had.

There we shall fain head
A fell force which slowly awakens
Let us hope the mortal World won't be forsaken
The Kings and Queens govern in its stead.

No menace shall ever reach those shores
Lest Arda only ruins from the shadows will have to defend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Apr 2017, 00:21
Whispers from the First Age.



The tyrant dwells in an iron prison
Where many died in great agony

The Western Princes failed to end the tragedy
One must not enter there for any reason.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Apr 2017, 01:22
Title: The Two Angels

Topic: This is a poem based on an Elven tale clouded by the mystery of the Years of the Trees. Prior to the coming of the gallant Noldor, Beleriand was left in the darkness and they say something really exceptional took place during those perilous times. The Elves of the Woods (not the Sindar) talk about a mighty confrontation between two Angels, of which they had witnessed the course from afar, hidden in the vast forests of the eastern territories of Beleriand.



The Two Angels

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A mighty clash throughout the vastness of the dark sky,
So much dreadful and violent, so that even Varda's Jewels faltered and for a moment went away from the sight,
Thunders and storms the wide blue marred and wounded, as Arda itself was being shattered utterly from the very foundations,
Heinous results of the indescribable fight,
Much we prayed and Manwë begged, for the mayhem to cease and for the Good to prevail in the end.

Tales say that the Demon a sacred border dared to violate,
His evil fire woods burned and many valiant Eldar slaughtered,
Yet an Angel was there to guard the realm and those people to rule,
A noble figure veiled in holy light, a so alien of a spectacle for these weary mortal shires,
The foe she vanquished and in majesty greatly triumphed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Apr 2017, 23:20
Title: Hymn to Varda

Topic: Scattered remnants of a composition of the Vanyar.



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She, grandest of the Aratar
Lights kindleth in the night

Held in love by the One
Its prowess she was given

Loathed by the fell as all the Valar
For the Nameless she is the fiercest knight

Every Elven heart she won
May the stains of the Eldar be forgiven.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Apr 2017, 18:37
Topic: Nameless fragments, recollected from the tales and sayings of the Eldar.



Once the mightiest of all
Ambition he conceived in the ancestral halls
Many akin spirits he lured
Who would make the people of Arda mourn.

The Powers have his wrath borne
Until he was in chains and has his designs forsworn
His malice had the Two Trees die in agony
Hail an Elda, and he shall tell thee the tragedy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Apr 2017, 10:39
Topic: Fragments of Elven poems about Eldamar, the only true home for all Eldar.



Encircled by rough peaks and rocks
Long shores over the mortal seas

Left in the night during the time of the Trees
Here lies Kôr and its mighty towers of diamond.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Apr 2017, 10:49
Topic: Antique words that could be heard among the people of Eldamar, regarding the nameless shadows inhabiting the southern shores of Avathar.



Vast shores in the South of Aman
Far from the jubilant people beyond the Wall of Valinórë

They say Shadow does lie there
Which light devours and even hungrier grows.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Apr 2017, 01:08
Commemorative lyrics regarding the victory of the Lady of Lórien over the Goblins, during the war between them and the Galadhrim.



The wisest Queen longed to free lands from terror, and the restoration of the past realm much she yearned,
The Prince of Doriath, in silver armoured, led undaunted the host unto the ends of the river and the fell commander of hordes was finally slain,
The gallant Galadhrim shattered their foes and the weather too in wrath responded,
Until the filth was purged and the Lady's rule was further extended.

To thee, noble Amroth, victory is consecrated.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Apr 2017, 18:12
Nienna.



Upon the ends of Arda the Queen of Sadness resideth
The silent shores where tears flow and naught changeth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Apr 2017, 01:48
Nienna II.



Her mourning washed away the filth,
From the Two Trees, whose lone and ultimate fruits the sad Queen saved.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Apr 2017, 15:45
Nienna III.



And her tears had given to the Trees miraculous life,
When the three greatest Queens offered to Arda the Powers' most splendid deed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Apr 2017, 15:53
Nienna IV



Sister of the Judge of Valinórë, her grief hope in suffering hearts rekindleth,
That is why her we much pray and in reverence worship.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2017, 14:03
A composition conceived on the shores of Eressëa, in the midst of the breeze of the sea and the gathering clouds from the mortal shires of Arda.



Friendship, what once would tie the Lonely Island to the Five-Pointed Star,
When merry times lay ahead and sunny days we rejoiced,
But clouds are now menacing the blue surfaces that divide us,
And, alas, fewer and fewer mariners of the Eldar would fain sail east.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2017, 14:25
Tales of Woodsmen, around the beginning of the second millennium of the Third Age. As the war between Lórien and Goblins was causing much toll, the humble existence of theirs was somehow shaken by the might that had been thrown into the bloody battlefield.



Blood, much blood has stained the green forests on the other shore,
Our green home is under strain and this became, to tell, a very dreadful of a lore,
All sorts of horrors are creeping forth from misty peaks,
A proud Queen, who yearns the past and legacy to which she wants to stick.

Yet she is also a mighty sorceress, in front of whom weather bends and kneels.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2017, 14:55
The Fall I.



The Last King, deemed glorious and almighty,
In the mortal World his rival vanquished and in chains took him as captive.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2017, 15:02
The Fall II.



A wise and noble prisoner he seemed, whose wily words the king's mind tainted,
Until the cunning intruder was made a priest and a powerful guide.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2017, 15:13
The Fall III.



The king's longing for ever-lasting life turned into folly,
So that, in illness and wrath, his last decree caused a tragedy to befall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2017, 15:35
The Fall IV.



The grandest fleet sailed west and the ban defied,
Across forbidden seas, the army on immortal soil dared to land, while an unnatural calmness on all fell,
The Powers Ilúvatar's Children would not slaughter, yet much they mourned and Manwë his rule of Arda relinquished,
Asking for aid beyond the curtain of time and space.

The One from the Empyrean descended and the king's ephemeral realm sank under the water.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2017, 01:18
Elven lyrics concerning the one-time chief of the Istari and of the Wise as a whole.



Austere, industrious and in the affairs of the World interested,
He leads the old Wizards and of the Wise is the head,
Men show awe and kings his counsel seek,
For he's versed in speech and much desires to influence.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2017, 01:26
The Grey Pilgrim, loved and everywhere warmly welcomed.



The old Pilgrim boasts many names,
Which he was given in shires and lands faraway,
Loved and revered, for adventures and quests he would fain endeavour,
His careful eyes over this grey Middle-earth watch over.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2017, 11:26
Radagast, pleased by and admirer of anything that nature has gifted to the World.



Nature, green forests and wilderness he fancies,
For one of the People of Yavanna they say he was,
Animals rejoice at his speech and the noblest beasts him have befriended,
Although his true duty at times he seems to forget, bewitched by trees and kind-hearted creatures.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2017, 11:35
The mysterious Blue Wizards, about whom many tales are told by the people of Middle-earth.



Two wizards surrounded by mystery,
Very few know their names and secretive powers,
Rumours have been spread throughout every corner of the continent,
That somehow they disappeared in the East and there tribes speak of arcane cults, of which none is certain nor clear.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2017, 15:08
The Istari.



Little did everyone know of who they were and where they had come from,
Five old men that fortune had brought to us via unknown routes,
Across the blue they sailed and thither always turn their gaze,
Journeying they greatly love, as well as the furthest peoples visiting,
Their modest fashion could conceal a mystery, along with arts whose nature we couldn't unveil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Mai 2017, 10:47
Lúthien I.



Royal daughter of holy blood,
Whose beauty and grace anything on Arda surpassed,
Love a cursed fortress tore apart and the Enemy made kneel,
For she was in truth the fairest and mightiest of the Firstborns.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Mai 2017, 11:04
Lúthien II.



Her songs could tame the foulest beasts and stone shatter,
The Judge too by her lament was swayed,
As her in front of the hardest choice he put,
She chose love and from the World forever departed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Mai 2017, 11:13
Númenor.



The mighty realm of the Five-Pointed Isle,
By one of the two royal twins founded, when he elected mortality and glory,
Closest land to the immortal shires out of all the other ones,
Fertile gift of the Powers, from whom the valiant Men their longer life got,
Much they are destined to rule and our fate to determine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Mai 2017, 01:26
The Grinding Ice.



Desolation of ice and silence,
A path that the Powers only dared to tread,
Against all intruders it was a horrific defence,
The deadliest test for the Noldor and for whom them led.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Mai 2017, 01:43
The first of two compositions regarding Imladris. The enchanted valley at the slopes of the Misty Mountains. Considered the last homely place left in the western lands, it often symbolised protection and rest for anyone in need.

Imladris I.




An ancient sanctuary lies in that valley,
That secrecy hides and naught could break,
Serene resting or thorough studying one may be pleased by,
As well as all things that make the spirit noble and wisdom rekindle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Mai 2017, 01:51
Imladris II.



The Lord of the valley ever-vigilant remains,
It is told that his prowess the bliss there sustains,
The kindest host of gentle travellers,
Neither journeys nor quests this shelter on their way forget.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Mai 2017, 02:57
The Gaol.



A gigantic gaol in the grey fields of Mandos,
From which none may escape or through break,
Be he of the feeble Men, an Elda, a wise Maia or a mighty Vala who much can,
The Enemy there was chained and three long eras still had lain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2017, 00:44
Ilúvatar.



Before time, space and anything foreseen, the One has always been,
''Be it!'' it said once, and Eä then was.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2017, 00:51
The Ainur.



The bright Ainur later came, the One's first and prime descent,
Long they listened and much thought, until time was proper and Eä they entered.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2017, 01:10
Children of Ilúvatar.



Of Ilúvatar only they are the grandest deed,
Elves are mighty and the wisest of all, living until Arda shall indeed be,
Men are frail and many things suffer, yet glory their memory bears and the gift of Death by the One to them was granted,
And like the powerful Vala who much can, the humblest man the never-perishing Flame in his heart keeps and saves.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2017, 21:42
Gathering Shadows: The gentle Wood-elves of Mirkwood, who once inhabited the southern forests, after a millennium of peace, learnt in horror that a nameless shadow had taken residence in the ruined fortress which lay not far from their dwellings.



Peace seems to have been finally marred,
A nameless shadow from the outer world, the eerie fortress as lair elected,
Tales say it is much old and by hatred deeply consumed,
Voices we shall believe, as trees now rot and from venom naught seems immune.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2017, 21:51
Gathering Shadows: The Journey through the woods.



As days get darker and grave, our king the hardest path decided to tread,
To lead his people away from such relentless threat,
And so our merry homes and lands we must abandon,
For of war we are all much weary, and of pain our heart still bears the burden.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2017, 21:59
The New Foundation of the Woodland Realm: Thranduil's address.



To the North we headed and great halls in the stone we carved,
None shall enter nor flee from my rule, towards the outside fortunes cold we are, for in a blink kingdoms and realms arise and decay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Mai 2017, 14:35
Ulmo, the Dweller of the Deep.



Never has one of the Powers been so dearer to the Eldar than Ulmo, Lord of oceans and seas,
He, who in forbidden depths dwells and naught disregards, all senses and sees,
Seas, rivers and streams anything that occurs on mortal shores to his ears bring,
And the Evil hates and much fears him, for water may not be snared nor tamed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mai 2017, 16:20
Balrogs.



Bright spirits of light and wisdom they once were,
Until the Evil tainted them and terrible characters became in the lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mai 2017, 16:27
The Halls of Mandos, where all souls rest and wait.



Vast halls in the western ends of Valinórë, in which silence reigns and all surrounds,
Souls rest, mourn and for their final judgement wait, were they to be welcomed in the joyful Aman or from Eä forever depart.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2017, 11:02
The mournful hymn of Gil-galad.



Who shall now tell thy grand deeds, my beloved king?
Who shall remember thy infinite courage, your majesty?
Who shall cherish and praise thy wisdom and noble rule?
Who shall guide the Noldor through strife and time?

We shall, great lord of peoples and hosts,
Last of the mighty lineage that reigned in Aman,
High King of legends and lost splendour,
Who the dreadful fire and darkness fought, in the midst of the hardest battle of all.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2017, 11:10
The Lonely Island.



From the ocean arose, by the command of the seas summoned,
To the other shore the Eldar brought, their true home and eternal desire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2017, 11:14
The Lonely Island: Eressëa.



In front of Eldamar was then fixed,
Sunny haven, white palaces and of all merry things the mix.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mai 2017, 13:11
Other lyrics about the Restoration of the Wood campaign.



No, the beasts of the peaks never rested nor time wasted,
As the past king departed from the woods, our homes are now being raided,
Yet hope is rekindled and renewed, albeit forlorn and quite pale,
Lórien is gathering forces within its woods, may we no longer mourn nor wail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mai 2017, 13:46
The Restoration of the Wood: strife and blood along the forest.



Two wise Elf-lords, new regents of the realm, war proclaimed,
For filth needed to be cleansed, and at the restoration of bliss they aimed,
Cruel clashes in the northern woods we saw, with none of the two willing to give in,
But the Silver Lord was at the head of the valiant Galadhrim, whose resilient prowess we had never seen.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mai 2017, 14:00
The Restoration of the Wood: Goblins defeated and peace restored.



The final battle took place in northernmost ends,
The Lord his host to victory led and the ghoulish commander vanquished,
While the Lady storms commanded and upon foul giants her spell cast,
Much jubilant we are now, for peace is again and over these lands rule she shall have.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Mai 2017, 22:25
The Two Lamps.



Arda was then at its very spring,
And all was green, bright and alive,
Naught marred that young and sunny world,
To which the Lamps would bring Varda's eternal light.

Until the Evil from the cold Void descended and symmetry forever broke.

(http://www.tednasmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TN-Illuin_Lamp_of_the_Valar.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Mai 2017, 00:16
Brief lyrics told among the Vanyar of Aman.



Far we are now from the mortal fate,
Since we last sailed to the other shore, as the Powers showed their rage,
And after the folly of a proud king with him in the sea was sunk,
Yet the Evil out of Arda was finally confined, and this us much merry maketh.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mai 2017, 09:28
Isengard, the secretive dwelling of the White Wizard.



A ring of walls, gardens and busy servants all over the place,
The mighty Dark Tower at the centre, remnant of a glorious rule,
A new master now it serves, acquainted with diverse arts and skills,
None could tell the extension of his knowledge, and the wizard often in silence remains.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mai 2017, 10:12
Círdan, the Keeper of the Havens.



Very old he was, treading the mortal paths before the very first dawn,
Long time he fought and perils faced, when Middle-earth from the flames of war suffered,
He then had over the Grey Havens custody, and first the coming Wizards he greeted,
Near the sea, his ever-lasting love, forever he shall wait, until the last ship from these shores eventually departs.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mai 2017, 09:03
Turukáno (Turgon) contests a Balrog of Morgoth.



Thou, ill flame and dark fire,
Thou, once of the Angels a noble spirit,
I shall never forsake my fair city,
I shall slay thee and your fell kind I forever curse.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mai 2017, 14:39
Gondor, the keeper of glory and hope.



By one of the two royal Twins founded, Númenor then fell and from memories was erased,
If not for the proud twin-realms of the mortal shores,
Of which now only Gondor endured and strife withstood,
Of Men the last stronghold of glory and hope.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Mai 2017, 15:42
According to vague and distant rumours, a gruesome power established itself within the eastern woods.



A long and motionless millennium after,
A shadow the great forests of the World its lair made,
This the people of the woods tell,
In doubt and fear, which passing days broader render.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Mai 2017, 08:31
War in the North: the coming of Winter.



Ten centuries following the great wars of the past,
Between the valiant free and the former tyrant,
On peace and solace the World has perhaps become too much reliant,
For in the North something in secrecy lurks, and a bitter winter fell, which forever seems to last.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Mai 2017, 08:43
What will be of the Eldar in the disenchanted Middle-earth?



The Third Age clear from snares and pain might be,
Yet much turned grey or slowly withers,
As time for us a grave burden became,
And so the old western woods we shall go past, unto the hidden Havens that on mortal ends lie.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Mai 2017, 09:13
War in the North: the gathering of shadows.



Ice and thick snow had in fact there become a familiar sight,
Yet a fell might was behind that menacing cold,
Along with foul beasts of any sort,
Of which hordes from any pit or cavern come forth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Mai 2017, 09:34
The Vanyar and their sacred dwellings.



We dwell on the slopes of the Holy Mountain of Aman,
And our High King is beside the two monarchs of Arda,
Manwë, solemn king, thy majesty over lands ruleth,
And Varda, fair queen, thou every plea and prayer wilt hearken.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mai 2017, 14:31
Solace and resting throughout the fields of Valinor.



Much rest and peace in the blessed plains,
Among the immortal kind and content souls.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 10:28
The mother of the most ardent spirit.



The mother of the most ardent spirit in the gardens of Lórien once lay,
Her soul consumed and strength waned, until she over the gates of mortality passed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 10:39
Melyanna.



Fair angel and gentle spirit of grand nobility,
Peoples know thy name, Melyanna,
Thou, who trod the sunny paths of Vána and Estë in Valinórë,
Thou of a mighty realm are now in government, across the blue of the great Sea.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 13:14
The Forging of the Rings of Power I



Nine Rings in the hands of mortal leaders came, who much longed and yearned,
Seven the greatest Dwarf-lords received, bursting with hunger of treasures and wealth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 13:20
The Forging of the Rings of Power II



Three, unbeknownst to the Evil, were in secrecy crafted,
For the gentle smith the beauty of the World would fain preserve.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 13:33
The Forging of the Rings of Power III



Alas, a vicious deception was too conceived, in the land of Mordor of ash and desolation,
A ruling Ring was forged in the fires of Mount Doom,
Whose master for whole domination now seeks,
Battling the other Rings and their bearers, of whom he may have control.

Disgraceful was the day, in which kind-hearted craftsmen hearkened phoney words and suspicious gifts accepted.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 13:52
The High King of all Elves



Manwë addresses the king of the Vanyar.

Thou, Ingwë the old and fair, on the highest peak with me shalt remain,
Ruler and king of all immortals within my domain,
Here, in this continent which for Arda is the end,
As I the deathless Powers with wisdom command.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 15:09
One doth not have might over what shall be...



The very first Elven inhabitants of Aman, once their journey had finally come to an end, were told by the Valar that one could never have total control of things, albeit having the chance to be author of great deeds.

This is an excerpt from the Conversations in Doriath RPG.


One doth not have might over what shall be, yet much thou can and do, when will is kindled and thy heart pure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mai 2017, 15:21
The Stainless White is no more



The Stainless White is no more,
For he to his longings gave in and forswore who he was before,
Yet his robes dim or darker are not,
As many colours now spread and his true character disclose.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2017, 08:55
Mithrandir, thou fell and hope too...



Mithrandir, thou fell and hope too,
Cast into the flames and shadows of Arda's caverns,
While fighting of the elder times the most dreadful legacy,
Who shall now guide resistance and with thy mercy hope rekindle?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2017, 09:06
A prayer for Manwë



This weary world much suffers and had to face,
May the King of all be ever-watchful upon his forbidden throne,
From which naught he ignores nor forgets,
Summoning his heralds and them sending across the surfaces of existence.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2017, 09:11
Lament for Isildur



Of a noble house the last,
Of the duel with the Dark Lord the lone mortal survivor,
By the Evil's snares trapped and bound,
He lastly succumbed and his proud rule forever vanished.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2017, 11:11
The Shire



They say Half-men dwell on the western lands,
Far from toils, decay and of mighty realms the fate,
So merry their existence is, yet naught of them could ever be lavish,
For the simplest things in life they much cherish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2017, 11:25
Thy fate shall not be in my hands



Eönwë rejects the apologies of Sauron.

Thy fate shall not be in my hands,
Thou once a bright spirit of light were,
But thy might and arts the Enemy's design greatly served,
And thou in darkness and horrible terror eventually turned.

Despised and feared by whom dwelt in these sad lands,
A murderer of gentle souls and of fell spells the sorcerer,
Nay, I tell thee, I may not free thee from thy guilt,
For the Powers only of thy case the last judges shall be.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Mai 2017, 18:19
Be thou ever-cursed!

Tulkas ('Tulukhastāz' in Valarin) curses Ungoliant ('Wirilomë' in Vanyarin), after the death of the Trees and the defeat of the Valar's guard.



Be thou ever-cursed, fell beast of the Void!
Thee and thy horrible kin I shall forever despise,
Destroyer and Predator of Light,
Tulukhastāz doth not forget and none forgiveth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Mai 2017, 18:31
Yet weeping and mourning good might do

Nienna mourns and weeps on the lifeless ruins of the Two Trees. All are shocked and upset at such desperate sight.



The noble Elda, the kind Maia and the mighty Vala,
All speechless and grievous, for the demise of an era of splendour and light,
Yet weeping and mourning good might do,
For our fire doth not die and hope always endureth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Mai 2017, 18:44
Thither, ye shall

Ilúvatar advises its Angels head to Eä, if they long to live and exist as its Plan commands.



Who to see and live longeth,
Thither, ye shall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Mai 2017, 19:50
Thou evil and shadow art

Varda rejects Melkor, at the dawn of reality.



Thou evil and shadow art,
Us our path thus far leadeth and hatred for me hereafter thou shalt bear.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Mai 2017, 17:46
Arda, diamond of the firmament...



Arda, great jewel of ours,
Diamond of the firmament, thou much strived and bore,
And more thou wilt, until the eternal hour cometh,
When anything of shadow shall fall and to the One all shall bow.



Note: the 'eternal hour' is the fate imagined by the poet after Dagor Dagorath, with Ilúvatar triumphant and time stopping its inexorable course.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Mai 2017, 18:00
Help we shall give...

The Teleri of Aman agree with carrying the hosts of Valinor across the sea, albeit deciding not to be involved in the slaughter and not to aid the cursed Noldor.



Our grief is great and still burning, yet the Powers' command may not be disobeyed,
Help we shall give, but no foot of ours on that blood-stained land is to be.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Mai 2017, 18:06
The Twins



From the noblest kind they descended,
One chose the Immortals and the other's life in ever-lasting glory ended.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mai 2017, 00:49
Through fire and water I



Through fire and water, the fight seemed endless,
But lightning broke the demon's heart and his ruin against rock was smitten.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mai 2017, 00:57
Through fire and water II



The Istar eventually ended up of the contest dominant,
Yet much his body had to suffer, and so he was in golden woods sheltered.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mai 2017, 01:08
Thou disobey may not



Thou disobey may not,
In their blessed realm where we were invited,
For they were before this or that,
And of grand deeds they were authors.

Examples of all that is just and a virtue,
Long they to defend their right battled,
Being their desire the goodness of all,
Kings and Queens of immortals and mortals were made.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mai 2017, 16:45
I am Ar-Pharazôn

I am Ar-Pharazôn the Golden,
Mighty among the mighty,
To none permission or consent I must ask,
And I shall now sail, to seize the eternal life that to me rightly belongs.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 00:40
Manwë's response



Thou darest the worst crime to commit, proud king,
Death thou shalt not defy and thy whole world with thee shall perish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 19:45
The Assembly of the Wise



The Wise now forces united and as a sole act,
We may now rest well, as we know the guardians forever vigilant shall remain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 19:54
Lady, you left, but not your memory



Lady, you left our woods and naught hallowed any longer may grow,
Your rule faces decay and our golden trees slowly wither, but not the memory of you and the merry days of the Lords of Lórien.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 20:00
The Wish of Ossë



I beg you, Sea-elves of deep affection, upon the mortal shores to remain,
Ye long shall sing and craft, and the mysteries of the blue I shall unveil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 20:10
Saruman yearneth what he doth not have



The White Wizard of forgotten relics is in search,
Yearning grand might and arts to the current world unknown.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 21:40
Círdan's vow



Much the sea maketh me long and feel,
Yet here I shall wait, for there is still a task I need fulfil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2017, 21:51
Varda's warning



Melkor, grand darkness and hostile schemes,
Hearken now, as my warrant to thee is sent,
Thou in the end wilt not prevail, and all thy deeds shall be in vain,
My Stars immortal live and above stand, where thou may naught and they light forever shall give.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Mai 2017, 16:44
The Obscure Will



Woes to you, odious Noldor of Aman,
Ye much hope and in your arts greatly confide,
Although these mortal wastes to me only belong,
And all my rule unto the End shall suffer,

Bow down to me, who your grandest deed now possess.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2017, 01:15
Findaráto, good and wonders thou singest

Findaráto, good and wonders thou singest,
Air, seas, woods and green plains, on the World's best the merriest melody thou bringest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2017, 01:23
Eerie mists cloud the seas

Eerie mists cloud the seas, and all news from the blessed completely veil,
A powerful spell on the passage was cast, so that naught the Exiled know and for grief much wail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 01:18
The Enchanted Isles



Mist, water and deadly ice keep Aman far,
The Exiled anxious and agonising for help,
The Queen of Arda raised some isles from the blue,
All who dare sail there stop and forever Mirkwood
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 01:27
Men



Weak we are not and we diverse lands our home made,
Mortality is a grave burden on our shoulders, yet we taste the World each day and our ending fate we in patience wait.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 01:33
Aye and Nay



'Aye' and 'Nay' they shall suggest,
For the Eldar care for every tone and shade of a quest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 14:53
Creeping Shadows

Nameless murmurs along the vast green of the East,
Might it be that new troubles are to arise, neither last nor least?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 14:58
He shall wait for the last ship



Over the sunny Shire and past the old woods, an old guardian vigilant standeth,
He shall wait for the last ship, when the time of magic shall be no more and this era eventually endeth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 15:07
Lúthien the Great



She may wood crash and stone shatter, and naught evil to harm her dareth,
Her path a different turn may not take, be it Elda, Maia or of the Valar the mightiest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2017, 15:21
Thou wilt find thy courage



Thou wilt find thy courage, when the moment is apt and thy friends in need,
Thou wilt find thy courage, and none between thee and thy dear shall step.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2017, 01:14
The Ring-bearer



The Ring-bearer struggles in loneliness and the heaviest burden he's bound to carry,
Yet they say in the end he shall be rewarded, brought across the horizon unto the shores that do not perish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2017, 01:30
Victory Chant



He's gone! He's gone! The Dark Lord was stripped bare by the western wind and his mighty fortress suddenly fell,
His hosts now flee and due to the absence of their leader they greatly despair,
The Enemy has no power left and throughout the grey paths of the spirits' world as an empty shell he shall wander,
This long age may finally end, with peace returned and Men of their fate again masters.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2017, 13:47
The Time for Greatness



And so sadness and nostalgia with victory mingled,
A bitter triumph for the immortals, now that the inevitable epilogue must befall,
Time for greatness for those of high descent has come to an end,
As a fourth era of human rule finally to all gets closer.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2017, 13:52
Pilgrims amidst shadows



Pilgrims amidst shadows we are and much dismayed from these shores we depart,
Leaving behind us merry faces and friendly lands, along with most of our noble art.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2017, 14:06
The Grand Clash



The grandest battle at the gates of the White City occurred,
When anyone's fate in the bloody contest was thrown,
A desperate defence guided by a white knight, endless hordes from the horror of the Ghostly Fortress,
The rumble of a glorious charge, exotic creatures from the corner of the world and an army of dead longing from infamy to retrieve their glory.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2017, 14:18
Nienna, thou dwellest on the edge



Nienna, thou dwellest on the edge of two worlds, West of the West,
Where the Encircling Ocean Aman reacheth, forbidden to all but the Angels.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 00:38
The Pilgrim's Process (Based on a real composition)



Thou, weary pilgrim of past days, now through the road of departure proceedest,
Parting this world teareth thee asunder,
But hither thy immortal kind a fate of decay would face,
And so thou fain headest yonder, and thou may hearken bells sound on the other shore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 09:21
Lands of labour and valour



Farmers and humble spirit toughened by the cold,
A pale beauty, with hair and locks as the golden wheat they harvest,
Yet a noble legacy they boast, a free temperament in the vastness of fields,
Fast they ride, horses they govern and like no one else master.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 09:27
Hither and Yonder



Hither and yonder the gentle Hobbit journeyed,
Treasures, death, fight and kings he saw,
Yet friendship and honour were also his companions,
The legendary quest to reclaim a realm and a dragon slay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 10:19
Manwë, wicked pride groweth in mortal waters...



Manwë, monarch of the firmament thou art,
Wicked pride now groweth in mortal waters not far hence,
A mortal king fell from grace and eternal life longeth,
Manwë, thee we beg, defend these blessed shires and the menace repel.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 11:23
The Invocation of the King



King of all kings, prime Vala and regent of Eä itself,
We invoke thee in times of strife, when naught seemeth to bear the test.

Lord of the air and of all creatures of the skies the guide,
We invoke thee in times of joy, when all by jubilee is rekindled.

Thou governest in wisdom and with just rule,
So that we may prosper and carry on with our life.

Thou hast immense mercy, supreme king,
And thy magnanimity even to the foulest was once offered.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 11:40
And Tulkas on Eä descended



Eternal clashes in the darkness of ancestral eras, when Arda was being built and reality crafted,
The Evil wanted to disrupt the labours of the Powers, and Tulkas on Eä descended, to battle for the salvation of the Plan.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 15:31
The Silent Deep I



Silence, silence is everywhere,
Merry feasts and warm hearths are longer here,
Where are all the industrious miners and their fatigues?
Where are the mighty guardians of these great halls, envy of all people of Middle-earth?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2017, 15:47
The Silent Deep II



None is left there, but mute sorrow and tragedy,
The dwellers of these mines the worst of the fates encountered,
Darkness and fell flames their greed awakened,
And drums, many drums in that void would be heard...
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2017, 03:09
The Silent Deep III



And a fellowship of brave these eerie tunnels dared to enter,
Compelled by the magnitude of their task,
Unrest they caused and an elder bane woke from his sleep,
With an epic duel on the bridge all ended, electing the wizard the path of sacrifice.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2017, 20:40
Gondor, of valour the legacy



Gondor, of valour the legacy thou art,
Amidst the shadows of the Third Era,
The dim splendour of thy past thou strivest to guard,
Yet the hardest test for thee is yet to befall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2017, 20:54
On the ghostly slopes...



An eerie passage by stone imprisoned,
Death and despair they say there dwell,
Terror spreadeth among the gentle inhabitants of those ways,
For hopeless wraiths are seen at night wander.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2017, 21:42
The Elf-scout



The Elf-scout guards and across the woods much travels,
Her realm she deeply loves and freedom above all enjoys,
She walks the paths of the stars and the outer world desires,
Fiery locks and an ardent spirit of justness within the forest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2017, 22:53
I vow to thee

Eönwë's pledge.



I vow to thee, King of the Powers and of Arda the sole ruler,
Thy will my deed shall be, thy command I shall always fulfil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2017, 02:19
The air of the outer World we still want to breathe

The Teleri of the Undying Lands would still prefer the mortal breeze of Arda.



Nay, almighty Lords, your offer is an immense gift,
Yet out of the Walls of Valinórë we would fain remain,
For the air and winds of the outer World we still long to breathe,
In the immortal continent we established, but not yet ready for the eternal bliss we are.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2017, 02:33
Beware, for some might falter...



Mighty Wise of this Middle-earth, beware,
For some of you in front of the test might falter,
The interest of all might be made the desire of one sole,
Pray, you ought not to linger and the just act you must undertake.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2017, 14:11
Evening Star, hope you give us again



Evening Star, hope you give us again,
Sent by your father as the herald of grace,
Fell horrors are in your way, yet darkness you don't dread,
Ride fast now, don't abandon your friends, for on your light much depends.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2017, 14:17
Only they might foretell



The ultimate fate none knoweth nor seeth,
Manwë and Varda, only they might foretell, but that they shall not fain do, keeping the secret unto the End.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2017, 14:27
The Heir shall never return

Saruman rejects the prospect of a new king on the throne of Gondor.



Grey Wizard, empty words and vague dreams,
Your mind long and wide wanders, in vain, I say,
The noble House of Men a new light shall not be given,
Dim it is, a pale reflection of their grand past.

A sham desire you thus nourished, that a heathen ranger on the throne might return.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2017, 19:04
The Keeper's Pledge



Mithrandir, thou may now continue the journey with thy new Ring,
Unknown perils thou shalt withstand and the gravest toil on thy shoulders shall be,
For I foresee thou art the sole who might awaken souls and spirits anew rekindle,
Middle-earth needeth courage and hope, in this era of the tone of thy robes.

I shall wait for thee with the last ship, when greatness shall wane and forever vanish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jun 2017, 22:48
Findekáno perisheth amidst flames



Findekáno had a brief part in the tale,
For his reign in those suffering lands not much lasted,
Yet the valour of his House he shall honour in eternity,
As he fought the head of Morgoth's Flames and amidst fire perished.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 10:55
How were Orcs born?

Saruman narrates the sad tale of the creation of such monsters. A wound and scar for the Elven kind.



You asked me, I shall tell you how the cruel spell was cast,
In the darkness of the ancestral times, when light was not on the entirety of lands,
The original Evil captured some of the Elven kind and them in its obscure pits tortured,
Mauled and mutilated, the foulest arts permitted that new race to arise.

A race that fists waves and the will of dominion obeys, as their master commands.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 11:00
The Lord vigilant remains



The Lord vigilant remains, hidden in his valley and sole guardian in the wilderness,
Many battles and sorrows he saw, yet triumph on his side was often,
And he now patrols those lands in this grey era,
Waiting, watching and the kindest rest offering.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 11:12
Thou art, Craftsman of Jewels

Mandos accuses Fëanáro and declares him guilty.



I declare thee guilty of unrest and blind wrath, Craftsman of Jewels,
Within the walls of Valinórë hatred thou dared to bring,
For envy burneth thy heart and suspicion thy skilled mind cloudeth,
Thou guilty art, Fëanáro, and my judgement thou shalt hence suffer.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 11:18
Words my ears reached, Judge-Vala!

Fëanáro's response.



Words my ears reached, Judge-Vala!
Fell they were and the Prisoner whom ye liberated of them was the source.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 11:34
The ones who much bore



The ones who much bore, both on deathless and mortal ends,
Exile they faced, their legacy they longed to retrieve and the gravest horrors on their journey they underwent.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 12:45
The Secret of the Deep Sea



The Secret of the Deep Sea by marine Angels is carefully kept,
The Archangel of Water with it dwelleth on the depths of the blue, and the Sea-elves by the Lord of the Storm some of its arts were taught.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2017, 21:50
Serpents of fire and ashes



What art or snare could have ever conceived such horror,
Slimy the fashion, fell the nature and fiery the breath.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jun 2017, 18:56
Many webs of lies and deception

The people of Rohan believe that an insidious force dwells in the Golden Wood. The king's mind is poisoned by lies; this could be the reason of such fool of a belief.



Eerie and luring, the ways of those forests may not be by human foot trodden,
Secrecy reigns supreme and naught of them we know,
If not that a great sorceress dwells in those woods,
Which kind of snares and schemes does she have for us?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jun 2017, 19:23
Going hither and thither



Hither and thither the Grey Wizard goeth, vast the route and long the voyage,
Many names he is called and in many different tongues,
Where doth an old man find the will to endeavour?
He seemeth stuck on a mission and from his aim he shall not depart.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jun 2017, 19:34
The Doom of Mandos (The Prophecy)



Noldo, fell and ill may be for thee thy fate,
The blood-stained harbour thee shall forever haunt, for slaughter only via agony shall be punished.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jun 2017, 20:38
On thy knees, with thy hands chained



On thy knees, may chains bind thy hands for long time,
Hands that evil did and never repented, this is how the sentence speaketh and so for three eras thou shalt lie.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 00:23
Thou hast more than thou thinkest



Humble and wise, gentle Hobbit, thou hast more than thou thinkest,
The love for simple deeds and kind acts the Evil in the end defeateth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 00:27
The Seven



Seven were they and by cunning hands crafted,
Much was promised to the lords who bore them, yet greed and passion the most gruesome perils brought.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 00:30
The Wedding, the Hope of the Free



King of unity you shall be again, the two twin-realms reconciled,
Aye, the glorious kind meets the immortal blood once again, hope for a new world of freedom may you be.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 00:55
The Grand Coalition



A grand coalition acted in might too, when Men had to withstand the major risk,
Relentless defence at the gates of the Lonely Mountain, the leaves of Mirkwood stained by blood and fell hosts repulsed by an indomitable force within those golden woods.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 01:11
The Three Kings under the stars



Among the first they had been, at the dawn of the Eldar's day on Arda,
But morning was not, for light would only rest within the holy domain,
The mightiest they were and hence their people led across the young Middle-earth,
One was sadly murdered by the Evil's hands, the other greed caused to perish and the fair dwelleth beside the thrones of Manwë and Varda, bathing in light and in the eternal ether.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 14:41
The best remedy



The best remedy, they say, is not much hard to find,
Laughter and kindness all bad things better and the Evil keep at careful bay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 14:42
Have we come to the end?



Are we at the end of the journey?
This I don't believe, for quests involve vast lands and the most colourful sort of characters.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 14:45
We shall ease their suffering



Antique healing knowledge was entrusted to us,
Rangers, the past legacy is not at all gone and we shall ease the pious heart's suffering.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 14:48
Nay, them we shall not forget

The Vanyar recall their parting from Beleriand.



Nay, we didn't forget those mortal souls,
For war we had sailed and for our parting in peace none had wailed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2017, 14:49
What lies beneath



Many foul things hide and lurk in the pits of the mines,
Deadly, terrible and of an odious kind,
Yet fouler beings below what is known dwell,
The darkest flames and ancient sentinels of water beneath lie.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 00:03
The Regent



All-powerful he is not, nor did he cause Eä to be,
Yet to him the holy rule of the firmament was given, to reign over all Arda's dwellers.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 00:09
The Lighthouse of the Free



Darkness took our ruined city by the river,
Where many memories lie undimmed,
The wraiths seek to unleash the fell arsenal of their force,
Winged nightmares in the sky, that the White Rider dispelled with the purest light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 00:26
A beacon in the heath

Out of the woods, on her way to Rivendell to meet with Elrond, Galadriel rides fast in the night across the heaths of Rohan and she's noticed by someone.



Farewell, this to her beloved domain and vassals she had bidden,
Bound to relinquish her rule and from mortal shires to depart,
She rode lonely to meet her high-lineage kind, headed to the western harbours,
A beacon in the cold of the night she was, and a waning light on her finger she wielded, enlightening the frozen heath with a pale light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 01:19
Be gone, fell sorcerer, thy arts shall not avail thee

Huan defeats Gorthaur (Sauron) and Lúthien demands that the control of his fortress be given to her.



Be gone, fell sorcerer, for thy ghoulish arts shall not avail thee,
I demand the keys and spell of thy enchanted stronghold, for my singing shall lift thy magic and stone undo.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 19:24
Blood flows through the Harbour of Pearl



Blood flows through the Harbour of Pearl,
Elven blood stains what used to be a merry place,
The horrendous crime against the same kin, within the continent in which naught is sad or grievous,
Murder it was, impious the authors and forever cursed!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 20:47
Things that are, things that were...

Two aspects of foresight.



Things that are make one a master of the present, with naught being obscure and one's designs ready to unfold,
Things that were only to the few may themselves reveal, dim secrets of the past that of life are the teacher.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2017, 20:58
Ñolofinwë, thou fell in honour and grace



Ñolofinwë, thou fell in honour and grace,
Even though thou strength surrendered to the Foe and his mace,
Yet the brightest star thou were and resilient thou much fought,
Hail to thee, High King, of whom any Elda shall forget naught.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 18:13
The River sings



The River sings past shores and streams,
All voices, and anger, and joy and fear it gathers,
The one who the green ways of Middle-earth waters,
Until it finds its final path, to embrace again the vast and wavering blue.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 18:17
The Evil lies in the depth



The Evil lies in the depth of its course,
Into the river, in there, the Bane of Men fell,
Alas, someone's hand dared to pick it,
Him it devoured and that simple soul for long time tortured.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 18:24
Pale beauty in the cold



Pale beauty in the cold of the heath,
Your king you never disowned, loyal maiden with sword and shield,
Love you longed to know too, that great pain brought and to far shires led you,
Yet valour was always by your side, when exotic beasts or of the Evil the lieutenant you fearless challenged.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 18:33
The Undaunted Sacrifice



The noble lord of the ancient Five-Pointed Star,
One of the few loyal ones of Númenor in those sad times,
His two sons and subjects he managed to rescue from mayhem and to the twin-realms birth gave,
His undaunted sacrifice shall always be remembered, at the slopes of the fire-mountain and beside the glorious Elven king of old.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 19:00
The Gaol

A tomb? Nay! He doth not die and no hallowed ground for him shall ever be offered,
A gaol it is! From whence not even a Vala might part and all its fell might sealed remaineth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 19:08
Untameable are the waters of the Valley



Untameable are the waters of the Valley, wraiths,
Your cursed steeds shall be of no use, now that your knight-fashion you are to lose.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 19:15
Kin of Durin, too much you have dug



Content and merry you once were in your broad halls,
But malice made you dig too deep, attracting creeping shadows and a very foul of a foe.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2017, 20:35
Do not let thyself be swayed by evil snares



Frail man, do not let thyself be swayed by evil snares,
A gift to thy kind was granted, to depart from Eä's halls and towards unknown destinations to head.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Jun 2017, 17:32
Why doesn't it act?



Why doesn't it act, I ask myself?
The World needs its help, and all say that anything it may.

Wrong is he, who thinks it shall act in this world,
For silent it remains, upon its throne, to contemplate its Plan as it unfolds.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Jun 2017, 17:58
Waiting along the shore



We shall wait along the shores of the blue,
For how much time we do not know,
The presence of our lord we crave, for long among plains and hills us he led,
But he is not now, and they say a new kingdom among woods he would fain found.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Jun 2017, 18:51
Asunder they shall not tear us



Many toils, sorrows and tragedy, the main theme of the Noldor's melody,
But grave tones harmony shall not mar and our proud House they shall not tear asunder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Jun 2017, 19:02
The Book of Days



Fast and sudden along their course flow, days and years and eras,
Astray they run and forever vanish, bringing with them of what was the old memory.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jun 2017, 21:55
Endurance shall open the way



In the midst of the heat of suffering, to a conclusion we have come,
That the buoyant people of Middle-earth may greatly suffer,
The bitterness of cold and the hopeless void that darkness brings,
Yet endurance shall open a way, if one is tough enough to undergo misfortune.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jun 2017, 21:56
Beware, things are often what they are not



Beware, be vigilant and with a prompt mind,
Things conceal and often different seem, in the forest of the World,
A prowess of uncertain sort might be behind it,
Consider, what is bewitched to nature does not belong.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jun 2017, 21:57
Ah, a place of learning and merry solace!



In the valley it secretive lieth,
Sun is high and nature rejoiceth,
Thou might hear the old tongue, for long forgotten,
In Elrond's residence hallowed by stars and grace.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jun 2017, 21:59
Mayhem



The Lord of the Rings tried to have his arts back,
The Eldar this combatted and Eregion in mayhem was then abandoned.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jun 2017, 22:00
Wilt thou ever return, Grey Wizard?



Wilt thou ever return, Grey Wizard?
Perhaps I shall, perhaps not. The world is much vast and I would fain behold more of it.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jun 2017, 18:13
The Shelter in the Stone



Flee, people of the heath, leave your wooden capital and the golden throne,
A mighty force is coming, emerged from the devilry of industry,
It shall not stop until your kind is totally extinguished,
Follow your king and seek refuge in the stone-carved shelter, which well protected you in past times.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jun 2017, 18:17
The Goblet of Grief

Nay, valiant Noldo, thy pardon I shall not accept,
For much is still ahead and the whole goblet of grief thou hast not drunk yet.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jun 2017, 23:23
The Chains of Arda (Time)



Chained is Arda and all that findeth itself within,
A force that stone maketh in dust, the iron strangleth and life devoureth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:06
The Tyrant's demise



Aye, the Tyrant lost control of the mortal world,
On his knees for pardon he begged,
His legs were hewn and the iron crown as a chain choked him,
Away with him! The brave coalition of free wanteth him to be cast in the obscure chaos beyond of space and time the gates.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:11
What they long to do



No fault nor guilt is with the gallant commanders of Gondor,
Long they suffered and blows withstood,
Greatness to restore in the old fashion they desire,
How could they be fallacious in their heart?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:16
Ruins do tell a good deal



The common eye is easily confounded,
By deception and sham opinions bewitched,
To deem ruins worthless stones and meaningless remnants,
When ruins, however, do tell and of glorious annals they speak.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:22
The Story Foretold



In grey times and tough happenings,
One might halt a deed and finally give in,
For the page seems to have already been written,
Yet stories are not often foretold with justness and one's will they shouldn't sway.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:28
The Key of the Mountain



The Key of the Mountain now rests in secure hands,
The right owner what is owed to him shall be given, for a quest awaits and so grand designs.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:33
A modest soul among green, quietness and beasts



An Istar carries a modest existence with what is green and what woods inhabits,
His highest fellow mistakes him for a fool, but truth tells that only gentle spirit beside nature may live.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 15:54
Ashes, fire and much toil...



This the Bearer had to outlive,
And the greatest courage was then rewarded with justice, as his soul left the tiers of Arda for the undying shires of the West.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2017, 16:08
What may not occur



Some things within the girdles of Arda may not occur,
As life and death, whose harmony naught may alter, for the prime authority of all this commanded.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Jun 2017, 19:21
Guardian of purity and kindness



Guardian of purity and kindness, good intent and a vastness of love command thy actions,
It is thee to whom the rule was given and the legitimate power,
The keys of Eä entrusted to thy noble hands only,
To keep the Plan safe and from horrific shadows to protect it.

Thou sitest on the diamond-made throne upon the Holy Mountain, and Varda who stars kindleth is beside thee,
Just and pious thou art, maybe too generous towards whom thou judgest,
Yet may the Evil know and hearken with the greatest concern,
To save the World and the Imperishable Flame, thou shalt become the most dreadful foe and of darkness the bane!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Jun 2017, 14:29
Glimpses from afar (past or future?)



Man, brave warrior and vigilant sentinel, silent ruins you have just entered,
Mighty stones and robust shapes, this legacy of your kind might perhaps be,
When a sea-empire was then founded and from the Five-Pointed Island all commanded,
Remembrances of the merry days, glorious and undaunted the rule.

Until harmony was broken by the disaster that later occurred,
The Island choked by waters and unto the depths of the blue dragged,
What was flat and old was made a sphere, and sailors now would journey round in an eternal loop,
For the knowledge of the westernmost ends for the mortal one is denied and forever lost.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Jun 2017, 14:52
The Hue of Hope



Thee, Saviour of Middle-earth we salute,
Thou bringest a new hue of hope and faith for whom the war made suffer,
The foul Ring was cast into the fire and by the flames that crafted it undone,
All should share the merriment and fly on the wings of the newly-found freedom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jun 2017, 21:00
Oceans, seas, waves and rivers...



Water is the path we shall tread and govern,
Our might spreads and far reaches the outer continent,
The seas we passed and the coast we rule,
People there offer gifts and us in awe worship.

The proud kind of all the mortal ones that stands close to the Powers' sunny domain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jun 2017, 01:04
The Clothes of the Powers



Nay, the Powers in their broad majesty could not appear,
Lest Elves or Men great dread have, towards the guardians of their own dwelling,
And so they elected to veil their mighty being, with flesh and blood as cloth,
Yet a witty eye and an acute ear some remnants of the truth might perceive, when they their might manifest render and among each other words exchange in an unknown tongue.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jun 2017, 01:11
Free, be thou

Ilúvatar awakens the mortal kind.



Free, be thou free and loose! To wander, to talk, to craft with thy hands and my glory to make greater,
Beware all and may the hopeless Evil hearken: thou shalt not dwell in a cage and within boundaries be constrained, if not by my Gift only which thee back to me shall bring.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jun 2017, 01:36
The Evil hath dwelt there



The gentle and fair Vanyar ask with much concern: what hath been of the long shores in the South, eerie and that shadow always veileth?
The Maia shall fain respond: the Evil hath dwelt there, my noble, devouring the Old Light and with the Enemy consorting, as a visible scar on this hallowed continent left.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jun 2017, 23:04
Water is not with thee

Ulmo opposes the release of Melkor from his three-era captivity.



Water is not with thee, this hour, my brother,
Thou art the head of this council and us with wisdom thou leadest,
But mercy may only in truth be granted, to the one that repenteth and all hatred forsweareth,
And now the seed of the Evil from the Gaol was liberated, free to spread his endless grudge and malicious will.

Thou dost wrong, Manwë, and thy choice I shall not support.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jun 2017, 16:55
The 400-year prison



Thus it happened, of the Noldor the mighty leader was killed in strife,
Amidst shadows and flames, the one who longed to avenge his fate and his art to get back,
If not that the dreadful lieutenants of the Enemy proved themselves to be beyond the immortal kind's skills,
And so the Smith now mourns in grey halls far from the common world, not finding joy nor rest for his grief's flames.

Yet whom he led to the Hither-Lands now established in those adventurous paths,
Long and much they wailed, but to conclude the quest always staunchly convinced,
Dividing territories and the shires of those lands as their just domain claiming,
For naught greater than ruling the Noldo's concern attracts.

A new High King from sorrow arose,
The resilient head of his House and with the noblest heart endowed,
Ñolofinwë, of the undimmed glory you walk the ways,
Firm and valiant, the hosts of darkness you drove off and inside a 400-year prison the odious Vala you have caged.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jun 2017, 17:21
Only joy and a no-regret demise I fain would long for



They say this artefact granteth thee the widest sight,
And that one before deep desires findeth oneself,
Then, what doth the Lady desire? What would a queen ask?
(Galadriel) Only joy and a no-regret demise I fain would long for.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jun 2017, 18:05
The Earth's Grudge



How much dost thou have to wail and for the death toll despair?
How much for the poisoned fields and the radiant plains a silent graveyard made?
How many the bones and leavings of whom these ways once would tread?
How many the corpses of brave warriors, far from their green home and the lovely sea?

How much, vast Arda full of all that merrier life maketh?
Thou bearest fire, ice and the bitter desert that anything alive devoureth,
Alas, fate made it like that the Enemy into thy roots all his might poured,
To sustain his horrible beasts which of true life are the marred reflection.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jun 2017, 18:40
The Last Song



Dost thou remember thy last song within the ramparts of Valinórë, Princess?
When the greatest choir of all the Immortals' voices joy and solace would bring,
To please the Powers with the splendid melodies of thy kind,
When all was sunny and little did we know, that the illness was secretly growing and that the bliss would soon vanish away.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jun 2017, 01:15
Young Kind



Young and mortal kind,
Plagued by sickness, feeble and the sad death,
Some might say that weakness shall not guide you very far,
But we know that the noblest valour resides in your heart, which only needs apt words to be rekindled to the glory of old.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jun 2017, 01:26
Ride fast and never turn thy back



Fast knights cross the land and the battlefield would fain reach,
But woods, somber forests and the river must with no dread pass,
And Mirkwood ill had grown, and lair of shadows and ghoulish spirits which one might desist from the fight,
Then mists from the western ends turned up thither and the company of horses veiled, summoned by magic and of the mysterious wood-sorceress a powerful spell.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2017, 02:59
The Two Strongholds



The Two Strongholds by the Sea-Lords were founded,
For the guarding of the mountainous chains that the Southern Realm embrace,
Both of hard stone and by levels structured, two mighty fortresses born from crafting mastery and vigilant purpose,
One today is radiant of light and the throne of Men keeps safe, while the other withered and via witchcraft had its nature enchanted.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2017, 23:19
Thou dost not treat me as a fool!



Thou dost not treat me as a fool, Gandalf! One of thy simple acquaintances I am not!
Thy words of comfort and hope shall not avail thy cause, for of words I am the master and every uncanny visit I detest,
Thou no longer free to roam through lands and shires shalt be, as well as thy rustic friends for whom thou bearest a foolish love,
Hearken thy chief, wizard, our fortunes might be greater if the great power awakening we are to join.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2017, 23:26
Alas, madness has conquered the noblest of the minds



So low and treacherous I would never have expected that you could be, once pure and wise as of all the Istari the propositions,
And now you choose the path of darkness and an unexplainable plan, which I suppose you had enough time to prepare,
Yet still you deny and refuse to grasp, that none might bend the One's will and as his master claim oneself, for he does not share the power!
Alas, madness has conquered the noblest of the minds, and the mightiest of the one-time Wise of this fine land.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2017, 23:39
The Reunited Hope



Merry we all are and much we see of a brighter future,
Now that the Dark Tower lies broken and what was once a sole thing has finally been reunited,
The King may sit on his throne in solace and good will, knowing that the nightmare has passed and that things shall thus be mended,
Fatigues and toil pave the path for a new age to begin, in which splendour is to wane, but peace the norm shall become.

His spouse could never be fairer or more gracious for sure,
As she is of the immortal kind and from a royal bloodline descends,
Because the blood of the Two Twins shall again be one,
Blood that hides legends and impossible tasks: the pride of Númenor, the Noldorin kin, the wisdom of the old Elwë and of the mysterious Queen Melian the lively strength.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2017, 23:56
Only at the End shall they speak...

A curious Noldo interrogates a Vanya of Valinórë. He desires to know what will be of Arda at the end of all.



Vanya, Child of Ingwë, thou dwellest with the Mighty and certainly me thou wilt help,
As much I long to know what shall be of our beloved World.

Noldo, proud and strong thy being, we may not foretell that either way, for Manwë and Varda only glimpses of the future must have had, the ones that hear and see all, whose sight is maybe apt to surpass the circles of the sky and even the boundaries of time as well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jun 2017, 22:30
That Fell Chasm



That fell Chasm, where the root of our sad troubles had birth,
Its fire made it like that another Ring of Power saw light in those somber times,
Horror which only there may find its epilogue and forever end the era of terror of which the worst is still to come,
Yet much counts on the will of whom the venomous paths of that mountain shall tread, holding in his hands the fate of years, battles, blood, sorrows and obscure beings.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jun 2017, 22:42
Things do change



I woke up from many dreams and a still immobility, and I found the world upset and recognisable not anymore,
New kings, struggles and wars, very different from how it used to be in the past times that I cherish.

(Response) But things do change, dear immortal, and even the greatest rule might one day fall, leaving behind void and dismay, although new forces arise and to them authority is conferred.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Jun 2017, 02:01
My Daughter, it is the just path thou must follow



Daughter, thy sad visage bindeth my heart and my mind somber maketh, for I may sense, with a clear perception, that thou leaving thy Love on these shores regrettest,
But in truth thou shalt part from this sorrowful fate, as thou bringest thy sentiment in lands in which naught perisheth or findeth decay, thus retaining thy Love in thy heart immortal and never pale.

(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/34500000/Arwen-The-Two-Towers-arwen-undomiel-34589484-500-211.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jun 2017, 01:36
The Great Journey



A long voyage and march across the young plains and rivers of Middle-earth,
This who awakened of the Immortals had to go through at the dawn of the Elven birth, in times of darkness and doubt that Varda's Light only could turn into hope,
When the Three Kings arose in might and the offer of the Powers elected to accept,
Leading their people to the true sunny home which their wishes real would make.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jun 2017, 01:43
Three Ambassadors of the Firstborns



You I have summoned hither, ye who are the grandest of your respective kin, wise, noble, strong and skilled,
I, Manwë of the Air the master, would fain like the company of your gentle kind, as my will commandeth this be asked and in honest friendship offered.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jun 2017, 17:31
Laughter, this is what thou shalt need



Wizard, wizard, what should I bring with my presence in the quest?
Danger, swords, adventures and much road are on our way, I suppose.

Kind Hobbit, adventures and great deeds don't demand preparation, nor a fixed mindset of manners and plans,
For laughter and thy spirit are the sole thing thou shalt need and cherish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jun 2017, 17:44
This I know for sure, that a demon lies and through the heath wanders



Frozen heat and pale morning light, this facade couldn't hide what is now in action across the realm,
A demon lies, lurks and wanders through the land, its nature unknown and its purposes even less of the realm of human mind,
Yet something is certain for sure and many might easily be aware,
That the eerie ghost is poisoning the Horse Lord's judgement and lies then keep valiant allies afar.

For a lone king in his throne caged might serve well for outer schemes,
Alien eyes that greatly long for the control of these plains and their villages in chain,
A fell magic that not for long time has been so vital and lively,
As if it seemed that a worse design is yet to befall along the knight's ways...
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jun 2017, 18:04
Did the Evil sway his being?



(Gandalf) Evil? I wouldn't define him as evil in any way,
He was once a merry soul as many of your sort,
Just content of the wind, of the rain, of the bird's song and of the wheat radiant in the field,
But, with profound dismay I say, there are forces in the World which one can not easily fight, whose obscure wishes for us one might not clearly divine.

Just as you are, Frodo, before his hand his doom in the depth of the water found.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jun 2017, 16:15
The value of riddles



How often it is hard to discern, what hides behind riddles and deep words,
And many interrogate themselves and long to know whether wisdom is there or empty thoughts,
But recurrent is the case, that wisdom of those scattered remnants is in truth the source,
As Middle-earth much has seen in its ages and a lot still hidden keeps, which riddles only may probably unveil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jun 2017, 16:23
Thy wicked will, thy final doom



Who knoweth the reason for the treason hath not come forth yet,
For very little we may understand, when the head of the wisest eventually chooseth the other side,
Madness or fool plans, we can't determine the cause of that,
Yet, traitorous wizard, thy wicked will thy final doom shalt be, for thou wagest war on the World and naught of the consequences seemeth to interest thee.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jun 2017, 16:36
The Ramparts of Glory



Follow your true path, Heir of Men, and may the luck of your kin be of the best avail,
And I shall lead my host to our fate, where, I hope, under the ramparts of glory we shall ultimately meet.



The king of Rohan uses 'ramparts of glory' to refer to the mighty walls of the White City, where he and Aragorn are supposed to meet, once the battle is over. Obviously, this won't take place, due to the death of Théoden, even though the expression itself could also be viewed as a figurative circumlocution for glory in general (in the afterlife).
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jun 2017, 20:36
The age of troubles for both kinds



The Second Age of Arda, let me get you acquainted with the tale,
It came natural and quiet after a major contest had taken place,
And Elves and Men rejoiced at the newly-found solace, spreading as breezes in most of the continent now liberated and calm,
With rule and prosperity to offer for the other people there, and sorrow was from the previous harm then a memory of a darker past.

Men were given their so desired prize, a gift to honour the loyal fight of whom of their kin that the Powers against the Evil aided,
An island, in the midst of the blue, as mortal ground so close to the immortal serenity had never been,
A great empire was therefore built, broad marine power and a force that soon was the grandest to reckon with,
While Elves were lingering on the western shores of the mainland, relying on the legacy of their last glorious High King.

Sauron was not done with his snares and in hatred left the forest of the World, in a fair fashion and deceptive propositions,
Elf-smiths were tricked and moved by lies, so that the Rings of Power saw light and in evil hands eventually fell,
And war again burned and savaged the fields of the mortal shires, until the cry of desperation passed the sea and reached the mighty naval empire,
Leading to a great landing and to the Dark Lord kneeling in presence of such a might, albeit the pride king's longing for the eternal life and for the acquaintance of whom stands as Melkor's most cruel auxiliary.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jul 2017, 01:13
The Red Dawn



And then we may often behold the skies in rage,
Vermilion in all their shape and vastness, in grudge for the souls that were taken the night before,
This being common when it is decreed that one wars must wage,
And so we mourn and fain would like the tragic spectacle not to pay us its visit anymore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jul 2017, 01:24
The Ghoulish Marshes



A demon must have made it its deep and terrifying lair,
Beneath the rotten waters of that marsh which none would ever pass, if not for the most stringent need,
Corpses lie under the surface, or they are perhaps trapped in the sorrowful mazes of that wet tomb,
Conjuring all sorts of ill mood and terrible fears, as they say voices scream and are heard from the depth of the obscure blue, of whom fought the bloody battle the era before.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jul 2017, 01:42
The Spiral of Silence



Thus it might happen that great thoughts sink and live abandoned by ears and minds which the best deeds out of them could make,
For the brutal one his will shall always try to impose, via wrath, force and all the means that his violent heart only hath known,
Yet the brave the brunt should bear, so that he in the end the right chance seizeth,
To better the World with his art, and people to the valour and liberty of old to rekindle, he therefore the chains of that odious creeping silence undoth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jul 2017, 03:00
Wilt thou elect bliss or mortal love?



(Mandos) Wilt thou elect bliss or mortal love, Elven princess, thought to be the fairest and mightiest of thy kind?
Wilt thou return to what lieth hither? In front of such dilemma in my silent realm thou art.

(Lúthien) I shall fain elect my passing love, Judge, which decaying it is not,
For when flesh in the end shall be consumed, our spirit from the material halls is to part, to an unknown harbour headed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jul 2017, 03:10
Mist veileth the sea and all shall conceal



The Queen of the Powers commanded and then so it was, that a mist of magic upon the seas of Aman be,
Until the curse is cured and the ban lifted, before which none may pass the tides of those waters unspoiled, nor may mariners memories of their journey in mind hold.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2017, 01:40
Only a song shall do



I wonder, often, whether we may have certain knowledge of what occurred in the Hither-Lands,
If to us knowledge of those bloody yet grand deeds manifest might be,
For we in bliss dwell, but far from mortal fortunes and sorrows which here could never be,
Only a song shall do, I would tell thee, in music much is told and even the impossible via words life can take.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2017, 18:35
The Mystery Unveiled



Hearken, People who dwell in these broad lands and much plain, I am Sauron,
The Abhorred, the cruel servant of the Evil incarnated,
I shall now reclaim what is mine and by me only crafted,
For the hour is just for a new darkness, to cover the sunny skies of Middle-earth and any who dares to contest me in chains to bind.

Foolish guides and vain leaders of no valour, kneel now and despair,
Those advices should never have been listened to, those gifts never accepted, that old knowledge never learnt, whose eerie source in disguise I was,
May your will against you act, once the foul treachery you eventually realise,
The Rings of Power were by their root cursed and to me they shall ultimately be returned!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2017, 21:32
The Song of the Elements



Earth, the skeleton of all thou art, with thy ways below the very structure of Arda sustaining,
Thy bones the highest mountains hold and far continents keep together, be it plains, hills or surfaces of blue under the sea,
Indeed, the gravest sorrows and wounds to thee have been inflicted, as the mightiest forces of the World against one another waged war, since what of time the beginning was,
To Aulë, to the Smith-Vala thou respondest, having him government over anything which of Matter consisteth, moulding and to an infinite kind of things giving actual fashion.

Water, thou coverest all pits and depths on the surfaces, thus an immense vastness creating, ever-wavering, voluble and indomitable as real freedom,
Routes for great ships and home to a grand range of marine creatures, foul or noble the kind,
In wrath thou much perilous and treacherous might become, when storms beyond the horizon rage and wind thy path ruleth,
Thou servest the Sea-Vala Ulmo, Lord of all oceans, and to him news and every whisper of mortal deeds thou bringest, as via rivers, lakes and streams there is naught thou may not reach.

Fire, often despised and by living beings hated, a part of the firmament thou nonetheless art,
With the property of doing and undoing reality as thou wishest,
Too many times the Evil thee hath used, to avail its fell plans and terror on Arda to provoke,
Melkor, the Dark Vala, thus of thee made extensive usage, although thou good also hast done, in Aulë's creations and in keeping the weary flame of hope always alive.

Air, ocean of winds and breezes, above what liveth and breatheth thou were put,
To embrace all lands with thy gentle touch, and the course of daily existence from the heavens to guard,
Should thou move fast and swift across territories and waters, dreadful events for all might befall,
Yet thou of Manwë Súlimo, Holy Spirit, art the domain, and his Eagles throughout skies long journey and vigilant on Middle-earth always remain.

Light, dominant and mightiest of all the other ones,
Thou over darkness winnest and thy splendour the halls of Eä as a whole rekindleth,
And of Stars thou art life and the only heart, and immortal, eternal and imperishable beyond the circles and skies of Arda they stand,
It was Snow-White Varda who Light in the universe hath brought, timeless symbol of Ilúvatar the Almighty, since the founding of the ancestral Two Lamps, the mythical Two Trees and of the Sun and the Moon which now our dwelling bright and warm make.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2017, 22:38
Fair guests, the Rulers of Arda your noble lyrics in their halls of diamond shall fain hear



Fair Vanyar, the King and Queen of Eä to your majestic lyrics shall fain pay attention,
For naught else them merry and joyful rendereth, than hearing jubilant voices along their vast halls of diamond at the apex of Arda,
Upon their throne they shall thus hear and with care contemplate, the arts of the Eldar that to the Archangels are immensely dear,
May ye, Fair Elves, never be shy nor to sing unsure, as silent places in a heavy burden for one's heart often result, when one just some little rhymes and pure poetry to rejoice at the World needeth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jul 2017, 23:02
Envy, this the proud kingdom has marred



Envy, slithering smooth as a thin serpent, all it seems to consume and spoil,
Grand deeds, long-time friendship and the valour of the old times, of which very little has now in the Third Age of Arda persisted,
Snide acts of the most malicious sort, of whom can't accept that glory and talent might choose someone else to bless, of whom can't accept that power is held by those who the burden may bear,
Alas, it is envy that the proud kingdom of Men has marred, and always it waits for the just time, to loosen the ties of amicable courtesy and our hearts frozen to render.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jul 2017, 02:04
Free I am! And loose and indomitable as the deep sea!



Free I am! And loose and indomitable as the deep sea under the blue of Arda,
Vain the effort of those who for the dominion of my heart seek, and fool the attempt of such an empty act,
For to myself only I belong, and friendship, bond and love with me only in pure terms you may have,
As the arrogant one's will shall fail and the ill-intentioned request shall be denied,

And the true valour and strength only via wisdom and endurance might be shown to me, with these being the real nature that gallantry may grant,
May you of this spoken truth be very certain, that I shall never be conquered by violence and by the crude touch of tyranny swayed,
Cruelty I have already passed through and the immense grief to my heart this pain has brought,
While I saw my kin in blood, lifeless and silent in their stained harbour lying, by the sea which relief and defence for them all represented,

Hearken, legendary Craftsman and of the Noldor the new High King,
Never shall I avail your schemes and the perpetrators of the hideous murder by any means aid,
Right and just the time when my golden-silver locks to you were not gifted,
A raging soul by wrath and grudge poisoned, that very unlikely a comforting rest even within the Judge's grey domain shall ever find,

I am loose and fierce as the deep sea, which to my kin of the havens very dear is,
I am Nerwen of the House of the Fair, and wise and pious towards anyone in need,
My ancient ambitions may take me away from this blessed shore for a time I cannot foretell,
Yet memory of these green shires never undimmed shall be, along with contempt and great resentment for the vile hearts that the most terrible atrocity dared to commit.



Galadriel's pledge of revenge and utmost censure for whom had dared to stain the ways of the Teleri's harbour with the blood of the Elven kind. Possibly, the worst crime attributed to Fëanor and his House. Deep unfriendliness, if not hatred, would then be between the two characters up to the death of the very Smith.

(http://i.imgur.com/X4QNyeR.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jul 2017, 01:00
Beauty cold and pale, yet ardent the spirit as the very flame



A beauty born from winter and the cold of the heath,
Amidst bushes, frozen ground and the grass which always for survival fights,
Sharp and fierce the character, but a great heart indeed, kindled by grandness and braveness,
The maiden was soon taught to wield the sword, to defend her people and the Horse Lords' rule over the plain,

Cold and pale she may be named and deemed,
Such an ill-conceived thought this would be,
As, if appearance shows itself in the winter's fashion, very ardent is the spirit and proud beyond the thinkable limit,
Who the Shield-Maiden could ever hinder, when foes fall at her feet and her blade the dignity of the weakest with fiery resolve defends?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jul 2017, 02:34
A Hue of Sadness



A hue of sadness for the final tale, as a word of caution for the wise listener of these words,
In the midst of jubilation and joy for the victory of whom for liberty had fought, one the other facet of reality should not indeed ignore,
For Men may rejoice at their triumph and at the reunited kingdom which newly light saw,
But the Elven kind knew very well what many for long time had been in silence murmuring,

That the Immortals' staying on the continent without a price was not, a toll which even victory demanded,
Waning and slow decay the Eldar would have awaited,
Alongside their splendid arts perishing, with their resilient realms under the trees or in the valley being doomed to follow the path of vanishing,
In tears, dismay and profound sorrow for the bitter conclusion,

Therefore, the Eldar of noble lineage thus the way of departure were ready to tread,
The Lady had left her realm and under the stars of the night through fields and plains she had ridden, wearing Nenya on her finger, depleted yet bright still in the absence of light,
As well as the Lord of the homely shelter beside the mountains, willing to be finally parted from the World and his love beyond the sea again to behold,
Weary and in sad sacredness, silent they journeyed to the Havens and from Middle-earth for the eternal bliss they eventually sailed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jul 2017, 12:03
Relief and comfort within the stone



In centuries these ramparts and hard walls of stone have been our sole defence,
For us, loose and often lone people of the desolate heath,
But also proud and much used to the harsh existence and of winter the crude touch,
Free we have always ridden, naught our path opposing, nor did our horses ever fail our command, fast and smooth across the fields,

In times, however, great necessity made it so that the defence of walls we had to use,
To fend off invasions and of aggressive hordes to halt the violent impetus,
The indomitable Horse Lords shall thus rely on their last bastion, pillars of the realm and for Middle-earth as a whole,
It is here, let us pray, that the arts of the treachery wizard shall find the bravest opponent, hoping that other auxiliaries might come for our aid, by the wise counsel of another mage guided.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Jul 2017, 23:36
The Plea

Eärendil begs the Powers to intervene.



Powers, mighty and fallacious in no case, ye should head thither and end of our pain the old root,
The venom that always the green garden of Arda hath poisoned and marred,
Both kinds request your coming at the last hour for the Light,
Lest the whole continent sink and drown in the abyss of darkness, erasing love, memory and gentleness of noble kind, which is the mysterious flame that all nourisheth and from mournful withering preventeth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jul 2017, 23:42
The Uncanny Gift



How could death ever be named a gift? The parting of your spirit and the profound grief of whom shall remain behind,
A curse it instead seems to be, plaguing mankind since the ancestral time,
As if the snares of the Evil were not enough, with violence, brutal force and terrible slaughter of an unspeakable kind,
Yet the Eldar insist, that the fortune of our being at the last moment we shall grasp, when our breath of life the ramparts of Eä leave, to the mysterious destination in glory headed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Jul 2017, 02:23
Woes to whom forsweareth their judgement



Woes to whom forsweareth their judgment, of the Powers who beyond the sea shall forever endure,
Their wisdom by the common standards may not be measured, being their nature holy and their will wholly pure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jul 2017, 00:59
Talent needeth nourishment and much care

An old Elven saying.



Thou, who livest merry in the solace of thy skilful arts,
Thou content of thy talent ought not to be,
For the hues of one's soul need care and often be nourished,
Not to talk about ill fortune, since many might see with envious eyes and thy path through snares they might hinder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jul 2017, 22:47
The Champion



Fierce his spirit, undaunted the sacrifice,
Of whom from the skies at last descended and the Evil Flame battled and triumphantly vanquished.

Of the Powers he is the Champion, whose might forever the Enemy shall dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jul 2017, 23:22
Cheer and at life rejoice



Cheer and at life rejoice, this sunny path we shall fain tread,
For the fortunes and fate of Dwarves mournful might be, but never grief nor dismay our hearts of stone shall completely conquer.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Jul 2017, 16:04
Our Bounden Duty



Our bounden duty? Is this what you ask, my Lord?
We must repel the menace and the peril outlive, riding fast towards the White Towers of the South,
Friendship there us awaits, and honour, valour and anything which the warrior's heart with glory rekindles,
Let us fulfil the pledge and battle for the sake of Men in the last mighty conflict, unto end and ruin for our soul and feeble body of matter.



'White Towers' is a rhetorical figure. It is a part of a whole concept, used to refer to the entire totality. In this case, the white towers the knight of Rohan is talking about are the white towers and walls of the White City of Gondor.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Jul 2017, 23:37
It doth make a difference



My Lady, I doubt whether my spirit by courage could ever be lit,
For I am simple and much the joys of life fancy, instead of a grand quest, noble armies and bloody battles.

Peregrin Took, more inside thee thou in truth hast, and even the little doth often make the difference, when true courage and love thy deeds command.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jul 2017, 13:52
Quick, lands shall sink into the deep blue



Eldar, time for our kind is up in these shires of sorrow,
We won the hardest battle of all,
Of which anyone across the halls of Valinórë shall be told,
Yet we must face fate and the ending chapter accept, to retain our lives and live tomorrow.

Quick, the Hither-Lands shall soon be in the depth of the blue, wounded the continent in the war and immense tragedy brought, albeit the sound of victory dear to us all.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jul 2017, 21:25
To whom wandereth in Mandos



To whom wandereth in Mandos may these lyrics be dedicated,
Be he the weary Elda who in silence his fate awaiteth, in hopes to behold again the golden wheat in the sunny fields of Valinórë growing,
Or the proud Man who for little time lingereth, just to depart in the end towards not known harbours,
We do hope, pray, the much yearned solace eventually they shall find, as the spirit resteth and from stains it is washed by the waves of sanctity.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Jul 2017, 21:54
Magnanimity is not seldom the truest wisdom



Kindness for the good heart and ever-relentless,
In that purity and love shall never be extinguished,
A life might be spared for whom repentance chooses,
Yet only in justice and good will, for the grave sins of the Evil we shall not cease to condemn.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2017, 00:38
The line of blood that is forgotten



Of the prime Lords of the Eldar they talk, and of a valiant House of Men, and even of an Angel who the paths of the World in antiquity used to tread,
Dispersed it is in these days, yet not lost, if not in the fallacious memory of Men,
The legendary line undimmed and never broken,
United, the fate and fortunes of us all it shall in the end mould, radiant in glory the kin of the Two Twins.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2017, 15:48
That foreboding sensation



That foreboding sensation on the verge of a storm,
Being at the ends of order and peace,
The tide is turning in fury and its place in the World reclaims,
Gathering clouds on the horizon which naught but fear command,

A dreadful force its entire might on the other shore is ready to unleash,
Swift the blow and sudden the flick,
To breach all hopes and our fate to make ill,
Unless one acts and valour in the grave hour shows, to vanquish malice and its schemes useless to render.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2017, 16:39
Queen of all that is green

Yavanna, thou art the Queen of all that is green,
Of all branches and arms that in the underground dwell,
Of Nature itself thou hast the total domain, and to thee only the vital force running in trees respondeth,
Thy grandest deed are with no doubt the lost Two Trees, which still live somewhere again and the reminiscence of old often rekindle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jul 2017, 00:30
Smoke the fashion of Rings takes



Very heated the assembly and naught of good from the final judgement came,
As the two wizards to bandy words with each other decided, one moved by the purest will and the other much staunch in his secrecy,
When the Grey Pilgrim gave up talking and hope lost to find the just compromise,
He then started to smoke with worrying care, and the very smoke at times seemed the fashion of Rings to mirror.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jul 2017, 15:22
That malice shall not pass the ends of this world

During the Council of Elrond, the question arises from the guests: why can't we just send the One Ring to the West?



No, my dear guests, this I won't permit,
That malice to pass the mortal ends is given chance,
For none of the merry souls that there reside that artefact would fain accept,
Lest the peace of Eressëa or of the diamond-carved harbours of Eldamar in jeopardy be,
When they to open the door to that great evil give way, and hither still to face up to the revenant Sauron bound we would nonetheless be.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jul 2017, 19:04
It is not a fate of many



Love saved the World and the impossible made real,
Stones undid, the foulest bowed and the Tyrant knelt,
Not a fate of many throughout the old ways of Arda,
Not a common force among the wonders of history's grand characters.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2017, 15:59
A great gleam our kind awakened

Men recall the first coming of the Sun.



This the oldest ones of us clearly remember,
That a great gleam of warm light our kind awakened,
But it was beyond the mountains and all was somber,
When our journey we had not commenced yet and naught life on this world threatened.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2017, 21:51
Solitary Lady



Solitary Lady, shores near the infinite thou wanderest,
At the ends of the ends thou lone dwellest,
Ways to the many forbidden thou silent treadest,
Thread of sorrows, laments and memories of somber kind.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jul 2017, 17:34
A golden gaol it is!

The Craftsman of the Jewels addresses the crowd in Kôr.



Subjects, valiant and skilful kind of these undying shires,
You I have gathered along the squares of Kôr of many towers and palaces,
Amidst the wonders which our very hands have crafted,
Hither we have come, to do without the vain words hitherto said,

My father hath been assassinated, by the very Enemy that the Powers to free from captivity decided,
Ye may have wandered what to do now, when the bliss of the Trees us hath forsaken and it shall be so in perpetuity,
The Enemy, a cursed name now he beareth, hath marred the splendour of this sunny domain, and our precious Jewels he took with theft,
The worst crime hath been committed and the utmost revenge it thus commandeth,

The bright Powers I shall not trust,
The seed of the Evil they have let grow in their own realm,
The ambitions of our fiery kind they have caged,
For this I shall never cease to state, a golden gaol the Blessed Realm became.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jul 2017, 19:53
Eyes in the Night



Claws, fangs and horrible death,
The pass in the ravine was in the end bewitched,
Haunted by ghosts and horrors by magic assembled,
This is the art of the mighty Sorcerer who in the fortress dwelleth, many shapes he may take and the Tyrant serveth with malicious will.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jul 2017, 23:57
We are the ones who never falter



We are the one who shall not falter, undimmed our piety and adamant the loyalty,
With patience the coming of the Immortals on Númenor we wait for, for any visit of theirs is to be a jubilation of ours.

(http://www.dana-mad.ru/gal/images/Ted%20Nasmith/The%20Silmarillion/ted%20nasmith_the%20silmarillion_3_akallabeth_the%20downfall%20of%20numenor2_ships%20of%20dunedain.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2017, 14:06
Wailing Angel



Such a sorrowful tragedy for a mother, but even more for whom her daughter the most used to love,
An immortal pearl among the trodden mortal ways, said to be the fairest and the mightiest of her kind,
But the Angel content was, to know that her kin the imperishable love had found,
Yet, the sudden murder of her noble husband, the king who would never have died, a void with no solution created in her life, and then the Angel vanished from this world to depart for her holy shires beyond the sea, wailing and mourning for her sad fate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2017, 16:34
The yearning of never-ending life



It was in truth the prelude of the decadence of Men,
When clouds began to gather in a menacing manner above the skies of friendship,
And when the proud king a very impossible of a desire with unceasing longing would yearn,
The life which never ends, whose tenure Angels and Eldar solely could have, as the seed of ignorance and resentment in the frail heart of Númenor was well planted.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2017, 18:07
The Spirited Vibe



Even the wisest scholars often wonder,
The cause and secret of that spirited video along the green lands of the western ends,
In which Half-Men are said to dwell,
And every day is a merry adventure, among voices, parties and daily businesses, as well as in front of the warm hearth, where tales entrench their stories and souls greatly rekindle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2017, 20:59
Wilt thou take my hand?



My love, wilt thou take my hand in ill fate and dreadful peril?
Wilt thou be apt for the immense challenge?
Will thy will bring thee even beyond life, death and the circles of the very World?
This I feel, that Love shall demand the highest toll, for whom Love hath been the brightest of the blessings.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 12:36
In perpetual faith



In perpetual faith I solemnly swear,
That Elves and Men their efforts shall share,
In the fashion of the far merry days of old,
Surely, in our dreams it is a beautiful spectacle to behold,

We would fain head to the destiny to which our fate us led,
But the challenge we shall face and these bloody ways we shall tread,
Death might be the somber outcome of all and the ill possibility,
Yet we strive much to contest the Evil and in our beloved lands to bring serenity.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 13:19
The only exception



Men are not to be granted that marvellous privilege,
To be welcomed in the sunny realm of whom this universe from imagination has raised,
Ainur and Eldar, the sole ones who are in this blessed tale,
Their being does not suffer decay and the passing of time their ever-crystalline mind does not displease,

Whereas, the feeble Man much suffers the adversity of the outer places,
Cold, Heat, Illness and all that due to the ancestral rebellion to Arda was brought,
And the eternal pace of time Men could never sustain, longing to end nostalgia and pain of physical and mental kind,
Yet an exception we have been told about in some tales, that one of the Mortals challenged the waves and as a blessed guest to enter bliss he was given consent.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 14:12
So that Ulmo may reach thee from above

Manwë brings the rain in the World.



Winds, I command that a task be done for the good,
Green deeds of my holy kind request aid and nourishment from the heavens above,
And I shall also give it to the Children who are to come,
Sadness and gloomy spirits might provoke, but many shall be content of that and at the wonders of the skies they shall in jubilation rejoice.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 15:11
The Legacy of the Stars



Stars were the prime and first,
To kindle light in the Void and the cold to make warm,
From the Queen's thoughts they had come out,
Albeit the pale and far radiance, immortal they still stay, when the mightier light on the World via snares and malice had been unfortunately darkened.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 16:07
The Untold Truth



Many have wondered why that befell,
The cause of the ending of the perfect symmetry that once the prime quality of matter was,
The riddle a very right of a response seems to have,
That decay entered the lyrics of the Ainur along with anything good, and forever it shall be with us unto the new moulding of all.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 18:01
The eerie green, and loose it grows



The Forest of the World has seen much of what was and is,
For different kinds of forces the vast woods their dwelling have made,
Just to accommodate their wishes and secretive designs,
Green is ever-calm and with the Evil does not side, yet eerie the paths have been turned and the plant now to grow loose and wild decides,

What has been of the government of old in those old forests? An Istar is even thought to reside there, but very few of him hitherto have known.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2017, 20:51
The last bloody contest



It has all befallen at the unveiling of the arcane relic,
Which for an entire era had rested in careful care, just to wait for the proper scope,
Unusual hands the One Ring from a common river took, and murder was sudden and the curse soon,
When a quest was about to be at the apex, the Artefact a new owner found, of humble and gentle kind,

Until the time was just and the seed of malaise had long been acquiring strength,
The Dark Lord demanded his Ring back, and in doing so a total war he then waged,
Against the ones who liberty cherished and much to defend from the claws of tyranny had,
The pawns had been prepared and thus violence was given way to spread,

Albeit staunch and obsessed to conquer the will of whom was free,
Sauron and his minions had to withstand the most adamant of the defences,
With heroes of the bravest deeds being the legendary authors, and the different races at the end managed to cooperate,
The Evil was vanquished by the joint effort and akin ghosts from the Fourth Era of Arda forever banished shall be.

(http://wallpapercave.com/wp/wGdMqA1.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Jul 2017, 22:03
The Decree



My dear Angels of bright fashion,
Ye thought much and through the immensity of my Timeless Halls wandered,
The Plan is now in-being and the labours of the Ainur it needeth,
Manwë, thou shalt watch over the reign of matter which is to be, and in my name my wonders thou shalt do.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2017, 02:29
Humble and merry soul

Elrond has some words for Bilbo.



Humble and merry soul of an old kind,
You may certainly stay and rest within my valley enchanted and bright,
Solace from fatigues, knowledge and serenity you could find,
If that is your true wish, at which your heart in truth rejoices.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-QxupJNAoZg
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2017, 13:39
The will to strive



Will and passion the endeavour aid, as old sayings that with knowledge were made,
And so we try, seek and learn, for naught is ever-easy nor simple to yearn,
Practice may mould what was then born flawed, in good-will and tough effort,
All arts shall be always at hand for whom is up to the task, so that the Evil fears the knowledge of Men and their great fatigues in the lands that lie hither.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2017, 21:34
The majestic blade



It was forged with the wisdom of the masters of crafting,
Imbued by the antique magic of the Elven kind,
For it must serve an imperative task in the lands of hope and grief,
Its silver blade shall cut and vanquish the fell and his plans,
Its metal neither flame nor illusion dreadeth,
The servants of darkness shall suffer its bright blow,
The Flames of Morgoth shall not any proper defence,
Sword, fly swift and sure, may justness prevail and make the opponent wail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2017, 23:52
Ye shall bring renewed hope

Varda kindles one of her greatest fatigues: a new constellation for the dark Middle-earth. A warning for Melkor.



The Powers have saved light and bliss,
They have brought them hither, in the West of the westernmost ends,
Although most of the World is bound to face darkness and the Evil's snares,
I shall kindle a new chain of Stars to warn the Enemy about his fate of defeat, so that the feeble radiance may bless the ones who are to awake, along with Melkor by doubt and fear being from the root consumed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2017, 16:30
The seeds of malaise



Is it always a design of the Evil that the seeds of malaise are being sown?
Indeed unfriendliness among good souls can prepare the ground for an obscure will,
It's thus of imperative note, that free kingdoms be faithful and staunch in the oath,
For much we need aid and concerted help, as about the common fate of this continent we all equally care.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2017, 19:12
The ways of the sea



The sundering paths of the vast sea mariners long to journey,
Without worries nor fears, as waves may reveal treachery and their power might burst with rage,
Yet the voyage must continue against bad fortune and ill fate,
For tasks they have to fulfil and the honour of success they at any time strive to achieve.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jul 2017, 17:18
Light and rumble beyond the peaks



We beheld much light and raging rumble beyond the peaks,
Sign of two great powers that each other were fiercely battling,
Terrible contest and spectacle to experience indeed,
Two Angels were said to have been part of the fight, and the remnants of that conflict somber mood and much ruin along the land left.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jul 2017, 20:45
A remnant of might and wonder



It was built in a time of conquest and pride,
While authority was being spread from the Island and any subject of human kind would bow,
A mighty fortress and tower, high and solid as the will and ambition of whom mocked the stone of Númenor beyond the sea,
The stronghold that only an Istar could then possess, and in its halls glory and thirst for dominion shall always dwell, to nurture and nourish even the grandest of the dreams.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jul 2017, 22:23
Staunch Loyalty



Loyalty and profound deep the quest of the Ring-bearer in need aided,
For the gleam of hope was ever present to rekindle the weary heart in its fatigue,
Neither the ghoulish breath of ghosts, nor the ardent flames of the volcano, this the path of destiny could not halt,
Unto the completion of the task and sunny days now make us all joyful, for in jubilation we vanquished the threat and eventually succeeded for the general salvation.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jul 2017, 17:18
The reign of terror



In great snare and sudden wars the Rings were in his dark hands,
Elves were suffering the expiation of their sin, for to deceiving words and sham counsel their ears had listened,
The Dark Lord was free and boundless to chain Middle-earth,
And Men of the continent dreaded him in utmost desperation and him their king they had named.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Aug 2017, 04:28
The valiant sacrifice



Valiant and undaunted the immense toll,
Of whom had opted to fight for the sake of the just kind,
The brave Champion and supreme King the unthinkable did,
As he faced the one-time mightiest of the Powers and the terrible blow of the Enemy's hammer.

He shall live in legends and tale, undefeated the spirit and unconquerable in glory the valour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Aug 2017, 19:26
The uncanny presence



It is always not of this world and in fantasy uplifted,
What is touched by magic and has its being bewitched,
Easy or hard to tell, one ought not to indulge unto late times,
As a presence, uncanny and often mighty, is lively somewhere and of that you must be aware.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Aug 2017, 21:11
Nay, thou wilt not be given it



I, pride monarch and lord of the Five-pointed Star,
I demand an answer and to receive favourable responses I much long,
For the never-ending life we desire as well, and certainly we wouldn't think ill of our friends beyond the sacred limits,
Yet silence from Valinor seems to be now the norm,

Nay, King of Men, thou wilt not be given the privilege, as immortal life is deep in the nature of the Elven kind, as at the Beginning it was decreed, and naught reality in some ways might change.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Aug 2017, 23:03
Swift and ruthless



Wrath and terrible grudge,
The Dark Lord defeat had not expected,
But truth disclosed its course to him in the worst of the manners,
As his pawn was vanquished by the endurance of the People of the Heath, and the Shepherds of trees the antique stronghold of Men eventually reclaimed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Aug 2017, 00:23
To whom fell and hither lieth



I shall sing for whom fell in perilous fate and hither lieth, with the mortal soil as an impious grave,
Although some say, that most of the bright Eldar who fought now rest in Valinórë the holy realm, without the burden of time, sorrow and grief, which the ways of Arda always make somber and grey.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Aug 2017, 13:01
Kôr, splendour of Eldamar



Kôr, thou art the joy and pride of the Elven Home along the narrow shores,
The green and sacred shire of our kind, to stay and remain as testimony for all the Eldar elected,
Hither the first ones who sailed had arrived, and two Elven kinds resided in might and glory,
Unto the very Noon of Valinórë, as the Fair finally their fear gave up and ready to embrace the bliss over the Wall they were.

The City of Towers thus the domain of the proud Noldor became,
Seat of the High King of old wisdom and his kin skilful and noble,
The dust of diamonds one may sense and touch among the ways of thy grandness, Kôr of towers and jewels,
The wonders of thy rulers were crafted in solace and quiet vibe, destined to mark the time of this world in manners unknown to the most.

(http://i.imgur.com/xzhHNS2.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Aug 2017, 14:51
Melkor, I am the one who IS



Thou shalt not behold thy plans achieved,
Melkor, I am the one who IS and from whom reality life received,
All is in my Plan, and my Plan is all,
This thou needest remember and forever thou wilt be told.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Aug 2017, 15:35
The juggernaut of justice



Justice and reparations for unfair conduct,
Valinórë has never condoned nor forgiven the malice of its foes,
And all fault have been punished across water, wood, stone and ground,
So that retribution may be provided, and the authority of the King of Arda in front of naught shall stop or fail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Aug 2017, 19:59
We shall not meet again

The Lady bids her farewell to the king of the reunited kingdom.



Farewell, new monarch of peace and rule,
We shall not meet again after my parting from this grand festivity,
I am to pass through the sea and depart from this world in which I have no part,
For the new era which is soon to come shall be the age of Men, and of the Mortals the glory.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2017, 00:51
Sword, thou shalt glow in danger



Sword, thou art crafted with the means of the Noldor's kind,
The mightiest in this deed and mastery of forging we have learnt,
So that our nature is in thee in equal way, whose fashion none may mirror nor imitate,
Thou shalt thus glow in danger, for thou can sense the fell soul and its cursed nature battle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2017, 02:08
Whom he loatheth



He tried once, before Time and Space,
To approach her and seek for her friendship,
She declined and him rejected,
And hatred shall be between them unto the end of times.

He loatheth her and the light she beareth,
And she was the first one to fathom his very nature and the roots of the Evil in him to recognise,
Snow-white Varda his deeds shall always in Eä oppose,
And the prowess of the mightiest Power shall pierce darkness and cleanse shadows on its path.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2017, 13:34
Will I be the same?



Will I be the same, Gandalf? Will I remain the humble soul that fancies the hearth and the warmth of my home?

Aye and nay, gentle Bilbo, for thy spirit at life shall always rejoice, yet adventure all moveth and the ways of the World make one wise about the most diverse things.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2017, 14:34
Fiery Locks



Fiery locks wonder and borders keep safe,
For centuries the guard has been staunch and well awake,
Yet freedom she loves in equal terms and much would fain the outside wonders unearth,
For the outer wilderness her heart nourishes with passion, to fight the good cause and never to abject ones to bow.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2017, 17:10
Honour, only this we have left



Men could suffer wounds and unspeakable pain,
Yet they are ever-resilient by nature and none of their efforts is in the end vain,
The common man loves life even in adversity, with kind company of wife, son and daughter,
And the human genre shall remain to endure, as its fate is not to pass beyond the water.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2017, 23:45
Waves untamed and free



No wonder why the Elven kind by the swift and wavering blue of the sea is ever-moved,
It seems their nature is hailed and adores the image of what could be beyond those ways,
Ways untrodden for the most part and untamed,
Because the cursed spirit have never dared to challenge the indomitable force of the oceans, nor have they ever nourished the longing for its rule.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Aug 2017, 01:47
Resolve of stone



The Dwarven rule of these glorious halls we shall not forsake,
Even if the grand peril will bring ruin to our doorstep,
Even if my life is to be the toll for our last noble deed,
Even if corpses and great grief will be the leavings of the upcoming clash,

This realm we have conquered with toil and grave sorrow,
A fire-breathing dragon was vanquished and slain, so that we could again the mighty furnaces light,
And a Dwarven king paid the quest with his own life,
But friendship he had found again and the monsters of his mind were forever gone for good.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Aug 2017, 02:36
My Kingdom



Eä to me sole hath been in faith entrusted,
I shall fulfil the oath and the Plan of the Almighty defend by all means,
For malice the bright Ainur hath followed in this world of matter,
And we thus must safeguard the precious being of these halls and permit our prowess to mould what still needeth be shaped.

The mightiest of my kind to me only shall respond, and any decree and deed is my will and my will shall reflect.

(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/7/7a/Manwe_Sulimo_by_GustavoMalek.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121114161517)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Aug 2017, 17:31
Jubilation and success



The fruit of one's labour and much strife,
Efforts poured in grand fatigue and strenuous the process as never before,
Yet endeavour might be eventually rewarded by facts and good results,
For never has a saying been truer than the common man's knowledge: no matter how tough and hard, the way opens when will is up, to move even the mightiest mountain and the sundering waves to calm.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Aug 2017, 23:53
The Vessel of Hope



Thou hast come in the darkest of the days,
Whose bloody toll ill and terrible for the Good was,
Great fire and ruin was cast against the Holy Host,
Yet a bright Star pierced the fog of doubts and burst with sacred light kindle valour another time.

(https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/tolkien/images/d/d4/E%C3%A4rendil_affronta_Ancalagon_by_Denis_Gordeev.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170626153236&path-prefix=it)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Aug 2017, 23:29
The Pilgrim and the peak



The sharpness of the peak he crossed with resolve,
A task he was given by the Lady who does not die,
For an enquiry into the remnants of an old grudge,
To visit the tomb of the bane of the North, for riddles demand knowledge and must be solved.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Aug 2017, 01:15
The den of obscure hunger



Dark den of gruesome kind,
In terror it is known by evil and good mind,
Hideous the creature that there dwells and her hunger never ceases,
She is the offspring of whom in Arda once spread of darkness the malicious seeds.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Aug 2017, 02:26
Roots, leaves and raging branches



The fallen Istar deemed his rule not questionable and triumphant all the time,
The unpardonable crime of joining the Enemy and betraying the Light,
To build industry and machinery from the arising ashes of crafting, neglecting the love for life and the green that lives from the old days of the World,
Yet the antique roots and branches that guard the forest turned out to be the ruin of the wizard's design, as he dared too much and the wrath of ancient forces mindlessly he caused.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Aug 2017, 16:20
They have sworn, and not so lightly



Why couldn't the kin of Fëanáro just call off the hunt?
Why wouldn't they renounce vengeance, which hitherto only pain hath given?

They may not, for theirs was an oath that never broken shall be,
It is written in the book of fate, that always the Jewels are their imperative goal, albeit strife and grief for of Arda the whole.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Aug 2017, 00:31
The Rebirth of Hope



In need and fear, the fell mind always tries to come back,
To return in the World which it seeks to dominate,
Beware, evil soul, for the Good its hopes nourishes too,
And new saviours come for the rescue of all mankind, in sacrifice and fatigue, to make the legend and end the menace.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Aug 2017, 23:32
Imagination and fiery passion



The fiery force which life gives,
Which moulds things and shapes the not-defined,
It is this path that matter has conceived, from sheer thought and will,
Yet one needs more, for only an infinite love could fashion reality in a so splendid manner, whereas the fell kind knows only corruption and naught of sincere wit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 00:03
Smear tactics



Along the heath many lies have been spread, as one may hear and notice,
A venomous mouth has told phoney tales, because fear of the Good the common man must have,
And so they say, in truth and dreadful way, that ghosts dwell under the trees of Lórien,
And that a mighty sorceress rules the spirits in there, shaping webs of lies and deceit, to frustrate the knights and to bring nightmare to the farmer who much works on his labour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 00:42
The Lady who does not die



Famous and renowned, awe and fear it might be,
It is nonetheless certain that the people of Gondor know her name,
As an antique Elven Queen, who resides in a golden domain, secluded and hidden from the outer shires of the known World,
And the tale goes, that she wields great power and that time may not menace her never-ending beauty which long ages endured.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 12:33
A sad tale



The Lord of Imladris bears the weight of sorrow,
In many facets and numerous ways, as he fought valiant and proud,
Since the last grand conflict of the Elder Days, and all he loved and his shelter he had to defend from the creeping shadow of the East,
Until he bode farewell to his one-time radiant wife and love, for much she suffered and for departure with unceasing desire she had started longing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 14:46
The Moon-city



It is one of the pearls of Gondor for sure,
Carved into malicious stone, beside a realm of terror and tyranny,
Because it is a stronghold, guarded and robust, to watch over and ever-vigilant remain,
At the footsteps of the Evil which in any moment lurks and waits,

And this is certainly a somber of a story, sung in tales and much among the grey ways of the Third Age spoken,
For the Enemy has exactly returned one day,
A nightmare of old times in the past, a gruesome power which the frozen North used to terrorise,
It returned anew, and the fair city of moonlight in horror was turned, ghoulish and horrible for any eye that still cherishes love and honour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 15:33
The burden of the fight



Elves are fair, immortal and the wisest kind that has ever trodden the paths of this world,
Yet their power in the antique times has always been contested by considerable amount of enemies of foul nature,
And here we have finally come, to the end of this idle and grey age,
In which the Elven prowess seems to be on the verge of waning, silent and religious, while the heavy burden of the fight to the mortal race shall be inexorably appointed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 21:15
Something may be written on the paper



It is not always that one may dig into the dust of the past,
If not with distant rumours that people like to spread and murmur,
Yet the ones before us may have been wiser than the common knowledge might think,
For traces and remnants might be hidden in words and decaying paper, secured and from the hostile sight safeguarded.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2017, 21:51
The fortress is faltering



We may clearly sense, and feel and hear,
That the last bastion of High Men is succumbing to fear,
The wobbly rule does not seem to grasp, and rarely does their gaze turn to the holy West,
As the hour gets much grim and from all sides of the ends flourishes the sheer unrest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Aug 2017, 02:06
The hearth is still lit, for friends



Any Dwarven soul knows, that the hearth is ever-lit for the amicable company,
As it should be in both merry and ill fate, when friends may go yonder for a quest and spend much time of glory, or when they lie proud and royal on a burial stone, undimmed the memory and the hero lone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Aug 2017, 16:10
Mesmerise



What is it that anything of Elven type seems to shine?
Bright and radiant, it is ever-lit and always kindled,
There is that mysterious aura which no art of mortals may mirror,
And we are always caught in joy and splendid spectacle, in the moment in which our inner conscience is mesmerised.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Aug 2017, 22:14
A torch in the night

Minas Tirith.



Thou shalt be the last shield of ours in the hour of peril,
The stone which vicious wind and water faceth in strong endurance,
A torch in the eerie night that this grim era representeth,
But also a vigilant sentinel beside the mountains of doom, from whence the Evil shall probably spread soon.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Aug 2017, 22:49
The ways of solace



Gentle Hobbit, the ways of solace thou wilt leave in good time,
This is due to a quest which thou hast longed deeply in thy heart,
And perilous challenges await thee too,
Pray, thou shalt live up to the task and thy life thou wilt then have totally changed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Aug 2017, 01:52
The sea, which naught might tame



Why dost thou try in vain? Why art thou willing to tame the waves?
Why dost thou want to control the blue through which mighty armies paved their way?
None may and all yearning that shall fail,
For those ways are never completely trodden and an indomitable force dwelleth in the water, and over anything below the surface it reigneth and ruleth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Aug 2017, 15:18
The grievous harvest



Much along lands and souls hath been sowed,
Within the intricate thread of time which hath constantly flowed,
Thou hast surely its signs seen, and the burden thou bearest,
Of Arda in sad times and horror the grievous harvest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Aug 2017, 16:49
The trap



While the Lidless Eye on the united host shall be focused,
The humble hero shall pass through venomous ground and ashes,
Because he must reach the peak and crack where all has started,
To throw the Evil in the very fire it has often made usage of for its dark arts of obscurity.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Aug 2017, 23:59
The enchanted axe



It was a gift of the Lady of decisive note,
As all the people of the woods equally longed to join the general struggle,
Henceforth, a relic from another age did seem the right tool,
For its metal was not of the common type, in that the magical hand of the Angel-queen had touched it and bewitched made it.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 00:38
The kingdom of peace



Much time and countless struggle, this is the weight of rule and of authority the sacrifice,
The Lord of Eä hath poured his all in the duty of imperative significance, as the One wished and wanted in the place in which dream and eternity have government,
Somber the tale hath been sung, yet courageous the attempt and deed to rectify anything that the plan of serenity did not follow as one would like,
By mistake, by error and remedy history hath been at our behest written in the pages of Arda, immortal and ever-present for all to notice, should one doubt the only true word.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 01:12
Thou hast not, Mithrandir



Elf, Man or Dwarf would not such evil ever borne,
Nor one of the Flames could they ever hoped to vanquish for the good and all,
For unlikely is the will of the Children to withstand the arcane nature and might of the Enemy's demons,
Who lurked centuries in the stone and havoc they spasmodically seek to wreak along our ways,

Thou hast not forsworn the contest, Mithrandir,
Thou hast fallen in the darkest ravine of desperation,
Thou could not let the Flame to wander free in the grey age of the World,
Thou fought and on the highest peak great fury of clouds and bolts thou hast summoned, to arm thy sword with lightning and with the sacred power to obliterate the foe.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 01:40
Mother, I shall journey yonder



Mother, thy tears are void I may not fill in grace,
Thou needest wait for me and hope never make forlorn,
I shall now journey yonder and embrace the new fate I am to render mine,
Thither I am bound to head, and there with a new name I shall probably be remembered, unto the time of return, in which thou art to hail me in the manner thou hast hitherto done.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 15:04
The breath of life



The breath of life is sole and pure,
By one sole force granted and meant to always endure,
And none of the others may the privilege boast,
To give the flame of life to lifeless matter, and to liven this world with what we care indeed the most.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 17:02
Water, lead me to the goal



Water, I dreamt thee in a night of nightmare and frightening phantoms,
But I know that thou wishest to send me an imperative message of hope,
I thus pray and ask that thou lead me thither in favourable fate,
So that I shall embrace my future and a new city in a mountainous chain may be raised.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 22:16
Yonder, where all would fain voyage



The burden of time is indeed borne on thy shoulders in grand fatigue,
For thou hast the paramount task,
To guard of the Eldar the last havens, where grey vessels are always prepared to face the ultimate journey of one's life,
Beyond the sea, where all would fain voyage.

Shipwright, the last ship shall await thee on the mortal shores of the World, and beside thee shall be the saviour of our times.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 23:11
The tale is not to end in grief



At the pinnacles of Gondor we wait to outlive the end and in hope to trust the good fortune,
Even in the grimmest of the hour, amidst the battle that is to reach us in short time,
But here, among the sentinels of the White City, there is the White Wizard who with us shares the strife,
And he narrated a story unknown and unheard for the most, that bliss is beyond the western seas and that human life does not cease after the violent parting.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2017, 23:45
The ambush at the cold heath



Nay, this may not be,
The king of the Horse Lords and his guard have met a sad event far from the stone-made shelter of the Deep,
As people murmur that an ambush on the cold heat has taken place, in which the dreadful howl of wolves could be heard,
And all know which fell breed the Fallen Wizard hides in the dungeons of his dwelling, and it is marred, corrupt and indeed by the vicious magic mauled.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2017, 00:21
The girdle of benevolence



Too much different the green path used to be in the Elder Days,
In the Hither-Lands of which now little one commonly knows,
For those lands have sunk in the great sea, because much the World for its own liberated had to undergo,
And forests were ghoulish, and deadly and hideous as none in the present time might precisely picture,

Yet the foul magic which that kind of beasts could call and control was not to be found within the wooden ramparts of Doriath,
Governed by magic too and by a millennial wise rule,
And the Angel who there resided had veiled her domain with the strongest shield,
For love and old wisdom in Beleriand via the most formidable defence just needed to be secured.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2017, 01:10
The elegy of pity



Nienna treadeth the forbidden ways for all races secluded,
And she gazeth too at the sea which none may pass over nor sail,
Waiting and mourning as tales say,
For we have yet to face the last clash that is the universe to shape, where all shall be again unearthed and to the light finally brought, to judge the course to which time will have to eventually conform.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2017, 18:00
Ice shall melt and be gone, one day



Nay, we do not for a moment believe that the North under the frozen rule of witchcraft will perpetually remain,
And even when the remnants of old of the dying grand kingdom seem to vanish away, faster than dust and sudden clouds of menacing weather,
We shall live to see the days of renewed spring and joy,
In adversity, as the power of the Iron Crown preys on the leavings of our great legacy which is to be mostly forgotten by the common man, and as aid from the enchanted valley and the South appears to result in the definitive salvation of this tale.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2017, 19:43
He dared to make that title his



It was indubitably a great blunder of whom the manners of honour and valour has never known,
But also a crime we shall never condone,
The unpardonable act was to claim the title of king of all Men that then trod the ways of Middle-earth,
Thus spreading the ill word across all mortal seas and so attracting the interest of the proud king of the Island that with revenge burst.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Aug 2017, 02:51
He is the White Rider, fashioned in light



A gleam of purity pierced the vicious shadows of the weather hitherto storming,
And the sky responded with welcoming the warm rays of the day in the normal manner of nature's cycle, in the like of a captive just freed from his chains,
And then we clearly beheld a figure that only good and eternal good again meant, announcing his coming while fashioned in light, whom winds from the western ends by command followed, and he in the eventual hour of the odious deception of Saruman the end decreed.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Aug 2017, 02:43
Aye, we bear the tough life



Aye, we bear the tough life, the only one we went through since the beginning of our rural kind's tale,
It is the foremost struggle that we always in the hardest fatigue cherished, for the fortune of our people by sheer luck was not shaped,
But by sweat, harvest, wheat and hay, these being the very nourishment of our force and history throughout this long age,
And weather too played its part, which seldom mercy has had, yet cold and freezing winds one's heart resistant make, for from eerie arts and arcane spells far we are, and on our sole hands as real tools we indeed rely.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Aug 2017, 04:15
A bitter farewell, yet hope is still



She was noble daughter of royal heritage that lives in legends,
And she then has married the Elven Lord of the greatest descent in all tales,
Their sons were blessed by their imperishable love, although this merry story by the most sorrowful of the events was eventually tested,
With grief being too much of a burden for her to sustain, so that she opted for the last voyage in the end, leaving behind her sad beloved ones in darkening times, and grey and ill for the immortal soul.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Aug 2017, 00:20
The forbidden privilege



How could that be a concrete tale to be told? How could that be in line with legends and stories of old that antiquity to us has left?
Every moment we have been told that death is not to be opposed by the arts of whatever mortal who deems the deed favourable,
For the sad ending is a fate that all human share in equal term, but an exception did occur in the forgotten past of ours, whose mystery I fear shall never be unearthed,
That a noble man took the way of the open sea, when the blue had been sealed and to all denied, yet his mortal soul passed the mists of those waves, and they narrate that the gift of never-ending life to him by the divine will was then granted.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Aug 2017, 01:41
A hue of good faith



Sam, the portrait of the quest looks obscure at the sight and every passing day fate is ill-boding, and grim and somber for each character of the tale.

Mr. Frodo, what we could do with in dark hours is just a hue of good faith, which ever-present stays and in the darkest night as a guiding star bright remains.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Aug 2017, 04:21
Indomitable in front of the dreadful king



The Maiden of the heath had dwelt in the royal halls beside the king,
To the manners of the noble kind indeed used,
Yet the fiery passion was an ever-burning flame and her resolve for the fight never could fail, for the harsh life of the peasant she knew well, along with cold winters and frozen lands that for food cannot serve,
And the shield she bore proud and bold, the sword wielded and ruin upon the fell ranks ready to bring, unto the time when destiny made it so that the Maiden the King of the Dead had to contest, and albeit his witchcraft of ghoulish type, her blade pierced through the flesh-less body of the cursed spirit, dooming the wraith and trapping him in void of misery and gaol.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Aug 2017, 22:46
The fury of the common one



You, common souls, are destined to bear the heaviest brunt in this sad world of cruelty and rage,
With you being the chosen victim on whom the Evil finds pleasure in inflicting grievous wounds, and the existence of many in unjust violence has been taken,
Yet the forces who never rest have committed the error which none should make,
To think that the weak hand never could be armed with blade nor shield, but the real fire that hope gives is within the adamant resolve, to protect whom we love and the land which with toil long we have nurtured and sowed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2017, 01:30
The sheltering of the heir



It is not usual thing for the Lord of the Valley to allow strangers to linger in his own domain,
Lest secrecy be spoiled and the calmness of the sanctuary be put in much strain,
Apart from a brave mother that her kin only desired to render safe, within the arms of the gentle Elves of the last homely house of the western lands,
And a strong heir there was thus given relief, and manners of noble kind, and noble his deeds would in fact be, and grand, because hope a second chance was offered and the possibility seized.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2017, 01:54
Ye, woods ye shall tread in watchful pace



Subjects of mine and dear to me as naught else in this grey land of suffering,
Much we have gone through and the shadows us from the ancient seat of the throne off have driven,
Yet the wise woodland king a just cause in mind must have had, to move his people away and far, on the edges of the desolate North,
He wisheth and commandeth that new halls be built carved into the stone, sound and secure, to hide his new throne and for a thousand years to endure, while ye, gallant guard of the ends, ye these woods shall tread in watchful pace.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2017, 03:55
Thou, who toil and terror hast suffered, needest not despair

Galadriel has some words of comfort to say, to a weary soul that much has had to bear. This is an anticipation of what is to be narrated in the RPG story concerning the Siege of Lothlórien.



Weep, free thyself from the chains of dread and desperation,
Thou, who toil and terror hast suffered, needest not despair,
As the Lady is here for the rescue and to punish the fool enemy that hither hath dared to come,
Now, this sung words shall cast the spell, which to the good ear salvation give, and to the evil great confusion and of senses the utter failure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2017, 15:10
Joy stirs within me



Joy stirs within me, as I behold my realm safe and sound from the storm which great havoc has brought,
When I see the jubilant crowds welcoming the heroes of our time, who undaunted and firm their mission have never relinquished,
And I when I notice other races of this world that all pay homage to the victory we achieved through dreadful suffering and pain,
And the restored crown is now worn by the new king whom we have much awaited, crowned by the White Rider and well-boding the fate shall undoubtedly be.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2017, 18:29
Two remnants, a sole legacy



In the North, bitter and harsh, the foundations of a kingdom were then set, by the most loyal of the Men, whom in the Island they treated ill and bad, yet hope never he had lost and in profound sadness the raging signals from the westernmost ends he was able to fathom, in time to flee from the approaching catastrophe, yet the first wise king was slain in utter horror at the slopes of the volcano of ashes and tyranny, but the realm nonetheless prospered in the third era of the world, unto another disaster which in mayhem all had thrown, for winter came in sudden manner and the evidence of fell magic was apparent to see, and internal sedition made the deed easier for the foul leader of those sorcerers of obscure nature, and although enemies were driven off by concerted effort, we still mourn and wail, for only a miracle could bring back what it was and what in the cold was magnificently built.

In the broad South tales took a different course, for the initial struggle for defence was at the end a successful of a contest, when the might of the Ring failed and the southern kingdom set a careful watch over the venomous territories of the fallen Land of Shadow, and in the days of the Third Age the realm grew in strength and power, and its influence was spread via the waves of the sea, by the Mariner-kings of whom we have heard much in legends and stories, and this domain of glory passed the test time, until it was of the Free People the only shield against the revenant malice that had slowly recovered in the shadows of ignorance, and albeit the weakness and the king who on the throne is missed, stone is resilient and the memory of Númenor shall indeed withstand even the hardest of the challenges that time presents.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2017, 23:55
They shall find retribution and rest



We shall wail for the poor souls whose lives were lost in Arda's pages of eventful happenings,
Yet the sole grief cannot be the only emotion that fashions and shapes the memories of what befell and of the old remembrances which secrets cover, unbeknownst to the most,
Because we know that time shall indeed judge and give the just retribution that is to mirror the nature of justice,
And they shall rest in peace and solace in the halls that lie beyond reality and beyond that more, while the brave and gallant forces are to strive still and the fell foes on their knees will bend in defeat.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2017, 01:16
Mariner-kings



The Second Age was written on sorrow and mourning,
And even along the sundering waves of the blue, sailing ships and the resolve of an island-kingdom spreading might on a mainland that needed safety more than anything else,
Domain of the sea that was passed to the exiled successors of such legendary tradition,
When in the Third Age of the World monarchs of Gondor were named as mariners and sea-men, expanding their glory beyond the common borders and forced ancient rivals into respect and obedience.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2017, 12:17
The green ways will stay secure



It is a time of quick changes and rapid, rapid movement to which some may not be used,
Especially the gentle souls of the Shire who desire the secluded life and the calmness of a quiet existence among their many goods,
And rumours spread from over the ends of such sunny context, and tongues murmur concerned words and of a shadow rising where the Sun rises too, in the Far East unknown and uncanny,
Hence, many questions asked and clarifications demanded, but the Grey Wizard has said that they will stay secure, so far when light still shines bright and never dim.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2017, 23:34
The memory of Elves is not to vanish asunder



The thoughts of the Immortals shall not follow the sad fate of mankind's memory,
Because our mind never falters in doubt and ever-crystalline always the clearest portrait of the case,
They shall not vanish asunder,
Nay, and in perpetual manner our conscience they are to serve, to rekindle joy, fear, sorrow and grief, and the very story of this world which grimmer in time gets.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2017, 16:49
Four wishes of tyranny



1. Lands I desire to seize in brutal contest and all wealth to snatch, for none may prosper under the rule of darkness and all tributes to me sole dedicated shall be, for I am the King of Middle-earth, who stomps and liberty strangles.
2. Enemy forces and armies and weapons shall no longer exist, as no menace they could pose for me, ruler and strategist of unmatchable kind, the other intelligences will not resist the strife which is to be, and on their feeble minds through riddles and snares I am to prey.
3. None may leave nor depart from the continent which mine is and so always it will, not even the secluded routes that yonder the odious immortal kind lead, for Middle-earth is a prison from which escape cannot be.
4. And I yearn my Rings back in my hands at all costs, with wars that I wage and call for, because the only Lord of the Rings I am, their magic and art belong to me, and the foolish fingers that in ill-judgement decided them to wield, they are mine still, and so their people, shires and hills!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2017, 18:31
He fell, but not without just reason



Unspeakable sorrow and much void to fill, the wizard's presence was a beacon in the darkness and dim will,
He has now fallen in a ravine with no end as we know, for safety of the quest had in every moment the most vital role,
And he elected the way of suffering for the noblest of the causes,
When an ancient demon belonging to past eras the path of this World was again likely to tread, which is for all good souls terrible and the worst dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2017, 22:08
The scope for forgiveness



Thou hast the chance to remedy and mend,
In this hour of grim agony and suspension,
Because, what are quarrels, fights and internal unrest, if not issues that may be given the proper solution?
When there is resolve to accept and bear the toll of pardoning one's faults, for an evil will hath just awakened and of forgiveness no knowledge it hath.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2017, 23:01
Mercy is the might of the great



Humble Hobbit, thou dwellest in solace and from the troubles of modernity thou art well afar,
As thy people in their kind heart the same wish nourish, to live the quiet existence and to rejoice at the pleasure of fine food, wine and friends of spirited manners,
Yet, should adventure knock on thy wooden door, Bilbo, thou this ought to know,
That mercy is indeed the might of the great, and that genuine courage is shown, whenever lives are spared and when antique sins in good will thou pardonest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Aug 2017, 00:19
Winds, clouds and bolts I may move!



Hearken, nature of multiple and infinite colours, you are now to do as I command, as you my speech shall follow in awe and my orders true will be made, for I may bend your forces and of your potential I am to make good use.

Be it furious storm on the snowy pass, so that even the gallant Fellowship their pace will be forced to halt, and now spread my voice and spell, for I am Saruman and winds, clouds and bolts I may move!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Aug 2017, 15:48
What ought to be rectified



Cease your meaningless speech, subject of mine, you are a grand lieutenant of Gondor and of the defence of this realm you are the prime figure, yet I such allusions and defective words I do not accept.

Steward, my intention is not ill nor for smearing meant, but things do not bode well, this I and many noticed as well, and the force of our might diminishes in time as the flow of events inexorably passes, while stone gets weaker and weaker still, so that the legacy of our kind and the mastery of crafting quite seem to go afar from present times, and we equally fear that a nameless shadow might be hiding and recovering away from our sight, in the pits and ways of this World which to us all manifest are not, and therefore I would demand some things be rectified for good, because improper is the one who seeks to halt the flood once the dam no longer may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Aug 2017, 22:52
Gleams of hope



Gleams of hope we may see now,
Again in this world after years of dread and agony,
But just a foe was made captive in his tower and by the spirit of the ancient forest he was defeated, and the foe was too played and utilised as a tool, for the Lord of Mordor knows no friendship nor amicable bond,
The battle is now over for the cold mead of Rohan, but the storm will soon get revenge and terrible retribution, and we all must be ready to undertake what needs be done to end the night of danger approaching in appalling manner.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Aug 2017, 03:59
Defiance



Defiant the wizard stood at the top of what of witchcraft was the source,
At the hour of twisted fate, in which the leading figure of the Wise his arts turned and reserved for the evil cause, and his lesser fellow, not in faith but in might, the contest lost and reason was not in the White Wizard to be found,
Yet the Grey Pilgrim was never without will and flaming strength, and defiance paved the way for nature to come for the aid,
And the Istar's murmurs great wings from the highest peaks summoned, for the World needed a saviour and the humble hero a guide.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Aug 2017, 00:32
In front of my ladyship thou shalt tremble and fall!



Eerie fortress and gruesome nightmare of our times,
For long the hopes of the good kind thou hast menaced and of the grave toll of horrible torture thy captives had to bear the signs,
And thou the revenant phantom hast sheltered and hidden, who was in truth the cunning demon that naught joyful nor lucky for this grey world desireth, longing for a lair in which recovery could be found, in weary guise as a wounded soul,
Thy gates shall open and the walls down are to be torn, for in front of my ladyship thou shalt tremble and fall!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Aug 2017, 13:00
Farewell, wherever thou farest

Gandalf salutes and thanks his winged saviour.



Farewell, wherever thou farest, through the mazes of the broad and loose air,
And may good vibe welcome thee as thou art received in thy eyrie beyond the sundering blue,
Upon the peak that high and supreme standeth, to reign and rule,
At the order of thy master, collector of clouds, guide of winds and of Arda the sole true king.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Aug 2017, 15:50
The Fairy of the woods



Words spread fast and rapid as beasts on the loose, feeding from concern and appalling feelings of whom might be the next victim of this uncanny and wrong world of magic and tales,
Common men desire quietness and calmness, not much in truth, where families may be raised and joy may fill the harsh life with consolation of warm sort,
Yet many things in Middle-earth are not keen on giving the common man a decent rest, and not only to blood-thirsty Orcs I am referring,
Old rumours have it that a mighty fairy dwells in the heart of the ghostly woods, where eerie spirits and bright souls we may behold sometimes, and her prowess is told to be dreadful as her rule of those green obscure ways.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Aug 2017, 21:58
Aye, side by side, unto death



Can love be timeless and not marred by the woeful passing of time?
Can a flame burn and forever shine, through any diversity and horror which the brutal facets of this world might to you present?
Can a soul be ever-kindled by hope and joy, even at the end of the journey, even at the edge of matter, past, present and future still?

Aye, there was a flame of imperishable love which never had seen expiration nor decay of some kind, and the two, betrothed by the threads of fate, side by side, unto death remained.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2017, 16:24
Night, swift and fast (the War of the Ring)



Night came, swift and fast,
Carrying on the chains of grief and the sad past,
Which we would fain forget, for measure is full and already set,
Which victory could we hope for then, if not risk or bet?

Armies moved through ravines and plains, and lands and rivers,
Two wills oppose each other and for the enemy's ruin seek,
Until the battle is over and so fate is thus overtly known,
Who shall rule the continent, Night or Light?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2017, 17:29
Woes to my kingdom and to the Island resembling a star

One of the Loyals of Númenor invokes the grace and the mercy of the West. With little avail, given the sailing of the grand fleet headed to Aman.

What has been of my king's just judgement? What has been of the line of Elros the noble and mighty? A grand armada is now sailing towards the direction of your immortal dwellings beyond the surfaces of this vast blue. And the king is furious and much craves the life that never ends, for advices and ill thoughts have been put into his mind by the sham adviser that as captive was first brought hither. A poisonous tongue and eyes which stand at the centre of fire and flames, and they are lidless, because no rest they have in torturing and vexing the existence of the decent ones in this one-time glorious domain. But the proud king that power via cunning and fierce spirit seized had been ensnared by the yearning of immortality even prior the coming of the fell priest whom now many worship and serve, as a limit to the ambitions of Númenor was set: we may not pass the waves of the western seas and on the lands of the Immortals set foot.

Powers, mighty and just, spare the ones who in you always confided, and in the sad case that this island cannot be rescued from the forthcoming disaster, be it that faith will outlive death nonetheless, and that the true legacy of Elros on other shores solace and comfort may find.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2017, 18:48
Yonder, where revenge is at hand



My father in horrible slaughter his immortal life hath lost, by the hands of the Enemy of Arda whom the Powers had trusted and then released from his gaoled captivity.

Fury I and my kin now feel and the flames of revenge burn ardent in our souls of splendour and might in this continent which by the Eternal Day used to be lit.

We shall chase the one who murdered the patriarch of our House skilled and industrious in Valinórë as none before was.

The Jewels we are to gain back, from the disgraceful crown of the bogus Vala they are to be rescued, and all standing in the way shall equally suffer the adamant resolve that us unto the mortal shires of Arda bringeth, and even more territories we shall make ours, for the Noldo hath rights where none else may, for dominion is owed to us in necessity and need, for we can claim what we deem proper and just.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2017, 19:28
Arrant mistakes



The list of grave and arrant faults is ever-present and much long,
Not even the bright Vala could tell to be capable of perfect divination and to have the knowledge of the entire portrait at hand,
And so mistakes have been made and the very makers the toll of such errors have paid with tears and grief,
Be it a creeping shadow that for long is allowed to rest and infest a fortress in the wood, or the source of all sorrows who is left loose from the chains in the ways that the Immortals tread, every fault of ours has its own cost, while Arda continues to wail and the loss of many to mourn.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2017, 22:01
The grave sin



Stained by blood their industrious hands, which the wonders of their forging wielded and used for the murder of their own kind,
The Elven kind that perpetually dwelleth among the lands that are governed by the Ainur who were before time,
Such a killing had never been seen on the side of the immortal shores, for the inhabitants of Aman were ever-joyful and merry, and noble with the other one of their akin people,
Until the seed of malaise from within was given liberty to spread, and the fiery fury of the Smith could never by other minds have been halted, unless blood and terror were in the domain of the western Powers, in utter horror and tragedy which naught may mend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2017, 22:18
A very Hobbit thing



Gandalf, your coming and going is always a fountain of joy for all who live in peace and solace within the green ends of the Shire, because much of the outer realms and events you know and tell, yet never you speak for scornful purposes or arrogance, being the Grey Wizard well accustomed to us and our fine manners of living.

Bilbo, may I these words to you tell, that seldom of visiting the homes and routes of your people I am not content, as this is in probable case a very Hobbit thing, that the voyager you welcome with warm jubilation and that the very traveller along the green paths of these villages the real meaning of happiness with simplicity may find.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2017, 13:12
The consolation of Stars



In fear and dread, the blessing of Stars you should not forget,
Ever-radiant, still and never flawed by whatever device fell forces may boast,
Evil clouds and steam cannot cover their sight for long,
And so it happens that light finds a way through and pierces the veil of illusion and great deception.

While Varda Snow-white all perceives and hearkens, even whispers, murmurs and feeble prayers.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2017, 15:40
What is to be of us?



What is to be of us? If we are to take the route of the open broad sea, for we are much keen on beholding what lies beyond such vast surface of water,
Curiosity guides us and moves the breeze that pull our ships towards destinations of which we have knowledge only in dreams.

That would be vain, gentle soul, even if your proposition from the best and wisest intent originated,
For the shape of the World has been made anew, at the end of the second era that for most is rare memory to collect, in the guise of a sphere across which it is not allowed to proceed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2017, 16:51
The mood of a monarch



Diverse and many are the kinds of monarchs who the fates of the continent have in their royal hands, and it is always of great note that some traits are to be in the character of leadership and in a commander that only seeks to fulfil his tasks,
Because such is the nature of guidance, which at firm attitude and witty mind rejoices, whereas choleric temperament may lead the fortunes of a realm to mayhem and disaster, for efforts are wasted and the woeful act is often the choice of this sort of king, but weakness and mild idleness could turn out as negative in equal terms, in that minds suffer the control of a puppeteer who much enjoys illusion and snare, so much to cast madness into the heads that sit on thrones, to provoke sheer chaos and the general destiny ill-boding to make.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2017, 23:29
The Grey is more of this earth



Fast now the White Rider rides and defiant faces the approaching contest that is to end this long age and determine the final winner,
He is of the world of the Angels which lies afar in the westernmost continent, being its composure noble and majestic as naught other in the ways of this world,
Many remember his past visage and fashion, as an old traveller and pilgrims interested into enquiries of all sort, instead of a saviour from havens not of the mortal shires,
And the Grey the joys of life appeared to fancy a great deal, enjoying the warm savour of wine, food and tales of gallant quests along the common people.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Aug 2017, 14:30
Digging too deeply



Do you fear those mines, Gandalf? Are you afraid of what Dwarven greed has discovered in the abyss which never before by living hands had been reached?
You fear and you do well! The Dwarven kind was too reliant on its mastery and knowledge of stone and crafting,
Long into unknown caves they have dug, and deep, and much deep, for the gems of the old world with unceasing desire they yearned,
Yet misadventures only befell, dragging all in darkness and flames which no common art may extinguish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Aug 2017, 15:55
The maidens of the heath have since long ago the sharpness of swords known



May your eye not be led to deception, traveller, for the maidens of the heath have since long ago the sharpness of swords known, and blades they utilise too, because many of their men fell and by the slaughter brought to us perished in sadness and tears, as no common person the dreadful effects of war should ever know, as we are very fond of our daily occupations and struggle to combat the harshness of these cold lands,
We shall nonetheless do whatever it takes to fend off the aggressors and the life of our kin to spare from carnage, being our resolve the last shield we may dispose of in the hours of agonising anticipation that await the people of this mead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Aug 2017, 18:05
A fiery eye that never has rest



This fashion the Deceiver has taken in this last age, when much of his prowess is lost due to past defeats and the physical appearance of his might he longs for as anything else in the world, and the sole possession of his terrible artefact the past memory of his rule might make true and real again, as in its gold the tyrant had poured his essence and will to subjugate us all in a new era of desperation, of which shattered remnants and desolation would be the most apparent of the evidences.

Alas, even in weakness and lack of a body of matter, his spirit has outlived time and still lives in this world in a never-ceasing obsession to gather his lost treasure from the hands that had unfortunately seized it, and to go in search of the One that his power can renew another time, and this would be terrible for us to know and hear, that the Dark Lord on his throne has truly returned, ready to chain the free who dwell in this world, yet for now he lingers in wait and patient planning, gazing and staring at all that moves across land, water and flesh.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Aug 2017, 21:44
Premonition



I had a nightmare the other night, very worrying and of terrible content, populated by fell spirits of diverse sort, which naught but terror in decent minds could bring,
I saw the most dreadful of the images before me,
Appalled I stood while a white-marble city was dying and agonising in flames and sheer chaos,
A white tree was burning in the heat of the horrible carnage and the creepy voices of Orcs seem to cherish that spectacle and at such murder rejoice, for the capital of Men was not anymore, and the Good had then lost its shield and for the inexorable defeat it was mournfully preparing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Aug 2017, 23:51
Rage and fury



Wizard, thou hast done evil throughout the green ways of our forest old and wide, and the very value of life thou dost not understand, for thou life itself hast tried to create via arcane rituals and thy horrid magic which anything of lively spirit afar keepeth, and only gruesome beasts interest thee and thy labour, being thy soul marred and poisoned from the root, the moment thou decided to elect the side of Mordor, yet now the effects of thy choices shall come back to thee and the fury of the ancient woods will not show mercy for its foes, because no mercy to trees hath been shown either when the fatal order by the white hand was given.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Aug 2017, 01:46
We're still up against this



Six millennia of void and desperation did not mend the flaws that at the Beginning the harmonious music disturbed and altered,
The rebellion of the skilful Noldor is seen as the origin of the troubles of the World after the end of the Noon, terrible and upsetting for an order that only wished to last and consolidate in peace,
Sedition brought to the fall of the Tyrant and of his three peaks of insane dominance of Middle-earth,
Yet the second era did not see much solace, for the actions of a deceiving force paved the path for future wars, and the mightiest realm dared the sacrilegious act to commit, and we're still in fact up against this, the Evil which relief doesn't give, made weak by time we are, but ever-determined to complete what is yet to be fulfilled.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Aug 2017, 00:25
Through plains, rivers, hills and peaks



Multiple they used to be, prior to their hiding and missing in the various lands of the broad world, and crafted they were beyond the very western seas that no human eye may gaze through, and so the wonderful power of vision they can grant to the owner who such luck has, for the Stone is to lead your sight across plains, rivers and peaks, to behold even the places of this continent which secretive stand and lie, yet a word of caution must be told, since other owners might be observing too and the mazes of their minds you could encounter and in them be trapped.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Aug 2017, 01:16
Nay, I shall not forsake thee



Beren, my love and clearer than the very diamond and most splendid gem on this earth, the impossible we have finally turned into actual reality, when the Tyrant of one of his spoils were deprived in the quest, and so we may dispose of the tenure of one of the Jewels that the winds of war to the continental soil have brought, so that me as thy beautiful spouse may have, yet the outcome of our voyage hath also elected the somber course with thy fatal wounding, for the Evil doth not enjoy the merry ending of a story.

May thou this hearken and know, that I shall never forsake thee in both living or dead world, and even if I am to wane and journey to the grey halls in the western shires of the very West, I shall do that, my ever-burning love.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Aug 2017, 00:33
Hand your heart to me, and I shall too



Hand your heart to me, and I shall too,
Let us fuse our fates in a sole one, as the Two Lovers did back in the elder times,
And I'm sure, Evening Star, that our path won't lead us astray,
Together, side by side, until somber death and decay, if love is the way we are to make ours.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 17:29
The consolation of survival



Spare thy cry and seal thy lips from screaming and sorrowful mourning,
Thou wilt fight another day,
Even when the offence as unbearable and overly vicious appeareth,
Thou art content of survival, for revenge may be the viable counter-act and thy foes shall certainly pay the toll of any of their deeds.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 18:35
The perfect delivery



A handful group of a few people, the impossible they were ready to do, as failure would have meant the end of the heath and of the gallant steeds the people of Rohan is much grateful for, yet they somehow succeeded in enduring the starkest fight at the top of the stronghold's walls, hard and large, which naught could nonetheless do against the black powder that able is to undo stone and thick marble too, but victory in the most tragic hour was not measured by arts and cruel warfare, because valour made up for the loss of many and the souls of all decent splendidly rekindled.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 20:00
The purge



Traitorous and least of the people, Rohan, you shall suffer the new wind being gathered from your western weak flanks, which your forces have so foolishly left unguarded and not garrisoned by the proper defence, for cowardice and simplicity are patterns of your very heart, peasants of the stables and farmers whose honour is not to be found in your very occupations, simple and poor, for you are by now used to the harvest and no longer some would dare wield a blade, and the knights and riders that in pride profess to be the masters of steeds, well, the force assembling in caves and furnaces shall deliver havoc to you all, as the might of industry only for the skilled and witty man it is possible to know, and to manage in the diverse shapes of fire and iron which well melts.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 20:54
The Evil entombed



Now, hearken this warning and your guard be never lowered in any case, for doubt prolific cause of disaster may be, when one's mind is shut and closed for reason to enter,
It is a story that tells the outcome of the past strife along ice and wicked snow,
Wraiths were said to be the head of that malice, which chaos to the dying realm of the North has decided to bring, as concerted effort and scheme, to make the shield of the Good lesser and thin,
Well, amicable friend, nine are the phantoms that into the stone were entombed, and may the fell matter of those peaks be just cage and grave, for whom wished much death and despair.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 21:25
The Fair Siblings



Golden is the hue of their hair, being it legacy and noble reminder of great bloodline in the tales of the Eldar,
Derived in origin from the first of the Elves whose conscience in Arda was lit, and this kind now dwelleth in the ways of Valinórë, beside the Powers magnificent and bright,
To Sea-elves they are related too, by their mother silver and wise, but mainly to the Noldor they belong, and they are of Arafinwë the kin,
Peaceful and quiet they often remain, albeit the fiery spirit and pride of their House being naturally present, and for wisdom they are renowned in equal terms, fair siblings with mind good and clear.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 22:21
The lay of desolation



Which lay art thou willing to listen to, thy curiosity being legitimate and useful for the cause of knowledge and correction of mistakes?
Of the First, when a Tyrant sought domination on all lands and valiant Princes to retrieve the greatest treasure much were striving?
Of the Second, when a Dark Lord deceived the races of the World and of Men the monarch desired to be crowned?
Or of the Third, in which the revenant shadows attempted return and the gaining back of the tool, centre of disgraces and somber events?

Thus thou knowest this, that a lay of desolation through centuries and eras seemeth to have been hitherto told.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2017, 23:19
Great Fire, thou hast forsaken this world



Great Fire, thou hast forsaken this world, for the imperative duty of safeguarding thou decided to fulfil in its fullest, in the abyss of the mines thou hast then fallen, exploring pits and depths which no mortal eyes have since presence beheld, while furious tenson originated between thee and the fell Flame of Morgoth, and the heavens above were raging in wrath, at the sight of the two Angels battling their fate until utter end, yet thou withstood the hardest hazard in courage and glorious sacrifice, in order to give mankind the chance of victory in this last war of all, and I hope thou shalt return from ruin, hither, to aid the mission of the Good once again, awaiting the closing of this grey era of grim nature and spirit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Aug 2017, 18:02
Flame of these decayed ways



Branches may rot, leaves may have green turn into sad yellow, and grimness may spread across the broad forest of the East,
But a flame here dwells and breathes bold sighs,
She goes in patrols and carefully keeps the path through the trees safe and secure, clean from filth and other beasts that one might possibly encounter in the creepiest nightmare,
Thus, a flame of those decayed ways, who neither surrenders nor is satisfied with the course of events within her secluded realm, for liberty she loves and for it until her last breath she is to battle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Aug 2017, 21:33
Her Majesty



Her Majesty within ancient woods and deep halls in the resilient stone,
Thou dwellest beside the Silver Lord whom all Sea-elves as patriarch worship,
Thou art the wonder of thy secretive people who long have endured the harsh wheel of fate often turning ill for the millennial realm,
Thou art a blessing sent from thy dwelling lying yonder, across the impetuous waves, the sole of the Good, facing the reckless malice of the Flames and their master on the Iron Throne.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Sep 2017, 01:59
I harbour in me the will of life

Poem dedicated to the mariners of Númenor, and to all its people in general. Hard and tough, because one must be ready to withstand even the fiercest of the waves.



Little importance has the struggle and the kind of storms which your ship is bound to pass past and over, for light finds its place inside our very heart and mind, being the will of life brighter and more vivid than the most intense lighthouse that the blue surfaces makes lit, and even outer lights may help in the journey, as long as the internal flame burns strong and vehement, for in me I harbour the sentiment of striving to succeed, and to surpass the clouds that menace us in somber hours, just to sail and reach the goal of the voyage, with winds behind my back and the sunny day blessing the deed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Sep 2017, 14:52
Follow the road, and stick to the known



You must not trust the deceptive forests of Mirkwood, one-time green and merry home for amicable creatures and friendly inhabitants among the leaves,
Illness has unfortunately taken over the land, with poison and dread, and with terror for which gentle people were driven off of their dwellings in the worst way,
Yet, fallen and sunk into the untamed grass, lies the ancient road of the wood, that any traveller aids and guides towards solace and shelter,
You ought thus to avoid indulging under those trees, afflicted by anger and venom, bewitched by a revenant malice, for salvation is given by what is known in such a maze, to which you are to stick.

Do not miss the road!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Sep 2017, 23:13
The Outer Blue



Behold vast fields of waves and much they like to create foam,
Perfect to sail through, as I along blue ways I would fain roam,
About which destination and ultimate goal of such journeying I ponder,
While the breeze accompanies my progression and across marine routes I wander.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 07:11
Your sword more than silver shines



Amazing rainbow hidden in your eyes that the most formidable temper hide, and I am certain you shall pass beyond those walls of glass and crystalline purity, one day, should the task be finally fulfilled and done, and the weary body that much toil has hitherto borne you are to bring along the westernmost shores, at the revealing turn of time, when a newer world humanity shall seek for and with apprehension await, once shadows will have vanished and been washed away, and in the meantime, Mithrandir, your sword has other wonders to make true and in the midst of tough battle it is indeed to shine more vividly, more than silver and hard diamond that in forbidden depths miners long for and yearn.



The rainbow in Gandalf's eyes signifies the multicoloured spirit of the Istar and his genuinely kind temperament, yet resolute to complete the task he was appointed to.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 08:29
Weather tells



Weather tells much and the covert overt makes,
If one is open and his wit proper to unveil the signs which nature offers,
One is then to notice what is twisted and the forces that mars of reality the natural course, when a menacing will causes clouds to darken and to rumble in rage, or when storm unleashes its fury below,
This you may view as dark magic in action and lively and hideous to see.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 16:17
I dread nothingness



Immortal and fair thou art, and ever-radiant in perilous fate and hazard as well,
Thy kind doth not fear the passing of time and of this mournful eras that never seem to end, and I therefore dread nothingness and the impious death,
Whilst thou, Elda, of the very World art made,
And until the World liveth, thou shalt live as well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 19:20
The First Dawn



Gaze at the East, Heir of Men,
Thou wilt see the White Rider in light fashioned,
And ill clouds shall break and undone be,
As he announceth his coming, bringing the winds and breezes of the West with him, to determine salvation and triumph in brightness and glory which in no case vanisheth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 19:45
Ruins, only this



What remains of Arnor, splendid and majestic domain within its solid defence? What has been of its grand army that the North ever-secure used to make?

Ruins, only this, silent remnants and empty spoils of war and immense loss for Men, which are in truth and plain sincerity testimony of what discord may bring, when a malicious intelligence operates in the dark, disguised and in elusiveness versed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 20:32
Aye, the grandness of thy kind



Heir to the throne of Men, these sacred borders at the head of thy companions thou shalt soon leave and pass, but may this parting of ours be of positive counsel for thee and the quest awaiting on the other side, for thou hast a choice to make, and such election the lives of many is to change and shape, in grim moments when mankind the coming of a hero invoketh, to free all from the binding of fear and war.

It is thus up to thee sole, to rise above all thy forefathers since the days of Elendil, or to fall into darkness with all that is left of thy glorious kin.

Thou holdest much faith in the heart, as I may see, and the aid of thy kindred fellows shall never falter nor get dim, and I thus bless thee and the mission ye have been appointed to, because ye are the last hope for these free shires under the Sun and the Moon, lest Arda grow old while covered in obscurity and under the rule of a demon bent.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 21:36
The Old Wood



They tell stories of spirits of fair visage that tread the paths that lie yonder,
Over our sunny Shire, and they have been beheld wandering and heading in silence towards unknown routes, along the forest old and quiet,
They could be fine and ever-living Elves, for they are leaving in large number these shores,
When they get past the White Towers that at the broad horizon gaze, and then they are seen embarking on grey ships and the very end of the sea passing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 22:47
Thou art sick and ever-cursed



Morgoth, thou art sick and ever-cursed,
Alongside thy uncanny beasts which in the deepest dungeons of thy caves thou hast bred,
Yet the proud and gallant Noldo by terror never shall be conquered, being his heart a mighty fortress and inviolable gate,
And our buoyancy the chains of doubt and fear shall ultimately undo, as no other snare or trick of thine we are to dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2017, 23:27
The Smith of somber fate



The most skilful smith it is told that after the elder times lived,
In the age of uncertainty and unstable order, once the great Shadow had left the ways of Arda in the perpetual manner, offering to the new generation wounds and scars to heal,
And fear still dwelt among the souls of the lands that liberty had known anew,
For peril could be sudden and swift as the bolt in the stormy sky, surprising all and havoc wreaking across the young realms which only peace yearned.

With the Noldor who survival from the bloody slaughter had found in luck was a fine smith,
Of infinite means and the desire to mend the suffering of the World burned bright in him too,
Alas, of the ill-natured advices of a cunning figure he had opted to listen, in hopes that hands of the Hither-World the bliss of Eressëa or of the Holy Shire might have managed to mirror,
Yet none the wonders of the Yonder-World may replicate, for of the Ainur were the hands that them had crafted, and not of late Elf, Dwarf or Man.



Late Elf refers to the Elves who rebelled against the authority of Valinor and headed then to Middle-earth; and to Elves of the mortal continent that came after in general, for they were lesser than the ancient Eldar of Aman, with the sole exception of Lady Galadriel.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 00:19
Flesh they long to devour



Those minions of the Evil must be vanquished and for all from the realms of the Free driven off,
Whenever one has the proper scope to act and undertake such imperative task,
And no wobbly will ought to wield the blade which the Orcs is to tear asunder,
For they are marred by the root and with the nastiest intelligence they were endowed with, in that only bad things they wish to bring and flesh solely they long to devour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 08:03
Draught from the westernmost skies



The mighty fortress of the Second Tyrant was then falling down and crumbling in disgraceful manner,
As the force that sustained it was no more in the World, along with its servants that now wander loose and without a guidance of some sort,
At that time, the woeful spirit of Sauron emerged from the ruins and appeared wrathful in defeat,
Only to be swept away by a draught from the westernmost skies, sent thither to cleanse the leavings of the battle and to purify the air.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 09:30
The storing of beauty and bliss



Recurrent trait of stories and tales, the Good is always striving to safeguard what belongs to its power and the products of its crafting and benefiting magic,
Therefore, important is also the guarding of light in every of its forms and its storing in places secure and defended,
The Powers fled from their ancient dwelling on the very ancestral island upon the central lake of the primordial world, ruin had overcome them, but the effort into nothingness was not made, as beauty and bliss were brought somewhere else, to the very far and new West,
Albeit the sacred day of Valinórë not being able to go beyond the impregnable walls of the Holy Shire, it is better to have a sanctuary of light in widespread grimness, rather than naught at all in a vastness of misery.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 11:11
He shall tread his path loose and free



From the bindings of captivity he has been liberated, so that no other malicious will shall enter his royal mind,
To command him as a puppet and the decay of his realm to behold in idleness,
He has now wielded his gallant blade of tradition and great legacy,
He shall ride his horse as in the days of old, and loose and free he shall tread his path, wherever glory or ruin in good and bad may lead him.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 13:43
The forlorn gamble



The Steward has lost wisdom and the control of his acts, while the obscurity of terror and dread his leadership have darkened in time, as they say he poured into the seeing of future all his attention until the moment of contest, using one of the forbidden stones which may foretell what is possibly to be, even though a deceptive intelligence could pave its way into the mazes of such an artefact, showing illusions and bogus images of ill nature and kind, and now the regency of Gondor has decided to waste its energy in improbable deeds and foolish plans, sending the last of the Regent's sons into battle at the head of knights of valour, hoping to conquer the bridge back and the evil swarming of darkness to halt.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 16:08
Nay, foolish is who breaks a thing just to know what is inside



Nay, White Wizard, foolish is who breaks a thing just to know what is inside,
And evil is the one who schemes behind everyone's back and unbeknownst to the common knowledge, because foul plans he must foster in secrecy, dealing great harm to a world that already suffers and that the bitter outcome of war well knows.

You have forsaken light, and forsworn you have the imperative task that we at the beginning of this journey in confidence were entrusted.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 19:02
Well, we just try to live and succeed for the better



Well, lords, kings, regents and commanders of grand courage, Hobbits only care about living fine and calmly,
Afar from the troubles that you much used to are,
And so we gladly remain secluded within our wooden fences and harvested fields,
For not often one the comfortable ways of home for unknown places would fain leave.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 20:16
Wailing won't change much



Destruction has now reached the homes we would much have wanted to render secure,
Remnants and debris now only remain, which undoubtedly tell more of the vehement intentions of the enemies to cause our definitive fall,
Yet wailing won't change much,
Blades, iron, shield and resistance may, instead, as we totally refuse to give the opposing forces the very satisfaction of seeing us despair, but only our swords and arrows as their life's last image they are to behold.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 20:58
Tough rivals



How can they still oppose and rebel against our rule? Where do they find strength and such strenuous endeavour to continue the fight?

After the fall of Mordor we have strived a good deal to keep order and peace, even though the dwellers of the uncanny East truce did not desire anymore, and in the deep South unrest was too and in the most bitter fashion it presented itself, so that Gondor is now compelled to achieve pacification via the means of warfare, because many are the perils of this world and suddenly they do spring, and holding the flood from many sides would be a disastrous of a result.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 22:55
Ye have sworn an oath of ruin



Ye have sworn an oath of ruin, kin of the Smith, which no compensation to you is to bring at the end of your bloody voyage to the lands of shadows and danger,
And no mercy is going to pass through the door of the Noldor, as no mercy hath been granted to the Sea-elves that in utter horror along their havens brutal demise found.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Sep 2017, 23:46
They daren't to leave their lair



Allegiance you are seeking for, Heir of Gondor, for the deadliest allies you need summon for the battle at the gates of the White City,
These phantoms daren't to leave their lair for the ways of the common world, having no interest in your businesses and even in the approaching final battle of this age,
They were cursed and had their honour stained by the mark of infamy and felony,
For they refused to assist the king in a time of great necessity, preferring to flee from their posts and the path of cowardice to elect.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 10:00
Thou shalt not indulge in vain ambitions



King of Númenor, thou shalt not indulge in thy vain ambitions which only ill might bode,
As thou in secrecy the life which doth not end seekest for in the most ardent of the ways,
Thou art in grave error, monarch, that thou may think that it is the very Aman to render its inhabitants immune to time and death,
Immortal the Undying Lands are indeed, for by immortal hands they were raised and the mighty Ainur them keep, along with the Eldar that sole among the Children thither may head.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 10:33
Premonition II



The night was long and ever-suffering to bear, especially due to the nightmare that my sleeping didn't want to leave in peace, and so I found myself floating and as an observer gazing from above at the events of the World, until I beheld a fell spectacle in fear and utmost agony, for thousands of Orcs were swarming from the residence of the wise wizard in Isengard, in the midst of steam and thick smoke, and they were marching fast and resolute, for the killing of the human kind and the broad breaking of the realm of whom horses proud tames and has in his government.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 11:04
Mercy they won't show



Cruel, you say? The minions of the Evil do not know anything of love and affection for other ones but themselves and whom they serve,
It is thus wrong to trust in their lesser judgement and think that piety they might hold in their heart,
Heart consumed by the venom of darkness and rotten from the very root, so that naught they may understand of such feelings which are dear to the free,
And merciless we must therefore be, for no resemblance of mercy they will show, being mere pawns in the hands of a greater evil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 12:13
Necessity is to avail the effort



One ought not to disregard the talent that one was granted by the fates of Eä, of matter and pain,
Necessity always avails quests and the brave soul rewards,
Via miraculous means a solution might be really at hand,
If one is up to the challenge and to seize the just chance ready as never before.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 13:53
Those are mournful spirits...



Those are mournful spirits, trapped in the marshes of horror which the deadly fight had experienced,
They do not rest, nor are their corpses given relief from the persisting grief that has tainted those dangerous borders,
Man of Gondor, do not get near such open-air churchyard of lost souls, lest your life be wasted in foolish manner, when you are instead much precious for the cause of your mighty kingdom,
Hearken, travellers, away from these ghoulish graves of mud and water you must remain, for they are treacherous and to death you they wish to lead as well, being this a hazard which needn't be undertaken in any way.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 16:06
Countless tears



Countless tears have been shed and now water the lands and secretive halls in which such bloody battles have taken place, because the Dwarves yearned to conquer back the tenure of their kingdom in the vast mines of Moria, that unspeakable sorrows through time have seen, and countless were then the battles to repel the invaders up to their foul lairs, yet the Orcs of Arda are not the only antagonist of the tale, for Dwarven lords grew also greedy for gold and wealth, and their excavations they never ceased, until the fire of demons was eventually awakened in the abyss of Arda, and all knew that it would bring much ruin and of Durin's kin the bane it would turn into.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 18:57
The Eerie Forest



Branches resemble claws of the nastiest fashion,
Beasts are no more solitary or peaceful as they were before,
Poison spreads over the green ways of the woods of unfortunate destiny, while the black hand of a nameless shadow extends its influence and control seeks with hunger of dominion,
The Woodland Realm lies silent on the northern ends and resilient it stays through watchful guarding and isolated mood, and the king lost faith in the World and his own subjects suspicious made.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 20:04
Torture



Aye, Frodo, that creature was captured by Mordor and in chains brought to the fortress of malice, where infinite agony him awaited, and the ruthless touch of the Dark Lord he clearly sensed, while he suffered as never in his long unnatural life, and his captors finally found what they were in spasmodic search of, as the depleted and shattered captive managed to name the burglar that his treasure many years ago had stolen, with the fiery eye now turning to these merry shires of yours, to reclaim what is his only and always.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Sep 2017, 22:35
Without end



The Elven kind is in utmost love for anything of the world, for they are of the world themselves and as long as Arda breathes, they shall breathe as well,
As long as Arda suffers, they shall suffer too,
As long as Arda rejoices at wellness, they shall get merry in same manner,
Their love no end has, nor border or limit which they are not to pass across, because the Elda of numerous talents he is endowed with.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 07:01
My pupil



Princess of Kôr, you are to learn from my experience the colours of magic and its multiple hues, as it serves the purposes of the holy kind and of the Eldar that greatly desire its knowledge to avail their mission in the territories that, as you have said, lie yonder.

Hither-Lands, for much they are close to the shores of Aman, and in these woods you will be taught the secret of shielding what is deemed worthy of safeguard for you, as a treasure ought to be secured from menaces of ill sort, and, whether it is a realm bathing in light, a stronghold of hard stone or a castle in grand style, these treasures shall be veiled and hidden, impenetrable the wall and magical the nature, in order to keep the marred out and the decent well sound within.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 07:59
An encircled jewel



A jewel in the ravine which hidden for the most stood,
Surrounded by the high peaks, ice and snow, as it seemed to be a much hostile place,
Yet hostile it was not, for the plain on the footsteps of such mountainous circle was what best and fertile in Beleriand one could have found, to make gold-hue wheat grow in the solitary peace of that uncommon shelter, or to establish the foundations of a realm that secluded from trouble it would remain,
And so the raising of the wonderful city had splendid beginning, guided by the fortunate fate and of a noble king the rule.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 08:57
The pass of gleams



At the gates of Kôr of many towers lieth the entrance of the green Eldamar that the Elven kind elected its sole residence and true home, while the splendour of Valinórë is kept safe within the mighty walls which the Powers many long years ago decided to make concrete and real, having no breach or weak side of which we worried could be, apart from the opening of the centre, that to the Hill leadeth, and during the Noon the gleams of the grand Trees used to make a brief foray into the outer world, albeit the skies that were out being in perennial night and darkness, as eternal light was only among the ways of the holy domain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 11:29
The depleted lady



Her womb just gave of life the magnificent gift, a son for the lordship of the Noldor and of immense prowess too,
The child was destined to be character of tales and stories crystallised in memory and epic knowledge which the Eldar diligently save,
Thou with probable case knowest the kind of the new-born of the House of Finwë, prime and first,
Joy soon left space for grief, because the new Elf was a flame which never endeth or diminish, and the forces of his mother to the fullest it had demanded, being in need of energy to hail the world of the living and among his people be welcomed, causing the slow passing of Míriel Serindë, headed to the grey halls of Mandos, whilst her body still resteth in the gardens of Valinórë and by the ancillaries of the Valar is safeguarded.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 13:17
Bloody packs



Packs of Orcs still wander around the roads of the late world, of that you must be sure and certainly prepared,
Armies they do not constitute yet, but groups used to raiding and frightening the voyagers of Middle-earth, who just travelling fancy or of the businesses of their common lives have to take care,
May you just be ready to seek for a refuge or to wield a blade that your integrity may defend,
Attacks get more frequent in time and the extent graver equally, as if those creeping dangers knew that their moment is as never before near, to pierce the illusion of truce and the plans of greater figures to endorse.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 14:00
Commonality of intent



Rivalry is often in the way of good relations and useful bonds, which not only friendship show, but also common intent to protect the fortunes of the general well-being and the greater sake of the shared world.

Please, people beg and strongly wish peace and security from darkness in all its forms, thus desiring to put aside old quarrels and them to forget, in that the test would be resistance and fight against a malice that magnanimity does not know, rendering imperative to join forces together and the Free People under a sole banner to the battlefield lead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 16:17
Lines written in the characters of the Moon



Secrets may be kept sound with a broad range of means and arts, when they are for example stored and secured behind walls or shields which unearthing an improbable success would make, or even by concealment from the sight of the regular people whose knowledge of arcane mysteries negative consequences might have, and the Dwarven kind prefers another ingenious fashion for hiding their precious things, using riddles and words which the Moon only their meaning could unveil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 19:28
Woes to the traitor



Woes to the traitor, who now chooses the acquaintance of the fallen wizard, and he even aids his disgraceful proposition to end the rule of Rohan and Men from this world to cleanse as weeds in a garden that new malignant plants boasts, but no gardens will be if the white hand succeeds to forward its action, because only to industry we would be subjected and to slavery as well, to light the furnaces of the pits of Isengard, terrible and deep as the wizard's hatred for the human genealogy, and the treacherous servant will nonetheless pay the ultimate toll of treason, be our fate merry or grim, for no one gets away with infamy and crime that very few would dare commit in life-time.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2017, 21:08
The gaols



How many dreams, wishes of glory and hopes for peace could the gaols of Dol Guldur keep caged? The gallant visages of soldiers who are unfortunately entrapped in the eerie fortress, and the outcome of their captivity they wait with increasing fear, since at any time the horror of torture and evil spells they may undergo.

But naught is already predetermined in advance, and many to the fate of inexorable perishing they don't intend to surrender, and the wings of liberty shall reach those dungeons one day, and the desperate cry of prisoners into a cry of jubilation is to turn.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 08:12
Beware of the creeping hazard



You shouldn't take the way of Moria, if not for stringent necessity and when alternative paths are shut,
The only viable solution is to be, and you must watch over the passages of the perilous journey you are to undertake,
Orcs are not lone there, for other menaces hide themselves under the surface of those uncanny mines,
Beware of the creeping hazard dwelling in the caves and in obscure water, for ancient creatures are often furious and deadlier than known foes, as of other times are the remnants and in rage they are to respond.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 09:09
Premonition III



I have dreamt tragedy and the unbearable sorrow of such a vision, as the Grey Wizard fell in the abyss of darkness during one of his quests, and the devastated faces of his diverse companions were an even more tragic scene to behold, because their beacon in the night they had lost, and all was not only a matter of ill eventualities, given that the Istar knew that the flames which had dragged him down could not be allowed to wander in Middle-earth, lest disgrace were cast on the destiny of the Good itself and whole.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 09:52
They prey on blood



Repulsive as very few creatures that tread the lands of the Hither-Lands, they are conjunction of the worst qualities and very aggressive attitude,
If not deadly and overly ferocious in truth, this the common knowledge taketh into account,
Words spread that the arts of the Maia who cruelly serveth Morgoth may have forged such horrible beasts,
Of a kind that creepeth in the shadows and for the blood of its victims much longeth, merciless and without the bare resemblance of spirit which even lesser beings have as proper and own.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 13:38
The Return



Shall we return to the times that are currently deemed elder, not in measure of potency, yet with memory and just homage?

Heroic deeds must be for good given tribute and foremost honour for the immeasurable contest that at the time was infuriating there, in lands now resting below the blue of the western seas, given that expiation had to be achieved via the tormented path of suffering, being this the prime trait of catharsis which one's faults may wash away and in the very end purify.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 19:05
A broken lineage



If the tales of the Elder Days thou art to explore in curiosity and passionate will, the narration of a broken lineage of noble blood thou wilt read,
The tragedy of parting from the domain without death or sorrow, to seek a newer world and strive through immense fatigues for the sake of vengeance,
Very little did we know, that most of the line would be hewn and cut in horrid manner, fallen the brave family and with sadness their memories filled,
Yet one managed to escape the slaughter, destined to be recalled in fame in successive centuries and the legacy of High Noldor ever-alive to maintain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 20:35
Tombs they began to raise, as if death were of better note



Aye, little Hobbit, hither the city-sentinel of Gondor has been established by the wise rule of the past monarchs, who greatly yearned a future of peace and sunny days ahead of them to come, but they were also into defence and guarding, as never hazard ought to be given the chance of surprise, and so the stronghold prospered, sheltered by the stone in which it was carved, watching over the fate of the human fortunes in this world, although the erstwhile wisdom of the West was quite abandoned in the dust of passing time, and greater tombs they began to raise in much apprehension, as if death were of better note than the living whom the kings were meant to protect.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2017, 23:17
Misty Peaks



Misty Peaks, who stand silent and lonesome as the thread of events advances in the inevitability of our case, you were home of a mighty rule and success for Dwarves as a whole, renowned and praised, your wealth was hard to uncover, but reward unthinkable treasures to light has brought, enriching kings and industrious lords beneath the mountain rocks.

Evil belongs to the equation as well, alas, for your deep pits were perfect lairs of monsters and slithering dangers always on the alert, along with attracting the desire of Orcs to seize gold and power, and the darkest abysses of your bones were also refuge of unknown beings whose names were lost, and even of the flames of demonic nature that Arda since the ancient ages had no longer beheld.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 00:01
Infesting the broad sea



As for lands that are endangered by the awakening of turmoil in the East, Gondor must face equally another threat approaching its coastal frontier,
Pirates sail from unknown harbours from the dry and wide South, which serve as secure bases for their raiding and pillaging that so much they seem to enjoy,
Black banners are hoisted in the broad sea, aboard vessels of thieving and brutal barbarism which civilisation is to put at risk,
Gondor must hoist the colours of Númenor too, for the old mastery of marine crafting and governance cannot be matched at all, if we are to hope that filthy waters shall soon be made clean.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 00:49
Mourning a son



Such an atrocious turn of fate the loss of your kin must be,
When the elders are to outlive and survive the very sons to whom they have given merry birth,
We may thus imagine the immense grievous mind of our horse-lord king, who has indeed beheld plenty of death, toil and ruin along the paths of his celebrated history,
Pray, let us comfort him in the utmost time of urgency and need, for a leader needs us guide amidst darkness and perilous events, to withstand the challenge of time, while proceeding towards triumph through strife and swords that soon are to be wielded.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 07:02
The fiery sword of the Iron Crown



He is grandest out of the fell servants of the Iron Crown which the undoing of Arda much desireth,
Supreme and prime of the Flames, reigning over fire and by sheer night surrounded,
The utter slaying of the Eldar with never-ending obsession he craveth,
Together with the royal kind whose enchanted blades the flesh of fiery Maiar as well wound may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 11:35
Whispers in the woods



One should always hearken and attention pay to the murmurs of the grand forests of the world, green and vast they extend their borders over miles of ground and lands, so that you may understand the actual magnitude of size, and rapid winds transport across these large ways the words and whispers about what befalls, being wise intelligences capable of grasping the sign of misadventure and unfortunate future.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 13:01
Premonition IV



The swift wings of night have brought another vision to me, being this another uncanny dream of which the nature I can't fathom with exact mind, because it was very much hasty and much chaos I have been in front of, yet I recall an important character of these images that so much dread have caused me to feel.

I recall malicious eyes staring at our domain from frozen caverns, hidden and deep in the stone of the North, and that gaze was harbinger of crude winter and freezing storms, and snow now seems to fall heavier and more furious than before, as weather sensed the arrival of evil forces, responding in wrathful rage and ill-natured vindictive fashion.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 16:01
Mending



Who can mend the broken blade that lies still and unused in the magical valley of rest and calmness? Who may rectify the failure of its iron and the wound that was inflicted in the battle of doom? Who may reunite its scattered pieces that only sad fate seem to express from such a sight of ruin?

Only the Heir, who shall make the wrong right, and the foes of Men shall kneel in obedience at the feet of the sole among mankind with the just authority endowed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2017, 20:24
And all the stars will dance and flow



Tales speak of voyages of stars through the ways forbidden of the infinite skies beyond Arda and its circles of night, out of the very air of our places, out of all belonging to the common knowledge that we cherish and recall in memory and old customs,
And so the eternal lamps of the grand sky are beheld dancing and flowing at a pace resembling eternity for the humble man, busy and immersed in his daily duties, yet the wise know well and plain, that stars shall dance and flow in time and years needing still to pass.



Stars are commonly beloved and worshipped as the eternal source of light existing in Eä, even though their radiance is at times pale and much afar. Immortal and never-perishing, they nonetheless continue their journey through the sidereal skies of the universe, away from every peril and risk. Varda's first and exceptional deed.

In the knowledge of classical times, stars were too believed to embody still eternity, secluded and placed in ways which the common man could never have trodden.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Sep 2017, 08:52
You must continue



Frodo, fain I did choose to accompany you in the journey and the service of my magic to offer you, so that the arts of an old wizard may be of some aid for the task, but I tell this again, Ring-bearer, that you for any reason must not halt the progress of your proceeding or my return await, should I be lost in the way or worse.

I might call and keep on calling, as I might falling in the void that all claims and naught back sends, but you must nonetheless continue, for a wizard is not of such note, compared to the imperative mission of this fellowship that you are to lead to a successful end.



'Fain', often utilised in my compositions, is a very old-fashioned form that indicates the pleasure or willingness in doing something. The context of the poem makes usage of the said adverb to show the genuine and kindhearted wish of the Grey Wizard to accompany Frodo along the perilous voyage the Hobbit is due to face, but this is unfortunately not possible, for the imperative task of the Istar is the one of guarding the world from all sorts of potential threats. In this case, the awakening of the Balrog does represent an imperative danger which ought to be countered, lest additional catastrophes and mayhem spread in Middle-earth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Sep 2017, 18:56
The spirit undaunted



Heath-maiden, you have not for our good the courage of your hard heart lost,
Even whilst challenging the deadly servant of the Eye who so much of evil to our side has caused in the intention of breaking the allegiance among those fighting for the Good,
The temper of your braveness came forth as fire that warm makes in the coldest of the nights, when other fighters failed and fell under the prowess of the witch-ghost leading the assailants against Gondor's defence,
The foul phantom knew, however, the real might of the maidens of Rohan and of whom Evil never had dreaded before.



The Shield-maiden of Rohan is always a fascinating character to deal with. I personally find her characterisation absolutely brilliant, of which fundamental traits are part: the strive to fight for justness and the spirit of sacrifice. All mixed with the sad and evenly tormented love for the Heir of Gondor. All in all, Éowyn embodies also the value of valour in itself, despite the lack of means or of an initial disadvantage. The contest with the Witch-king is nothing more than the epitome of all of this, when an apparently simple maiden manages to win the battle against whom had been a nightmare for many brave heroes. A kind maiden that never has asked much or demanded. A pale beauty across the harshness of the heath, both meteorological and figurative.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Sep 2017, 19:43
Content they just were



Not much of the Two Lovers is known after their coming back to the ways of mortal ones, once both the fate of the Gift in adamant conviction decided to elect, for love was as perennial as the light of far stars which us never forget to enlighten, and maybe even more, in the fashion of the force that is said to reside yonder where the Angels were born, and approaching the time of their demise, content they just were and the purest farewell to Arda during their passing they have eventually bidden.



Beren and Lúthien, love itself in its purest form. A force whose actual nature goes perhaps beyond the realm of Eä as well, and destined to resist the worst of the fates, even if it's an impossible quest or the very decay of reality, by which the Valar are to be affected as everything else. And once they returned in Beleriand, after the decision to follow the path of mortality, they were just content of one another, alongside being totally uninterested in the matters revolving around the War of the Jewels (which was still demanding its terrible death toll, between the two sides battling one another). Content and nothing more.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Sep 2017, 15:33
Home, sweet and kind



Home, sweet and kind, your amicable walls and rooms I miss without pause or relief of some sort,
Oh, one misses surely a tremendous lot when his being is not to enjoy the comfort of your protection and the gentle routine that each day with a proper meaning fulfils,
We are on a perilous journey, though, and even if protection and quiet life I am not granted, the wonders of the broad world I may admire in awe,
For the colours of Arda are of multiple nature, and one could not taste their savour to the fullest, even within solace, for the intricate routes for such knowledge need be taken.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Sep 2017, 14:31
The lost gems



Gems of pure sidereal radiance are known to lie hidden and crystallised in the stone-made halls of the scattered mountains of this earth, and they have logically captured the interest of the Woodland King, who much longs to retrieve them once again from the darkness of many centuries of ignorance about their exact fate, and Wood-elves actually believe that those splendid treasure might be the grandest of Doriath's leavings to this world, even advancing hypotheses that the lost crown of Elwë the gems may have once constituted, forged by Dwarves as a gift for the Silver Lord, if only to turn into the decoy of brutal fight and ultimate murder, which stained the halls of the past palace, tolling for the ancient realm the bell of final demise.



The legacy of the millennial realm of Doriath has always cast a spell of admiration and almost worshipping on the Wood-elves that elected to remain in Middle-earth. In the guise of an ancient glorious past that ought to be preserved, at all costs. Namely, Thranduil believed that the lost crown of Elwë could be part of the Dwarven wealth; crown that was crafted with the wish to welcome one of the Silmarils at its top. The bell, however, tolled for the grand realm and all fell after the murder of the Elven patriarch, combined with the vanishing of Melian from Beleriand.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Sep 2017, 15:50
His body was torn asunder



Wicked priest that the ruin to the Island of greatness had brought with deception and far-reaching schemes of snares,
Once the proud king had his mind conquered by lies, the way was paved and very open for the sorcerer's will to unfold in liberty,
Yet the fury of Valinor he did not expect, nor had he envisaged that the most terrible of the punishments would then be unleashed,
All ending with the raging waves of the seas which very little spared from the cataclysm, and the fell mastermind of such a conclusion was swallowed by water in equal manner, alongside his body being torn asunder and his bewitching talents getting halved.



The spirit, the spiritual component, of the Ainur may not be destroyed or annihilated completely, by any known device at disposal of the people of Arda. Nor is their soul subjected to the passing of time in the same way as the ones of Elves and Men are. Nevertheless, since the Ainur chose to clothe themselves with humanoid robes, the physical body of each of them has become a fundamental part of their intrinsic being. Hence, even if not doomed to undergo the sad fate of death, the destruction of these said robes is indubitably a grave event even for the angelic kind, for the harmonious order between the spiritual and physical gets disrupted or even totally torn apart. The result is the loss of some capabilities and magical prowess, together with a very long rehabilitation via agony and toil. Should such a defeat occur multiple times, an Ainu would no longer be permitted the privilege of a physical appearance.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Sep 2017, 17:58
The dwelling of sorcery



A story without merry ending indeed, it is the one of the twin-city of Gondor's stronghold carved in the stone, but this one was blessed by the rays of the clear Moon and its duty was to control the treacherous surroundings of the realm's one-time deadliest enemy, because this mighty fortress was raised into the cursed rock of the Mountains of Ashes, that of Mordor the enormous shield used to be, and such ill omen could only have presaged bad fortunes ahead, for the Evil knocked again on the gate of the Moon-tower, winning a contest and the possession of the city seizing with appalling success, so that the gruesome sorcerer who had wandered in the midst of grinding ice could twist the nature of the settlement, just to originate the perfect dwelling of sorcery, being it a ghostly beacon and dreadful warning of what would soon be established behind those mountains of despair.



The tale of Minas Morgul is a very somber one. The actual example and evidence of that corruption theme which is very much dear to Tolkien's literature. The Moon-city was once vigilant and ever-watchful of what was befalling over those peaks of shadows, past the very defence of Mordor. Alas, the night that used to bless this stronghold with lunar rays became darker and grimmer as time passed. Unto the moment in which a new master took possession of the city. Then, the nights of those ways would be plagued by terror and populated by the most gruesome sort of nightmares. A warning for whom might dare enter the dominion of the Dark Lord.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Sep 2017, 21:51
Premonition V



I have also seen light, in my dreams which toil and anxiety in the depth of my mind have summoned in such a chaotic order, for I also remember a mighty tower falling in disgrace and to all the evidence of victory signalling, while all the free were standing jubilant and celebrating the newly found and suffered triumph, when the juggernaut of tyranny collapsed on its very magnitude, defeated by the means of the humblest being, and a spirit of fire seemed to be tortured by pain atop the crushing fortress, as his fell flames were about to be worn off completely by western breezes once and for all.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Sep 2017, 23:55
Feral lands in western lands



Aye, you may too find feral paths and much wild places in the western lands beyond the chain of fog and mist,
Once, as the memory of few still recalls those times, a lively reign used to animate the surroundings of these forests and hills, and of the mead which in current time lies abandoned to the course of the sheer case,
It was the house of incredible smiths, authors of wonders which now no one might replicate for sure, should the attempt be aimed at mirroring what was of the past,
But after a war of vendetta and conquest, the blind rule of ruin took all within the desolation of its tenure, unto the moment when beauty in danger was transformed, for the woes of all who cherished peace along these western ways.



The lay of Eriador tells primarily the desolation of a once fertile land, and home to courteous people and industrious talents. A mixture of races and different stories. The sad chapter of its own lore began with the wars against Sauron for the seizing of the Rings of Power that were forged by the Elves of Eregion. The fierce conflict was cause of raiding and pillaging, along with the harmless inhabitants of the place fleeing in search of safer residences. Afterwards, the fall of Arnor created a void of power and authority in the region, which was then populated by scattered groups of Men, the Hobbits in the Shire, the Rangers in their villages and the Elves who had saved the memory of the glorious past that was, although the immortal kind was either secluded in its blissful sanctuary or awaiting departure on the shores of the sundering seas. By the end of the Third Age, most of the territory consisted of wild plains and hills, in which the safety of travel could not be assured.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Sep 2017, 15:36
Industry (the machinery of war)



We are taught that the wealth of a realm is much dependent on the scale and measure of its proper means, when the goods of its hard labour are destined to travel through long roads and reach far people whose needs benefit the offer at hand, or when great shipments and convoys sail for the marine routes, in a purpose of trade fair and lucrative for both parties involved,
This was given birth in other terms, however, while the White Wizard was keen on unearthing the caves of Orthanc and having the furnaces of his industry lit, for the production of such instruments of death was new and unknown, in a manner efficient and quick, for the sole purpose of arming a host of steel, and with the prime intent to make the machinery of war go round still.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Sep 2017, 18:10
Dwarves on the border



Dusty and full of uncanny mystery is the history of Dwarves, and if we are to leave aside the coming back of preceding spirits and the reincarnation of the old valour of a legendary bloodline, we shall see and learn that the first record of them is in the tales of Doriath, realm millennial and mighty, which the services of Dwarven craftsmanship extensively used, but Wood-elves of Beleriand seem to be the first to have met the new race at the dawn of its day, when the oldest individuals began to narrate the facts of their awakening in the world, as after the longest rest, in the caverns of the Blue Mountains that for that age the border of events would represent.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Sep 2017, 21:59
The saving of light



We have prayed and hoped much that the radiance of the Noon would not be made into nothingness forever and until the end of Arda itself with the breaking of the known reality,
Albeit the venom of such horrific creature being of a kind which naught was able to render useless and ceased,
The wisdom of the Powers made it that not all would be lost and that hope bore still a feeble gleam of survival in itself, for grand is the magnitude of such a brightness whose holy nature the ruined Lamps and the eternal Stars of the sky equally shared,
From the fruit of perseverance, two remnants of the colossal Trees managed to be rescued for good, and their light thou art now capable of gazing in the vastness of the air, symbol of love and care for a world that needed not perennial darkness to persist.



In the grimmest hour, a miracle was possible to be made. The divine intelligence could never have permitted the halls of Arda to linger in the perennial night that would be ahead of all inhabitants of the World, be it the continent or the westernmost lands. The awakening of the second kind of the Children was very near, and a life amidst shadows their feebler being could not have borne. Moreover, Morgoth had just returned to Middle-earth and was ready for the most violent of the clashes, intending to retain the tenure of the Jewels and destroy the noble Houses of the Noldor that had chosen the exile. Those imperative facts led the Powers to seek for a decent resolution, albeit the splendour of the Noon being lost forever and so living in annals as one of the many tragic memories that the past narrates among the tears of victims. Nienna sang at the behest of the other Kings and Queens, and her mourning for the wounds inflicted to Eä was turned into hope and endurance. Her weeping washed away the filth of Ungoliant and Yavanna managed to retrieve two last fruits from the Trees' dying spoils. The Sun and the Moon were thus placed in the ethereal skies and their own eternal path they shall always follow, unto the very breaking of reality.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Sep 2017, 12:16
The Mariner and his ship



Who knoweth the true fashion of the Mariner's ship? Now that the immensity of sidereal halls he treadeth, being that supreme order of the King of Arda whom we invoke in adversity and lack of fortune during the hardest difficulties of ours.

Who knoweth what the very vessel is in truth crafted of? It might certainly be what furthest existeth from the arts of common knowledge, even if it is told that initially it was fashioned in the guise of renowned swan-ships at which Sea-elves much rejoice, only to be blessed by the incantation of the Lords who yonder dwell.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Sep 2017, 16:23
Drought and hostile guests



Travellers are warned and very much suggested not electing such journey across the dry desert of the wide South, untamed and unknown too,
If not even envoys of other kingdoms are sent thither, there must be just reason behind, and one should bear in mind that to the bitterness of war the dwellers of those heat-torn ways are ever-acquainted since the beginning of mankind's roaming in this world,
Drought and hostile guests you are much likely to encounter there as sole companions of your ill-reasoned foray,
Alongside the biggest type of beasts which many reported living between desolation and sand, and the ancient Evil was too forwarding its tentacles over the place, as part of a scheme to subdue the scarce-means tribes under the banner of whom once the monarch of Men himself dared name.



Not much is known of the deep South of the world, other than the multicoloured tribes inhabiting that hostile environment. The harshness of nature must have been reflected on those people equally, being used to the most feral aspects of such condition. It is also possible to speculate whether other kinds of titanic animals live in the surroundings of the desert; additional predators and otherworldly beasts? Taking advantage of consolidated rivalry among diverse realms and of ignorance about the old western knowledge, Sauron sided with some of those tribes, promising a reward and presenting himself as the sole king of the whole human kind. Thus the unceasing turmoil being spread from Gondor's ends. Thus the disgraceful alliance of the southern peoples with Mordor. A sign of Men's fragility, whose will and determination may falter; the remnants of Sauron's vainglorious plans in the Second Age of Arda, which caused the wrath of Númenor and the beginning of the old times' twilight.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Sep 2017, 12:54
In tune with necessity



In tune with necessity one must always be, for it is not granted to us that the power of foreseeing might be available and thus of positive usage in the logic of whatever challenge we are to undergo, and even when peril appears the only alternative to a total failure, you ought then peril to face with courageous mind and will, since the chance of success is seldom high and much hazard might entail as well, and even if fate compels to part from the chosen road towards obscure mines or ghostly marshes, you must be prepared in similar terms, and the conviction of iron and justness with you must be carried, for reason and wit could be the last tool in your hands at the end.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Sep 2017, 15:08
What differentiates tales



People, who prime characters of deeds are and always will be,
Foes, who much yearn to hinder the Good's advancing, and the dominance of entire life too,
Braveness, which is the measure of battles and valour, precious as jewels in the heat of the contest and at the turn of the tide,
Grief, which all strikes and naught spares, being sad death and ruin a mournful custom of this earth's lifespan throughout centuries, millennia and before.

But even joy and jubilant feast, once the clouds of malice depart from the horizon and the hue of our lives again is made serene.



Tales naturally entail the most diverse and widest range of elements, characters and ever-present traits; the 'hues' that are mentioned in this composition. One may thus recognise recurrent themes in stories which were born to be intertwined with each other, although the connection is not much visible at a first glance. These are nonetheless the pillars on which all ought to be carefully placed and given life, lest we barely read grand stories and great examples for common experience, but only bland narrative and scarcity of meaningful aspects which could interest the reader. Well valid customs and laws that every story-teller worthy of this title should consider in most cases. Let me seize the proper moment and come up with the saying: writer who boasts and much pride holds, stick to the lore and your lyrics fine always shall be.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Sep 2017, 23:17
The Dark Knight



Past hidden and secluded in the thick shadows of antiquity, which only the oldest may make clear and plain another time still, in the events of the awakening of the Elven kind, immortal and kissed by luck and blessed by the sacred eternity on its throne awaiting, when the Evil first at the Children with malicious eyes began to stare, obsessed by their fair shapes and by their free spirit that the One only may provide, until the Enemy himself the guise of a black knight adopted, showing his fashion as a fell rider in the persisting night of Middle-earth, intended to capture some of those who were born, to use them as a base from which a new marred race was later to emerge.



The encounter with malicious forces was a pivotal event in the ancestral lore of the Elven kind. Beside legends narrating the known awakening on the shores of the Lake, the Eldar recall an atavistic nightmare which the initial jubilation of the Children's coming had marred. Melkor was the first to know that the Immortals had woken up and that they were wandering about the ends of the adjacent woods. The Fallen Vala thus took the appearance of a sinister dark rider, terrorising the newly-awakened Elves and sending them ghoulish ghosts of the darkest sort. The ones who dared get too far from their akin companions were never seen again; they were brought in chains to the deepest pits and ravines of the ancient Dark Fortress. An abyss carved into the stone, meant to hide the presence of its master from the Lords of the West. There, the sad captives suffered the tragedy of torture and their very nature was ultimately twisted by demonic arts and spells. It thus befell, that Ilúvatar's creation was mauled and ruined, with the intent of giving birth to a new wicked race, which was doomed to serve the orders of any fell lord endowed with terrible powers. Orcs were therefore presented to Arda; disgraceful testament and vivid evidence of corruption. The memory of these days of dread and fear might perhaps be still alive in the mind of the oldest ones, crystallised yet hidden profoundly in the furthest past. Creeping shadows vanished, once another knight had visited the young Eldar. He was bright and enlightened by the very radiance of the western Holy Shire. The Hunter-vala had been sent as envoy of hope and light, for the Powers had to safeguard such a splendid creation and the company of the Eldar much desired.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Sep 2017, 09:35
The Wanderer is known with a multitude of names



The Wanderer is known with a multitude of different names, in the tongue of whom was his host benevolent and much curious, for a very old man he resembles, but strong and resolute in will, being used to the hard condition of long voyages around the globe, in order to know the manners of different people and much knowledge to acquire, and many have actually noticed that this grey wizard is more fond of open air than the others whom we know too, and extremely fond he's also of riddles and issues to resolve, for his buoyant character would fain mend what is flawed, even if the very quest is to be long and daunting, yet he boasts a fire which never perishes amidst opposing winds, and he was appointed to an imperative objective to achieve, as a mission ever-present in his indecipherable thoughts.



Right after their arrival on the shores of the western shires of Middle-earth, the Istari endeavoured much to recollect part of the vast wisdom they were deprived of, as their memories as Maiar of Aman were concealed in the depth of their own mind by decree of the Valar, for the Powers wanted to prevent their emissaries on earth from making usage of their potential to seek for might or domination over mortal peoples. Journeying therefore became a reality the wizards got accustomed to very quickly, and the chance to visit the most remote lands gave them much knowledge of the world in return. Especially, Mithrandir embarked on long peregrinations and by his hosts was always loved and respected, harbinger of joy and merry news; or, had misadventures been occurred, he was always willing to aid the one in need, since the toil of quests was source for him of genuine interest and care. Buoyancy, defiance in grave fate and stout resolution. These were the grand traits of the Grey Wizard, destined to be author of even greater miracles in the world. Loyal servant of the Good, to whom the Shipwright had entrusted the Ring of Fire, imperishable and eternal flame of hope.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Sep 2017, 18:05
Somber toll to concede



Scattered pieces of the noblest of the blades, which now under the vigilance of the Valley's Lord rests, still and silent for the sacred contemplation of voyagers,
The sword of legends that the Evil dared stomp and break, amidst decisive contest at the slopes of ash and fire,
Two kinds elected not to bow and never faltered, being amazing remnants of what of elder times had been, yet bent by the challenge of time and by of relentless malice the darkest misery,
Together, once again, marched in grand triumph across the venomous plains of the obscure domain of the East, and even if the perishing of two mighty kings was somber toll to concede, victory was reached and the era of terror to an end was eventually brought.



The brutal departure of two mighty monarchs was indeed the gravest toll to concede, so that the Last Alliance could triumph against the hordes of hell and while facing the most dreadful of the foes possible, wrathful and longing for vengeance towards whom still dared challenge his rule in Middle-earth. Elendil, faithful and pious among the loyal friends of the Eldar, lone remained as the last lord of the sunk Númenor, as the noble keeper of the old wisdom which was granted to the Edain at the end of the Elder Days. He was pioneer of the new rebirth of Men on the continent and prime founder of Arnor in the North. On the other side, Gil-galad was the guardian of an even older and nobler tradition, tracing back to the lost lore of the High Kings of the Noldor. All of the last four High Kings suffered and strived to contain the ever-creeping malice of Arda. Alas, starting from Fëanáro, each of them was doomed to undergo the most cruel of the deaths. Yet, the heroic acts of few led to the salvation of the many, in a world that slowly turns grey and apathetic to the other one's misadventures.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Sep 2017, 17:49
A mistake we are



Love, a mistake we are and presumably appear to be, in the eyes of whom the entity of our fate ignores, because to the flame of passion and to the mystery of affection not all are used, together with such a disruptive force, which us tied regardless race or might, disregarding boundaries and weights and toils, that are indeed obstacles and often chains for the decent have been, and straining strife to face in any moment of stories and tales.

A mistake we are, maybe, in this strange course of events, where fallacious life with the immortal kind has mingled, first example in ages of common lore, but we know for sure that naught without just reason befalls, within the order of intelligence and planned projects that above the very heavens had initially been conceived.



Very few, if none, could have imagined that such a tale would be true. The most famous legend coming from the ancient and obscure past. The never-ending union of the two bloodlines. Beren and Lúthien. Of incredible deeds they were authors and their legacy well lives still in modern days; the noblest ancestry which relates equally to the grand royal House of the Noldor. It does linger in the grey world, flowing in the veins of whom of the two Twins chose the existence that never ceases; accepting the destiny of the Elven side.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Sep 2017, 19:27
Foreign foot won't pass here



Foreign foot won't pass here, across my domain secretive and secure, any breach I can't and shall not tolerate,
Shadows always creep behind and never should they be granted mercy or faith,
At a first glance, the first evidence or proof, guard must be high and ready one ought to be, to abandon the amicable warmth of home and affectionate land,
Whilst we strive and hither endure, strangers and voyagers will not get the privilege of welcome in such a grey period, for secrecy goes beyond all and more precious than gems we truly deem it.



Peculiar trait and characteristic side of Thranduil is isolationism. He staunchly sticks to this kind of attitude, as he regards it essential and necessary for the long continuity of his rule over the eastern woods. Woods which he and his people have never left, albeit being forced to change dwelling and establishing themselves in the northernmost edge of the vast forest. There, grand halls were carved in the stone and any passage was barred and closed, for none of the outer peoples has the permission to enter the hidden ways of the Woodland Realm. And if diplomacy deteriorated, the Evil knew that not all woods were under fell control, and that resistance still existed in Mirkwood. Orcs seldom dared tread the ways of the Wood-elves, being lethal sentinels always on the alert and much acquainted with the hard life of endurance.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Sep 2017, 00:24
Hé waes Sceadufæx



He was Shadowfax, at the turn of the fate-changing tide, harbinger of joy, hope and final salvation amidst such sorrow,
Noble and holy steed of the renewed wizard, clothed in white and of the keys of Arda's future he was wise guardian, imperative the order and clear the path,
Death he had faced, yet the demon was crushed and his fading ruin upon the mountain peak was thrown,
He now rides for liberty of all, bright beacon that hearts rekindles to glory and courage, and his light is to live within the ways of this world, unto his mission triumphant end finds, when trumpets and bells from the other shore shall sound: Mithrandir, the Western Lords crave your return.



The title is Old English for 'He was Shadowfax'.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Sep 2017, 03:55
At the edge and even beyond



At the edge of wisdom and even beyond, thou longest to advance further in the remote, yet vain and foolish thy wish shall be, for none vessels through the horizon may govern, now that bloody battle on the Hither-Lands is fought and thy faults the fury of the West have caused, unto the gloomy present ye all live, and mist shall always persist and storms in eternity shall wuther still, unless piety paveth the way which had been thitherto shut and barred, lifting the spell of secrecy and the curse that on you since origin hath been cast, and the ship favourable wind shall find and waters its passing will no longer oppose, headed to white and silver shores where naught fadeth nor withereth as common experience in the tales of Mortals, hither where the just rule is made reign and command, and none in truth dareth ill thoughts conceive, for paradise is calm and the finest dream in which thou may live.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Sep 2017, 15:07
Yet grief she turns into hope



The solitary dwelling along the shores facing the unknown and forbidden,
It was her sole choice and judgement, for from palaces and jubilant feasts she wanted to stay apart, waiting and treading with unceasing pace, unto what for the world in the firmament has been decreed,
Over sadness she reigns and commands, and her tears water dry ground or poisoned spoils, to wash away the stained guilt and new life to grant, because green grows still and anew, albeit tragedy and agony which one may have withstood,
Do not mistake those words, I beg, for never hopeless despair is the ultimate result, as grief and sorrow eventually she turns into hope, warm consolation to the suffering and grieving mind.



Nienna belongs to the mightiest order of the Valar and she is the Queen of Sadness. Similarly to her brother Mandos, she prefers to remain afar from the bliss and jubilant aura of the plains of Valinórë, electing instead the quietness and mystery of the most remote regions of the Blessed Realm, at the westernmost ends of the very West. By the shore she treads and waits, gazing at the vastness of the outer ocean of Eä, which no Elf or Man may journey through. And she mourns for the grievous thread of events that has characterised every chapter of Arda's long history, even though despair is not be seen in anything pertaining to her, for sorrow is raw matter that permits hope to emerge from the ashes of misery. Her most notable deeds were the raising of the legendary Two Trees, watered by her tears during the Song of Yavanna, and the saving of said light in the aftermath of Ungoliant's strike, when the radiance of the ancient Noon risked to be lost forever and forgotten; her weeping cleansed the filth of the monster and gave the dying Trees the necessary strength to produce two fruits, destined to voyage across the blue as the Sun and the Moon.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Sep 2017, 22:52
The Tower of Guard



Mighty deed and craftsmanship which stone at will shapes and moulds, this is grand legacy of whom the seas used to govern, and glorious rule via rivers and streams reached the shires that stand east on the continental mass,
Of the two twin-cities it is the one at the warm sun's rays rejoicing, established in middle way and central spot in the southern realm,
Terrible and striking the loss of her twin indeed, conquered and cursed, the reign of witchcraft the ghostly stronghold was doomed to suffer,
The tide was about to turn and elect a new grim path, as shadows returned in the grey world and with trepidation Men the passing of time began to measure, yet defence was once again raised and the remaining fortress as white colossal shield of Gondor was proclaimed, for grave fatigues for the last sentinel still future is to hold.



Minas Tirith rose above the honour of mention at the beginning of Gondor's grim times, inexorable prelude to what was yet to befall in the world. Sauron, puppeteer of the most cunning sort, had moved his pawns carefully and thoughtfully for decades and centuries before. The wraiths came back from the forgotten memories of defeat and overcame the Moon-city situated at the slopes of Mordor's own mountainous chain. Alarmed and facing the nightmare of a new war, Gondor fortified his realm and prepared plans for the oncoming clash with the Evil, envisaging a strategy of endurance and resistance; but defiance was nonetheless an idle one, for no active counter-offensive had been conceived in the meantime, with the intention of preventing Sauron from gathering a large army of all typologies of cruel servants. The most notable measure was the transformation of the one-time joyful city in a stone-made guardian carved into the peaks of Middle-earth. There, Men shall withstand the grandest of the tests, and hardest equally. For the sake of all cherishing liberty and hope.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Sep 2017, 21:15
Do not be wary of the arts of a wizard



Men, common and resilient kind you are all in truth, versed into learning and making theory a wonderful practice, because you need raise your hard strongholds of stone and pale marble which is renowned in every corner of this world, but you should also pay attention to these words of counsel and care, that wary of the arts of a wizard you ought not to be, being those not wanderers and beggars whom fortune has casually brought hither.

They are old and uncanny wit they hide, of this I am sure, and affected by toil they don't seem to be, and by aging in equal manner, for a mission they must must fulfil, of which the common man may not be told, and so let us pray that their coming an omen of positive future is to be, being us weary of grey vibe and increasing tension, as mankind as a whole needs hope as never before throughout continental events and diverse happenings we might have little memory of.



Men and Elves were both puzzled by the arrival of the wizards in Middle-earth. Figures cloaked in mystery, whose nature could not be equalled by anything in the lore of modernity (the Third Age). In very rare cases they were dreaded by people, though, given their natural proclivity to helping the one in need; and voyaging to the furthest places was a constant trait of all of them, being ever-interested in acquiring knowledge entailing the secrets of Arda and thus unearthing what lay hidden, veiled by the passing of eras. Someone was more fond of thorough studying, whereas others preferred the adventurous vibe of long travels, getting peoples and realms to know them personally, with the forging of staunch ties of amicable courtesy and friendship. As soon as it became evident how the burden of aging did not affect their kind, murmurs were being spread and voices would say that the Istari could be emissaries of the ancient West, sent hither to prevent a catastrophe from befalling. The Keeper of the Havens, the Lord of Imladris and the Lady of Lórien were the sole to know who they in truth were and where their fate would lead them. In particular, Círdan foresaw the miracles which Gandalf would be author of, at a first glance; thus, to ease the toil and fatigue of his mission, the millennial Elven lord entrusted Narya to the most pious and kindest of the five: the Grey Wizard.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Sep 2017, 23:18
Amok he must be wandering, for now...



The Tyrant? Amok he must be wandering now, along ways unknown and forbidden in the deep East of this earth, of which many are seriously frightened and no accurate tale as just account we may dispose of,
Who in the world might travel thither safe and unspoilt? Who could find the reason of his voyaging in such abandoned wastes, forsaken by grace and beauty?
For now, I feel like saying, in that the Evil holds return as an unceasing flame which its own interiors keeps on devouring in hunger, and naught evil entities learn,
For always they yearn reappearance in the broad Middle-earth, to move pawns again and war to wage, yet never their past mistakes they are likely to comprehend.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Sep 2017, 23:02
Dreadful coming



I wonder and ponder, whether the Emperor of all evil might break out from his prison, one terrible day of doom for anyone breathing on the surfaces of the earth,
Chaos would follow and sheer havoc in the world once again shall be brought,
The ramparts of Arda would not perhaps resist, in the darkest hour, and they would fail in sustaining such sudden burden of calamity,
Another war shall be dreadful consequence of the tale, striving the Powers still to win the foe who never content may be, foundations being shattered in the process and death spread hither and yonder.



None but Manwë, Varda and Mandos knows what the End is to entail. The end of the world and Arda itself. Yet, something is very certain and plain as the sunlight of morning. The Evil, its ancestral source, has been banished and thrown in the desperation of the lifeless void of Eä. Were Morgoth to come back, that would be the prologue of the most terrible cataclysm which has befallen in the annals of the world. The very foundations of the earth will tremble and suffer due to the battle arising. All shall be broken, but hope finds a place in this ultimate divination: Ilúvatar shall mend flaws and an everlasting harmony is to be the final result.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Sep 2017, 03:37
He is a doer, she is a giver



Aulë, matter he hath in government and control, for all its riddles he may solve,
None knoweth what might possibly be of a simple fashion, once his blessed hands labour and industriously shape, as the Smith is doer of grand deeds and teacher of infinite number of secret skills,
His wife green anew maketh and it growing she beholdeth in joy,
So much Yavanna to the world hath given, being her giver of fruits, wheat and shelter for beasts and for whom under trees dwelleth.
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Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Sep 2017, 15:55
Frozen distances



So long Men have wailed the destiny of their past realm in the North, founded and ruled by the very first king of both realms and of all who survived the utter catastrophe facing the arrogance of Númenor,
Frozen now lies the pride of Arnor, and ruined throughout silent hills, which serve crawling monsters at the present moment and are dwelling of creeping horrors,
A stain on Men's dignity, and clear example of the misery of disunity in such turmoil, when the awful enemy cunningly awaited the proper time and finally to reclaim the spoils of victory he appeared in the end,
The regency of the South no longer in the northern lore is interested, the memory being painful and troublesome the current years, and they should probably remember what has been before the millennium, in order to regret those blunders and the guard ever-high to maintain.



Not only jubilation the past of Men comprises. The old northern kingdom had first been raised and established by Elendil, leader of the loyal party of Númenor and first monarch of the kingdoms in exile, once the Five-pointed Island sank into the broad western seas. After the defeat of Sauron during the harsh siege of Mordor, the Third Age opened its gates well and wide to the renewed Men, confident and proud of the suffering victory they had achieved through death and desperation. Arnor stood in those days tall and majestic; the greatest of the two realms and stronger than its southern twin. Yet, the wheel of doom determined a different course that would later unfold. Fate and time forced the North to bend and kneel, overburdened by concern, worried by awakening nightmares along the surrounding fell hills and, most importantly, devoured internally by strife and disputes. Thus, when the wicked winter paved its way to the chessboard of northern geopolitics, Sauron's deadliest servant had naught to do but waiting for the civil war to maul what was left of the ancient domain of the North. And, albeit the forces of night being fended off by the concerted effort of Gondor and Rivendell, only ruins remained to be grave testimony of the tragedy that was. Alas, very little interested did the Stewards grow in the lore regarding the agonising kingdom.

Fools. Past always offers good teaching, when mind and ears are ready to listen to the far murmurs of antiquity.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Sep 2017, 00:50
Clothed with shame and misery



Dirty robes and decaying visage, this is just retribution for thy disgraceful deeds,
Fallen figure of authority and might, thou bearest the burden of treason and treacherous snares,
Piety ought not to be granted, for whom in deceptive designs still dwelleth,
Aye, may the word be spread and plain, clothed with shame and misery thou art.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Okt 2017, 02:59
Thither and yonder, harbours of pearl



What is that, which some may gaze at from that far?
Dreamlike and dreamland both, once the eye distances of blue has finally passed,
To reach havens where sunlight never wanes, it appears to us,
The wisest clear have spoken, that those ever-white strongholds and towers are not the realm of the Rulers, whom dear to us we hold.

The vision of spectacle the easternmost limit of beatitude in truth reveals,
The harbour of our loyal and kind, magnificent friends,
The Lone Island, thither we would fain head, to greet the gentle mariners sailing and visiting us,
They are of the immortal kind, as all of those fortunate shires, by light blessed and divine command is their rule.



At the time of the dawn of its might, Númenor would look at the western seas with confident and respectful eyes, yet attracted by the eternal joy pervading the immortal continent. Albeit a ban from the Valar decreeing the impossibility for Men and other mortals to sail to the Undying Lands, the proud inhabitants of the Five-pointed Island were still loyal to the authority of the Ancient West. The sight of Men could go far and wide, in those merry days of songs and nobility. It is said that it was possible for them to see the white harbours of Eressëa, at times, when waters stood still and the sky clear. Murmurs would circulate that it could be the shores of Aman or even the towers of Valinórë itself; but the wiseman knew for sure that those remote and inaccessible lands belonged to the easternmost part of the Imperishable Territories: Eressëa. And the people of Númenor had exactly been honoured with such a privilege, since a visible proof of the thither-bliss was provided. Visible, yet not tangible...
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Okt 2017, 01:47
Their last gaze



Miracles, or perhaps not, who in the new modern world could foretell?
Many tongues of misadventures speak, of men who are thus not fine nor well,
The tale spread among mariners, long and wide it is told,
Arcane riddles, absurd they must be, and not common, yet belonging to the realm mysterious and old.

Wiseman narrates that flat the fashion of earth used to be,
So far the memory of the story, and equally obscure to see,
Voices spread in the silence of the broad world, and feeble murmurs that lost sailors through hazardous waters they have voyaged, and unknown, unto white shores of nature which none might fathom, and they were narrow lands encircled by the highest chain of peaks and stone, alien to mortal intelligence and certainly subjected to another rule,
Well, those souls look at that spectacle, terrible and noble, while their last gaze was upon a mighty mountain which over all else towered, eternal, still and never-changeable as time, until oblivion took them and these characters of valour we today mourn.



The Great Cataclysm following the treason of Númenor was the most abrupt event which had thitherto befallen in the halls of Arda. The foundations of the world were shattered utterly and the Undying Lands ultimately removed from Arda itself, taken out from the circles and winds of the new round globe. Men, therefore, could then sail freely to the western seas, discovering new territories, yet mortal as the other ones, while returning to the beginning of their journey, at a certain point.

Some far murmurs began to circulate, though. Tales of desperate mariners who had lost themselves in perilous seas, just to be eventually brought to uncanny shores by the force of some unidentifiable grace. On these long shores, part of a continent which no mortal being had trodden before, they last gazed at the supreme peak watching over the ancient shires of Aman, legendary and forbidden, only to find sudden death and inexorable demise.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Okt 2017, 00:11
Festus the Red, of fiery will



Festus the Red, of fiery will and dauntless temper, the fire of war hath been placated for the good. Alas, I will not partake much into this renewed joy and jocular jubilation, for my fate doth command that to my primeval shires I must return. Ever-lit fields and naught there is made to decay.Yonder, beyond the sundering waves. Thither I shall go, whither I am bound to journey. Only, prior to my parting, I would fain honour thee and pay homage, for to all triumph belongeth. Thou art noble in heart, and, clothed with human flesh, my blessing thou hast gained.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Okt 2017, 17:20
Impious captive thou art



Enemy of Arda. Worst of the foes and origin of all that ill-natured hath been made. The chain of thy captivity doth justice to thee and the crimes thou hast committed. Now, to the Lit Earldom of the Powers thou hast been brought, as prisoner impious and covered by shame. Bow and kneel, in front of the bright throne of whom the sole King of Arda hath been designated.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Okt 2017, 14:45
You know no shame



How long are you to proceed in the direction of nothingness and void, Master of Snares?
For how much time have you been hiding and concealing your secretive plans?
Toying with characters and from confusion feeding,
Jackal and irredeemable hound, only after flesh and blood you are, in the end,
Forgiveness you don't seem to beg for, whilst hell you scheme for your opponents, who are just and stout in defence,
You continue and strive in truth with unceasing will,
Who knows the aim and goal of yours after much obscure thinking?
Who knows whither are you to crawl and slither?
The decent guardian does not waste time, nor will he fall prey of deceitful traps for sure,
Beware, unapologetic foe, you know no shame or manners worthy of our praise, and should hazard be close to us still, only blades and the firm sword of justice you are to face.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Okt 2017, 17:13
I tell you, it was a land of arts and skills



Nay, I can't believe your words. All that my eyes see is lone shires and lands without rulers whom I might know. Solitary and wild. No fortress or settlement of some note. There is naught and none. Only spoils, in truth, of past kings who by the gentle touch of luck were not reached. Miserable spectacle, I say.

Man, dear mortal soul whose sight is hard to widen, if it's ruins what you consider poor and miserable, your eyes have been certainly bewitched. Ruins in fact speak much for the ear that is willing to listen. Grand craftsmen dwelt here and of their labours the whole world was full, made rich and content a good deal. Bonds were established and long friendships blossomed even between one-time hostile races. It was all a marvellous laboratory of the most ingenious minds, among whom a proud smith shone. He was of the immortal kind and was also said to be one of those cursed by the exile from the bliss that was. The stain of infamy was washed away and their rebellion pardoned. He did not intend to forsake this land, though. Much he loved mending flaws and the grave wounds of Middle-earth he thought he was able to cure. Alas, sham words of counsel were given to him. A cunning guest in search of help and vassals to whom give orders. He was the mind and the smith the hands. Artefacts of extraordinary power saw light, then. They could halt decay and the capabilities of their bearers make mightier as never before. These scattered pieces of generosity were, however, part of a sole thread. Fell scheme of lies and snares...
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Okt 2017, 01:37
The purpose of my roaming



My wandering has a reason which is the clearest thing for me; the centre of all and its very sense too. I know how some might question my constant travelling. They say it's not worth it. They say that mankind does not deserve such gift; aid in what seems to resemble an age boding ill. I ride still, though, facing odds, voyaging hither and thither throughout a world that asks for help. Voices of pain and grief I always listen to. Mercy and piety I deem supreme and the most honourable of the virtues. And power I see with suspicion; power which subdues, strangles liberty and flowers makes wither. Much contempt I have for such definition of power. For power is subtler in nature; it requires wit. Simple acts of kindness and love keep this earth warm, and comfortable. It is love what kindles and valour inspires. A flame which needs be nourished. And a feeble fire must be preserved from stormy weather, so that goodness has its place in the order of all. Should victory bless our utmost mission, it is to depend on the hands of the weak one. Weak only in the eyes of whom does not understand.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Okt 2017, 15:56
The Forest itself



Shepherd of trees. It is told that trees have found firm guidance among the mysterious paths of their old wood, which lies near the Ring of Isengard. A power beneath grass and fallen leaves. Hard to fathom and ever-lively, unbeknownst to common knowledge. One should refrain from journeying throughout those obscure ways, of which we know little or naught. Den of far memories. Emotions of diverse sort. Who could know whether trees would rather elect peace or wrath? Much they have endured in a world that to them does not pay attention or modest reverence. Aren't they perhaps not worthy of note? This I cannot believe. Fool the one who's alien to green things; blinded their eyes were and his conscience clouded by other disgraceful thoughts. The old manners of gentleness may still be forgotten, albeit said vital force being continuously stored and preserved, although trees prefer silence and motionless they seem. Their guide is ever-awake, though. No deception or crime he is to concede. Adamant temper, wooden fashion of long years passed at the edge, vigilant surveillance, unceasing wisdom and vivid beard. No mere tree is he! Mightier in truth than one might deem. He's the Forest itself, its life and very soul.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Okt 2017, 00:45
Smith, the ways of Aman thou hast made dirty!



Smith, the ways of Aman thou hast made dirty in fury beyond thinking,
Immortal and noble, thou art given never-ending life by the One, yet through the path of grave expiation thou wilt travel,
Just outcome for thy doing without measure or shame,
Thou longest to reclaim what to thee hath since its creation belonged.

Who shall dare be in the way of such fiery vengeance, burning in perpetuity, for new nourishment it needeth?
The Protected Realm had never beheld anything of that ilk,
Grievous reminiscences they are to be,
Past harbours of merriment and peaceful chants, the fruit of their labour mariners did not want to give up to arrogant demanding, and so death spread and howls of terror within the continent of the Powers, which are ominous presaging of what future is to bring.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Okt 2017, 16:28
Mercy, history it has saved



Noblest kind of descent, the most splendid bloodline flowed in their veins,
Young they were, awaiting their definitive doom, grey and somber as when it rains,
The House of the Smith was in no way content with their broad dominion, reclaiming one of the Jewels of ancestral light,
Mercy triumphed at the grimmest time, the Twins were spared and piety worked for the avoidance of plight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Okt 2017, 21:49
Shadow, hidden from within



Don't trust the routes that lead thee out of the indestructible chain, out of the order and rule of the Powers. Aman hath emerged from the sea, once the Two Lamps of the ancestral lore had eventually collapsed, defeated by malice which could not be won in war. A new surface of wild and vast shires, which served well the purpose of the bright Rulers. Those new lands they made theirs and sole dwelling of light, in which green pastures and nature could grow safe, inside the ring of the Pelóri, the mighty wall of the Blessed Domain.

Another entity, unseen, had followed the Powers unto their newly-found continent. She hid well and deep, in the southern caverns along the obscure long beach. There, she hath dug much and radiance consumed, for never was her hunger satisfied or placated. The reason why voyagers ought to head to other destinations for sure. Should thou the wonders of journey yearnest, there is much to find hither and thither among the plains of Valinórë. And if thou to come out of defence wantest, head north, I say, where chill and breezes thou art to meet.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Okt 2017, 03:48
Cold Wastes



To the North, whither cold winds meet,
One must bliss leave, the white desert in order to reach,
Much mist and desolation, such desperate portrait in the western continent, unusual sight,
Untrodden ways, which none may pass, as tales tell, if not the Angels or of the Valar the might.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Okt 2017, 16:12
A wall of shields



Who are you to undermine the power of Gondor, stranger? We live inside halls of stone and hard marble, legacy of our ancestry that Men have in pride bequeathed. This is to be the wall of our defence and dam for any impetuous river willing to flood the realm with filth. Noble soldiers will stay vigilant in equal manner; swords wielded and shields borne. It is another wall, of different kind, made of courage and honourable deeds. Any foul intelligence had better remain far and still. We have the bounden duty to oppose invaders of that horrid sort, lest the sentinel tower fall and be seen bend under the weight of such widespread peril. Men of Gondor, it is said that swords and shields can make an impenetrable stronghold. It's time to prove it and render those words true!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Okt 2017, 00:45
Black Shores



Blue, there is blue within the gates of the Evil,
Surfaces of water in the lands of Mordor, of Sauron realm and seat primeval,
That dim sea is used for the sustainment of large hosts, what could be other reason?
Water, generally known as means of good and beneficial touch, there it serves the order of the Tyrant in his poisonous prison.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Okt 2017, 04:08
Iron Will



East of the Mountain which lies lone, there is another earldom of significant note, under the lordship of Dáin, skilled and fiery warlord. For long time he has kept those barriers secure, as menace could come even from the fathomless Far East. Fell Men inhabit those places of mystery, wrapped up in riddles and lost knowledge, at the last edges of the known world. Men of little braveness, they say. They prefer to take advantage of others' troubles; plain example of that is the eternal rivalry with the fine realm of Gondor in the South, which Dwarves trust and deem proper, resilient as their products of matter and iron. Who dwells in the Iron Hills has already made the acquaintance of harsh life and combat. Recurrent necessity and sadly real, in the confused thread of stories.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Okt 2017, 01:24
Of no common lineage



She is of no common lineage, not of this age which grows bored and numb with love,
The only great immortal maiden who considerable difference does make,
Born in shires of holiness, across the vast sea, and she's testimony of a radiance before the very Sun and Moon,
As the Elven Queen of this era, she is regarded with such title of prowess, for by the name of the fairest and mightiest immortal, in this manner scholars and singers recall the legendary Princess of Kôr.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Okt 2017, 23:54
Through these shires I roam and wander



Free I am, and ever-content I feel to breathe the breeze of the open air,
Malice and the ashes of war have forsaken our lands, for now our lives we conduct in peace and serenity,
Those of the Loyals who served and strived, by the western authority a fertile island of joy they were gifted,
The dwellers of this one-time somber continent may be relieved, because menace has parted from here and the immortal race, the ones whose love for the halls of mortality was too great to do without, tells that the entire earth they might heal once again through the arcane arts in their possession, and I thus roam and wander hither, merry and confident in a fate finer and better.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Okt 2017, 16:22
A new age and antiquarian longings



After massive chaos and deep shattering of this world's pillars, we gaze at a new era, promising as we deem it and, hopefully, free and loose from the deadly chains of fear,
Because dread is harbinger of captivity for all decent souls of the earth, which are harmless and feeble, unable to resist and stoutly stand,
The First Enemy is gone for the good, we have been told, exiled and trapped in the prison of void and non-being, which is terrible fate for whom law tries to battle and useless render,
The ones who first were born, the immortal kind of the kindred of the mighty characters of the elder tales; they are to bring about the course of a newer story, and to set up the foundations of a purified continent they are well resolute in equal manner, although their spirit grew, we may say, antiquarian and much they yearn what they had in past ages forsaken, for the sake of their pure art and noble means.



Once the glorious yet somber First Age of Arda had eventually come to an end, the Elven kind was confident that new possibilities for redemption and magnificence were at hand. Most of the Eldar had been gently and strongly suggested to sail back to the Undying Lands, as the Valar had pardoned the perpetrators of the infamous kin-slaying and those who had taken the suffered path of sedition. And another fundamental fact was known by the divine intelligence of the westernmost lands: with Morgoth gone, the world could breathe a sigh of relief, but all the snares of the Evil and the poison that had been thitherto spread could not be erased completely from the annals of history. New menaces would later torment the people of the mortal ways; this the Regents of the World knew very well.

The majority of the Elves followed the advices of the Powers and returned to Eressëa, and then they were finally reunited with their relatives and friends within the realm of the Archangels. Some decided to remain in Middle-earth, though. Not for arrogance or negligence towards the opinion of the Valar, but because their love for the wild mortal world had grown too profound and ardent. There were some of them that had never dwelt in Aman in the first place; too hard would have been the parting from their beloved land. Those were the noble Noldor who elected to stay, in a continent full of ever-new chances of greatness and splendour, yet made dim by the constant uncertainty derived from the fear of evil forces. And these Elves and their superb arts grew antiquarian, for they started to perceive that Arda would rapidly change (prelude of the future dominion of Men) and thus longed to embalm the present as it was, halting the inexorable passing of time and its ill consequences. Their art was all about conservation and preservation; they hope to maintain what was created by their hands ever-young and untouched by decay. This was the prime issue in the mind of most Elves and a very insistent of a theme.

Therefore, some began to imagine an improbable scenario: that the world could be repaired and healed via their labours, to the point of recreating the forbidden bliss of the shires that lay beyond the seas. An impossible eventuality, but it's necessary that this be mentioned: many of them did not like the prospect of coming back to the immortal lands, for the Elven survivors of Middle-earth, amidst lesser Elves and Men, shone of a bright light of majesty and grandness. While, should they have returned to the West, they would have been at the bottom of the hierarchy, below the Maiar and the Kings and Queens whom the very Angels served. A pivotal theme in Tolkien's narration. Longings that would later be cunningly exploited by Sauron to sway the Elves towards his plans, as he did equally in regards of Númenor (even though the centre of the dispute was the yearning of immortality, in that case).
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Okt 2017, 15:11
Whatever happened to the former one

A quite spirited composition, embellished by a humorous touch, telling the grievances of a few citizens of Gondor that weren't satisfied with the constant regime change after the arrival of the Stewards. It is also an occasion to reflect on the responsibility one has when power is given to him. There are people who abide to what they ought to do, whereas others flout their honourable task and betray the trust they had been generously given. A very relatable of a theme; not just for Middle-earth, probably...



Whatever happened to the past and former rule,
Whose tenure many crave and want to render secure,
The valour of old, much sung and throughout books told,
Ability to impose oneself and for each subject eventuality of gold,
This is how it should fare and fare well,
Aye, the diligent governs consensus and forever he shall,
Although prowess seldom comes without duties and the latter are surely of grand note,
Unless one is to be chastised for one's sins and to the bar of trial brought.

Former one, what is it that you do now? You had been given a mission plain and sure, yet you gave up your honour and stumbled upon the common contempt, of which you are much frightened, am I right? But fool is not who points at you in discrediting manner; you are, love, and to negative judgement you have to get used, for several in your hands their industry had entrusted, just to be laughed at and appallingly betrayed. And spare us your two-face wit, erstwhile ruler, because you are but a shame in a long lineage of glory. May you rejoice at your disgraceful confinement, for it is what befalls for your kind and the venom of your phoney advices we would fain hereafter do without. Thank you, former menace and mess, and be you well aware: you we remember and your sins despise as well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Okt 2017, 12:07
Vastness of deadly kind



Scholars know where skies lie and in which oceans of ether stars were placed to make the world bright,
A vastness of air indeed, yet deadly for whom dares seek for adventure in those forbidden spaces,
Be it mortal or gifted with life that never ends, such infinity of desolation he is not to resist,
The Powers were the sole who in those obscure halls much laboured, and those very halls of night the Blessed Realm from Arda divide, because such was the command of the One and naught against its will may exist.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Okt 2017, 13:10
Thou mayest pass, but not thy deeds



Thou mayest pass, but not thy deeds,
Inscribed in stone, wood and by the very air brought,
Murmurs of antiquity or the noblest chants,
Remembered thou wilt be and all of thy grand labours the test of time shall eventually go through,
As grandiosity is to voyage through centuries of valour or war,
To be borne as testimony by the act of whom next cometh,
And it doth not matter if statues or sacred shrines of marble to crumble will be made,
For the gesture they mock is the gesture of might, which ye, descent of gold, to worship ought.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Okt 2017, 13:48
Unto the end of horizon



Those grey ships unto the end of horizon sail,
To head to a newer world which new in truth is not,
The immortal passengers of those vessel shall find joy and for them one should not wail,
Ships take the course that leads to western ways and with rapid knot,
That they are to reach forbidden shores it is likely to foretell,
At the conclusion of their age, burdensome twilight of splendour, of Men's dominion the dawn,
Those keepers of ancient lore abandon the circles and skies of Arda, along a Straight Way, landing on untainted soil, that they shall,
Dwelling in the eternity of Valinor, realm enchanted and in the vastness of Eä lone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Okt 2017, 14:47
Indeed, they yearn the magnitude of old



They yearn the magnitude of old,
Which was not always wealth or other things of gold,
It entailed broad lands under the same lordship,
Bright and honourable past, memory we shall all times worship.

Grim days, they tell, seem to be ahead,
Far the years of glory, in which by firm hand we used to be led,
The new Regents are nonetheless confident and comforting future saw,
Let us pray that the hour is to be gallant and that Gondor shall remain a kingdom of law.



During the arrival of the Stewards and afterwards, Gondor experienced a troublesome period or rebellion, internal sedition and general unrest. The days of Númenor or of the foundation of those realms, much sung and held in utmost prominence, seemed to be slowly vanishing in the issues of the modern age; the Third Age of Arda. By the end of the first millennium, voices began to circulate, telling grim tales of revenant shadows awakening in the large yet wild Middle-earth. Taking advantage of the power vacuum that was tormenting the last mighty realm of Men, the one-time slaves and unstable tribes of the South decided that it was proper time to wreak havoc at the borders with Gondor, together with a renewed opposition in the Far East of the world, although it was more confined and less worrying. This spiral of uncertainty paved the way for the return of the Nazgûl, the fell Ring-wraiths. Nine powerful lords to whom Sauron gave his Nine Rings, knowing well how ambition could be turned in the most terrible bane. And that was cruel destiny, for the valiant Men of Gondor would suffer much and be vexed by those who were previously counted among their very same kind.

Gondor thus welcomed the third millennium of the era with a feeble embrace, doubtful about what was to be and fearful of the worst nightmare that could ever befall: the return of the Dark Lord and a new war. Because, if a new war had broken out, Men would have been the last barrier left to hinder the Evil's schemes, and for much sorrow they would have wept as well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Okt 2017, 12:37
Old Wood



Old Wood, in the West of the earth, beside the amicable routes of the Halflings you are located, with many ignoring your proper spirit and distinctive specialty,
Under the branches of the ancient trees much has passed that is not known by common knowledge or songs,
Hobbits do not tread your paths willingly and joyfully, for wary of the uncanny they often are,
Elven pilgrims are seen among your ways, sometimes, slow yet incessant in their conscious pace, as they are ready to depart from the halls of this world, past the Elven Towers along the shore of the broad sea, and never shall they return again to the grey lands of modern Middle-earth.



The adjective 'modern' is obviously used to refer to the late Third Age of Arda, when Elves began their last voyage to the West, after having lingered in the mortal shires of Eä for many centuries; eventful centuries and full of the most multicoloured sort of happenings, bad and good. Somber or cause of jubilation. Still or very dynamic. Regardless of such a vibrant life, the Eldar of the noblest lineage sensed that time was up. Whether all would end with the triumph of the Good or with chained servitude under the ruthless rule of Sauron, the journey to Valinor could not have been delayed any further.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Okt 2017, 13:29
Lit Earldom, thou gracious and ever-sunny



Lit Earldom, thou gracious and ever-sunny,
Raised by the godly might, and in no manner uncanny,
By immortal souls only thou mayest be inhabited,
The ways of thy gold-wheat fields know not sadness and always are spirited.

Lit Earldom, thou splendid and pure,
The highest wall embraceth thee and maketh thy shires ever-secure,
Impregnable and sanctified, who thee could ever dare harm, if not a fool?
The fate of Arda is to be determined in the Ring of Doom, for all is to obey of the Powers the holy rule.



Lit Earldom is one of the many titles with which Valinor is named and known, appearing also in the Lay of Ingwë. It refers to the fact that, whether by the Two Trees or the later Sun and Moon, the realm of the Valar was never left in the darkness and in the absence of light. In the aftermath of the cataclysmic destruction of the Two Lamps, which ended the perfect symmetry of the ancestral world, the Blessed Realm was the sole domain enlightened by warm radiance, when all Middle-earth and some territories of the very Aman lay under the eternal starred sky of the Years of the Trees, whereas the dwellings of the Archangels enjoyed the Eternal Day of their sacred shires, ensured by the never-ending cycle of the legendary Two Trees of Valinórë.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Okt 2017, 14:42
Valiant champion thou art and all fear thy sword



It was decreed that upon the halls of Eä thou wouldst descend,
For thy kindred fellows thee needed and fell deeds they were to avenge,
Among the mighty Archangels thou art counted, Tulkas the Valiant, to contest the ancient evil and relentless foes to fight,
Foes thou hast in grand number, yet never wilt thou flee the battlefield, as law thou shalt ensure and protect our right.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Okt 2017, 17:51
Grand thou art and all to thee is owed



Grand thou art and all to thee is owed,
Glorious monarch of the Star-realm and resistant to time which hitherto much hath flowed,
Thou art to endeavour for a lost and impious cause, as Men now seem to yearn the endless life, forgetting the agony for which we have fought and mourned,
Thou hast been swayed by bogus parlance; a priest, or whatever he hath himself proclaimed, who truly knoweth whither thou shalt end thy voyage in tears and havoc for all.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Okt 2017, 18:49
What say you?



Fell ghouls of traitorous sort,
What say you?
The imperative oath of allegiance you had elected to break,
Marred and cursed by the king, you rested with your choice,
From the trust of mortals you have parted in shame, one-time auxiliaries of a greater power,
Look at yourselves, dim figures of who you once were, don't you crave the mending of your sins?
There is the chance to make the wrong right again,
If sympathy you still have for the strife of the past ally, and then you shall depart from your eerie dwellings carved in the bewitched stone of the mountain, for in the mightiest contest of this age you must partake.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Okt 2017, 22:22
They are phantoms of ghostly guise

Strangers and whatsoever pilgrim are strongly invited to keep distance from those woods of which arcane memories the people of the cold heath have. A millennium of silence, as it is told by the oldest wise men of Rohan, at the dawn of the foundation of the very kingdom under the Horse-lords' rule. Elven ghosts are said to tread those mysterious ways that apt to common peasants are certainly not; particularly from the establishment of a new realm within those golden forests. You might know the tale. A sorceress of prodigious nature reigns over wood, water and stone, and to her those Elves are ever-loyal and falter they shall not, as it seems plain to grasp. Have you noticed how everything fares there? No stormy weather or menacing cloud darken those heavens, nor is the sun made weaker or less radiant than it usually shines. It is sorcery indeed and we profoundly wonder whether an opposing host could make its way into the heart of the woods, in which we believe that the seat of such enormous might resides.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Okt 2017, 23:16
Merry Tune



Aye, a merry tune I shall fain sing,
I shall fly above clouds and laborious people, as a fair bird of rapid wing,
The Shire, thither we moved and in jubilation there we currently dwell,
Land of joyful chanting, albeit secluded as some say, yet our buoyant life any spirited one shall suit well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Okt 2017, 02:03
Thy might is rendered useless



Fellow wizard, the wisest you were deemed by all, and the shores of this world as first voyager of hope you had reached. May you recall? A harbinger of redemption and trust; this you were supposed to represent. Versed in speech and in anything concerning the arts of metal that are to you much dear. Too bad, that your duty you made a horrible nightmare, for dominance you longed for and ready to obtain it at all costs you were indeed. I sense no regret in you and this is to make the punishment graver, I fear. Once the mission is finally achieved, you will follow in the footsteps of whom endangered the fate of Arda in equal manner. You shall thus walk the path of desperation and utter rejection, unto the breaking of the very earth. Piety and sham redeeming words will not avail your case, hopeless and forlorn. To the bar of history you have been brought and the final sentence is clear as the purest waters you tried to stain.

Saruman, hearken to me, you don't deserve the title you were originally given, as spirit of noble nature. The chief of your order condemns you for such shameful deeds. Thy might is rendered useless and your precious staff asunder is to be torn. Be it just trial and consequence for thee, traitor of light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Okt 2017, 22:50
Death, on rapid wings



Should the lost artefact be found anew,
Woes to all and to those resilient to subdue,
Death shall be spread, implacable and swift, across the shires to mortality used,
Lest ruins only we are to defend, under the radiance of our warm Sun and luminescent Moon, which enlighten lands that by the iron fist of the Orcs would never fain be ruled.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Nov 2017, 00:46
Hidden roots of lost memory



Much was lost and even now we lose, suffering in the tumultuous thread of time that seems without grace,
Common destiny for each kingdom, land or race,
They murmur that in the mines of Moria great testimony of the past just waits to be unearthed,
Yet, we knew amidst fear and doubt, digging might bode ill for whom years the kernel, deep and by doom cursed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Nov 2017, 00:03
VARDA
A collection of lyrics

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Zitat
Thou mayest and always canst



Void and darkness thou makest bright,
As the wrong by thy sanctity is made right,
For the Good thou dost what is just the most,
Beside the King of Arda thou art the Queen and lone never thou wast.

There is naught for thee that is limit, for thou mayest and always canst.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Nov 2017, 01:43
Them lit thou madest



Lit and blessed, secure and safe, behind your mighty wall,
Ye, Valar, your ever-green shire the noblest realm have made,
Thanks to the Two Trees, fashioned by nature, watered by grief and with radiance endowed,
Thou, indeed, Queen of Arda, them lit with thy force thou madest.



The Two Trees of Valinórë, subject of many legends and recurrent theme of loss in the tales of old, were given life and beginning by the deeds of the three mightiest Queens among the Archangels: Yavanna sang at the presence of all Valar, gathered in the immense fields of the plain of the Blessed Realm, and thus gave concrete shape to her divine thoughts; the shape of two colossal trees. Nienna mourned for the somber fate which had thitherto befallen and which would have yet to pass, allowing such creation to be nourished by her pure tears, made of grief and of hopeful resilience in the halls of Arda. It was then Varda who gifted her nature to the Trees. Light, the highest of the elements and sole physical remnant of the Timeless Halls. Ancestral dimensions, from whence the Valar themselves had had origin and had sung together the melody of the grand Music. Light is the only vivid testament of that arcane past, that none but the Ainur may fathom or recall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Nov 2017, 00:51
Ever-green and golden



All souls of the forest rejoice and merry are made, and never do the dwellers of Lórien lack songs to sing,
Heavens retain light and radiance even in the worst adversity, for no fell wind will ever darken those ways or render them withered, when the Lady is in government and all calms with her Ring,
Golden routes under the trees, warm and lively as life which doesn't want to fade,
Sad fate is verily ahead of those sacred woodland inhabitants, for any art made by Elven hands shall inevitably meet decay, in akin manner to how the Firstborns to some of their labours farewell often bade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Nov 2017, 01:38
To strive, to seek, to search, and never to yield



How could one be brave enough to partake in a quest and return richer in knowledge, wisdom and precious experience? It's not everyday that one is offered the chance and everyday ones are possibly likely to deny, for hazard is equally present when you are to seize the opportunity of your own life. It is not to know whither we are voyaging and via which way, and so the willing traveller might need rely on his wit and find answers alone. And one ought truly to remember, in utmost dedication and contemplation too, that treasures are seldom presented for free and along gentle paths, and who may assure you that foes and foul minions you are not to battle? Precious things are for the most buried and wrapped in the arcane mystery, waiting for the curious mind that could unveil their wonderful being. Imperative, aye, imperative it is that one be keen enough to strive, to seek and search, and never to yield. Only through labouring and enquiry can you dig deeply and pierce the hardest wall. Determined, resolute, stout and staunch.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Nov 2017, 23:56
The obligated path



It would be a magnanimous gesture to entrust a mission to someone else's hands, yet honour of ours must in no case wane,
Can you recall? A queen, on the route of definitive demise, decided to stand up and the walls of the Eerie Fortress laid bare, prior to her return whither her true dwelling had always lain,
Cease your excuses and vain parlance, this world knows naught to do with people who wail,
We shall endeavour to prove the spirit we are made of and so for our shires we shall be of much avail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Nov 2017, 01:31
She weepeth



She weepeth, yet not in vain,
Grief hath too dwelling in the Powers' domain,
Her fate is beside forbidden seas, where always she hath lain,
To the fallen ones hope she giveth, lest souls see endless mourning and eventually wane.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Nov 2017, 23:23
Betwixt war and ruin



Betwixt war and much ruin we find ourselves,
Appalling the spectacle, we never beheld anything of its grievous ilk,
Verily, thou hast much to lose and weep for,
It doth stir fear and terror within thy tender heart,
I know, fond of the comfort of thy home thou art,
And nostalgia for the warm hearth there is in equal manner,
Flames and iron shall reach all which one loveth and careth for,
Thou knewest not, my dear friend, and sawest not shadows renewing their strength and becoming vital again, in the far shires of the East, uncanny and hostile.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2017, 01:19
Wounds which never might be cured



Wounds which might not be healed,
Unfortunately, it's the fate we're all obliged to abide to,
Whether by the slow progression of time or by the fell hand, Arda shall suffer and strive still to survive the passing of each era,
Which is the kind of these crimes, I wonder? Their nature and reason, as naught is really product of vain thoughts in the wicked design.

Diverse are the signs of the tainted land and marred earth,
It may be nature wailing and being tortured by means of foul arts,
The fatal hour was, however, during the times ancient and elder, as the Dark Lord clung to the very world he sought to lay waste and shared his power with what and whom he crafted in his malice,
Of prime note are wars, indeed, in which the Powers too headed out from their sacred shire and contested the supremacy in Eä, yet conflict is ever-clearly a harbinger of ruin, for the Blessed Realm is equally feared and dreaded by whichever foe, and so peaks are torn asunder, rivers shattered and upset, seas disappear and are made anew, while Arda cries and mourns for its inevitable destiny that none may avert.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2017, 17:16
Nay-sayer, from the very beginning



Prior to matter, and time and space,
Pure thought commanded the Reign before Reigns, once home to a sole blessed race,
The Enemy was still deemed mighty and grandiose, longing for the allegiance of others of the akin sort,
She was a nay-sayer from the beginning of all, divining his malicious and ill-wishing design, turning down the offer, and against all snares the Eldar her invoke, eternal fortress of beatitude and for any vessel safe port.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2017, 18:30
The tide



Impetuous waves and stormy seas,
The thread of time is also chaos, wild and never simple to seize,
The tide is moving rapidly and towards different courses it hath swung,
Unfortunate is the outcome of whom was tempted to decide, in the infuriating river that floweth ever-astray, to which some may have sombrely clung.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2017, 22:23
We still dispose of time



We still dispose of time, precious time indeed,
Were the Enemy to commence the last war, any moment shall be of the utmost relevance, if we are to succeed,
Stringent peril compels one to act firmly and with strong-willed resolution,
We still have allies on our side as well, yet many are wary of our quest and so hearts ought to be rekindled to allegiance once again, in order to permit one to wield a sword and to the broad plan to give one's own decisive contribution.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2017, 22:37
Over all it towers



Light, pure light which life gifts, all makes lit and hope allows to persist,
They say it's the sign and foremost testimony of the One who dwells above the borders of this universe itself,
Eras unknown to the most but the Ainur of bright radiance and noble composure, and the Queen of Valinor is said to emanate such a force in full spectacle, the likes of which none might find outside the ramparts of the very earldoms of the Powers,
Snow-white, clothed with paradise, the most splendid gem she is even among her own blessed kind, and if Manwë is not to be questioned in his imperative decree, her wife rules over Light itself that towers above all, be it Air, Water, Wood or Stone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2017, 23:56
Vicious as very few



Who knoweth which uncanny art hath been behind, as one is told in the tale?
That horrible nightmare emerged from the northernmost pits, as the Dark Lord his opponents with terror had thitherto chained, and then came the hour of such vicious bane,
Ashes and carbon they would chew, and of fell fire was their breath, deadly and venomous, for this is always the case for any devilry that from the caverns of Angband arose,
It meant atrocious fate for whom fought for survival and to the valiant forces of the Good the most dreadful woes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Nov 2017, 16:22
Countless Tears



All shall weep and just mourn, albeit grief being not to be softened nor eased,
It is one of those grand clashes, ferocious contests, during the wars for the Jewels,
Much hope was in the hearts of the Eldar, resolute to break the chain of dread and strike against the common foe for any decent dweller of that blood-stained territory,
Alas, that wish was far and naught else but silly imagination from the Good's party, for the legions of the night were many, although treason was origin of all those terrible woes that afterwards grimly befell.



The Battle of Countless Tears was the last major clash of the War of the Jewels, prior to the resolving War of Wrath which closed the series of tragedy in the pages of the mournful tales of Beleriand. The very battle and its appalling aftermath were ominous signs of how the following course of the general war would unfold. The Eldar marched sure and confident under the banners of a renewed alliance of intent, although many were the rivalries that lay beneath and frustrated the prospect of a concerted action against Morgoth. The unquestionable leaders were the remaining kin of Fëanor, massacred and decimated by the Evil in the erstwhile centuries. The core of the grand army was, however, comprised of the people of Ñolofinwë, led by his son, Fingon, who had just bequeathed the immense honour and burden which the high kingship of the Noldor entailed. Despite thorough strategies, all was to bode very ill for the ranks of the immortal ones, aided by the Edain, their most truthful allies. The Dark Lord had in fact made sure to gain, by means of bogus promises, the servitude of those human tribes that had come from the easternmost ends of the world; rustic people, neither used to valour nor bound by bonds of trust to anyone. The seed of betrayal was therefore sown and Morgoth prepared so well for the approaching challenging, unleashing all sorts of horrors from the caverns of the Iron Fortress. And most gruesome among those fell opponents were his Balrogs, the Flames of Morgoth, whose fiery whips and blades slew the High King of the Noldor in the worst of the manners.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Nov 2017, 16:35
Grace of thine



Grace of thine, it is what giveth us joy and love,
Thou canst hearken to anything, within thy halls of ether, above,
Thou shalt grant satisfaction to our pleas, we are ever-sure,
Queen of Stars, Light and gem of the firmament in the ancient lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Nov 2017, 01:10
Kindler of all that is worth beholding



Aye, one just cannot ignore your ancient labours across distances with no matter,
Even if ignorance clouds one's wit, your very first gift to the earth was that light,
That light which naught ever tainted, none may reach for, far off amidst the blue,
Imperishable as adamant and eternal as eternal is the existence of any Elf, Angel or Archangel of your kindred sort.

Be it warm radiance or pale gleams in cool nights of joyful summer, be it those stars in heaven that are your proudest craft, be it lost light which ever-alive dwells in tales of old, you are without doubt kindler of all that is worth beholding in this world.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Nov 2017, 22:54
Maiden of merriment



Merry maiden of messy locks,
Your spirited buoyancy would clearly melt the hardest man, stone and rocks,
Courteous is your gentle touch, as tender and soft as a hand in a glove,
Witty you are as well, to know from whom you must get off and whom in truth deserves your love.



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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Nov 2017, 23:31
Maiden of valour



Valiant maiden of the cold heath, verily you are much used both to strife and harsh chill,
Naught of raw and rough nature has ever bent your adamant will,
To serve whom you deem your noble king, and to graciously help the one who is feeble and in need,
Anything fell your brave temper shall dread, for you are Shield-maiden of Rohan and destined our hope to lead.



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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Nov 2017, 00:12
Maiden of might



Mighty maiden of legends and antique tales, thou art radiant gem in the firmament of all our old annals, stories and lays,
Strong and proud, justness hath always been thy lighthouse through stormy seas, thou who from shires immortal hast come, ancient sacred soil and for mortals untrodden ways,
Sorceress of joy and light, princess in paradise and Elven queen in the grey age, in melodies we sing of thee and of thy grand deeds in the lands of suffering and wailing,
Awaiting the hour of thy parting, sailing to the realm holy and lit, whither thou wast bound to return, in the moment of decay and fading.



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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Nov 2017, 01:07
Justice wields a sword



Seldom has Justice never wielded a sword,
As retribution may come through punishment and ruthless word,
Indeed, malice often ought to be countered with a decent blade,
Which is will of ardent sort that all gallant has made.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Nov 2017, 02:06
They care not



They just care not, nowadays, those greedy Dwarves of secluded spirit; much busy with amassing riches they are and very little do the troubles of others worry their industrious doing, although the failure of one might be disastrous doom for them in the future, for this has been ever-clear in my mind, that the Evil would rather toy with one and sow discord, so that those would could prove worthy opponents are instead weakened, divided and thus close to defeat, under the cruel yoke of foes who mercy have never known.

Perhaps, should the Dwarven kind find the proper purpose and resolution, the worst nightmare for any foul lord they shall be, resilient to fire, darkness and any sort of treacherous tricks.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Nov 2017, 15:59
Simple merchants, you say?



Simple merchants? I'm wary of that, my gentle guest,
Ill-intentioned are many along these ways, who are envious and one's decency test,
Beware of the greedy ruler of this lake-town, lest he be made angry and furious,
Your mere fashion betrays the ones you in truth are, and you are noble lords and keepers of a treasure stupendous.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Nov 2017, 16:27
Thou spokest firm



The Foe shall pay and exemplary the burden of his felony is to be,
Villain, vile and horrid, rarely doth his deed not affect one, thee, us and me,
Divergence was in the assembly of the Powers, whither they head to for the decreeing of our fate,
Queen, thou spokest firm and just, that the Enemy three eras of the Trees bound by chains should have spent, which is the gravest torture and an eternity to await.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Nov 2017, 23:37
A song for thee



A song for thee I sing,
In hopes that my tune findeth its way amidst such misery in this grievous War of the Ring,
My love by means of lyrics is to be carried, across a world to which darkness siege laid,
May it reach thee in the hour of unbearable toil, my love, to whom sad farewell I bade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Nov 2017, 22:58
Tales of strange folks



Abroad, of which we're often told tales of strange folks,
Nay, it is not out of laughter or petty talks,
Concern grows and meanders across the common way,
And naught of reassuring my worried mind might sway.

Aye, strange folks and obscure skills of which I speak not fain,
Wicked spirits tread our path and seldom when there's not ill weather or rain,
Demons and ghouls in the dark of the world, creeping out and with unmeasured magnitude,
Why is the merry man, lone, who all day labours in toil, to face the peril of solitude?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Nov 2017, 23:36
A foul watcher in nameless ponds



Ponds which bear no name or joyful title of some sort, come from nice hours of freedom, spent at its shores and ever-lively in good company,
No, it is not water one should touch, disturb or awake,
Silent, a horror there is said to reside, fast and rapid, hungry and bidden to halt the passage of whom tries to make to such hazardous trip,
Neither is it known its identity and very purpose, nor is it manifest to us how whither that nightmare could have gone, vicious hunter and fell guardian of hideous ilk.



The true identity of the Watcher in the Water is well left to the reader's imagination and guessing. It's nonetheless possible to make a few viable speculations on the matter: he's likely to be counted among the mysterious Nameless Creatures of Arda. Uncanny creatures of unknown origin; they are accounted to dwell in the deep places of the earth and murmurs say that they have trodden the ways of the world long before the awakening of the Children of Ilúvatar. It may thus infer that they are bound to none and to none they have to respond, refusing to partake in conflicts or side with one of the opponents in a general war. However, despite their neutrality in the businesses of Arda, they are widely considered as one of the deadliest kind of beasts, and their completely wild nature may aggravate their extremely feral essence.

It is necessary that a just difference be noted, though. These ancient creatures are sometimes mistaken for Maiar, when this is not the case at all. The Ainur constitute their own blessed race, born prior to the very universe, whose might is absolutely incomparable with whatsoever creatures, be they ancient or more recent.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Nov 2017, 00:56
Behold, the White Towers of hope



Great fatigues shall never deprive us of such relieving of a spectacle, which is signal of rekindled hope, before the last step of our journey is eventually made,
White Towers, gazing afar, yonder, beyond clouds and mists, and even past the very winds and air that follow the round fashion of this modern world,
We are to take our vessel and journey through the sea, upon the Straight Road that by the Eldar only is sailed across,
Towers of hope, they are indeed, well-wishing image and sign for all the Immortals that the endless bliss yearn, on the other shore of the sundering blue.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Nov 2017, 01:24
You are a good lad, don't you ever forget



You are a good lad, don't you ever forget. In times of cold winters and much toil for harsh weather or daunting endeavour, you ought to know that you will make it through and find the just way. Because you are buoyant and confident, profoundly in yourself, yet humble and merciful towards those who are granted this merit. Aye, being capable of mercy is really the most magnificent gift of all. Of this I am sure. And I know that piety is to push the limits of your heart very far, embracing good souls and the true spirit of a decent existence. While resilient you will definitely grow, for strength and endurance always are the welcome fruit of valour and honour of your kindred sort. Hearken to me, then, for never will the Evil have you in its malicious hands. Adamant temper is not to be broken so lightly and the will of a pure heart shall make the most terrible of the adversaries. Aye, this I think and rest with. No other words I need tell, for the listener will make wise use of this talk of mine. Never vain, I hope in faithful confidence.

You're good, Frodo, don't you ever forget!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Nov 2017, 02:19
Tomb in the chasm



Eerie as naught in the shires under the Sun and gleaming Moon,
Galleries of antique glory and broad halls carved into the stone, fine dwelling and grand room,
Alas, they are infested by evil residents and thick malice, while the erstwhile dwellers lie now lifeless in their forsaken tomb, in which grand contest is to befall soon,
Abyss of void, hopeless and still, this is how the mines of Moria appear, grievous graves of desolation and sombre in their gloom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Nov 2017, 00:39
Time for renown and honour



Myself I shall prove worthy and just,
At the gates of peril which all makes chill, resist we only must,
Unto the end of tales and the ending of this earth, burdened by grief and turned into dust,
Our memory, the memory of our splendid deeds, is to last against all odds and never to rust.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Nov 2017, 23:55
Lady of Peaks



Over peaks which mists cloud and veil,
Above, one gazes at the broad skies, your wide reign,
We behold the splendour of your ancient labouring in times not known or seen,
Labours that gave endurance to whom dwelt below, in the lands of sorrow and despair.

The pleading one invokes you and praises anytime your wonderful Stars,
Aid he wishes for and resilience to face a foreboding fate which no pause or rest seems to grant,
It is in the moment of fear that we must turn your blessing into ardent passion and just will to fight back,
You, who sits beside the Ancient King of these halls under the sidereal ways of Eä, in your crystalline palace atop the Prime Peak, where all is heard and seen, be it heart-striking laments or the most secretive murmurs and sighs.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Nov 2017, 00:14
Who art thou, maiden of brightness?



''Who art thou, maiden of brightness? Never have I beheld such prodigy in the shires of this dark world, made lit by the Stars of the firmament, dearest to us and eternal fountain of hope.''

''I am Melyanna of Valinórë, of the People of Estë, mighty lady and joyful queen of mine. And thou knowest well my kind, lord of the Eldar, whose splendour thou hast admired once, as ambassador of goodwill at the behest of thy blessed race.''




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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Nov 2017, 14:55
My way I shall find



My way I shall find,
Ingenious wit and solid mind,
One which does not falter nor quake,
Through the mist of doubt, I am not my duty to forsake.

Hail goodwill and fortitude of mine,
We shall make it and valour will shine,
To enlighten the routes of a world that grows weary,
Away with snares, fell deeds and anything eerie.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Nov 2017, 15:37
Sublime queen of light



Thee we recall as magnificent lady of splendour,
Whom no artist might mock well or loyally render,
Ye, who hearken fain to this tale, ought to know what befell when on her was our bewildered gaze,
Eyes of forever and infinite sight, long millennia of being, lances of starlight and a very miraculous of a maze.



The very appearance of the Valar is undoubtedly a quite tricky topic to tackle. One of those aspects that are left in a certain amount of obscurity by the Professor. We only know, thanks to the pure canons, that, after the violent clashes between Melkor and the Powers, the primordial world was shattered and utterly devastated, although its fashion was still indefinite and still in need of the intervention of the Archangels, in order to make for a proper dwelling in which the Children of Ilúvatar would live in peace and solace, as the Plan exactly encompassed. So, once the Good had triumphed and made his enemies flee in the deep places of the dark Void, the Valar elected to clothe themselves with human-like shapes; appearances that were an exact reflection of their intrinsic being, in accordance to each one's gender or inner might. However, albeit having bound themselves to a physical form (with all the relative consequences), it is not clear whether this ancestral fashion was akin to the one they would later took after the coming of the Eldar to their sacred continent. They may have initially opted for colossal resemblances, as that was an evident representation of their true potency.

As the Eldar accepted the solemn invitation of the Lords of the West, the Powers chose fashions that were more similar to the ones of their immortal guests, even though they certainly retained their own aura of authority and holy rule. Yet, in spite of the usual norm, Varda constituted an exception in herself, given that all of hers was clothed with pure radiance of unspeakable beauty. Clearest kind of light and sole testimony of the true nature of the halls in which Ilúvatar reigns, prior to all, beyond time and space.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Nov 2017, 16:15
The path is shut



Living flesh, this I sense with clear wisdom,
Sure is my certainty, whenever intruders dare set foot in our forbidden domain,
Aye, you who entered here, give up your false hope, lest your noble composure be laid down in ill manner,
The dead suffer none and the vain claiming of yours reject.

The path is shut for the living,
Which kind of folly has convinced you to commence this very hopeless of a quest?
For there is no chance that we are ever to take side in one's war,
The troubles of the living warlords do not worry us nor our kingdom within the stone.

Only to the royal lineage of old shall we respond, in that a curse has trapped us and to the toil of life we are thus obliged to cling, unless the Heir of Númenor himself frees us from the agony of these chains, because oaths should not be sworn lightly or broken in the very hour of need.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Nov 2017, 02:08
To cowardice he clung



Raging his temper must have been, as soon as the Tyrant beheld his foul realm falling asunder,
Once his demons were swept away by the wind of justness, and so the decent one again along the shires of the Hither-Lands was to meander,
The Dark Lord was no valiant leader and to cowardice clung,
In the hour in which the bell of his demise was tolling and finally rung.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Nov 2017, 16:08
Your love I harbour in me, ever-ardent and alive



Your love I harbour in me, ever-ardent and alive, not proven by passing time,
Made to bear the wounds of hard life, and to endure and to be honoured in rhyme,
Fly and travel much, thought of mine, unto the reaching of whom battles in strife,
Grey is this era and darker it might even get, for Men are summoned to ride towards their deciding fate, once the armies of good are prepared and cast has been the dice.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Nov 2017, 16:29
Necklace of stars



Gifted were the superb jewels of Aulë to the Queen of the sacred realm of the Powers, stainless and without woe,
A homage of immense magnitude, originated from the dauntless labouring of the mightiest Smith,
A necklace of pure diamond it was, but also carved into uncanny stone, which weather may not touch or cause to become dust,
Every gem was akin to her holy lamps in the night, and her inner radiance made them lit of ancestral beauty, nowhere to be found but at the sight of Varda Snow-white.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Nov 2017, 17:08
Fulfilment of sworn duty



Just release of those caged in living death,
The worst curse one might stumble upon,
Ill consequence of crime, dishonour and impious conduct of the vilest nature,
Yet, the captives, the half-dead, found redemption in the hour of most stringent necessity, aiding their allies and avoiding tragic defeat, as they made for the deadliest foe the Evil had thitherto been bound to face, cancelling the past stain of infamy and treason that had been their unbearable prison.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Nov 2017, 17:29
Visage of divine grace



Your thought is not to be fathomed by none else but the monarch who beside you sits on his godly throne,
Visage of miracle, whose sight the deepest hall of the outer space may with ease pierce, whither very few were bidden to voyage through as foremost task,
Complexion of the very resemblance of our starred heavens above all that is ether we breath,
Sanctity of old and even before, immortal and pure, naught has dared taint it and never shall the Evil lay hand on her prodigy, which is heart of light and giver of hope.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Nov 2017, 01:36
Too much to mend

In the perspective of Sam.



Lady, my honest word is that by your mighty magic the One Ring ought to be borne,
For hatred is being spread fast and swift in this world, and war and ill judgements leave too much which need be mended,
Well, there's naught that might be heavy burden for the Elven Queen of the golden woods,
Anything wrong you shall make right and evil doing would be given just retribution for the case.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Nov 2017, 00:33
Nice manners



The art of fine manners is treasure that is not for all to grasp,
Gentleness might melt hearts of iron and adamant temper,
Tender parlance sways minds and much is to yield,
At wit's end, when one's fate bodes ill,
Some are masters of solemn words of might,
Which they speak and so the secrets of the world command,
Words of power, yet terrible and lapidary as the bolt in the night,
Nice manners may conceal your real plan, instead, toying with an enemy of no usual comparison, that could either be creeping shadow in the pits of perilous mountains, a greedy serpent sat on gold or sheer madness of a brave king of old.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Nov 2017, 00:47
Well-wishing sign that wanes not



We lost confidence and hope, once,
In the darkest night, by foulness populated,
Above, at the heavens immortal we turned our gaze,
We then beheld beauty that wanes not, resilient and piercing the fumes of the Black Land, past darkness, unto our very hearts.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Nov 2017, 00:58
Gracious maiden, you shall live and go through this war



Gracious maiden of the heath, long you have suffered and cold winters withstood, stout and vigilant in the worst hour of mine, when I failed and my thoughts prey of the cunning wizard fell,
Awoken I was! Free to breathe air and to manage my kingdom as the true monarch would rightly do,
We have the chance to end evilness in this marred earth, and before the gates of the White City our doom shall be given plain shape,
Be the battle ill, you shall reign in my place, wise lady of Rohan, but certain I am that you shall live to see brighter days and pass through this war.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Nov 2017, 02:16
Beloved and revered



Seldom has the Elf-kind so much loved one and in any case revered with the most pious awe a being of Arda,
Most loyal among the Children the Elves are, for higher rules they comprehend and feel theirs,
The imperative decree of the Ancient King they deem just and never-faltering,
Yet, they worship the Queen of Valinor in different manner, as she is hope itself which was made not to vanish, imperishable light that kindles halls of void since the very first dawn.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Nov 2017, 00:27
Get back, fell wraith!



Away with you, fell wraith!
You and your foul mount shall pay grave toll,
Should you dare lay a hand on the wounded king,
Nor will riders withdraw their charge, for the armies of hell are to be stomped under glorious hooves and be disbanded astray and amok, rendering this realm of Men clear and free.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Nov 2017, 11:43
Some wizard's pupil



Captain of Gondor, may your father's words be of no ill dismay for you, as though venomous envy and much grudge pronounced them indeed,
For I am sure that your father loves what you are and are destined to be,
No pale reflection you are of your glorious brother of buoyant spirit, lying your deep strength elsewhere than where it is normally found,
Your wit is keen and wise as the one of a regent of might, not just some wizard's pupil, and one may divine that your quality shall be in the epilogue of tales acknowledged for good.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Nov 2017, 12:44
Wells of wonder



Drops of radiance would fall from the gigantic Trees of the old lays,
Not only would they gift the land of the Powers light and life, ever-mentioned and worthy of utmost praise,
Pieces of their gleams would even make the sacred soil, below, lit and enriched by the brightest pearls,
Collected in wells of purity beyond compare, unknown to other shires, reigns and worlds.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Nov 2017, 13:25
Trumpets that awake the earth



Hither-Lands of sorrow exceeding measure,
Sick home, poisoned and so far from pleasure,
Victims, you who have borne the most terrible brunt, strong winds blow from whither the Sun goes to die and be renewed, carrying one who the wrong shall make right,
Herald of holy rule, bearing trumpets that the earth awake and the foul ones fly make, he's messenger of salvation and angel of might.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Nov 2017, 22:06
Shards of a new dawn



Ruined is really not what meets the eye,
Nor lost, pray, for the sake of the loyal guard who still keeps the shadow at bay,
Those who speak of an ill fate, well, they speak of a hackneyed lie,
The shards of the blade shall be mended anew, to reforge the noble sword of old, borne by the sole hand which the tide of Men turn may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Nov 2017, 22:53
Tidings of good, for the king



I bear tidings of good in these one-time glorious halls, weary and made dim by spells,
Sanity is clouded and the royal wit wanders afar from light, I fear,
I come to free the rider-lord, away with deception and smear!
The horse shall come back to the proper stable, home of his power, willing to reclaim his own place in the world in which he boldly dwells.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Dez 2017, 21:17
A pint of beer that helps one recall



Beer, it is not deemed ill along the green ways of the Shires, beloved country of the Hobbits,
Small people of gentle heart, used to solace and the mere joys of this tough life,
Much they labour during the long day of care, under the heat, heavy rain and facing the strong gusts of uncertain weather,
Yet, merry they always rest with the conducting of their living, for many gather in the lively tavern after much toil, where jocular words are spoken, songs are sung and beer is drunk to help one recall the daily tales of humble spirits.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Dez 2017, 21:37
This inspiration in me



Now shall I tell the foremost cause of my lyrics and verses,
Is there anything on earth that replenishes one's spirit so well?
To sing and narrate what was, is and is maybe to be,
The pages of a blank book which need be read and surely have something to teach.

Aye, my gentle reader, we are all pupils of written words and wit,
Seldom may we be content with lack of knowledge, stories, heroes and valiant kings,
What if we knew that our part in the tale is yet to be made plain and sure?
What about us wanting to partake in the splendour of poetry and in the very wonders that are, to your heart, to be disclosed?

Kind minds and kindred friends,
Words shall still flow and flow impetuous as the old lays of a passed present,
Epic novels which ever let down or fail to amaze,
Nay, I will not part from my duty and sacred obligation to you all.

Folks, ye know the good and the bad, honour and malice, glory and grief, and I shall give you what to you is justly owed: valiant knights, mighty ladies, foul shadows and sundering seas that to never-ending life lead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Dez 2017, 22:22
Fog of doom



Borne through the skies of a war-torn kingdom, weary and old,
Via the ways of the ether vicious clouds go,
The shadow of the Dark Lord casting its menace on all that is bright, free and bold,
His minions hate sunlight and any kind of warm gleams that is to us known.

Pray, may those who keep the bequeathed legacy resist, for the only shield they are of this unfortunate world.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Dez 2017, 23:12
In perpetuity, unto the ending of love



How long the guarding of the Archangels will last,
This is not to be fathomed, yet ever has it been so in the past,
Some say that their vigilance is to wane in time, beyond recognition and multiple measures of an age,
Unto the ending of love, when all to the final breaking shall be close, as the exiled in the Void returns and Arda hears of its holy Guardians the rage.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Dez 2017, 00:21
Let me go, I beg, for none any longer me here bind shall



Let me go, father. I am not to tread the path you have divined for me. A path of endless love and joy in the shires of the Powers, where naught is made to wither or die. Away from the sorrows and many troubles of this grey world; away from war and strife. Away from the closing of the era. You deem it just to sway me towards the choice of your caring heart and infinite gentleness along the many chapters of our common lore. You regard it as the finest prospect and you are right, in truth. It is the western realm that all Elves calls and to which all immortals are drawn; the finest shelter, indeed.

Father, it is not a fate mine. Thither I could head to and my love, there, untainted will rest. Ever-present and vivid will be the memory of what my electing has caused me to renounce. If I let it go now, I shall regret it throughout all the long ages of this world. Reminiscence that is to drain my soul and my spirit to wear off.

Love is a flame that burns. It burns, yet one makes lit, rendering one's life complete and fulfilled, even if it's burdened by mortality and by evil smeared. You might take love and embalm it in paradise, as a treasure; memory, never marred nor dim. But a memory it shall remain, in the guise of whom beholds the most splendid portrait, craving to experience and live those epic deeds of old, although such a wish is kept safe in one's dreams, meant to be recalled and not to be lived.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Dez 2017, 04:09
None whom I have hitherto seen



Who art thou, little thing?
Short as an Orc and slender as none I have hitherto seen,
Is this a trick of the White Wizard? A snare or scheme?
He was fair, once, and very wise, yet now he walketh the path of doom and from his mansion emerge always ash and wicked fumes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Dez 2017, 19:18
Beacon of salvation, at last



Death borne through the sky,
The mount of the wraiths who do not live nor die,
Valiant knights of Gondor, no choice you had but flee,
The bane of Men would have haunted you unto stone and sea.

It was not to be grim or the hour of our demise,
Man, you need not despair, for hope has come and is to rise,
A vessel of endurance in this age of doubt,
The White Wizard carries the light of salvation for anyone free, who is open to give way to the saviour's clout.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Dez 2017, 19:54
Warnings, still in the firmament



You were content in your holy domain, the Archangels together and their faithful people,
Alas, Middle-earth was in the clutches of the Evil and sinister shadows crept out from all over the broad continent that once was perfect and lit,
Light resided in the sole home of the Powers, nurtured and fed by the gleams of the Two Trees, in which the Ainur of Aman bathed in joy,
Queen of the Stars, never were you chill and cold towards the plight of your mortal realm, as you thus established in the firmament grand collections of lamps, eternal as your forbidden will and ever-vivid for whom foul thoughts was to serve.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Dez 2017, 21:19
The green way



The green way across lands and kingdoms of old,
It shall lead one through arcane riddles, quests, dungeons or fortresses that many winters have beheld,
Within the guarded home of friends or the odious gates of foes,
Until you reach what you seek and yearn, before marble-made towers and walls which lost art had raised.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Dez 2017, 18:55
A veil to cover, a helmet to disguise



It is my helmet, beasts without love,
Not of a mere soldier who nonetheless strives,
It is a lady of Rohan, in anger and wrathful,
Made sharp by sorrow, yet delicate, kind and good-hearted too.

The biggest mistake one would do,
To treat me lightly in the raw fight,
I am no ordinary man, but a maiden armed and apt for the task,
The helmet disguises me, yet gravest woe to you would be, should you doubt me and of my words the wit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Dez 2017, 19:02
Ever-determined to mend



Of resolve, never were you at a loss,
Your arts ruined and shattered, your splendid deeds made vain and caused to vanish,
You were not to lose hope, for our sake and the one of the earth,
Light shall not vanish and anything that was undone you have made anew, fairer and brighter, above and lone in the starred blue.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Dez 2017, 19:11
Under the hill?



What lies under the hill, thief?
Who are you, who so much pleasure in playing me find?
Do you really think that I was not to know that other eyes would seek this treasure of old?
I will renounce naught and part from nothing of what stands under my feet!

This is gold of mine, thief in the shadow, and I have conquered it in the manner of the foulest menace, and I have torn down the great gate with my flaming breath, which all Dwarves know well and deem grievous death.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Dez 2017, 00:03
I think not, at all



I think not, at all,
To behold the ruin of the world as a whole,
Albeit grief and loss, we also fight back and do not always mourn,
May you be ready to gaze at us, when swords are to be drawn.

Rows and lines of shields and blades,
Now shall they set the course of history in motion, our ends and fates,
For we love the clear truth and forswear the lie,
Wind, carry our pride swift and bolt-like, as we are willing to serve light and maybe die.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Dez 2017, 00:28
We could not



We could not, we just could not do without your glory and might,
The radiance of the origin, guided by conscience that is ever-wise and right,
Nay, not without your power and vital force which all nourishes and makes grow, not without the sacred light,
Warmth that comforts and kindles, brightness, never pale, which any cloud pierces and not seldom salutes of birds the delicate flight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Dez 2017, 01:13
Master of iron, ore, jewel and stone



Blessed hands of thine, thou wast miracle and fountain of joy for all of thy kind,
A grand realm beneath the shadows of peaks of fog thou hast created,
Lit and home of splendour whose very soul in words may not be told,
Smith who dwelleth in legends, thou art so,
Sham was the advice that thy ears hearkened to, in goodwill and yearning of crafting,
Thy people knew much of the riddles entombed and into the earth concealed,
Ruled by the finest of craftsmen, master of iron, ore, jewel and stone,
Sorrowful divination read that those deeds their ruthless end would meet, one day, and it was then true and very exact of a tale, once the gruesome Lord broke the Smith's domain asunder, to get back of chaos the main flame.



'Flame' indicates the main cause of the havoc that spread afterwards. The wicked flame which had originated the entire dispute, destined to torment the ways of reality for centuries ahead still: the known and feared Rings of Power.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Dez 2017, 16:30
Voyaging through empty spaces and horizons with no end



The Emperor of the blue finds much sport and pleasure, in the midst of his creatures beneath the sea and immersed in the water he so proudly commands,
The Smith labours without pause or rest, unto the completion of his work, when his very thoughts have shaped and fashioned even the hardest rock,
She, who gives fruit and grows golden wheat, treads the green paths of your reign, laughing at the intense Sun and gazing at the immense plain,
You, Queen of radiance, always set your eyes afar and unexplored distances stare at, yet not ever-still you remain, for the sole of your kind you are that may rise above the air of the sky, voyaging through empty spaces and horizons with no end, where you kindle your stars and that darkness lit you partly make.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Dez 2017, 16:51
Long shall you wander alone, but not in eternity



Ring-bearer, hearken to me,
A whole world is yet to manifest itself for you to see,
Wonders and tests, of which one might fail to fathom the kind,
Be strong, cunning and with the sharpest mind!

Fate is to lead you in hostile lands, where one despairs and chokes under the ashes,
At the turn of the tide, in which the heir reclaims the throne and to the White City a black host marches,
Long shall you wander alone, but not in eternity,
The task must be done, in courage and resolution to succeed, with no tricks, snares or subtlety.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 15:49
Order we crave, in this world of storms



Order we crave, in this world of utter storms,
Here, where maidens wail and the pious one mourns,
Foretold it was, that hope shall come aboard white vessels, carried by waves,
It shall contest the gathering shadow and the fell fire that is to blaze.



Those white vessels might either be the Host of Valinórë, journeying through the sea with its grand fleet and ready to battle against Morgoth and his many minions, or they might be the ships of the Istari arriving in Middle-earth, carrying the ones who would guard peace and seek to confront the awakening fire of Mount Doom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 16:01
Queen of our hearts



Aye, our hearts you have conquered indeed,
Your deeds have enlightened the dim ways of this sad world,
Hope was born anew and stronger and livelier than before,
Those who were left back you never have forgotten at all.

Our pleas you always hearken to,
At the top of this globe of matter, beside the throne of our king,
You two rule and unto the end you shall govern the fate of all,
Until the time comes, which is time of weariness and ultimate clash.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 16:40
They began to ask questions to the stars



The old knowledge of the western lords was lost and never could it have been retrieved by mere minds of common science. One-time ancient kings grew weary and worried by death, which is the natural epilogue of human life within the circles of Arda. What had been deemed a gift, thitherto, turned into a tormenting nightmare for any who would sit on the throne of Men. A gift was no more; rather, they would see it as the ultimate obstacle to complete happiness and glory. A grievous conclusion of one's fate. And then obsession was given an entrance to their proud hearts, so that they commenced grand plans of construction and solemn tombs were therefore built to honour those who had passed away from this earth. Alas, those mighty monuments were made fairer than the actual houses of the living ones; kings began to ask questions to the stars, hoping that solace and wisdom would descend from heavens, and so the matters of their domain were ignored for some time and chaos paved its way to the world again, as confidence got lesser and as hard walls slowly decayed and knelt before the ruthless course of time.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 16:53
Gaze of forever and infinite things



We may barely speak words, as we behold thee,
Thou partakest in the parties of the Immaculate Reign, next to thy ruler, the Ancient King of the world,
Every time joy filleth us and memory will always bear of thy grace the sight,
The supreme halls of the City of Bells, ever-lit thou wilt and shalt render.

May we see again thy visage, we pray, which is gaze of forever and infinite things.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 21:08
Beside your king you have always stood



Good or bad luck, radiant harmony or tragedy, victory or grim defeat,
Naught could ever make you falter or your resolve wane,
You were the first to have acknowledged what was true and doomed to be,
Piercing the initial thoughts of whom was once the greatest of the highest order, and you had seen evil and many woes.

His friendship you have forsworn and always battled him in the wars that had later been waged to safeguard the Plan of old, always being beside your king, ruler of clouds and commander of the ether encircling all.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 22:40
Daydreaming and hoping



Hoping for something better than ash and sorrow,
A brighter tomorrow on the horizon of our grey age,
Men wander still in doubt and wary of their inner might they are,
Elves leave these mortal shires of ours, bequeathing a marred earth and of ruins too, for the sea calls them yonder, beyond the air and circles of Arda, where lie dwellings of diamond and a realm which the immortal eye beholds and the mortal dreams.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 23:02
Fame across wood, river and stone



The Dark Tower has fallen in utter ruin, bent by the very pride of whom was its keeper,
The evil artefact of our tale is undone and it is for the good,
Thanks to the quest of unpredictable beings,
Legends, I say, for the story will pass on to the world that is to be, becoming fame that goes across wood, water, marble and stone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Dez 2017, 23:36
Friends who sail and go



Some sailed and went away,
Part of the fellowship of our tales, for they took the routes of the blue that waver and sway,
Two friends, of unusual nature indeed, left the past behind their back and on the immortal shores set foot,
Their parting was the true end of the legendary quest, collective memory of all and of the newly-found peace the deep root.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 00:40
The Heir shall rise among huts and dishevelled ways



The fortunes of Gondor will be soon at stake,
The tide is turning and moving in rage,
Men are not guided by wise rule and pure spirit,
Captains fight well and bravely, although naught is to avail whom we deem valiant and proud.

Pride is not enough to bar the passage and contain the flood,
A prophecy goes round and wide, in these days of plight,
That the Heir of the kingdom shall rise again amidst shadows and his just throne shall reclaim,
But it is not luxurious halls that are to generate this new flame, for he shall live through strife and dwell in huts among dishevelled ways.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 02:02
We shall win through this



Shields may be shattered,
Walls may crumble apart,
Blades may rust and decay,
The tricks of the Enemy may cloud the judgement of our leaders and spread discord.

We shall win through this nonetheless, for there is no better shelter of courage than each one's resolution and will to withstand the worst which might befall, as we are honourable subjects of a glorious kingdom and not meaningless pawns.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 04:13
Swift and lethal



Less wise they are and more dangerous,
May you be aware of the peril, should you tread that path,
Hidden they rest and on the alert remain,
One should not blame such secretive attitude and fierce defence, having them been used to harshness from the dawn of their age.

Long, wide and broad have they been patrolling those untrodden forests which are for most forgotten,
Their king moved his seat to the northernmost woods, at the coming of new wicked shadows in the world,
Now, they reside in halls carved and shaped into the stone,
Strangers they like not, and hostile acts or threats will be met by volleys of their darts, swift and lethal, of which they are renowned masters for sure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 15:12
The ending foretold



Voices had spoken of ominous signs, unbeknownst to the most, according to which ill our story was to turn,
At the end of the mighty alliance that closed the chapter of an age, in times buried and entombed deeply in the conscience of this continent,
The Enemy had been fended off from our merry lives of joy and honourable deeds, and content was everyone with the epilogue of such strenuous fight,
Solace was again and sunny days ahead of all were, if not for the calamitous choice of the human king, for the Evil was granted the disgraceful chance to linger still, and the silent menace crept out in truth from gloomy woods, by ghosts haunted, after much had been passed since the Tyrant's demise, to set wicked schemes in motion and prepare the ground for that ending, foretold by the wisest and feared as harbinger of cruel killing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 15:39
Raised to defend



The exile, worst wound of such parting was,
The Smith longed to seek retribution and went after the Foe, unto the sad shores of the mortal world,
Thy blessed domain just had to be preserved and guarded for good, not only from the enemy gaze, but also from whom the order of Valinórë had elected to disobey,
Thus, thou raisedst a girdle of magical isles in the midst of waves, covered by spells of concealment and sheer oblivion, for the door had to be shut for any labouring or suffering beyond the sea, and those very islands were not means to harm, as they were raised to hide and defend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 15:59
Murder, solitude and insane torture



Piety one could feel, and even anger, fear and profound dismay,
Buoyant dweller along the river he once was, until trapped he was by horrible chains and always in darkness thereafter he lay,
It began with murder and solitary exile, as his life too long for nature's laws was spanning and his very doing from human composure slowly turned into the one of a beast,
There, in caverns hidden under mines and reigns, his foul treasure consumed the sane remnants of his being, deep in dungeons of stone surrounded by mist.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 20:33
In here, holy light was collected



Admire this antique item that I hold in my hand, Ring-bearer,
I imagine that it is of a fashion unknown and alien to your wisdom of things,
It is a phial, crafted by my immortal kin and the foremost purpose it shall serve, as I foresaw,
In here, holy light was collected and made to aid the one suffering and giving in to toil, for it is memory of ancient tales, when that light descended from heavens and saved our common fate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 21:51
Shelters of fortitude



One-time populated shores lie now silent at the western ends of the continent,
The old might that ruled them has for the most faded away, for all changes rapidly and this world seems not to suffer what was meant to last for eternity,
Yet, authority has not departed completely from these desolate borders of ours,
A keeper keeps decaying havens still, waiting for the moment of final disclosure and maintaining those routes safe, for the ones who grew weary and long to take the vast course of the sea.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 22:30
What witchcraft did



It is clear and evident to grasp and see, is it not?
A ghoulish monument that should warn and teach, in the guise of the tombs and graves of old,
And a grave for Men it has truly become, and a stain in our legacy of glory,
It is what witchcraft did to our fair stronghold under the Moon, replacing gallant subjects with demons of the most diverse uncanny sort, serving none else but the sorcerer of that deathly altar and his master who always vigilant rests within the heart of hell.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Dez 2017, 23:21
We are the masters of our story



Masters of our story we are and never should acts of valour be delegated to others, when it is our time to head out and fight,
You shall face the worse getting worst, twilight getting grimmer and turning into the darkest despair,
It depends on you and your temper, for adamant necessity requires you to be,
At the gates of doom you are to be summoned, gentle man, led by hope that has risen among us and grief, and this ray of light shall pierce all snares being thrown at our valiant ranks, being it a new dawn of the era awaiting the survivors of the war.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Dez 2017, 00:17
From the East



Dwarf-lords, you had your halls back and the past offence was avenged for the good, via iron and gore,
Retribution was then given and those gems, produced by your laborious hands, returned in possession of whom was their just keeper,
Yet, you ought not to sit on gold and deem yourselves safe behind such grand walls of stone,
War shall reach all and in every corner the wind of ruin is to blow, bringing peril to the doors of your domain, from those remote places in the mysterious East.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Dez 2017, 16:08
White that never fades



Upon the peaks of those secretive bastions of might,
Adamant ramparts and eternal wall of the Good,
Atop this impenetrable shield lies white that never fades, on the major altitude of the earth, where dwell those who are ever-right,
White as your face and light, Queen, as imperishable star in the world and kindler of nobility for our requesting mood.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Dez 2017, 16:28
Do you pity him?



Do you pity him also? His tale is a sad one in the annals of modern times. A rare and terrible case, akin to very few others in our knowledge and remembrance of what once was. He was not much different from the people of your Shire, at the beginning of all. A merry existence along the course of the river; spirited chanting and fishing would fulfil his heart and make his mind serene, taking from life no more than the very life could offer indeed. And then we come to the passage of marring and somber descent into the obscure path: an old treasure was retrieved from the depth of a common pond, which differed not from other ones of kindred fashion, the likes of which we are very used to. It was thought to be a jewel of luck and prosperous fortune; it was not, alas.

That uncanny shape of gold was conquered with murder of the most vicious sort in the world, when human will fell captive of desire and friendship was made into naught. The horrible heirloom from the past had its own conscience that commanded its acts. A malicious nature and unknown one in equal terms. Time passed slow as an atrocious torture, exceeding what is the natural norm, until the very owner owned had been, bound to servitude and tied to the ruinous fate of the Ring.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Dez 2017, 17:12
Tides that need governing



Among the southern ways, embraced by the largest bay,
There waver waters wild that rage may,
Infested by pirates who spoil and raid,
Those are tides in need of government, whose power emanates from whom the first fortresses on the shore made.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Dez 2017, 23:53
Inaccessible ice



To the North, beyond the measure of mind,
Surfaces of ice, in space broad, far, hostile and of hazardous kind,
Here, perennial cold has always resided and forever it will rest still,
In no way shall your foot tread this path of death, lest buried you be in a grave of freezing chill.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Dez 2017, 00:47
Fly, thought of mine



Fly, thought of mine,
To all rejoicing and to whom in dark halls is to dine,
We shall fight another day,
Good luck will pave the just way.

With happy chanting our mourning is to mingle,
May memory the upset spirit kindle,
I send my deepest love to you, resting near the hearth,
In the famed words of old: be joyful now and give up the gloom, for good merriment is and doth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Dez 2017, 02:19
You had better tell naught



The Steward suffers the weight of the realm of marble and stone,
Often he treats friends in the manner of strangers to be careful of, willing to curse the dry present, miserable leader and lone,
Beware of your words, for immensely dear to him was his son and frequently does his eye gaze afar,
Not via common means was his sight widened, but through powerful magic that is likely to mar.

Trust me, for the hard contest we fought, you had better tell naught.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Dez 2017, 15:56
Ready I am to bear the brunt



Ready I am to bear the brunt of my future being,
The prophecy has spoken clearly and the Wise this had known since the awakening of the creeping twilight,
Ready I am to take down the robes of rangers and the duties amidst the wild woods of the world,
My lineage summons me before the ramparts of the White Tower, knelt in front of doom, to lead my loyal ranks to battle and to assure that all free realms stay secure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Dez 2017, 16:03
Balance and much cunning

The dispositions of the Lords had balance in their deepest root,
Foremost reason of justness and of order the fruit,
Cunning had to be faced and battled for good, for cunning the Archangels are not,
They are masters of science, wisdom and more, and when the Queen seeks to warn the adversaries of light, the Enemy knows that his design shall crumble and is to rot.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Dez 2017, 17:54
Seeds and sedition

Nay, the northern force of ours consumed was not by open war,
The seeds of dissent were secretly sown in the ignorance of the most and sewn was also a grand tapestry of treason,
Plans were made, very carefully, for the glorious reign to be mauled from within,
While fell winter was coming and casting its shadow on the region, hidden in frozen halls and rejoicing in the dark at the misery of its foes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Dez 2017, 01:23
Death would be the honourable ending



Disobey I had to, disowning perhaps the name of my very king,
But I cannot depart from my ardent wish, partaking in deeds that one might sing,
I shall ride in the company of my friends, disguised as it should be, loose and free,
My tormented love I leave behind my back and it shall watch me wielding the sword, meeting a death of honour, which even now I may from afar see.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Dez 2017, 15:32
Tell me your name and I shall give you mine



Captain of valour, tell me your name and I shall give you mine,
You ride without clear direction and wander with no purpose you might, brave knight and fine,
Outlawed were you and of your title deprived, yet your monarch is to need your blade and lance in the gathering of night,
Thither shall you come, in the advancing of ruin, guided by the envoy of rule and light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Dez 2017, 16:32
Dominions of old



The Mariners had great profit and luck, from their strongholds on the continental shore,
Bases that served well, for trade and their spreading of power all along the mortal ways,
Great harbours and ports, shelter for innumerable quantity of ship-craft,
Firm anchor in a world growing unrest and the flame of war, for those were the merriest days of whom used to dwell between the two worlds, neither menaced by pending peril nor completely within the beatitude of never-ending bliss.



The last verse refers to the special condition of Númenor during the dawn of its empire. They had been granted by the Powers a whole new island to reside in, away from the troubles of Middle-earth, closer to the eternal joy of Aman that Men could only gaze at from afar, being them forbidden to pass across the immortal waters. And it is this in-between nature of this realm, placed in more fortunate spaces than the common tribulation of the continent, albeit it being bound to the same ban from the West, that prepared the ground for the infamous rebellion of a one-time glorious lineage of kings.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Dez 2017, 17:32
Reflected on his shield



Broken shields and raided lands,
He guides the hope and every heart mends,
With the courage of the ancient court, in the main,
It seems that amidst troubles his existence has ever lain,
A crown apt for leading those willing to fight,
A sure trust, as the Eagles go past the horizon in their flight,
On him depends the fortune of this broad world,
Approaching is the conflict that future is to mould,
The High King must rise in glory and his dreadful lance wield,
Bearer of starlight, a vessel of hers, whose true radiance was reflected on his vast shield.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Dez 2017, 23:10
Bound to grief



Shall we rest bound to grief unto the end of the tale?
Will we act for good and feel no shame?
Silent before injustice we cannot remain,
Otherwise, should all turn ill, who is to defend our own domain?

People of the heath, calm your fear and hear,
We want to preserve our merry life and feasting, made joyful by beer,
Aye, to ride in the company of our king we were bidden,
And woeful will be the fate of the foes, who are to regret the battle and be smitten.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Dez 2017, 23:31
Wrath, asleep and hidden



Boiling anger and strong sentiment are growing more ardent under the trees,
Among the green path of such old woods, bearing remembrances of a world that is no more,
Ancient souls and silent mood, for too long has the forest witnessed the ruin coming from outer places and new, as all turned modern and grey, except for lone shrines that keep the flame alive,
The broad forest is one of those treasures and in its core powerful intelligence dwells, likely to wake and react in wrath in front of the misery of current days.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Dez 2017, 00:53
Do you dread those mines?



Do you dread those deep mines, Gandalf?
Rumours tell and much say, that the vivid hearth has worn out and paved the way for obscure figures lurking in the caverns below,
As infesting illness and unwanted guests they have multiplied their number, claiming that realm as their lair,
Drums in the void of those gloomy chambers began to resound and froze the will of the valorous warrior, fortified and defending the last hall.

There is more I need narrate, my fellow wizard, for fell fire and shadow emerged too from the abyss, and so deeply it was entombed, as the demons of the elder age whom all forgot fain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Dez 2017, 01:20
A newer era, yet dimmer and pale



Bad weather has passed and left the skies of our present, finally and at the decisive moment of the strife,
New king of ours, take these wailing lands in your wise hands and may your decree avail all who reside within the ends of your reign,
The immortal ones have elected departure from decay, bequeathing a continent that strongly seeks peace and quiet times,
A newer era presents itself to the eyes of the resilient survivors, yet dimmer and pale, for magic shall abandon this shore and never return.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Dez 2017, 02:18
To thee only



To thee, to thee only,
Power was given to rule wholly,
Thou shalt behold the eras of thy kingdom progressing,
Unto the final darkening of heavens, when Arda the most will be in need of thy blessing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Dez 2017, 23:32
He does not understand such thing



His brother he's always loved and cared for,
Infinite kindness was always the guide of his doing,
The just criterion of his imperative decree,
Even if that was flaw rather than immaculate virtue,
As flaws are nonetheless part of the Angels, as for the merest man,
Too merciful he often has been, for he does not understand such thing,
The nature of malice and its true reason in the holistic design,
A magnanimous father, aching his heart and suffering him inside, for evil deeds he deems betrayal from one who the right path could take.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Dez 2017, 23:57
Piercing the most terrible night



Doom or renewed hope? None could have unveiled the riddle,
At the sunset of the third era, in which two sides all should choose, being no chance in the middle,
Dark or Light, servitude in chains or prosperity in a realm that thrives,
The gleams of your far craft have never left our sight, and even in dire tribulation and plight they have lit that remote space in a pure flare above the air, piercing the terrible night of our times, just to spark a glare of bliss and ease our sad lives.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Dez 2017, 00:15
Mind your case and repent, for there is still time



There is still time ahead and therefore you despair should not,
What is broken may often be mended for sure, with much wit and of wisdom a lot,
Faults might become fine experience and fortify one's spirit for the sake of a tougher test,
Be open to remedying, mirroring the just one who with idleness does not rest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Dez 2017, 17:19
You can't be that old



You can't be that old, my lord, as your visage does not seem to have borne the burden of time and fierce your temperament ever appears, as does your will that never stumbles into trouble or wobbles in doubt,
Unless you are of the kind of those northern Men whom many recall in diverse tales, for an old legacy they still carry on and even enjoy a past gift of the most prodigious sort, living longer than mere kindred mortals and being used to the wildest side of life, among woods and dishevelled ways.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Dez 2017, 00:33
I shall not falter



I shall not falter, I can assure,
Be certain of such promise and sure,
Sure as the light of my lamps that never has failed,
At the dawn of time them I laid.

I shall not flinch from my duty, I decree,
Those who hate our cause are to regret and flee,
Any soul worrying in toil, me as his keeper ever he has,
Now, gaze at my deeds and don't relinquish faith, as this your Queen orders and says.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Dez 2017, 00:51
The reason of our pain



The reason of our pain we may not know,
Not now, with events unfolding and time never halting its flow,
It is not for us to grasp the real purpose of our plight,
Sad fate is ours, common to all Men who live and then disappear in a rapid flight.

They say that just reward is to await the final demise,
Despairing is vain effort, being our spirit set to descend and arise,
Within the halls of the Judge, where the Weaver sews stories of might, in the solitude of the far West, silent and grey,
Voices tell that mortal ones are not to linger there for long, for we shall take another path whose destination none of our ways fathom may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Dez 2017, 00:02
The void in me



The void in me consuming all,
Guided it has my will to linger still and make anything radiant fall,
Unknown force which lit hope devours,
Merriment quickly leaves space for sudden despair, and moments of jubilation eventually become for the Good grievous hours.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Dez 2017, 00:32
Willing or not, the city leave we may not



Gallant friend of mine, far you are from the warmth of your home among amicable faces and joyful labour, having we come in the moment of final unveiling, at the court of those who retain in the world the leadership we might desperately need,
Behold these fortresses and strongholds of old, whose fine stone has proven harder than a multitude of vicious tricks,
The wind is blowing and roaring from distant ends, signalling the beginning of a last test of utmost note, when Men wander without wit and the only one who could ultimately unite them all under banners of glory,
Soon the clear sky is to be covered by ashes of doom, as the adversary sends his deadliest servant for the capture of this last wall of ours, on which we rely even in dubious thoughts, and so prayers of mercy and victory resound across these fortified halls, carrying sorrowful laments and scarce traces of confidence in a well-boding fight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Dez 2017, 00:16
The knights have returned!



The knights have returned and sound they make their way home,
Where the warmth of beloved ones them awaits, after they did travel and much roam,
The woes of the world shall be mended another day,
Today belongs to love, in their heart in which valour always lay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Dez 2017, 00:26
Snow eternal and ever-fair



On the height of the Holy Mountain, seat of your diamond-made throne,
Above all else in Arda, prime temple of power, yet never solitary or lone,
There is eternal snow that glows in the night, not melted by heat and ever-fair,
It glows as you do, Queen of starred heavens, as your deeds in the firmament in their magnificent flare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Dez 2017, 00:45
Be it token that difference makes



No longer shall its shards be mourned, pitied as grievous heirloom of sorrowful past,
It has been made anew, destined to passed on to noble hands and forever to last,
The broken blade is no painful memory which burdens mankind, testimony of weakness and fate that goes fell,
I vow, it is to cut your foul foes asunder, for in the desolate hour the sacred sword shall reflect your legend and serve you well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Dez 2017, 01:42
Thou shalt be given the right and just



Innumerable riddles lie hidden along all routes and paths which thou mayest voyage through,
Arda hath been built on foundations of doubts and so shall it rest unto the tale's ending,
Tribulation might be a bitter cordial to taste, made perhaps worse by storms assembling in the clear blue,
Fearest thou the test of the coming future? Thou dost not have to, my wise mind, and dreadful tempest shall make thee better instead, for thou shalt be given the right and just, against all woes, tricks and snares.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Dez 2017, 01:30
Hands dirty and unworthy



Woeful hand, dirty of blood or author of malicious acts, you shall never be granted that chance,
To hold possession of the Jewels and claim their true property as yours, even once,
That hand will agonise and burn of intense pain, which would be as a fire that all devours and naught might placate,
It is to be a curse and severe warning, for whom proves unworthy and for those who to such vile character may relate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Dez 2017, 00:25
Heirlooms of old, worthy of war



Gems and jewels clothed in the flare of a star,
White and pure, candidly bright, in common remembrance far,
You should not deal out a judgement of censure, should the Woodland King crave such treasure,
For those stones of miracle carry on a legacy lost in the eras, where hazard was in fouler shape and the sole Stars were indeed a lone light in a long night, comprised of nightmares and tales of wonder without measure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 14:24
The return



Gandalf, I wonder whether all these grandiose deeds of ours shall be kept sound in one's heart. I wonder whether grief will kindle my memory in equal manner as all the other thoughts of joy that I have hitherto collected. It was with surprise that my adventure has had its start, do you remember? When you had met that solitary Hobbit, chilling among the comfortable whereabouts of his nice house; smoking our pipe-weed with pleasure, as the sole dwellers of the Shire can do. And I had been doubtful unto that precise moment, for little, if naught at all, did I know that a quest would suddenly knock on my wooden door.

And I will be forever grateful for it, my unusual wizard-friend. In spite of the strife we had to go through, be it captivity in a gaol of resistant iron or the tragedy of war, my heart has been filled with what I really needed and longed for. Ultimately, the good and the bad I will both keep with me, safe in my reminiscing. I sense that the call of fate will probably hail me another time still: my part in the tale is not over yet. Will the service of a burglar be again of some use for the legends of this earth?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 14:40
A new dawn, for a troublesome world



Shine, new lamp of mine,
Thou shalt fly through the mazes of the air, ardent and fine,
A new dawn is to rise and break that wicked sleep,
For new toil needeth new light, albeit the proud Noldo being still doomed to weep.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 14:54
An ancient enemy, buried in thick ice and snow



Our people of the broad forest should not be held hostage of fear, I feel like advising in the most benevolent will,
We patrol long and thorough the territories within the width of our green domain, for guard must not be lowered in any case, especially in the hour of awakening shadows from the caverns and lairs of the unknown,
Some head north, in rare occasions, to observe those menacing peaks that bar the passage through the mountain chain, which is foul dwelling of Orcs and akin filth,
Beyond, once lay the kingdom of Angmar yonder, an ancient enemy of the people with good soul, now buried in thick ice and snow, although scarce are the chances that the fallen adversary could pave its path into our present, unless twilight covers the entire earldom of Arda in a worse second night.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 15:05
Not lightly



Not lightly shall you be pardoned and the solemn sentence lifted,
Forgiveness is never granted and always earned,
Piety is no deserved privilege for you, Dark Lord, as it would be forlorn illusion and wasted,
Inside the place of expiation, at the ends of our sunny country, your harsh punishment will be learnt.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 19:26
The reason to strive

A famous saying, spoken and recited along the fiefdoms of Gondor.



Striving is to come with the final result of one's labouring,
A reason there must be, which is founding goal and hardest pillar,
You, willing to embark on grand schemes and plans, may you not run out of patience and wit,
Your quest shall lead you to the limit and even beyond what you know and might do, and if warm fire goes out in the storm, you will overcome the challenge and another one you shall light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 20:06
Hoist the colours, heading east!



Hoist the colours of the mighty ship,
We are heading east, paddling in vibrant rhythm and by means of a whip,
The King has commanded to go and conquer more of that wild shore,
For the western route of the ocean the far western Lords they forbade us to journey across, as it has ever been in the old lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 20:46
Do not follow the lights



Should you go for the path that is shown by those ghostly beacons amidst the choking mist,
You must not take the way that you are in such fashion suggested,
It is an antique curse, as the dead would like one to make the false step, to join their atrocious plight beneath those dirty ponds,
Marshes of misery, forsaken by love and care, they bear the grave testimony of the grand fight, when much more than honour was at stake.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2017, 22:07
Passing onto better times



Will there be serenity at the end of the war?
Or will all suffer the unstable mood, so that turmoil is to soar?
Peace is often made, once the defeated one is on his weary knees, disarmed,
Rejoicing the vexed ones at the good news, no longer dreading hazard.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Dez 2017, 00:07
Let us go and fix it



Let us go and fix the broken portrait,
Of a land, unrecognisable and changed,
Too much it had to undergo, tortured in flames,
Under the harsh rule of a cruel king,
Escaped from a prison lying across the horizon of mortal sight,
Of much unrest he had been cause and primary root, succeeding in his secretive plan,
The proud court was led to the sorrowful shores of a stranger continent,
There, they fought and battled well, blossoming the flower of the Eldar among unspeakable misadventures,
Yet splendour was not to last in the shires of the exile,
The Judge had prophesied, that naught that was crafted by exiled hand would resist the ending of that age.

Mighty clashes all over that marred place, mingling triumph with sorrow and pain,
Pearl-made towers were torn down in ruin, either by malice or disgraceful rivalry,
Valiant kings lay dead and vanquished, overcome by the enemy,
Relentless opponent that never had had any rest,
Secluded in his chambers of iron, carved into the cold stone of those forgotten northernmost ends,
Until hope came again, but only when it had been pleaded on behalf of the two races,
We were freed from tyranny, at last, at wit's end,
Many of the countries that were sank under the waves of the sea,
We have now been entrusted a renewed world, precarious yet free, ready to be made fair again with the arts we have knowledge of, before peril creeps out another time in the tale.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Dez 2017, 18:47
I looked into your future and I saw death



I looked into the future and I saw death,
In guise of withered trees that took away my breath,
Under a pale night without stars, there you shall dwell,
At the time of sad departure, once your love has lived long and well.

The fading age will be the gloomy epilogue of your staying,
Sorrow is to consume you, daughter on the verge to wane,
I shall bear memory of you in my dreams beyond these shores, grey,
We will not meet each other again, not prior to the End which only very few foresee may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Dez 2017, 20:34
I'm beside thee, do not forget



Ever shall I rest beside thee,
An oath so clear to see,
Canst thou gaze at the hope I placed above?
It is pure memory of light and love.

The wailing one hath much toil to bear,
His loyalty, undaunted, cost strife and grief to swear,
I am beside thee, in the midst of thy mere doing,
To safeguard is my blessing meant, from utter terror and hopeless ruin.



'Mere doing' refers to the common activity of the humble man, but also, in a wider perspective, to the general existence of Men, who are the first to suffer and endure the harshness of their mortal condition.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Dez 2017, 22:06
The chain undone



Undone is the chain,
A joyful world, in the main,
Thou needest not fear trouble, having faded the implacable pain,
The deeds of our saviours, thou wilt surely sing them fain.



Morgoth has been thrown off from his iron throne of terror and desolation. The agonising people of Beleriand may rejoice and be content with the final chapter of those unceasing wars. All those deeds, be the subject honour or crime, shall forever live in the tales of Arda, meant to reignite the strife of those far days and to serve as testimony of the immense death toll that the crude conflict demanded. Tragedy, sung and told via speech or chanted word.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Dez 2017, 15:26
You shall not give in, at the slopes of doom



Gallant friend, servant of immense fortitude,
It is time to carry the burden of your kind master, to ease his solitude,
Climbing the slopes of that dreadful chasm of fire,
Behold my craft, still and eternal in the sky, for beauty is still and the way remains open for the good sire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Dez 2017, 15:52
The government of dread



Fools! You, how dare you question the grip of the Stewards of Gondor? I see many minds may have fallen prey to the vain parlance of those annoying wizards. One, in particular; a harbinger of ill news and much apprehension, which is at large unneeded and unwanted! This parlance of treacherous intentions and precise goals. I know what you crave, Grey Wizard. I know on whom your eyes are currently set. That miserable ranger of the North, crept out from silence and from the ignorance along those far countries. Far from us, far from the real suffering and fighting of ours, my people. You ought not to pay attention to these tales, being spread with cunning ends. It is your Steward that you must trust. The one who has always stood beside you, in good or bad luck. And we shall go through these times of unrest. We shall not be conquered by the lies of those deceptive wanderers. Men are still strong and within us lies the right spirit to turn the tide in our favour, against those sham prophecies that want us to beg for outer help, on our knees.

Yes, we do have troubles to cope with. Yet, isn't this the existence of anxious awaiting that we are all living? Staggering behind the hard walls of our defence is no flaw. It is my government of dread. Doubting everyone else and especially the ones travelling back and forth, bearing the unpleasant will to stir discord and bitter resentment. No, I say; the ranks of Gondor will not be wasted anymore, just to appease the multicoloured fantasies of such woeful emissaries.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Dez 2017, 16:14
We forced him to head out from his lair



Dwellers of the burnt lake, used to sailing and trading your goods of value, the bell tolled during that night, during the hell of fire, borne through the skies via wings and horrible claws, and time is up for your kind to wield the sword and fight for life,
Miners, laborious and ever-busy in the forge of your ample halls, your ancient kingdom you have got back and won again, now ready to serve another splendid lineage of your tough kin, although greed haunts your success still, leading you all to unfriendly acts towards the other characters of the story,
Elven king, riding the might of your green forest that much extends its branches over the broad East, imperative is for you the task of retrieving the old treasure which to your past belongs, being those remote days well over and buried by the incessant pace of time, if not in the memory of the Eldar, made of what the world had been too made,
Now, people of valour, put aside the lesser differences that for too long have divided your paths, for storm is coming, carried by fell winds of a renewed evil, which hitherto has rested in disguise and hidden in its lair, but we forced him to head out and reveal its malicious plans, and these are wicked propositions that the sole unity might hinder and fend off in definitive manner.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Dez 2017, 01:22
The unanswered plea



Where was the helping hand of Gondor, in the hour of massacre?
Long had we been sending heartfelt pleas,
Comprised of our struggle, among the fumes of that fell industry,
Machines vomiting steam and deadly gifts,
The gifts of twisted science and a deeply corrupt soul,
While the broad woods nearby combated those flames,
The hay and residence of our people were raided, and they burned too,
Being extinguished in the deplorable manner of those old trees,
We asked that the allegiance be honoured and truly fulfilled,
But our plea of sorrow remained unanswered, alas, as the thick shadow prepared to cast its sombre night on all Men breathing on earth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Dez 2017, 01:47
Grand as his pride, ruinous as his fate



Proud King, you were the last ruler of the Island to be recalled,
Power you seized and your implacable longing the course of the story was to mould,
Great laments we sing nowadays, for whom committed the worst crime, causing the whole Arda to mourn,
And great contempt you stir also, being your plan the advice of a demon, whose prisoner you had eventually become, betrayed and forlorn.

The greatest fleet you had sent to inexorable doom,
Approaching the twilight of your reign, plagued by storm and gloom,
On your mighty ship, you were subjugated by folly, at the eventual state,
A grand vessel on the surface of the blue, grand as your pride and ruinous as your fate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Dez 2017, 18:57
Take this token and better it for the good



Future king, here is the realm I have bequeathed,
As near kingdoms of old were bent by the ruthless passing of sheer time and withered,
Take this token and better it for the good,
Beyond the maze of fortune and the wavering seas of human mood.

Gaze afar and give up fear,
It is not the crown of some monarch of old, forgotten and mere,
The keys of the White City you shall get and in the name of Gondor you will rule all,
Be your domain resilient enough, needing the world a watchful sentinel and an adamant wall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Dez 2017, 19:35
If I could be beside you



If I could be beside you, I would make you see the wonders that bewilder the eyes,
Eyes pale and dim, trapped in ignorance and serving a mind neither noble nor wise,
Take my hand and let yourself be led to the unstoppable stream of Middle-earth,
Electing the hazardous road of adventure, sometimes it is just choice and worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Dez 2017, 23:35
It is me who bore the brunt



It is me who bore the brunt,
My friend, the enemy being so willing us to hunt,
Together we parted from the solace of home,
Little did we know that we would get to journey much and around roam.

Pray, let us be strong, right and sure,
Our mission demands sacrifice and horrors to endure,
Do not be wary of it, companion of trust, never were you flawed or lame,
It is me who bore the brunt, indeed, yet your presence was needed as water to grow fair green and to kindle the flame.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Dez 2017, 23:58
Farewell to the passed being



May the passed being fare well,
The portrait of what was, remember we shall,
Much hath yet to befall within the ramparts of this kingdom,
Gone are the days of the Day that never ended, into the Lit Earldom.

I am to part from the past faults,
I am to make joy and success the finest treasure, out of all those tempestuous worlds,
I need not lament and despair, for my will is iron and the purest gem, being the sole thing that is to count,
Thou shalt behold my wellness and wilt do justly, being thy heart apt to endeavour for the duty noble and paramount.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2018, 15:24
Treacherous ways



Treacherous ways they are,
High and secluded, they lie afar,
Afar from the comfort of one's dwelling,
Away from safe paths, from whence very few may be falling.

It is the pass that wounds those mountains and paves the passage beyond,
The traveller quakes and loses faith in his aching spirit, treading frozen routes all along,
What if bad weather were a trick of some arcane witch-fare?
Resounding the impious voice of a wizard, stirring the rage of the peaks and preparing warfare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2018, 15:39
May they be sound refuge during tempest



My lamps I set above,
Sign of warning and deep love,
The fortress of hope I was to found,
Rooted in heaven, still and profound,
Vast as the immensity across the limit,
Perilous ends and forbidden to the most, as we elected to prohibit,
You, wailing and suffering the bitter taste of life,
Look at the surmounting blue, driving off the strife,
That light is to be sound refuge during tempest,
Ready to take the decisive sigh, getting the battle closer, fiercest contest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2018, 16:11
Shut the gate must remain



Shut the gate must remain, brave guard of the City, for the outer nightmares had better be left out from the kingdom's heart,
The malicious eyes of the Enemy stare at you and crave the utter ruin of this last defence of ours, and the debris of this mighty country would be ominous symbol of worse evils,
Of total defeat, to be honest, should the shield be shattered and finally broken apart, and if the walls protecting us were to fall, unimaginable disaster would be the lapidary end of a sorrowful tale,
Keep the gate now and do not dread the schemes of the adversary, because very little time to think you are to be given, when hordes swarm through the breached door and horrible maces make way amidst our ranks, carried by monstrous hands that reside in the darkest lairs of the earth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2018, 18:22
Spies, murmuring and patrolling the air



Beware, gentle people of the Shire, the skies above our heads are no longer peaceful and attended by the joys of nature,
Now shall you hear the horrid cry of dreadful creatures assembling through the air, ill emissaries of woes and future unrest,
Clouds of obscure omens, for the door has been left ajar, enough for wicked forces to enter the lands that were bathing in light,
Spies, they are spies at the service of the wizard, hidden inside his ring of walls, reporting news of anything that happens abroad, longing the mage for precious information about the artefact haunting his dreams.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2018, 21:53
Descending the dense darkness



Joining a design greater than me, surpassing the wishes and thoughts of my forebears,
Resolute to succeed, indeed, yet bound to tread hostile regions and deep lairs,
Home to repugnant kinds of all that is gruesome and vicious,
I will be descending the dense darkness of our grim times, for the sake of love and what we deem precious.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2018, 22:06
There is darkness before the dawn



Gracious soul, there is darkness before the dawn and tribulation prior to the disclosure of the time to be,
Amidst shadows you are probably to wander and you shall wander alone, bearing the stigmas that the task entails,
Through sunset, dying my Sun, twilight, thick night and unto the appearance of the kind companion of obscurity, when the gentle Moon is not made pale by woeful art or unfavourable weather,
And once desolation is finally passed, there you behold the birth of the new day, rising in the firmament and welcomed by jubilation across grievous domains.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jan 2018, 12:00
Boiling in anger



Boiling in anger he must be, on the horizon, for all to see,
Infuriating the skies in the furthest East, as the broken host of the fallen wizard is made flee,
The Great Eye stares at his failure and plans cruel revenge, in the way that pleases his tyrannical mood,
Realm of marble, the violent strike is to hit hard and sudden, yearning that evil intelligence the burning of stone, green and wood.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jan 2018, 12:27
Lance of starlight



Lance of starlight, herald of radiance,
Kindred hearts thou makest full of endurance,
Nourishing the flame of courage, never-ending as the daydream,
It is with valour that the pages of this story were written, being it the course of the stream,
Stream of events, which fate was, alas, to scatter and mar,
Buried in the immortal memory, deep and far,
The foundations of this ancient temple lie beneath, sunk in the water, whose tale ye sang,
Singing doth justice, verily, recalling the hour when the bell for the Noldo rang,
High King, stick to thy task and may luck thee never fail,
Lest the world mourn the loss and for ruin wail.

Lance of starlight, pierce the dark and foul tricks tear apart, raging as thunder that gloweth thither and yonder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jan 2018, 18:31
We shall not have peace



We shall not have peace, as if a truce could come out of treason,
Not when you still lie in the shadow, consumed by remorse and planning tricks with clear reason,
Once, you were bright once, one of the guardians of this world's order,
Or pure you never have been, if mayhem was your true desire, so that of malice you became the moulder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jan 2018, 01:25
Roaming through fire and ash



It will not end in joyful chanting,
Not this time, my friend,
You've carried me so far, unto plague and hell,
We are to conclude the quest, finally.

We are to put an end to the shared suffering,
Roaming through fire and ash, to make it a good end,
The Dark Lord shall fall under the weight of his own pride, and so will their minions horrid and fell,
Where we are to head, I do not know, but certain I am of the outcome, that a new day shall rise in a liberated world, eventually.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jan 2018, 15:02
Not in an era



It has not befallen in an era,
My slender visitors,
That the woods would be woken,
Such thing we foresaw not,
Yet, the time calls for the aid of old spirits,
In the hour when all grows fast,
When peoples seem to forget the green needing time,
We shall partake in the folly of this age,
I too shall lead my kindred ones to war,
Branches and roots demand revenge, against a wizard who better should know.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jan 2018, 15:20
I feel it in the water...



I feel it in the water, and in the air, clear as never it has been, as a menacing shadow that is being cast on hard-fought peace,
The world may not lie to me and never it did, sensing the coming of unrest getting near,
Do not think it is to be minor skirmishes for the sport of few lords, for that it will not be,
A major malice is fostering across the perilous ways of the earth, unseen, for now, and hesitant to manifest its real intent yet.

Pawns are being moved, at the command of the revenant threat, longing him to embrace this continent with a new perennial night.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jan 2018, 15:35
Atop a bridge of misery, with the finest friend (I)



Through forsaken fields I voyaged, meandering amidst grief, swift and sure as the bolt wounding the night, ready to journey unto the furthest end,
Lone I am not, this time, being beside me the finest friend, willing to aid my quest and the wrong to mend,
The hazardous path hath led us thither, atop a bridge of misery, one-time soil of glory, bewitched into sorrowful gaol, apt for the ghoul and the wraith,
Behold! The night-mare of the tale hath come forth, clothed with raging tempest, harbinger of horrible death, in voluble guise which might kill one's faith.

Now shalt thou deal with me and a servant of lit thrones, for doomed thou art to part from thy fell flesh, unless thou criest defeat for fear, lest thou suffer a fouler sneer.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jan 2018, 19:36
Atop a bridge of misery, with the finest friend (II)



Through forsaken fields I voyaged, swift and sure as the bolt wounding the night,
Verily, drawn to the quest I was by the captive's plight,
I harbour in me terror and dread, but also the adamant will to journey unto the furthest end,
Lone I am not, this time, being beside me the finest friend, willing to die justly and the wrong to mend,
Thither we have gone, at last, atop a bridge of misery,
One-time glorious soil, twisted into a gaol of ghouls craving one's injury,
The night-mare hath come forth, clothed with dreary tempest, harbinger of horrible death,
Eyes in the dark or bane of the ether, fashioned in voluble guise that taketh the breath,
Now shalt thou deal with me and a servant of lit thrones, our foremost faith,
Cry thy defeat and forswear thy grievous rule, lest thou be soon to suffer a fouler sneer as the least wraith!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jan 2018, 21:19
Atop a bridge of misery, with the finest friend (III)



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Swift and sure as the bolt wounding the night,
I voyaged through fields and forsaken wastes, for drawn to the quest I was by a terrible plight,
The pale Moon I saw not, not clearly as of hope the beacon,
Being my mind clouded by sheer terror of loss, I reckon,
Far and broad my fate hath led me to roam,
It may be that naught of good is to come from the deed, vanishing our fortunes as feeble foam,
Long have I trodden the untrodden path to what resembled ruinous doom,
Within these shires of grief, cold shelter for the banished, which thitherto had dwelt in precarious stillness, prior to the coming of utter gloom,
In my heart there is ample space for valour, whatever the hazard is to demand, ready to head to the furthest end,
Lone I am not, this time, aiding me the finest friend, willing to strive and the wrong to mend.

We have gone thither, at last, atop a bridge of misery,
Stain on one-time ramparts of glory, twisted into a mansion of phantoms craving one's injury,
Furious battle against gruesome guardians, at such dreadful height,
Ill-boding the future, for we were not given chance of retreat nor flight,
Behold! The foe hath finally appeared, clothed with dreary tempest, harbinger of horrible death,
Ancient threat, visage of foul demise and fashion that taketh the breath,
Thou, devil, now shalt thou deal with me and a servant of lit thrones, our foremost faith,
Vain are thy tricks, whether thou art to haunt woods, patrol the ether or wander as impious wraith,
Choke and cry thy miserable defeat, lest thou be soon to suffer the sneer of thy fell lord, as storms that afar rumble,
Thy lordship is gone, eventually, conceded to me, and I shall sing the Evil being won, waning the magic of the stronghold and making my song the stone crumble.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jan 2018, 20:55
Say what you need say



Say what you need say,
Swear the oath, and be it words which you speak may,
Let yourself be conquered by the good cause,
Keep faith firm and make it grow as the finest rose.

Fate shall summon the worst to come,
Many woes for the decent, more than some,
Turmoil, pervasive and fostering abroad, across the whole region,
We are to know the outcome of the clash, before those white bastions that are to resist the black legion.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jan 2018, 21:51
Tolling afar, the disaster of the Evil



May you hear it? It is the solemn end of the strife, long suffering and varied in guise,
It is tolling afar, the sound of defeat, which is not ignored by the wise,
Wise ears that grasp, the utter disaster of the Evil, doomed to fade,
May we honour the humble protagonist of the tale, who ever-defiant he rested and willing our sake to aid.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jan 2018, 19:21
A cold shelter



A warm home was not, in truth,
It seemed to be the proper soil to plan new adventures in,
Adventures of might, valour and glory,
There was glory and valour,
All was to be mingled with the grievous taste of sorrow, however,
The quest had a price which each hero would be to pay,
Death an enormous toll of unbearable weight,
Bent was the suffering back of the Noldo,
Who never thought to kneel or bow, nevertheless,
Ambition left space for survival, the shelter got cold and hostile.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jan 2018, 01:46
Resentment of old



A pale shade of brightness in the abyss,
Dungeons and deep stairs, such that captives them do not miss,
Witchcraft has taken over the place, amassed by a force wild and raw,
Mind that plans, unbeknownst to the most, willing to stir terror and woes sow.

Beware, sorcerer of ill fortune, and may you fear those powers that order keep,
Those who do not kneel, nor are they ruled by your nasty whip,
A pale shade of brightness it might be, yet resolute to do justly and contest the fire,
Your evil means, which burns wood and chokes the air, letting ash carry the false speech of a great liar.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jan 2018, 01:58
Buried deep, we hope



Away from the kind remembrance of ours,
Far in entombed memory, the vision of great fires,
A world in trouble, the thunder rumbles,
Ancient order, built and kept well, which now miserably crumbles,
Why does the marred have to come back? Why?
So common, yet hard to grasp, as birds that fly,
We hope that unrest will never pave its way again,
Into the present that we cherish, whose new day just began.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jan 2018, 00:45
Crowned by light



Hail the newly-found king and behold!
The hero of the age, heir to a throne of old,
He shall rule over marble and stone, restoring our might,
He was crowned by an emissary of hope, clothed with pure brightness and light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jan 2018, 01:16
Life you gave



Life you gave within that forbidden wall,
Shield of that joy, kept sound, away from lands in wicked thrall,
Life you gave to those vast plains, soon to be harbours of everlasting green and wheat,
There, in your Immaculate Reign, where one sings joyfully the realm that was made lit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Jan 2018, 00:25
He came and green withered



He came, once, unseen,
The wiseman said it was woe brought by our sin,
To punish whom had been chained by greed,
Vile and wicked, not to be freed.

Incorrect words, I would say,
For justice comes rarely in such a guise, as breezing chill which kills anything green and devours hay,
Product of our toil, mocked and slain by thick ice,
When fell cold took our lands, at the command of a cruel rule, reign of chaos and vice.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jan 2018, 15:18
I dreamt and longed for



I saw it mine,
Sound and fine,
Final gift,
One that even stone may lift,
Beacon of hope, I thought,
After the battle that I fought,
Goal and my desire,
Gently begged, as the old sire,
Alas, that was not be,
Not something all were to see.

Why does the Sun die?
Beyond the horizon, where marvel is said to lie,
Marvel and pearl beyond the waves,
We behold light that fades,
Across the western ends,
Where all mends,
We believe, told by tales,
Seas untainted, populated by whales,
I dreamt and longed for peace, on serenity keen,
Marble and stone, may they find rest, one day, without sin.



A passing monarch of Gondor entrusts his last words to his people.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jan 2018, 15:37
Forsaken you are not



Forsaken you are not and never should one feel left and deprived of hope,
For hope nourishes you in ways that are for the most unknown,
Ways which even the loyal Angel may not comprehend,
Complete science of things was not granted and in no way will it be.

The One knows all,
Being its dear Plan its own thought,
Vision which we shared, in the primeval hour,
We did share a glance and enough it was.

I hear your pleas and beside the vexed I have ever stood,
Next to your king, the King of Arda,
I am the Queen of the Hallowed Fields, Varda,
The spirit of endurance I send you, so that it brings light to empty void and kindles the mood.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jan 2018, 01:23
Crying against the abyss of silence



I cried against the abyss of silence,
Seeking response, as the philosopher with his lens,
It could not be, not within glory,
How could the fortress fall, in such a fury?
I cried again, hoping to hear life in the dark,
But death ruled over all, and it was stark,
Only corpses hidden by dense dust,
Impious end for such dwellers, being ruin fast,
Those mines serve other masters now, or none at all,
Hold your mouth and keep it shut, for there is naught decent to call.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jan 2018, 02:07
Until valiant souls guard its halls



Thunder may rumble from afar and lightning the heavens wound,
For ill storm cometh, to wreak havoc and reap what was woefully sown,
The stronghold shall not break, however, until valiant souls guard its halls and from evil the door keep shut,
Until our heart is to make for a fortress that menace doth not fear nor bow to.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jan 2018, 02:47
Let me go, I beg



It is just time for us to part,
My love, you shall have your valley in sound government still,
Centuries are yet to pass, innumerable nights and cold winters from which your temple will not suffer,
May you enjoy merry time with our children of hope,
I shall not partake in such a bliss,
Not in the bliss of the decaying realm of this world,
World that tested me and proved unbearable burden to withstand,
My soul is broken and marred, alas,
Naught of your knowledge might help me recover,
I bid farewell to Arda, then, aboard a ship in the guise of a swan.

Give a kiss to them and shelter our kin behind secure ends, for much they have to give and they too are to share the quest which this era is to close.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jan 2018, 15:23
Light as the vessels journeying the waves



Zitat
Take the blade of the Foam-riders with thee, Grey Wizard. It is silver, light as our vessels that voyage beyond the blue, yet dreadful token for whom dareth hinder the will of the Western Lords. Thou shalt bear it, along thy hazardous journeys and whither thy mission is to lead thee, until thy hand shall wield a mightier craft, made by grievous exiled and borne by a king dwelling in legend.



This piece is part of a more elaborate proposal of the forum, of which this passage explores the fictional lore and founds those premises that are needed for the economy of the very story: not only is Gandalf gifted the Ring of Fire by Círdan, but the Guardian of the Havens bestowed a mighty blade upon the wizard; item which, as the old Elf had foreseen, is to serve the Istar's cause greatly, until Gandalf is led to discover another blade from the forgotten places of the world. A sword that lies abandoned and forsaken, albeit it being blessed by the legend of a heroic past.

A clarification on the title given to the Teleri ('Foam-riders') is necessary: it is a word from Tolkien himself and just tells the reader how the Elven kind, to whom the sea is dearest, boasts unsurpassed skills in naval craft and sea voyages.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jan 2018, 15:34
Song raised roots, tears watered and light thou gavest



Silence fell on all, within the Immaculate Reign,
The Archangels stood quiet and fain,
Imperishable lands could not suffer such feeble radiance, far and merest,
Song raised roots, thus, tears watered them and light eventually thou gavest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jan 2018, 17:22
Its hold on the land is still firm



Woes to us, in case the kingdom should give in,
Renowned stables, now decayed and left haunted by a wailing being,
Consolation we do not dispose of, lone and trapped,
An enemy moves war, unseen and unbeknownst, disguised and in mystery wrapped.

Disguised as a crow of ruin, bearer of ill words that stir trouble,
He summons more foes to his court, dwellers of huts, not used to stone nor marble,
May aid come and arrive soon, while the adversary makes weapons out of raw ore,
A demon has taken the mind of the king, in the hour of hazard, as its hold is still firm and chains our lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jan 2018, 00:37
Do not, for it will bring ruin



Do not ever try to bend the Ring to wicked purpose,
My gentle Hobbit, only the ill-spirited desires the chaining of others,
If trained and moved by will, one could be doom for the other bearers and undo their magic,
Do not, for it will bring ruin and much desolation.

Desolation we do not want, any longer,
This weary world has greatly suffered and lain in sorrow,
None but the humble shall undertake the task,
Evil forces loathe the common wisdom of simple souls, never bound or in a cage trapped.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jan 2018, 15:25
Caught in between



Caught in between the flames of war, shall innocent peasants find themselves,
It is as repugnant as the sick venom of treachery, for it runs fast and deep delves,
It runs among peoples and disrupt the peace, achieved through toil,
Mercy shall not spare whom does not act, for the battle is matter of survival and defence of soil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jan 2018, 15:48
Pure melody, along the white-crystal halls



Great choirs assemble and gather in the heart of rule,
Your loyal servants, ever-joyful and secure,
Atop the highest peak,
Peak of dreadful sharpness and forbidden paths,
Not at its apex, we must tell,
It is the seat of power, and of law which governs all,
Sat on their diamond-carved thrones,
They pierce the veil of disguise,
As they behold events unfold and every plea come to their ear,
Most of what is they know, as whispers the wind carries and mighty winged creatures carry them too.

The King and the Queen,
Highest of all,
Imperial order is inexorable command,
An act for the sake of Good,
Such is the sanctity of their will,
Monarchs of Arda,
Whose realm none may question,
If not for rebellious foes,
Who since the founding of reality have battled,
They now lie afar and banished from this world.

Great choirs assemble and are to perform,
To sing well the just cause of all,
You do have guests before your majesty, immense and never-flawed,
Fair guests to whom such palace is dearest among all other halls,
They have chosen residence in these white-crystal ways,
Among the Children they are counted,
They dwell in merriment with your Angels,
Here, at the acme of bliss,
Oldest of the Elven kind,
Kindred souls, when compared to the holy kin.

They rejoice indeed at songs,
Songs sung by singers, in fashion of words,
Tales that were,
Murmurs of a present which is almost unfelt,
Embalmed in the joy of Valinórë,
In which naught is to perish,
Where none is to pass away,
Whither the path of the Immortals is to end, in fortune,
May they compose the finest lay,
Gift for the Rulers, homage worthy, beyond gems and gold.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jan 2018, 16:37
Neutral side, foolish thinking



Neutral stance, it won't give safe shelter,
Nor are you to be spared from the slaughter, as the pillars of quietness begin to falter,
Awake you should be, for from your solace shall you be woken,
It is a destructive wind, ruthless, raging the war for the vilest token.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jan 2018, 17:13
Delusional foe



I call you for who you are,
Delusional foe without resemblance of valour or virtue,
Fire you enjoy spreading,
Unrest you find pleasant to stir,
In the cunning manner, behind known notice,
Disregarding other bonds of profound allegiance,
You are to be held accountable,
May you know, there will be for you an ultimate clash to face,
In the moment of doom,
You shall find the finest adversary hindering your path of misery.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jan 2018, 00:25
Two-faced envy



They envy each other,
Two kinds of the same love,
Alas, who would ever harbour such longing towards a brother?
One is plagued by illness and from the world sadly parts, whereas the other endures unto the last sunset of the earth, bearing the burden of time, as long as all continues being below and above.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jan 2018, 01:33
Erasure

All that is stained,
All which is dark,
All that lives without piety and mercy,
All that love has never known.

Why does such a world deserve to be given the privilege of doubt?
Allowing the illness to foster and garner vicious clout,
We shall be remitting fate in its hands, clear from flaw,
Only the One may erase any fault, in time not yet foretold, once it is set to leave its timeless dwelling, there, where the sole rule is law.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jan 2018, 20:12
Soon shall you see



Why do you weep?
We are crossing the route of the blue, wide and deep,
A leap across the sea,
You stand with us, as accepted was your plea.

The worst burden was appointed to you,
Yet unforeseen courage has eventually led your path, force unknown and new,
All that is grievous will pass away,
Within the domain of the Archangels, whose bright land is told only by speech or old lay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jan 2018, 20:20
Fairest of all



I beheld thee, beside thy King,
Our King too, leader of clouds and mighty wing,
Thou art light along this pearl-made seat,
Fairest of all, we sing for you tales of valour and wit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jan 2018, 20:30
Bearer of worries



Broad heaven, you are crying in anger,
Fury makes you dim and menacing,
Fear you bring from a remote end,
I sense, something infuriates from afar,
Naught good nor well-boding,
For us, mere dwellers of the world,
Who just long for quiet life, away from the trouble,
Chaos that turns around and is made spread,
With an intent in mind, and it's an evil one,
You bear worries and dread.

What shall be of us into the approaching storm?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jan 2018, 22:27
Seed of hope



Seed of hope, atop the marble, now disregarded,
Ever-silent yet guarded,
In hopes that tide shall turn,
As shadow advances and Men anew glory yearn.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2018, 16:00
So low



So low, we have descended,
Along a path paved with thorns,
We should have known,
Indeed, we were exactly told,
History is a wheel,
It never ceases its turning,
And turn it is made by incredible forces,
Alas, most of the times it is wicked ones,
Mayhem they wish to propagate,
Bitter, this is the fate.

Fate we shall all face, regardless of taste,
So low, the morale of one-time warriors,
Bent by cold winters and ardent noon,
Waiting for a foe who keeps his doing hidden,
Waiting for ruin to come swiftly,
Ruin which lurks in the dark, instead,
Not prepared yet,
To manifest the obscure intent,
That hour is quite far, for now,
When hope is to turn in feeble candle, on the edge and dim.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2018, 16:08
World of night

The Sun moves to the far West of the world, bound to end its daily route and rest, leaving Middle-earth at the mercy of doubt, if not for ancient lamps that ever in the night shine of starlight, bearing the testimony of ancient ages before.



Your lamp went away,
This the inevitable cycle,
Determined and by your grace decreed,
Light left space for a thick night.

A world of night,
In which dwell night-mares and snares,
Pray, let us not forget us, we beg,
May your deeds give us comfort and darkness pierce, as that was always since the dawn of things.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2018, 16:23
A mere blink of an eye, fool!



Fool! You dare deem us the least,
Yet, naught of what is your knowledge is true,
You came here, inside my halls,
Within my kingdom, you have entered it,
These green paths are my government,
And so is anything breathing life under the stone,
Aye, you did not expect the sudden coming of guards,
And I blame you not, for long have near woods lived under the menace of terror,
There is something evil, should one go south,
A poison fostering in the indifference of the most.

It has commenced its deadly advancing,
So that leaves began to wither in silence,
While horrid beasts crawled and slithered beneath our notice,
I suspect there might be more,
As a riddle in the dark which bears ill tidings,
Saw you the guarded ways of this realm?
Sealed it shall remain, with none entering or leaving,
If such is your disrespectful mood,
You can stay here and rot, caged in my gaols,
One hundred years is a mere blink in the life of Immortals and patience never have I fallen short of.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2018, 16:34
With thy touch them madest thou secure



The Smith was always wary of anyone admiring his craft,
The legend of our days, three great stars, forged by Elven hands,
They harboured memory of supreme note, which is now no more,
They kept the testimony of the Noon, during the spring of our times in the bliss.

The Smith grew proud of his deed, too much for a paradise, blessed and lit,
One there might have been, he thought, who the finest of my art shall dare steal,
Nonetheless, discord was not among the young Firstborns yet, and so he used to show his treasure for the merriment of all,
Thou, our fair Queen, with thy touch them madest thou secure, and any fell hand seeking possession of the Jewels would then be to burn and endure of destiny the terrible curse.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2018, 18:23
Your oath will be true



Along the many burdens of the journey you may lose faith in the task,
For the purpose is the most contingent in this world, and never has much depended on so few,
Indeed, the road gets perilous and deadly as you are to get closer to the lands of utter wilderness,
It is the path you have set yourselves on, for the sake of what is decent upon this scattered world,
Woes you shall suffer and the worst misfortune is likely to hinder the voyage to hell,
In the midst of ash and venom, treading the ways of the Evil infesting this continent,
War is coming and all will reach, strangle and capture, unless valiant swords are wielded and shields defend the borders of our right,
The right to better our dwellings, enjoy the flavour of freedom and decide which destiny ought to be ours,
May you trust the bonds tying your goal together and we pray that luck you in no way will forsake,
We fear that the unity of your Fellowship shall be broken, soon, while your enemies get bolder and fouler, although the flame will not wear out so easily, provided that your oath is true.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2018, 23:44
The finest hand wielding a blade



At the apex of the Holy Mountain,
Where the ruling thrones lie, pure fountain,
There is a servant residing there, emissary of law, finest hand wielding a blade,
Envoy of imperative decree, which naught may turn and each poisonous well bare has laid.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 18:57
Together, one last time



Together, one last time,
We stand beside each other,
Unto the closing chapter, as fell rocks we climb,
In the comfort of our green dwelling we would fain be, rather.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 19:33
Another quality



Captain, do not despair or seek the utmost praise of your faltering father,
He's not to know the troubles incoming in his kingdom,
And his kingdom is verily not, being him of the lineage of Stewards,
He should watch over lands and make the region secure,
His mind is absent for unfortunate fate, longing to chase improbable dreams of renewed might,
Now, when the shield begins to crack and give in to outer pressure,
Now, when a long tale just has to reach its definitive end,
When smoke we may see again from beyond those eerie mountains,
Something is again at work, for certain many are about it,
Your brother was sent for a mission of prime scope, but you shall be required to take up arms on behalf of your weary leader, and your own quality is another from common strength.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 20:17
Across one's terror



You must journey whither your path will lead,
Young Hobbit, humblest hero, alien to pompous deed,
Beside your companions of gold, precious as that bright ore,
The perilous voyage that is set to mark the ending of old lore.

Be valiant, we beg,
Firm hand and swift leg,
The road ends in front of sheer horror,
Thither shall you go, across one's terror.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 20:51
Vile laughter



At the heart of the ghoulish mount,
There lies dreadful death,
Which all dread and fear,
Which haunts anything that is near,
Remembrance of hatred,
Regret and dark grudge,
Stain on the honour,
That naught might sweep away,
But the blessing of the Heir,
Coming in haste, when the tide turns,
He seeks a forgotten oath,
And betrayed as well,
So that the unfaithful may redeem,
So that the Good may breathe a sigh of relief,
For of a host they are in need,
And a host does reside behind that wicked stone,
Yet one-time worthy of kingly trust,
It lies now silent and cursed,
Waiting for the proper time to undo the chains of the torture,
Their lord might fight for the just cause, accepting the offer with vile laughter.



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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 21:40
The new age



A new age is plain to see,
After chaos and massacre that made many flee,
A new world before whom wishes to stay,
Alas, not all was mended and future could be a hazardous way.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 22:10
Something to battle



I shall give you something to battle,
When you see that hell is getting close,
Safe you are no more,
Flight or fight, what should you do?

Behold such tragedy!
The plight of the innocent,
Trapped in the foul war,
As his realm crumbles asunder, not able to strike back.

May you rot in your misery,
Traitorous wizard, versed in the inequity of treachery,
You set the wheel of industry in motion,
Forging dreadful spikes, blade and steel which kill.

Everyone knows the purpose of such relentless endeavour,
To wipe out from history the race of Men,
Aligned with the tyrant of the East,
This should be purpose enough clear for the decent to counter and battle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2018, 22:54
Fast



Fast now and never look back,
Thee they are chasing and us want dead,
The servants of the Eye, disguised as black knights,
They seek the Hobbit and that we must prevent,
Thou hast the power to fly as the arrow and pierce the wind,
Thy sight is keen and the just way may discern,
To the house of my father, wise and legendary sire,
Where the wounded shall be given aid and salvation,
Safe, within the enchanted valley, though poison maketh time ever-little,
Fast, along the wild regions, past realm of smiths and much hope.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 00:40
The bridge, bound to fall



Shores are garrisoned and well-secured, kept by the defence of the White City and carrying the banners of the White Tree, hoping that the wave won't hit so hard and that the flood held back can be, for the sake of the whole kingdom, because the last wall of the Good they remain.

Radiant armours and finery of blades, made by the best hands which Men may hope for and borne by gallant guards on the river, praying that the enemy iron shall not cut through and havoc wreak, lest doom be upon all.

Well, my bold and brave soldiers, we do not know how the ending of our grey age is to manifest to us, whether it be resolving triumph or sad demise, but a fact seems the plainest to fathom.

This bridge of marble is bound to fall, eventually, torn down by the swarming legions being assembled in the stronghold that once bore another name, and which now rests desolate and still, despite the aura of dread and folly that those ways has proclaimed its lair.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 02:24
When clouds get darker



When clouds get darker,
Prey of discomfort, one might live,
Dismay renders in truth the strife harder,
For us to succeed, to cast the Evil into the fire and final accomplishment to the quest give.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 15:21
I hope it will



I hope it will,
My dear friend,
That the plan goes smoothly and unnoticed,
By the adversary that war wages,
Seeking the object of his obsession,
The one tormenting his thoughts,
For its tenure decides the course of all,
Cause of chaos since its first day,
Ill omen of approaching defeat,
I hope it will, when resolve is stout just as thick stone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 15:38
You're close to the goal



You're close to goal that is imperative mission of the quest,
Your journey, strife, reason and toil without rest,
Can you recall how your fate took such turn?
You were not to know that the adventure would be also occasion to mourn,
Beside you, your companions of the noblest kind,
Easing the burden and cheering up a distraught mind,
You had to proceed along the path that had been set, regardless of how it was to fare,
Entering the caverns of vicious ruin, which were of a nightmare's brood the lair,
Unto the climbing of fire, inside the realm of night, at the ultimate day,
Behold my light, beyond the ash, so that you know that there is still good for which one fight may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 19:20
We may dine and celebrate



At the time of ruin for the legions of night,
Nasty opponents one face might,
Only then may we dine,
Closed the sorrowful chapter of war, in manner proper and fine.

With the company of our fond friends,
For such love soothes souls and much mends,
Trumpets shall resound all over the stronghold,
Signifying the demise of darkness and the freeing of the whole earldom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 19:30
High Ones, towering over all



Towering in might over kindred spirits,
Worshipped in fear and utmost jubilation, via sung tales or lyrics,
In the seat of power, there you have council, silent,
Flaws shall you rectify, at the cost of getting violent.

Queen, may your judgement be true,
Akin to the knowledge bestowed upon the King, who cruel evils he's meant to endure,
He who questions such decree, he's only but a fool,
None of decent sort would dare oppose you and the divine rule.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 19:43
After the storm



After the sky peace anew finds,
When the shattered warrior comes home, to lovely meals and amicable minds,
How long shall we wield the sword still?
Why does bad weather keep returning, we feel?

Perhaps, we should not have taken that path,
The foe gets angrier and worse deeds brood in his wrath,
Those mines are lost, albeit the illusion of victory,
After the storm, naught we retain but grievous memory.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 20:37
Lest the bad could prevail



Lest the bad could prevail,
That would have been of no avail,
It was imperative to decree,
When possible it was to foresee,
To bring warmth where is cold,
To aid gallant heroes in tales of old,
Never did you your blessing withdraw,
Not even as destiny showed its darker side and raw.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 22:09
Hold on to me



Tiny friend, we shall meet hell,
Wary I am about the outcome of such ride,
Yet, ride we will,
For our king and heath of love,
And wicked iron shall crumble beneath our charging,
Do not worry for me,
I was not to love whom I really want,
His heart is already someone else's fortress,
Now, let us lead the rumbling hoofs of Rohan thither,
Before the white marble of Gondor, in which doom awaits us, so that the ardour of our passion may be appeased.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2018, 22:53
No, we may not



No, we may not leave the city,
I know you dread the oncoming storm, bearer of dreary mood and pity,
We shall hail the challenge and cast the gauntlet,
Glory we shall wake and defence is not to be some forfeit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2018, 00:10
Great party



We hope he shall come back, one day,
Too sudden did he part from his wooden home,
Hearth and comfortable shelter,
He went on an adventure,
They say, accompanied by some unusual lot,
And in much hurry, if I have to say,
Following the path of a strange wanderer,
Point-shaped hat and composure of other times,
None knows him, nor is it known from whence he may have arrived,
Quite inquisitive yet ever-courteous,
We hope he's not here for trouble,
Though some things,
He did move!
To convince a staunch Hobbit to take the leave,
In the direction of unknown quests,
He's a sound Hobbit, after all,
Sad we would be, were the traveller to meet harm,
He's good enough, smart and brave,
Our people are of the gentlest sort, used to merriment and not to woe,
And, at his return, may he have stupendous party with his friends.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2018, 11:22
The coming of night



Night came with our surprise,
Aware we were not, nor wise,
That clouds might menace future,
That shadows would creep out again, for the scouring of nature.

The wiseman has spoken,
It has been found, what was always of doom the token,
Such hand which took it, the worst burden to carry,
The Good woken must be, hurry!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2018, 11:54
You could not gaze into such void



Misadventure of terrible kind,
Was the sudden strike of the Monster,
Foul beyond recognition,
Auxiliary of unknown prowess,
Mightiest among the other devils,
Less than him, though,
For of one sole was the disgraceful proposition,
To kill the ever-lasting noon,
None could foretell or counter,
Thick darkness descended upon all and into that hateful void you could not gaze.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2018, 15:34
Pride and many other sins



Pride and many other sins,
Stain and shame of human lore, that it seems,
Nine were the Rings endowed with might,
They took all without wit, deeming it right.

Pride and torture them awaited,
Untold consequence and cost not stated,
Crowns turned into nasty collars, testimony of prison,
A new master they are bound to, as slaves, without liberty of judgement or reason.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2018, 16:01
Queen of the heavens, help us



Star-kindler, we need your help, among the ways of the continent there is a new threat arising in force, spreading ill sentiment and making peoples flee for their life,
The Evil came once again through the routes of the sky, we remember, welcomed by raging storms and the crying of beasts that knew what kind of entity had just found its way back,
He now sits on his iron throne, yet he's not alone in the pursuing of control over these shattered lands and of the deadliest minions he may dispose of,
Of whom one is horrid death for living life, hidden behind his tricks and snares, and behind voluble shapes terrorising the night, so that we are to ask for your mercy and grace, in order to lift the veil and lighten the field.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2018, 23:57
One day, I shall finally see



One day, I shall finally see,
After so much time, spent in vigilant nights, which never bent me,
While watching over the western end of an old world,
And weary and hesitant, looking forward to knowing how all was to unfold.

At the Havens of shelter, with the remnants of the Elven kin,
Towards the voyage, ever more, I lean,
Passing the waves, entering the bliss, into the West,
To see the fair Valië of our legends and to find definitive rest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Feb 2018, 00:17
Gloomy as the night without stars



Gloomy as the night without stars,
Living by the day that fades and spirit mars,
What is to be for the immortal kind,
No escaping from the imminent choice, for a destination to find.

Where shall we go?
When magic will have vanished as it came, for which the Elda will moan,
And he will sing songs about regret in a continent that changed,
It did, just for the feeble ones to cope, and so causing the erstwhile tales to be waned.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Feb 2018, 00:50
Two sides



A fierce war, waged to take back the item of malice,
Found in the depth of a pond,
The hands which picked it,
Now they resemble the gesture of feral beasts,
Indeed, of a pitiful captive, dragged into the path of a murderer,
The Tyrant longs for its ruling artefact,
So much sorrow it has hitherto brought,
And more it will still,
The Great Eye is never content,
Until all rests under his vicious thrall.

Two sides battle each other,
Summoning their finest,
Throwing their might into the heat of the fight,
Balance is broken, however,
Naught of the contest a wise one would deem fair,
Darkness gathers flames and ghoulish force,
Shadows creep out from ignorance and catch all by sudden surprise,
Light staggers and suffers,
Hope is doomed to perish, unless the chains of the past are undone,
And unknown powers are awoken anew, to the ruin of the evil foes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Feb 2018, 22:39
Wit and craft



Wit and craft, he's the master,
Of industry and science, in his resourceful shelter,
Which is in truth a mighty mansion,
Safe from outer trouble and tension.

Noble he is deemed, for sure,
By powerful lords, in their realm wide and secure,
His mind is made of steel and motion, as the rapid machine,
Green he begins to loathe, wishing to make dishevelled all that is clear and clean.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Feb 2018, 23:00
Howl in the dark



May you hearken to such eerie noise?
Not of gracious beings, endowed with poise,
A howl in the dark, signalling threats incoming,
No surprise, as vicious lots we see through ruined spoils roaming.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Feb 2018, 23:54
This is Nenya, gift of the Stars

An address to the coming of the Fellowship inside the borders of Lórien, recited by a choir of minstrels.



Weary companions of valorous temper, we see your slow advancing to the heart of our kingdom under the branches of the golden forests, which all view as fairest than any other wood growing and living on this scattered earth. Your pace is burdened by grief, we may sense it; you lost the guide of your perilous journey and, alone, you fear the vain meandering in a senseless scope. Yet, you continued still and so should you for the rest of the quest, for the malice you bear is constantly fostering its strength, by the summoning of grand legions of death or the waking of past menaces which everyone thought were gone for the good. That doom is ever-pending upon our head, until a just conclusion will not have taken place.

We hope you shall find the rest of which you are desperately in need. Only, do not linger too much in the midst of our bliss, so that the reason of your doing might risk to be forgotten. You may not stay here for long, because we too have our woes to care about: conscious we are, regardless of the epilogue, that bound to bid farewell to our realm we shall eventually be. It is the fate which all Elves are ready to face, as long as the nightmare of this tale is ultimately vanquished, after millennia of unrest and unspeakable crimes, of which the Immortals always have memory.

These woods were charmed by spells and mighty prowess, under the rule of the finest Elf still treading the routes of this decaying world. Keeper of Nenya, gift of the Stars and treasure of old. Time it has rendered slow, unseen barriers raised and all agony within these borders erased.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2018, 00:13
Sword commanding storms



Blade of mine, avail my cause,
For the sake of the earth, lest it be withered rose,
The hour of clash hath come, after being bound by the mission to wander,
With thee I dread not fire nor devils from the past, for I command storms and rule over thunder.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2018, 00:46
At the council



At the council we were summoned,
Held in the merry valley,
Where the door remains shut,
For anything wicked or cursed,
Given the guard of its keeper,
Ever he battled the Evil,
As the fiercest of its enemies,
Kind lord, wise beyond measure,
Purest soul in a dirty world,
Lineage of legend preceding him.

Compelled by the events,
Every race advice needed,
Grave news they had to reveal,
The One Ring came to the light,
Borne by unusual hands,
Humble, though, and never eager,
To seek dominion of such power,
That all corrupts and none spares,
Grievous lesson from days before,
The Second Age, of the Alliance.

The Keeper of the shrine knew,
They had to undo such thing,
How could one's craft succeed,
In breaking such malice of old?
Naught of common forging,
No known weapon at hand,
Useless knowledge for the case,
The answer was easy to guess,
That cursed gold, omen of doom,
It would have ceased to be.

If in the fire it had been cast,
In the original chasm,
In the land of the ashes,
At the slopes of hell,
Before the throne of the Tyrant,
In which hope is caused to fade,
Terror of ancient memory,
Stain on a free continent,
The Black Land of Mordor,
Of which Sauron is fell emperor.

Thus, fate made it so,
That a Fellowship was born,
Guided by a tiny being,
Yet resilient as very few on earth,
Bearing the worst burden,
Alone, in the voyage, in the end,
Though some companions he had,
For the common and sole goal,
Sharp sword, rapid bow and an axe,
Fellowship of the Ring, we pray.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2018, 15:13
I'll be singing joyful chants



I'll be singing joyful chants,
When the wound is mended,
As war is made end,
When the bell of victory rings,
Finally, at the closure of things,
The Black Throne shall fall,
His black heart will be pierced,
From one side to another,
The menacing cloud is blown away,
The stronghold of Men is definitely safe.

Aye, the contest we won,
With sacrifice and grievous toll,
Caught by surprise,
The assault was massacre and horrible carnage,
Led by hatred and ruthless will,
To kill human hope and open the door to a new night,
This is not be, however, for triumph belongs to us,
Let us honour the dead and pray for courage,
Now, we should head to the top of the Sentinel City,
Where the White Rider shall crown our new king.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2018, 15:37
The One you mirror



One of the first,
Beloved by the most,
To come to the light,
In guise of grace and might.

Despised by the hopeless dark,
Contrast was ever stark,
Clothed with hallowed majesty, for the One you mirror,
Clear and pure, away from error.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2018, 21:18
Blazing breath



As the strongest wind, slashing the air,
Catastrophe, come out of his lair,
He seeks gold, the treasure inside the mountain-realm, whose gate is torn down by blazing breath,
Descending the skies, a dreadful dragon much havoc has wrought, willing to sow fire and reap death.

(http://www.thelandofshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Erebor1.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 12:05
Maiden of woods and forests



Maiden of woods and forests,
Of the kin of Ñolofinwë the Valiant,
She rejoices at the wonders of nature,
Swift and rapid among the gardens of Aman,
Even more through the green of Oromë,
Where she would go for hunting,
With the company of her siblings,
Long bows and apt blades,
And from her family she wished not to part,
Electing exile and pain, suffering in the lands of grief.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 12:15
Release us from such fear



Release us from fear,
Empress of Light,
Crafter of hope,
Where there was none,
Indeed, since the dawn of the earth,
You any evil have loathed,
Its path you hindered,
As hindered was the one of the Archangels,
The worst wound you have taken,
In seeing your erstwhile Lamps crumbling.

Nay, you were not to lose hope,
To forswear the cause,
Ruin you mended,
Good was made anew,
From the ashes of failure,
So that the Evil was not to win,
Except for the illusion of sham victory,
The Enemy will never learn,
Bridges he may burn,
But never shall our faith in the divine potency perish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 12:47
Conjuring nightmares



How hast thou fallen so low?
Destructor of symmetry, herald of woe,
Conjuring nightmares, in the hour of midnight,
When the ghoul cometh forth, after lurking in twilight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 14:13
Sun flare



Sun flare that breaks the night,
Blessing and sacred gift in the midst of such tremendous fight,
The sleepy spirit you shall kindle and awaken,
Shadows will stagger and retreat, which once reigned on lands forsaken.

That is of the Angels the imperative word,
At the behest of the King, Cloud-leader and magnanimous lord,
To give light to a scattered realm, frozen by ice and burnt by fire,
To counter the rule of a vicious monarch, cursed and ever-known as liar.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 17:36
Delicate



Delicate is the equilibrium prior to the storm,
Such that feeble gust might make for terrible tempest,
Much apprehension fills the air,
With tension, a strange vibe all pervades,
Other troubles ahead, or even worse than mere skirmishes,
What if it were something wider?
In the broad world, where the bad may at any time befall,
Delicate is the sentiment of Men,
Who do not desire great harm or past threats to awaken again,
Delicate is this earth, upset and dishevelled, still harbouring good and thus dreading conflict.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 17:55
Treason will meet chains



No piety for the ruthless,
No mercy for such malice, unjust and senseless,
No beatitude for the traitor, even though he asks for pardon and wails,
No amnesty, as is the case for whom is kept in our gaols.

One may see the one-time cruel king,
Often were we to recall his crime and the gruesome deeds sing,
Treason will meet chains, without pity,
Be this the order, from the mouth of the true monarch, miraculous and mighty.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2018, 18:52
Devouring the youth of your kin



You should not have gazed,
Into the lost art,
Of sight which fares beyond,
Shared by kindred ones, of great power,
Into a trap you were lured,
Sad demise awaits you,
From the pinnacles of the City,
Your noble kin you have sent to certain death,
You care not, behind decaying marble,
You sneer at reason and winks at folly, devouring red which seems blood, of your unlucky lineage.

(http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/merrick/merric4.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2018, 10:14
Saddened Eyes



Deeply saddened by such decision,
They were not to know via thinking or clear vision,
That unrest will stir trouble in the dwelling of gods, here,
Rendering friendly ties cold and bonds mere.

What will be of us, without joy?
Now that the Trees withered, killed by venom and deemed useless toy,
Our Noon is to rest in legendary tales, told by myth,
The Queen gazes at the parting convoy, reflecting in gloom, while the Vanyar of Aman begin the mourning of bliss and on dead spoils lay a golden wreath.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2018, 10:32
Woeful Vessels



Summoned with draconian command,
As the clash infuriates,
In the heat of the battle,
To the worsening of war,
They sail rapid and sure,
Confident that his rivals will soon fall,
Open the gate will be, for the plundering of wealth,
For the raiding of havens,
One last stab in the back,
And the sea to Corsairs is to belong.

They thought wrong, though,
Arrogant and foolish,
They knew not whither their path would lead,
Not to prosperous shores,
Neither to rich settlement nor to trading camp,
Three Heroes they met along the way,
Of whom one was of Men the remaining hope,
The Heir had made a solemn pact,
Phantoms of the underworld came out from wicked stone,
Dead hands and cursed blades, which were the last thing that Pirates saw.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2018, 11:48
Anger



Anger grows ever-deep,
Are you prepared for the leap?
Into the fury of war,
For the White Wizard has lit the fire of machinery and wood desires more.

Traitor, your act shall come back around,
To punish whom we are at the mercy of, once the old spirit strength has found,
Anger causes roots to move and the ground shatter,
Trees shall come for the head of the guilty, undoing every trick and tearing apart matter.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2018, 13:04
To the ocean



To the ocean it must have been carried, in the words of our chief, the mighty wizard who's always fond of learning more about forging and crafting, in laborious manners and industrious is his mind, made of steel and grand machines which he ever imagines, longing for clout that spreads and goes forth,
He took that fortress as home, a fortified residence in the middle of sunny fields and gracious rivers, and the murmurs tell the ancient story of such mansion, raised in glory in the hour of splendour for that western kind of High Men,
The White Wizard is much versed in their lore, fascinated by majesty, in awe before past potency and as bewitched as he himself bewitches wood and stone,
The arts of speech he likes in equal terms, finding pleasure in the incantation of minds and in spells so powerful, able to move the ether and make clouds rage.

He thinks that the evil token was carried away by the waves of the sea, ultimately, unto the external shore of our shires, of which very little is commonly known.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2018, 13:18
I behold you, albeit from afar



I behold you, albeit from afar,
I see that valour may not wane,
If one harbours courage and not terror,
Indeed, the idle eye will not be given that privilege,
The witless mind could not understand,
Chained to desperation,
The captive loses hope,
Not everyone may find a way,
Some might need the helping hand of the other,
Coming to the rescue and bursting with goodwill.

Faithless is he who forsakes the road,
When it gets tough and hard,
At least, this is what a wiseman told me,
I feel like making such words my creed,
I need your blessing, contemplating the immensity,
How is it to bear the burden of millennia, my Queen?
How is it to sit on a diamond-made throne and decree what ought to be?
I am certain of your doing and of the judgement of our King,
To him only the right to decide was granted,
Pray, I shall find my path and aid the marred.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 09:36
Quiet, now



Quiet, now, stay your wrath!
Mountain, mighty bastion and perilous path,
Furious gales, your scathed side they quake,
A fell voice in the air, which is to darken the sky and you gloomier to make.

Then, you replied in cruelty and our advancing you hinder,
We cannot go further, lest we risk a sad ending and vainly wander,
Whither shall the Fellowship head, not to regret the mission and wail?
You shut your passage, sending us evil hail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 10:05
Thy reason



Thy reason, Thy Majesty, never hast thou lost,
At the seat of might, prime and foremost,
To face the effects of malice, recurrent ghost,
For the salvation of all lands, who beauty still boast.

We invoke thee, for very known is thy wisdom,
Thou dost just and good, ruling over the Lit Earldom,
Untrodden places were by thee explored, through stars and ether is the way,
Beside the King wilt thou rest, and we worship your divine say.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 10:56
It gets dreary



It gets dreary very fast, around here,
Next to the peaks of ashes,
Among the old glory of Gondor,
Buried in the ground or concealed amidst weed,
Reminder of hard times, worsened as rapid winds,
That blow afar and howl, crying the misery of our present,
It gets dangerous here, lone and secluded,
The vigilance of Men has faltered and almost gone,
Leaving these borders desolate and raw as nasty nature,
It gets solitary, when none of decent visage passes by.

Only Rangers pay sometimes a visit,
Furtive and calm,
They need patrol these dark edges,
At the border with hell,
They became less frequent guests, though,
Rumbling the thunder of war,
It is just a wasteland now,
Trodden by wicked feet,
Should one continue the journey, he shall find the route,
To a cursed stronghold and treacherous stairs.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 11:13
You wished to have their company



Thither we have never journeyed,
Alas, for strong are the bonds with mortal soil,
We would rather remain here,
Next to the warm dwelling and friendly ones,
Before it is too late to harbour joy in one's heart,
We know that others did not, instead,
At the dawn of the story,
The prologue of all,
When the Iron Crown first fell,
You brought him to judgement, before the imperishable thrones.

The Valar wished to be pleased by the company of the Eldar,
Finest and fairest of the Children,
Masters of art, songs, verses and craft,
For you the Fair Elves sing,
Composing melodies of old,
To you they dedicate solemn prayers,
For the fate of the world to bode well,
For your guard to be upheld,
We shall meet them, one day,
When this current earth will have got so much changed and grey.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 17:57
Lost in the summer



Lost in summer, as birds begin their morning chanting,
They must be singing warm days ahead,
Much in common we have,
With nature and such spirited mood,
Here, in the sunny Shire,
Naught comes of ill sort which could disturb the conducting of merry life,
Troubles we fain leave to the outer world,
We like neither queer guests nor woes,
We prefer the harvesting of our labour,
And the sweet taste of midnight drinking in the tavern, among friends and love.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 22:29
Heart of paradise



Heart of paradise,
Speech might not be enough,
For one to realise,
The splendour, beyond the peaks rough.

Walls which defend a treasure,
The Supreme City of Arda, Valmar of many bells, by marvel raised,
No way could mortal tongue give a measure,
Of the residence of the Archangels, ever-holy and praised.



'Marvel', regarding this precise context, ought to be considered as a synonym of 'magic'. Especially, speaking about the power of the Valar, all High Elves worship the might of the Powers and their prodigious creations, in awe and fear equally, as they're perfectly aware that this incredible force rules and governs stone, water, wood and marble; none may oppose them, lest one be to face the consequences of crimes. 'Magic' is commonly used with a derogatory connotation, referencing the corrupted arts of the Evil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 22:56
The dry South



Drought and sand,
Strange folks, perilous land,
This shall one find, in the dry South,
Akin to those tales, spread via paper or mouth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2018, 23:45
Banned



Banned you are and so your kindred knights,
That you lead to the battlefield in the manner of a king,
King you are not, for he himself decided to do without your service,
Long will you wander now, with the company of none but those paying attention to your order.

The king has a new ally, whom he may trust with no risk,
A wise friend, renowned and worthy of praise,
Who wishes only well-boding future for the heath in your government, my liege,
He dwells in the ring of Isengard and always do his spells avail his goal.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Feb 2018, 17:17
A good lay



What makes a good lay,
Be these words advice of wisdom,
For the future teller,
Minstrel who sings glorious poems,
Deeds of might, which kings love and all enjoy,
To remember the days of old,
When the earth was different,
The Immortals may not age and suffer the misery of disease,
Yet, centuries make for a heavy burden to bear,
As days seem to get shorter and the world dimmer than previous dawns.

The Elven manner is legend and renowned craft,
Born in these shores that do not know withering,
Far from sorrow, next to the homes of the Angels,
There, tongues became acquainted to verses,
Apt for shaping words,
And for mingling phrases in elaborate order,
Sealed by the ancient power of the sacred language,
Holy legacy and monument of science,
They still speak it,
Across the wavering fields of the blue.

The exiled has brought the art hither,
In the lands of suffering,
Where many more troubles may be sung,
Many more wars of terrible sort,
More characters worthy of note,
Numerous foes and foulest of all,
More heroes whom poetic parlance dignifies,
Horrible clashes before walls and towers,
For the sake of a good that given up cannot be,
When ill weather comes and spoils the rays of the Sun.

Courage and strife make a good lay,
And even sacrifice and buoyancy that cowards fall short of,
Valiant blades are wielded and cut apart,
They wound and slay, tearing enemies into pieces,
Blood and gore, which both stain one-time radiant soil,
The malice of the opponent, scheming plans, unnoticed,
The cruel fate, which very little cares about one's mind,
The same fate might meander and course change,
For the ruin of impious lords,
Unto final victory, getting the brave what he deserves, while for the wicked there is much bad to befall.

May your hand be guided by that,
You should mock the fashion of past times,
To pay homage to glory,
Reminiscing the fair things of the globe,
We need beauty and splendour,
So that mere hearts may be taught well,
So that valuable memories are not forgotten,
For they are precious treasure,
Ignore envious ones, for your path they might hinder, but never halt,
Words were the greatest gift from above: be sure to use them well and light to honour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Feb 2018, 18:03
Lesser robes, yet gem of heaven



You and your akin souls,
Who dwell behind divine walls,
It was different, at the dawn of time,
The Angels were all light, original essence and prime.

Then, time was up for the coming to Arda,
Whither you too went, Varda,
To tread those ways of matter, yourself you have clothed,
With lesser robes, yet gem of heaven, of which wonders we composed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Feb 2018, 17:22
Last lament



Departing the soul from flesh that dies not,
Which by blade is nonetheless wounded,
Sad Elf, you shall enter the halls of the Judge, where you are to wander a lot,
Lord of the sorrowful spirits, those grey shires he founded.

Though, may dismay not fill your heart,
For via thinking and waiting, to a sunny country you will rise,
A new existence of never-ending bliss, new life to start,
Until then, our last lament we sing for the Queen of the Stars and in your divine conscience the prayer lies.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Feb 2018, 17:48
Snakes and other troubles



''See you? I told you it wasn't good reason to make to that land, wild and sour. There is little to visit and even less to admire. A forsaken field of regret and miserable thoughts; and innocent ones, left without proper shield or blade to wield. What will happen to those unattended regions, should ill befall and we do see clouds advancing? Perilous ways to journey through and stay in as well, if one either wishes to pay the Golden Hall of knights homage and friendly greetings, or simply sojourn there for a while, being the route a tiny fraction of the entire travelling. And we're also told how the passage is sometimes barred; or, the most vicious beings hide in that realm, taking advantage of the feeble king.
What if it were the action of spells? Those who charm brave Men and turn them into useful tools...''

''Well, gallant spear of Gondor, you might be saying the truth, indeed. The glory of Horse Lords appear diminished and wailing, crying a desperate request of help. But too much we are busy with the fire being set at our border. Help them we may not, for now. Those chains of subjugation must be broken by them and them only. Only with the waking of their monarch shall they wake anew too, gazing at a changed world. A world in which judgement cannot be kept for oneself, because each of the free is asked to partake in the strife. And those troubles you hear of, they are vile snakes: ready to strike and halt your pace. That you have to care about, now that we still await the storm. Now that the skies are still sunny, albeit not for long.''
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Feb 2018, 15:31
Remote, furthest, untainted



Remote, them thou hast lit,
At the dawn of time, with purest wit,
Lone, immersed in deep space,
Profound as thy crystal-eyes, and thy ever-radiant face.

Silent, they rest,
Furthest from Arda, as thou commandest,
In a remote infinity, sound from decay,
Untainted by venom, for the foe no wound may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Feb 2018, 16:11
Bitter paradise



Kind ruler, magnanimous and a true saint in the darkening day, long have you served freedom and decency in the heat of the troubles occurring, for you know that time shall be up, one day, for doom to knock on the door of this age,
An age that is bound to end, as the others did in the preceding eras of Arda, because time concedes not, alas, and harmony is a luxury which seldom may last for innumerable decades,
There you were always, nonetheless, not often with a blade carried and firmly held in your hand, yet through the wisest advice and words of comfort, that never cause dismay and always give one the proper courage,
Many ignore that tragedy you have to undergo during your immortal existence along these ways, when your beloved half was tragically bound by the chains of captivity, so tight that salvation was not enough to wash away the stain, and so farewell you bade to your love, on the shore of the westernmost seas, and then you returned to your valley, shrine of science and solace, but also bitter paradise for whom left someone before the waves of the blue.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Feb 2018, 17:39
Towers on the edge



Past those old branches and thick woods,
Past the Shire and its amicable dwellings,
Past the joyful western routes, in which pleasure is still, to travel and journey,
Past the wild regions, loose and odd,
Past the woes and perils, sadly common in recent days,
There is a way that leads beyond worry,
Trodden by companies of silent pilgrims, fair and pious,
Of the immortal kind and they sing songs of old,
Of how the world was merry and bright,
They head to towers on the edge, gazing at the horizon of the western sea.

Whither they go, very few know,
They pass our mortal ways, as though they bore much grief,
But a mournful lot they are not, however,
For pain and toil they leave behind,
And they chant about wishes of happiness, soon to come,
Away from agony and pending demise,
Directed to secretive havens, older than most of current kingdoms,
Whence they are to part,
Journeying through the wavering tides,
Across which ever-green fields await them and divine might.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Feb 2018, 19:16
DISMAY AND SORROW

Zitat
Hither shalt thou bring of Arda the sorrow,
Thou dost just for the memory of tomorrow,
And also the woes and wounds of our time, and profound dismay,
Do not dread unjust evil or envy, and may endurance be borne through thy lay.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Feb 2018, 14:29
Keep the bridge and that ought to suffice



Look further, at the vexed borders of our law,
There are many, in the guise of the beast that is about to roar,
Many who wish death and the sword to draw,
No matter, we shall keep the door.

Soldier, thrown into the perilous waste of war,
It's time to hold the flood back, worsening our fate,
Shall it be fangs or horrid claws? Whatever aims to pass the gate, raging more and more,
In our land of marble we say, that sudden aid is neither ill nor late.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Feb 2018, 15:10
Fly now, patrol the ether and its walls!



Deeds of legend and foreseen hope,
You have finally made it to the immortal shore,
Mariner, of grand hazard your journey was,
Indeed, hostile tides just had to concede,
Bearing you the light we all long in Aman,
Lost and poisoned by malice,
That jewel has paved the way through obscure routes,
And my spells it has defied,
You need not dread punishment,
The Valar were awaiting your coming here, turning point of destiny.

We are to hearken to your plea,
Aid we shall give to whom is in dire trouble,
The moment is just to end the darkness choking the world,
For the sake of both kinds,
The one who lives in eternity, until Arda will do too,
Black Heart, you shall face fury and mayhem,
You, legend of our times,
Aboard your mighty vessel your mission continues,
I shall give magic to its wooden soul and my spell will drive its colours,
Fly now, patrol the ether and its walls!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Feb 2018, 22:48
Magic is might and burden



GALADRIEL: Dismay and sorrow I have come to know,
Stain on glory, prowess, fall and triumph,
I drank from the cordial of grief in equal manner,
Sour taste, one that mars and stirs discord,
One that tears good apart and sows evil,
It stole the light of the Eternal Day,
Under whose rays I was born,
Within the sunny country of the Archangels,
This is ancestral lore of Arda, unknown to the most,
The witless mind would lose itself in such mazes, before such portrait.

Choir of Elves: Injustice and menace,
Curses and sins,
Clear from any plague,
In the land of Lórien,
Where naught decays.


G: To the shores of the suffering,
Grey shelter,
Cold harbour for the exiled,
Action was not possible without a toll,
To detach from the bliss,
To disobey divine wisdom,
We had to chase our foe,
Unto the ends of the world,
Retribution we needed and yearned,
My beloved ones, whom in great affection hold, did not last to see the end of the strife.

Choir: Alas, many woes and terrible loss,
She mourned, in centuries,
Borne with unfaltering defiance,
She hopes,
Her they await across the sea.


G: There, I met also love,
Attending the court of a thousand-year kingdom,
Greeted by the Silver Monarch,
One of those princes was to be my fate,
Together, we would go through the tides of the ages,
All was bound to perish, however,
Those jewels of incredible potency,
From whence all had beginning,
Brought about ruin and flames,
To my majestic mentor, of the kind of the Angels from paradise, farewell I bade.

Choir: War of wrath and justice,
The West such plight forsook not,
The emissary spoke at the behest of the two kinds,
A holy host sailed from the realm of the Powers,
Aid was given and for the Iron Crown was tragic epilogue.


G: Malice was not late to return,
One of the devils of the first Dark Lord,
Versed in treachery and illusion,
Minds he trapped in his snare,
A one-time empire crumbled overnight, for the pride emperor longed for the endless life under the heavens of Eä,
The earth was broken and shaped anew,
The nightmare of the tale had crafted artefacts of doom,
Rings of Power to be gifted to each lord and people,
The Eldar were sole and lone, seeing past the demon's true will,
The others understood not, seeking fame and rule, destined to turn into chained slaves.

Choir: For the sake of all,
Three Rings saw light without the atavistic vice,
Secure and sound in the hands of the Wise,
A last alliance was made, to undo the yoke of darkness,
The High King found sad demise and the line of Númenor wept its king.


G: Middle-earth lies not,
At the twilight of the third era,
Much has changed and shadows awaken from unseen pits,
Battle ignites a soil grown used to peace,
It is the closing chapter, as marvel from reality fades and vanishes,
The One Ring was retrieved from water and its master wants his craft back,
The wellness of the Golden Wood might be to cease, be it triumph or defeat,
Pray, may the valour of our bows be enough for the task,
But the shield of Lothlórien is me and I am its walls, not willing to give our green temple away,
Fool adversary, magic is might, and should you try to play with the arcane arts, I shall give minstrels much to sing about in epic lays.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Feb 2018, 14:52
Blade of sun and moon



Blade of sun and moon,
Iron of prestige, to ruin immune,
Thou wast there, to avail the deed of the king,
Loyal among the western kind of Men, set to face the Tyrant and his Ring.

The faithful lord fell and his body was broken,
None seemed apt to contest the Evil and its malicious token,
Until the royal son stepped forth, wielded thy shards and fought,
And the foul hand was then hewn and the ancient prowess wore out, at the end of wit and thought.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Feb 2018, 15:54
Two Bastions



Two Bastions thou hast raised, my Queen, during order and symmetry,
Being the world another thing, resembling a forgotten dream,
After many wars of the prologue, all was charmed as blessed home for the Powers and their holy gentry,
Stars were not enough to gift light to your creations, thence ye commanded Two Bastions be built at the edges of the old earth, lest the tale were dim.

It was not to last,
What was in the past,
Beauty was turned into dust,
And chaos, which the Ainur mend and heal must.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Feb 2018, 00:57
In the name of the knight



The king of Rohan has been woken from treacherous sleep. He laments the troubles and worrying turmoil that his realm had to undergo, promising to give just retribution to those who worked for his subjugation, albeit them bearing the name of honourable knights.

Be gone from my halls, forked tongue,
Vile spirit as your deceiving advice,
Words of deceit, whispered and told,
Lies, spiteful hatred for a weakened ruler,
But weakened I was not, in truth,
For it was not illness which bent my will,
Reduced me into the manners of harmless beasts,
Forced to crawl and stagger,
So that the throne was made a gaol,
Within my golden halls, gem of noble forebears.

I saw not, I felt not, I did not,
Chained and trapped on my very seat,
While the green and fine of my country was set on fire and ravaged, laid waste and torn,
As the White Hand was to hold dominion on such forsaken lands,
Hay and farms burnt,
Suffering incessant cold rain, havoc and slaughter were our enemy's ruthless aim,
Such nasty ranks would not have advanced that much, had my foes had not some traitorous pawns at disposal,
Those who bear the glorious name of knights,
Impious and worst kind of subjects, who seek to hinder one's good,
Once flames will have been tamed, they shall be given the just and due.

Beside agony and sham riders,
In my absence, many grievous things,
My son has passed,
Fallen in the midst of the storm,
How could fate be cruel?
Which father survives his kin, if not the sorrowful one?
His sole memory I have left,
Mourning now on his tomb,
Covered by white that harms not nor makes us wail,
Resounding archaic chants of desperation.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Feb 2018, 16:39
Thou art despised, alas



Thou art despised, alas, by the creatures of the night,
Which do naught good or right,
In a world that groweth weak,
As forests of thorns get menacing and thick.

So that light may not pass,
To lighten merry leaves or grass,
Lair of fangs and wicked eyes,
Entering such woods is neither brave nor wise.

Some gaze not with faith at the sky,
Bound to hatred and lie,
Abandoning the just path,
The greatest harm it doth.

This world thou hast made lit,
Varda, queen of the firmament and immense wit,
And if the Evil is to hinder thy will through fire and blaze,
Remember thou our worship and utmost praise.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Feb 2018, 17:07
Fine tunes in the Shire



Here, enjoying life and tasting what is good in our land,
With the company of great friends,
Grateful we are for our gifts,
Which are not gold, coins, gems or precious stone,
But the fruits of the earth,
For which we much labour and strive,
Under pouring sky or awful heat,
Ordering the ground and digging deep,
Or taking care of our lovely green,
Which the sun nurtures and blesses.

To the tavern we now head,
To celebrate joy and amicable parties,
Feast of merriment and buoyant mood,
Saluting the other and telling stories of old,
While someone prefers the lonesomeness of their thoughts,
As the one I am speaking of,
Intrepid traveller and explorer of the unknown,
Much glory he got, after a perilous quest, accompanied by a queer lot of Dwarves,
Many riches he has now, as deserved reward,
And a red book he seems to be writing for the newer generation to know.

Enough with the noise,
We should leave him alone,
For he's fond of calmness and not of trouble,
Nostalgia perhaps guides his hand,
Filling each page with his longing for adventure,
What we lack here, within the wooden fences of ours,
He seeks what cannot come hither,
I fear, darker thoughts might be haunting his sleep,
Stuck in impetuous memory,
We wish him well and sound.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Feb 2018, 12:21
In the name of the maiden



In the name of the maiden,
Fair as a pale morning of winter,
Used to harsh life and sorrow,
At the court of a decaying rule,
Serving a king burdened by magic,
In the grave hour of mayhem,
Ajar is the door, for woes to come,
Shall she draw her sword and fight?
Courage she never fell short of,
Hazard she faces directly and with no remorse.

Three heroes came to her royal home,
Guided by a wizard, white as clear snow,
Willing to free the monarch from the yoke,
So that Rohan had one last chance,
To withstand the oncoming storm,
Before it was too late to act,
For the common good and sake,
She was there, to comfort the fearful ones,
Expecting death to be near,
After the walls of the Deep were torn apart.

Nay, her realm asunder was not mauled,
For light broke through the rain and signalled that victory was theirs,
The vicious enemy lost,
Along with his fume-choked mansion,
Cleansed by furious roots and raging water,
The Horse Lords could then breathe fresh air and take a sigh of relief,
Partying for the triumph and honouring those who no longer were,
Yet, the tale was not to end that way,
When the marble-realm asked for the aid of the fast riders of the heath,
Surrounded by horrid devils and risking ruin.

You, maiden, rode and did go thither,
Whither the decent would have headed too,
Disobeying the command of the king,
For a just cause,
Before the gates of the City, of incredible deeds you were author,
To battle in the name of good and kind-hearted valour,
Agony you went through and unspeakable pain,
Necessary was that evil, though, in order to succeed,
A ghoulish lord of wraiths was vanquished and parted from his miserable robes,
Even in the dreary day, you never have failed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Feb 2018, 16:52
We shall reach thy light



Thee we think about and honour,
Towards the western gales we set the colour,
Of the vessel which passeth the sea,
Heading to the westernmost West, we,
Our queen, are set to journey before the morning,
We leave back a weary world, and thus we followed thy warning,
That Immortals will find it harder,
Amidst decay, gloomy days and murder,
For the Black Heart of night is ever awake,
To hold dominion of love, raid and the bastions of noble realms to quake.

Varda, fairest vision of all, thou dost prodigy and miracle that in centuries is to be told.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Feb 2018, 17:29
200 lives of Men



For 200 lives of Men, I wandered and voyaged across this scattered land,
With many names they hail me,
Only a couple of them are really known,
It began on the shores of the western coast,
Where a great power still lingers, to the most unbeknownst,
Setting foot on a continent that was in dire need,
Of help, of outer aid, lest the hour were made grave,
Appointed to a mission of imperative importance,
For the Evil had to be countered in proper manners,
But not via direct clash, in confrontation of sheer magic.

The utmost decree forbade that,
As the Good should find its own strength,
And so the emissaries of light were more guides, rather than mighty lords,
Fond of giving advice to whom was apt to care,
Instead of ruling via the menace of a blade,
Or the usage of our great skills to sway people towards our side,
We are better into guarding the edges of this world,
Giving words of wisdom to the ones in worrying trouble,
Deemed weak and old, our bodies do not suffer toil as the common man,
And we age not as well, being busy with the grandest duty.

At my coming,
Peace there was not,
Albeit the Enemy having been placated,
Malicious seeds had been sown,
To prepare the return of shadow,
Where merriment should have been secured,
But wicked cold came,
And thick ice and snow,
Alongside unrest from the furthest South,
Signs that it was to bode ill, and the door open to fear again would be.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Feb 2018, 22:20
You shall not

You shall not cover the bright,
What is holy and bathes in light,
Through a disgraceful path shall you carry your flesh,
With no time to repent or rest,
Pity you have lost the right to be given,
Due to woe that was your deed, due to the shadow arisen,
You are to tread the ways of hatred, caught by doubt and fear,
Stirring ignominious thoughts, making usage of sham parlance or smear,
Fallen among our mighty kind,
Your iniquity shall be wise words and noble lays, to rekindle hearts to justice and teach the mind.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Feb 2018, 22:36
The wailing mother



I behold the earth and cry,
Arda and its treasures,
No measure of common sort,
It was the home of all,
Crafted and thought, afar and out of the Void,
To be the harbour of joy,
This they had gladly envisaged,
The singing ranks of Angels,
Before the One, Keeper of the Flame,
Which everyone has and none may claim.

She resembles a wailing mother,
Mourning the ill-fated course of events,
That led to grief and remorse,
A symmetry, then lost,
A perfect order, destined to sink,
In the ocean of sorrow,
The Children would not find a warm shelter,
To welcome their coming into being,
Only the night of darkness,
Eased by lamps of hope, raised in love and potency.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Feb 2018, 11:12
Old merry days



Look, maidens harvesting wheat,
Poor robes, yet firm touch and neat,
In the midst of the fields of Gondor, golden treasure,
Ready for duty, albeit not disdaining leisure.

Look, maidens collecting food and exchanging laughter,
Lovely sight and common in such country, recalled gloriously ever after,
At times, toil gets much, as they have laboured since dawn,
Yet, the task they carry on, being not used to lament or moan.

Look, maidens resting and talking more,
About the old merry days of their kingdom's lore,
When the White Tree would blossom and the throne was seat of might,
Prior to the awakening of fire within the realm of night.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Feb 2018, 11:30
Spear of flare



Grim hours get near,
Ill envoys of fear,
Words spread by the liar,
And passed on by his foul choir.

Of slaves and night-mares,
Lurking in deep pits and lairs,
Away from light and good,
Ferocious and beast-like mood.

Into the world those monsters were brought,
Which holy ranks ever have fought,
In the heat of the monstrous clash,
That marred Arda and much reduced into ash.

You we worship and your light is for us the best shield,
Excellent weapon to use and wield,
Through the wall of darkness, a spear of flare,
Your utmost blessing that all makes well fare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Feb 2018, 12:31
Majestic spoils



Shattered and broken,
This is how lies the corpse of the Smith,
Ancient temple of the most vivid flame,
And impetuous too, fortress of wonders,
His coming to life was cause to premature loss,
For the mother could not nourish such fire,
Without consuming herself as well,
And for long he had laboured along the ways of Aman,
Conceiving grandness and beauty beyond thought,
And those three Jewels of irresistible doom.

Theft and murder have led him to hostile shores,
And grey and grievous as the mourning of the Eldar,
To regain his legacy, unjustly taken,
And to save the honour of the House of mighty Elves,
Together with longing for the free land, far from divine rule,
His hands were stained with blood in equal manner, however,
For slaughter of kindred beings was the terrible toll to pay,
In order to seize the swan-shaped vessels and pass the raging sea,
Crime which none shall ever forget,
Stigma for all the Noldor and their kin to be.

The infamous oath he swore,
Words of impious will,
Clouded by wrath and thirst for cruel revenge,
Sworn on Ilúvatar the Almighty,
With Manwë and Varda as supreme witnesses,
Original root of the worst sin,
Promising to take back the treasure, against all odds,
Being the bright Vala or Maia benevolent or not,
Vowing the ruin of the Dark Lord,
But, what if the bell had tolled for the very Smith too?

Landed on the dangerous continent,
Wild and so hard to tame,
He awaited not his fellows and made to the Iron Gate,
Moved and devoured by anger, ardent as the lamps in the skies,
Asking for resolution and the end of the contest,
Alas, the radiance of Aman was no enough blessing to win,
Lone as a dying flame, he battled legions of shadow and dreadful devils,
Fiery kind of the Ainur, then fallen in the thrall of the Evil,
Surrounded he tried a last act, unfortunate and doomed to fail,
His crushed remnants were rescued from the strife, resting as majestic spoils of a one-time prideful king, whose sad soul still wanders and weeps.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Feb 2018, 15:04
Sayings of the Stars (I)



The Fair Elves dwell beside the godly seat, they may behold the Queen of Light,
Wife of the King, ruling Arda and of all birds the flight,
Lady of infinite halls, which thou hast made bright,
He governeth water, wood, air and stone, with thee, via decree of might.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Feb 2018, 15:23
Let him do, he has much to tell



Is he Bilbo? One of the Baggins, I suppose,
I know he's travelled much, hither and thither, back and forth,
Treading hazardous paths and facing riddles,
With the company of queer voyagers, fond of adventure,
Yet, his departure never was a woeful day,
For the people of the Shire love peace and solace, preferring the comfort of home and sneering the stranger,
Whom the passion of journey elects, he should take the way of the outer world,
From whence unpleasant visitors come and spoil the quiet mood,
Well, he came back, one day, with gold and gems to which naught I have seen is akin,
Whither did fate lead him? I ask, for never has the dwelling of a Hobbit welcomed such treasure, and the buoyant journeyman is now very busy with a red book.

Let him do, I tell you! Don't you know that a writer should not be disturbed by ill questions or bad manners?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Feb 2018, 16:02
Hoisted colours, to the ruin of order



Time came eventually,
For the resolution of the eventful tale,
Fable of vice, sin, fall and desire,
The good old name of a lineage of superb monarchs,
Very little faith they ended up harbouring in such ardent spirit,
A grand empire may not be chained nor confined, they thought,
Greatest force on the earth, ruling over waves and powerful sires,
Númenor, fierce and proud, majesty of kings and legendary lords,
Five-pointed Star, raised by the will of the Holy Thrones,
And gifted to the loyal Men.

Men, who equally partook in the elder war,
Fighting side by side, beside the Eldar, their truest friends,
Finest kind among the mortal Children,
They feared not, fled not, nor were they to miss the epilogue of the ancient agony,
There were they, when the Good the most them needed,
By the ruthless hand of Morgoth, they suffered equal evilness,
In the grimmest hour, hope for the tortured Beleriand was born,
The Half-Elf, sung and worshipped in every lay,
Glorious mariner of all times, undaunted and gallant beyond reckon,
He took the rapid routes of the sea, to beg and speak before the Powers, for the sake of both kinds.

The divine might spoke in favour,
And so tyranny was ended,
A continent sank into the blue,
Carrying with it memories of joy and woe,
The Voyager would guard the ways of the ether in eternity,
Brightest star, he led Men to their new dwelling,
Far from the troubles of Middle-earth, and closest mortal shire to the undying shores,
Fashioned in the guise of such hope-infusing lamp of the firmament,
To be of good omen,
The first king was of the Saviour's kin, the twin who chose glory and death.

Noble crown, what have you done?
Why was the sacred alliance forsworn?
Why was friendship turned into envy?
Not willing to part from riches and clout, you began to yearn the life which lasts forever within the circles of Eä,
For your demise you deemed unjust fate and burden,
Alas, you have invited at your court the real bane of Men, disguised as a captive who rendered you all his pawns,
The worst crime against the order of the world,
War was waged against the Blessed Realm, in order to seize the holy country of the Archangels,
An enormous fleet sailed, vast as the sea itself, as an ominous stillness pervaded the waves,
The menacing sky was red and ardent as the wrath of the Western Lords, while the colours of the proud king's vessel were hoisted, to the ruin of the order.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Feb 2018, 17:27
Sayings of Stars (II)



The immortal coast is told to enjoy sweet breeze and foam,
The shore of Aman, that mortal foot may neither tread nor roam,
Not even the pious Elda, living and lingering as time is bound to flow,
Should he do evil or mayhem sow.

Your blessing you have placed, my Queen, hiding the right way with oblivion and fog,
Lest the exiled were to seek return, like a guest contrite and rogue,
May the charm avail the gods' scope, wide concealing spell,
To keep the shrine secure, as the Lords deemed just and well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Feb 2018, 18:07
May he fare well



Too weary even for triumph,
Heaviest burden on his shoulders,
The little hero was not well, still,
A miracle, that the saviour of the modern age succeeded,
Regardless of the imperative task, the very challenge of doom,
There he had cast it, into the primeval fire,
Fell flames that shaped and forged our ruin,
And the undoing of the token overthrew the nightmare from his black throne,
He may only wander, now, as a miserable ghost devoured and mangled by hatred,
Poison he liked to spread, which he shall taste unto the End.

Gentle hero, why do the joys of peace not suffice?
Is it maybe the memory of tragedy?
Sorrow and toil, much fatigue,
Of which one cannot get rid,
For that vicious dagger had pierced too deep,
With its hexed venom harming still,
And the sting of a monster, which is gruesome breed of an old horror,
He shall take the way of the sea, passing through waves and the tides of this decaying world,
Bidding farewell to his lovely and warm home, treasure and shelter of his heart,
Heading to shires where naught withers, of ever-green fields, realm of the Keepers guarding the universe and its sidereal halls.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Feb 2018, 19:03
Her wish



Have you seen those shapes of stone, right into those woods? Adjacent to the realm of Lórien of Golden Leaves, and south of the known Gladden Fields. Nay, your eye was not prey of illusions. Those were not sham images, as many tongues are used to repeating along these ways, unto the lands of the knights. They are statues, of the finest sort: made by Elven hand without doubt, I am certain. Old testimony of a tale, which many would dread and very few know, however. Insignia of glory, now left to the wilderness of such wasted country, needing rule and care.

The story begins with the coming of the Lady and the Sire to the kingdom of golden woods, whose dwellers requested new lords to serve and admire. Particularly, that maiden was a mistress of grand potency, revered and recalled in the most ancient lyrics. Content she was not with the sole establishment of her new seat, since persisting desire had advised to render the borders safe. And that wish was stout will, engendered by years of strife, combating shadows that ever pave their path back.

Mighty ruler of magic, war she waged, meant to repulse those foul legions infesting the peaks into the mist, cleansing the river and its calm waters from peril and filth. Through the vibrant blades of her woodland guardians, and the rapid bow of deadly archers. And through her enchanting words, commanding the skies, making waters loud and wrathful, summoning frightening tempest. Until victory was hers.

Statues were raised and placed among the branches of the newly-seized region, for the reminiscence of such restoration of good. But the government of those lands could not be held for long, in that it was ground that stood out of the Golden Wood; too far from merriment and marvel to reach. Too far for the arts of the Lady to embalm trees and streams, under the wings of her love. Therefore, solitary they now lie, those shapes delved in the stone. Waiting still for the proper time, to cure the tainted soil and mend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Feb 2018, 16:55
THE HEARTH OF TALES
Fireside chats in the Shire

Zitat
Here, come to the warm fire,
Within the merry ways of the Shire,
Should one want to please the need, strong and dire,
We fain fancy the teller, but not the liar.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Feb 2018, 16:35
Sayings of Stars (III)



Guardian of hope, Star-kindler,
Thou hast lit what was void, space-wanderer,
May thy wrath rage as loud waters, furious wind,
To sweep and blow away the enemy, foul and fiend.

Thou wast there, in distances far and wide,
Across the empty halls, amidst the sidereal tide,
Queen of Evergreen Fields, eternal and fine,
Fair as diamonds, holiness of thine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Feb 2018, 14:28
What happened to the great North?



Northwards would the voyager head,
At the dawn of our story,
When these paths were not enough green,
Not joyful as they are today,
Murmurs still reach one's ear,
About a grand kingdom,
Northernmost end,
Solid walls, hard stone and royal gentry,
So akin to the tall ones of our age,
Men of honour and deed, this we are told.

Alien to the merry gardeners,
And to buoyant farmers too,
Sedition spread as a festering disease,
The same malaise that pesters plants and pets,
Poison for the gentle mind,
A shadow was anew born,
Among thick ice and fiend beasts,
Angry and scheming revenge,
Against the fine kind of Men,
Gathering wicked magic and trouble.

Aye, the things that make one be late,
That make the laborious Hobbit miss his meal,
That make us worry much,
Though we went past such evils,
I may say, love,
For so distant are we,
From those events,
Memory of a past we might do without,
Pain we like not,
Tragedy which saddens the party.

Dear, I ought to continue the tale,
To tell the ending of the war,
That broke out soon,
As the realm asunder was torn,
By envy, greed and vicious thought,
And the door was thus left open,
For a nightmare to come and seize the land,
Rule of terror and sinister arts,
Of which only ruins remain,
And noble guards became rangers, used to woodland life.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Feb 2018, 14:58
Awaiting fate



Awaiting fate,
Keeping the haven, on the shore,
Resolute to staunchly wait,
Very old, master of lore.

Legend of the sea, without fear,
He gazes yonder, place of good and reason,
Close to the western edge, much near,
Immense knowledge, immune to treason.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Feb 2018, 15:35
Tenson of death and misery



Among the fables of the Elder Days,
There is one, recalled in sorrow,
When light and darkness battled each other, in grander fashion,
During the major quest of all eras,
Of the Two Lovers, heroes of those times,
Confronting the ruthless yoke,
That chained and choked the earth,
Mission of doom, destined to be,
Which changed the course of things,
For everyone, everywhere.

A company of valorous ones,
Whose leader immortal was,
Not a mere member, to be fair,
Yet, one of the exiled court,
Wise son of a king, ruling over undying soil,
Skills beyond reckon and knowledge of ancient sort,
A very prince of glory,
Who equally partook in the tale,
Because he had promised, to come to the hero's aid,
Whenever harm was done.

Alas, my brave companions,
Trapped and caught you were,
Brought before an evil lord,
Cruel and foul sorcerer,
Commanding hungry wolves and bloody wings,
Fangs, claws and dreadful ghouls,
Versed in the control of demons,
Devilish servant of the Iron Throne,
Cursed and hated,
Keeper of hopeless gaols.

But goodness was not to surrender,
Not lightly, at least,
And so the prince asked for justice to be made,
Challenging the thrall-master of the eerie castle,
In a contest of rhymes and spells,
To crown the winner of that deed,
The fair Elf started and sang prodigious words,
Regarding the marvel of Arda, its water, stone, sky and woods,
Then, it was the turn of the night, chanting the wounds and ruin of the world,
Until the foe spoke of the slain brethren, at the Havens of Swans, stained with kindred Elven blood, so that the radiant prince fell and his dark adversary won.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Feb 2018, 17:59
Night, renew the day and evil wash away



Night, often mistreated and feared, as a token of hell, as a token of desperation that swiftly comes and hardly leaves one's heart, in the guise of a veil which anything may conceal and make evanescent,
Vanishing as a soul ready to part from the halls of daily existence, bound to voyage across time and infinite space, whither we do not know and ignore,
Absence of light, looming over the regions of Arda, and folks speak much and bad about the arrival of her touch, gentle yet dreary,
Of the night, deemed desolate signal of shadows, that gives monstrous creatures force and bolder intent to pursue evil in the world,
That is sham parlance, though, for things shall fare as they always have done, since the dawn of modern times, being the perennial cycle a natural law, will of those who sit on diamond thrones,
Prior the Elder Days, all used to dwell under her sombre wings, for radiance was a privilege of the Immortals within their glad continent, in which wonders were made,
In which beauty died not and lasted, like a flower, ever-green and vivid, shielded from ruin and sad demise,
Until the order was broken and marred, so that two other lamps were raised in the vast sky, for every land to enjoy and bath in sunlight,
But merry brightness was not to be forever, in that the bearer of such flame had to rest and recover her strength, passing through the heavens of Aman, down beyond forbidden waters, while another Angel carried a feebler flare, quiet and colder, yet apt to kindle hope in those who had lost it,
The Queen of Stars had nonetheless placed her craft along the void of emptiness, remote and not reachable, to let her might shine always and in spite of other snares, endless and never-faltering, rendering night what renews the day and anything foul washes away.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Feb 2018, 11:16
Born among mere roots



Indeed, folks speak of swift rangers,
Abroad, so distant and far,
Further and further, where the Sun rises,
Unto the East, deep and so much strange,
Which sort of beasts might wander there, I ask?
Creatures of tales, we assume,
Which we dread and want not,
Within the wooden fence of a Hobbit-home,
So, those are lands of the dawn,
Blessed by the first rays of the morning.

Sleep-less nights they must suffer,
Over there, I think and wonder,
For of perils such murmurs are full,
But also of gallant courage,
Spirit of old, so rare,
Ideals that fight foes and the bad keep at bay,
Having defences of hard stone,
And marble, magnificent and resilient as those who had raised the stronghold,
Bloodline of note, surely,
What would one of our people have to do with kings and lords?

Akin kind to the dwellers of the old North,
Now wasted and bare,
From which salvation is to come anew,
In the words of prophecies,
That we may sometimes hear,
Told perhaps by queer travellers who visit the earldom,
The merry Shire of ours,
Envy and pride for us,
Apart from grief and woe,
And very little would we make good usage of bows and swords.

Despite the hatred of some lots,
We still dwell in peace,
Safe and sound,
Buoyant and happy,
Being our ways clear from threats,
Nay, very few dare bring havoc or worries here,
Some have seen silent guards patrol the entrance to our land,
Invisible help, not requested nor known,
Rangers of the forest, used to adversity and vigilant nights,
Among whom a leader must have born, in the midst of hurry and roots.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Feb 2018, 15:49
Sayings of Stars (IV)



Antique eras, when the ways of space you made lit,
Fountains of radiance, that nourish hope and in the firmament fit,
Your Majesty, clear from sin, pure will of goodness and infinite wit,
To our pleas you hearken, preserving justice, for the King and Queen atop the heavens together sit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Feb 2018, 16:48
Crimson jewel



Ring of ardent valour,
Crimson jewel, of fiery colour,
One of the Three that avoided the touch of the cursed hand,
It kindles the heart of captives, to undo snares and bold stand.

Kept by the guardian of the Havens, watching over the route of the sea,
Which immortal beings take, as twilight approaches, to live free,
You shall serve well, on the finger of the Grey Pilgrim, bound to wander,
He was bidden to wake the asleep conscience and throughout the world meander.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Feb 2018, 18:56
Ocean of tears



Let the Angels weep,
Let them pity the fate of things,
One they had foreseen,
Prior to time and matter,
Holy choir of forever,
The Plan was not to be all joy and jubilation,
Primeval hatred followed the divine kind unto the remote vastness of Eä,
Much they had to battle,
For evil deities sought to mar the ancient symmetry,
Mighty Powers, your enchanted isle in the lake was set on fire, and the Two Lamps fell, bringing havoc and ruin.

Let the Firstborns despair,
Mourning demise and loss,
Ever-present desire of bliss,
Within solid walls and sound doors,
In which the flower of their splendour may blossom and grow,
Many had marched to reach the lost light,
Of the Two Trees of Valinor, splendid memory of tales,
Yet, doom dwelt within the lit kingdom of the Lords,
Discord was born, blood stained the paths of Aman and a fine court elected exile,
Finding cold shelter on the shores of Beleriand, country of sorrow and legend.

Let Men grieve their wounds,
Unjust malice inflicted had been,
Upon the feeble, vulnerable race,
Suffering illness, harshness and death,
Unknown destiny, which is in truth a gift,
Often misunderstood, alas, viewed as punishment and bane,
It is freedom, however,
Leading mortal souls beyond the gate of the universe,
Freeing them from the burden of an immortal life,
Which all drains and renders weary, be it noble Eldar or immaculate Ainur.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Mär 2018, 00:20
Lost keep



How has the kingdom lost his keep?
Of its broad shires, not governed by fist nor whip,
Hazard festers soon and swift, endangering the throne,
Of monarchs of old, leaving the tower solitary and lone.

The finest kind of Men had sworn,
To bar the coming of darkness, which all makes dim and forlorn,
Raising stone and impeccable marble,
For everyone to recall such power, in tale and fable.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Mär 2018, 16:11
Sayings of Stars (V)



Upon the undying peak, high above,
Above the other heights of Arda, seat of unceasing love,
There, among solemn chanting and songs, have the Valar a grand feast,
Inside the halls of the Two Monarchs, amidst pure mist.

So close to the firmament, testimony of joy,
And of immense power, contrasting the void,
Elves, kings, lords and Angels of the holy People, the finest guest,
To share vision of their Queen, whom most they revere and deem best.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mär 2018, 01:07
How long shall the fortress hold?



How long shall the fortress hold?
How long will we keep the passage barred?
Hard marble fears not blade and spear,
Though, soul is a stronghold too,
One which may decide our fate,
One that shelters and harbours the ardent spirits of valour,
Often, to our profound dismay, defence might be breached,
Honour may fail, crushed by terror and relentless hatred,
Whose real nature we cannot seem to grasp,
For evil schemes are ill product of akin minds, lost and hopeless.

How long shall we keep the gate secure?
The city must not fall,
Temple of towers and pompous mansions,
A brave shield, wielded at wit's end, might not be enough,
Swift darts might not avail,
Should devils come upon fell wings,
The door might be undone, should monsters seek to tear it down,
Our leadership might flinch before the ultimate doom,
Pushed to the maze of madness,
Incapable of discerning friends from foes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mär 2018, 01:32
Thank you, strange amicable chap



I thank you, strange amicable chap,
You, who walk the paths of the world and your words in riddles wrap,
Very fond you've grown of our green Shire,
All rejoice at your coming, as though you bore the warmest fire.

Old traveller, your grey robes are ever welcome to see,
As we're all content with joyful living, quiet and free,
Old friend, folks speak great praises, dabbling you in magic,
Thank you for having brought me in one of your adventures, coloured by hues merry and tragic.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Mär 2018, 17:17
Fallen, yet saved



Fallen, thou wast,
Overcome by fire and bitter frost,
Battling against evilness beyond measure,
Once the City of Legends had been raided and deprived from treasure.

The Dark Lord was not to prevail,
For some fled through hidden paths, in future times the Good's fate to avail,
The Child of Hope by thee hath been rescued, as the way was safely paved,
If not for a flaming demon, dragging thy ruin to the void, fallen, yet by the mercy of Valinor saved.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Mär 2018, 17:55
What about the great South, my friend?



Ill-fated story you told, my lad,
About that northern mansion,
Near ice and shadow,
Built before our modern days,
Splendour of a past we cannot grasp, I fear,
Well, the merry Hobbit need not despair,
For Men are difficult to vanish and renounce their legacy,
Behind the mighty walls they have raised,
Still, they cope with time as we do too,
Trying to find meanings and pursue joy.

Only, very little is it known,
Of how well they fare,
Down under, next to the unknown,
Abroad, I say, whither no sane Hobbit should go,
Adventure it is not, methinks,
Where peril dwells, along with strange folks,
Rumour has it that Gondor all rules in its government,
Guardians of towers and mariners across the vast bay,
Gallantly they always fight, I presume,
And such sires must surely have tales for lesser people, the likes of which we rejoice at, whilst tasting our salted meat.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Mär 2018, 20:38
What lies beneath silence



We had not foreseen our realm crumbling,
Dim light and eerie mood, death came as the furious thunder rumbling,
Our grievous bell tolled, buried in the deep, in the guise of a fell drum,
Harbinger of mayhem, ruinous beacon for vicious scum,
Hell, drawn to the mines by endless greed,
Made worse, alas, for the gift of treason was accepted and to ill it was to lead,
Wanderer, you ought not to test hazard, be wary!
Do not gaze at the dreary void, terrible and scary,
Were you to pay homage to a tomb, don't linger or place a wreath,
Desperation and grievous silence are what verily lies beneath.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mär 2018, 14:25
Sayings of Stars (VI)



Eternal white,
Just and right,
Atop the Holy Mountain,
Of light the sacred fountain.

Here, amidst perennial joy,
Splendour for each Elven maiden and boy,
We sing and chant,
Pure will, never bent.

Your majesty, forever,
Bond which we shall not sever,
No woe for going hither,
Where Angels are merry and naught is to wither.

In Aman, blessed by moon and sun,
Across which fine deers run,
And your Stars shine in the Void and such distance roam,
Reflecting on the broad sea, journeyed by the Riders of Foam.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mär 2018, 19:20
That kind, immortal



Oh, love, what I would do for such a sight!
Silent pilgrims, pious and bright,
Incessant is their pace,
Composure of a king, noble face,
Weary they have grown of our world,
Their kind, immortal, which fate has contributed to mould,
They're leaving, now, towards white towers,
At the ends of all mortal routes, paths and green roads with flowers,
There shall they take a ship, away from who, where, when and what,
Rejoining their kindred souls, sailing to lands which die not.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mär 2018, 20:54
Remote cults



Where are they, I wonder?
The two wizards, gone yonder,
At the edge of light,
Where sunrise glares in might.

Blue as the impetuous tide,
Of the sea, far and wide,
A mission they had to fulfil,
In honour and utmost goodwill.

To the East, in mystery wrapped,
They headed, bewildered and trapped,
By the customs of such lesser folk,
That common ones often dread or mock.

A mission they were entrusted,
Along those hazardous ways and iron rusted,
Too used to those remote cults, their duty they forsook,
Forgotten by men's tale, murmur and look.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Mär 2018, 22:19
Hither and thither (alternative version)



Hither and thither he goes,
The Grey Wizard, ever-lively as a crimson rose,
No menace he's to pose,
For he just aids the needing, as time rages and endlessly flows.



A crimson rose. A vivid hue of red...

A Ring of Power, borne in secrecy, which one's spirit kindles and hope spreads.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Mär 2018, 22:44
Sayings of Stars (VII)



Thou and thy star,
That naught shall mar,
Bright thou makest from dim,
Beacon in the void, sidereal stream.

Thy radiance, source of life,
Thee we love, of the King the wife,
Clothed in holy white,
Thou, Empress of Light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mär 2018, 00:09
That Dwarf-lord



That choleric Dwarf-lord,
Rude speech, but commanding word,
Much he loves in his stone-halls to dine,
His army is a whole fortress, ordered in line.

Afar lies his throne, whence he departs to seek more,
Along hills, rich of ore,
'Iron-foot' they call him in tales, sung and fairly made,
Iron he bears indeed, by which his foes are slain, deadly fiery blade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mär 2018, 00:50
Whispering to the wind



May the swift wind carry my sorrow, to Elf, Dwarf and Man,
How fell all, I wonder? And when?
Woes to you, Sorcerer-king, who made ruins of the kingdom of mine,
Now naught shall ever be good nor fine,
The coming of ice to inglorious demise has led,
Recalled in terror and utmost dread,
The North is no more, but few wasted plains and dark,
So different from the original vision, so stark!
Old tower, crafted as shield, you guard silence, solitary and lone,
Scattered stone, remnants of might, of Westerners the forsaken bone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mär 2018, 22:49
Sayings of Stars (VIII)



Thou mayest us hearken to, high and low,
Atop the apex, inside paradise, whence light shall come and glow,
Never wilt thou forsake the fight,
Varda, magnificent prodigy, lest it be to bode ill for the Good's right.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mär 2018, 22:52
Being late for meal



Nay, one shall never miss his meal,
Joy that fills and renews will,
Leaving the common road, for uncertain future,
Daring the evils of the world and nature.

Aye, listen to me, and may you give truce to ardent dreams,
Rewarded shall be the one who home sound deems,
Wasting no time in games, silly and mind-fizzing,
Wrong desires, which come and go, vanishing and hence whizzing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mär 2018, 00:10
Skies weep



After the clash, skies weep,
Over Arda's grief, wide and deep,
Malice, fashioned as fire fell and fiend,
Blue water, raging and wrathful, as tempestuous wind.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mär 2018, 01:00
She faded, conquered by grief



Kind queen of holy sort, you had foretold the approaching tempest,
Greed took the love of your life, until ruin was brought into the realm, caught by conquest,
Fury defied reason, even among the ranks of light, for the Jewels were longed, ruthless and raw,
To the detriment of your deeds and just law,
The Sons of the Smith raided a one-time legendary treasure, bound to that horrible oath and their implacable grudge,
Bearer of ill and death, regardless of sham lies, spread to confound and the truth to fudge,
To the advantage of our foes, resting still behind, waiting for their preys to weaken each other, so that easily they may be trapped in the lair,
Willing to destroy the hopes of Elves and Men, to kill beauty and all that is fair,
The Angel-queen was not to linger and see the decay of her dream, undone the spell and burnt the leaf,
She faded, eventually, re-uniting with her king in the sorrowful halls of Mandos, conquered by grief.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mär 2018, 01:47
Grave and graver



Grave and graver gets the hour,
The sun descends, lone and sour,
Clouds gather and menace rain,
Tale untold, speech spoken not fain.

People of the world, despair and grieve,
For shadows are near, and in darkness shall we live,
For too long have we the robes of peace worn,
Now it's time to go through nightmares and mourn.

The disgraceful age of ours, grey and dreary,
When all grows chill and weary,
Behold the advancing of twilight!
Ill-boding spectacle and unwelcome gift of foresight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mär 2018, 11:02
The black-haired Noldo came



Stronger than gale and tide,
Infuriating over the seas, dark and wide,
The Smith and his court divine harmony blast,
As fell fire, not sole nor last.

Unto the swan-harbour, we saw ghoulish ghosts loom,
Sign of crime and tragedy, an utter doom,
The black-haired Noldo came,
Seized the vessels, he left behind death and flame.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mär 2018, 12:30
Sayings of Stars (IX)



There, two mighty Trees lay,
Within paradise, where the Powers all may,
Bright and ever-right,
None might dare such bliss fight.

If not for your nemesis, foul enemy,
My Queen, cursed and chained to misery,
Black Heart seeking hell,
Ever will the Elda stay true, and eternally we too shall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Mär 2018, 23:55
Here we sing and dance



Joy in the Shire, lyrics are sung,
To which we dance, lively and young,
When the bell of fine guests rung,
Thus we are joined by friends, after light arose above and green nature sprung.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mär 2018, 15:59
The hazard of travelling



Weary must be the ones who wander,
We believe and greatly ponder,
The road gets raw and rough,
Never has the passage been easy, always has it tough.

Beware, mind the journey to the East!
You shall tread hostile shires, lesser and least,
Unto the broad South, where new shadows rise,
Poisoning the peace and spreading phoney lies.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mär 2018, 21:10
The curse



Yonder, past the valley,
Out of the walls of paradise, led by grudge and folly,
Chained to sorrow, pitying the fate of our craft-mastering race,
Our King demands revenge, chasing the Foe and daring his foul mace,
We saw not, that eerie wraith,
Along the coast, defying the raging sea and our prideful faith,
The uncanny spirit spoke a terrible curse,
Binding our future, fouler than death and even worse.

''Proud Noldo, seeking command, thou shalt suffer for staining the immaculate ways of Aman with innocent blood,
Of thy very immortal brethren, thus challenging the law of Light, in the vain attempt to halt of time the unstoppable flood.''
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Apr 2018, 00:48
A NEW DAY HATH COME



Zitat
A new day hath come,
Be it welcomed with trumpet or drum,
On the vast Middle-earth, our wonder,
Far from the light dwelling yonder,
Whence the divine one assumed shape and flesh,
Thence love came and all made fresh,
Afar, we said, though mortal shires harbour too happiness,
Kept well in, amidst wilderness,
The brave shall head whither the foul hath seat,
To roam the unknown liberty and let loose his feet.
Much passed ere light was anew,
To render these marred ways lit and grow dew,
To water the green and its seed,
Where the just would wail and bleed,
Bright iron is to tread the continent, drawn by vengeance and by discord made feeble,
Still gallant, alas, to confront such evil,
Behold the sun rising, the new lamp of the West,
Raging in might and piercing the veil of night, so that the exiled Elda will not be of the world the unwanted guest,
Read, fellow soul, and hearken to the lay,
Wiser shalt thou be and know more to say.



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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Apr 2018, 01:06
HUSH, NOW!



Hush, now, hearken to me,
Canst thou find peace and glad be?
Listen to the jester singing and citing his fine-harmony words,
Which speak of splendid deeds, gracious maidens and despotic lords.

Merry, joyful and witty, thou wilt learn,
By means of the old goodwill,
Kindred to those conducting themselves right and stern,
Against ill odds and in the teeth of whom content may not feel.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Apr 2018, 01:35
SAYINGS OF STARS (X)



Lady of Star-light, protect my art,
Which many deem worthy, whilst some long to tear apart,
Be thou my shield, from the malicious eye and the tongue fell,
Prime content, thee worship I shall.

Cherish my lyrics, Angel of light,
Titan of radiance, who ever the wrong maketh right,
Bethink thyself that a noble man shall grow merry and aware,
To get thy blessing, allowing his chant to spread and well fare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Apr 2018, 01:55
A SILLY JEST



Nay, today shan't be a day of grief,
Blood will not stain neither ground nor springing leaf,
Let swords be silenced, to enjoy the rest,
Darling, be thou Elf, Man or Dwarf, well-speak such solace and fancy this silly jest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Apr 2018, 23:10
NEW MOON



Zitat
Up in the heaven, there ariseth a new moon,
Made by divine command, solemn and soon,
Fruit of ancient splendour, saved from utter ruin,
Wise the Archangels deemed their doing,
To place a lamp in the dark, gifting light to the night,
Beacon of solace for lost pilgrims, bound to grieve and fight,
Nay, forsaken Immortals, ye need not despair,
Hope will shine anew, holy figure and ever-fair.



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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Apr 2018, 12:29
BOW



Zitat
Bow, noble envoys, before the Queen,
High among the Powers as naught ye have seen,
Struck such magnificence your mind?
Here lies might and love that fade not, immortal as the lamps in the sky and ever kind.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Apr 2018, 13:07
FLEE THESE SHORES



Zitat
Flee these shores, gallant minstrel,
Thy time is up and certain,
To abandon the sad shires of our present plight,
Thither wilt thou head, whither kindred souls await thee,
Fly, fine singer, there is no place left in this dim world,
For such fairness of heart, vanquished through murder and torture,
Though, the evil sorcerer shall see no victory,
At the end of the tale, when all clearer is to be made,
Thy sacrifice shall live in the ages ahead,
Unbroken alliance between the two races of God.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Apr 2018, 14:03
A DRAGON?



Zitat
A dragon, say you?
I may not have time for chatting, I need the loo!
Grand partying, tonight,
If you fancy the feast, stay you might.

A dragon? Again?
Well, one we have for akin fables, who long journeys began,
Some time ago, followed by the strangest lot,
Travelled have they, along water, rock and silvan paths, and fiery wings they ultimately fought.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Apr 2018, 20:39
A FINE JOURNEY



Zitat
Regret I have none,
Much joy, adventure and fun,
Throughout the path that was my road,
Gazing at the horizon, far and broad,
We had to fulfil the task,
To us appointed, in secrecy, ever wearing the wanderer's mask,
Failure would have been doom, thus we had to succeed,
Aware that the way to hell would lead,
That was worth the strife, a journey long and fine,
Recalling the deed is also sorrow, though I'm back to my warm home and fain dine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Apr 2018, 14:24
IF THOU BE'ST WITH ME



Zitat
If thou be'st with me,
Thou wilt fight and see,
Wielding the blade and daring thy life,
Stout amidst carnage, defiant in the strife.

If thou be'st beside this shield-maiden,
Nought shalt thou dread, in spite of the dooming omen,
Such fine a friend,
I fear not death, and the wrong my courage shall mend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Apr 2018, 14:40
AWAITING A BRIGHTER DAY



Zitat
Awaiting a brighter day,
Just ending must there be in the lay,
The pious soul in feast,
Vanquished the foul and slain the beast.

A day of mourning, time of grief,
Pondering about triumph, when and if,
Nevertheless, the foe wails, in the abyss smitten,
More sorrow shall the reader read about, wet by tears and with blood written.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Apr 2018, 13:19
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (based on an existing novel's title)



Zitat
How honest the earnest one,
Who speaks truth under moon and sun,
How gallant must be such heart,
Buoyant in spirit and eager to start,
A new adventure, along the broad routes of the world,
Shall his character change, by things that all mould?
Events befalling,
Who may halt the course of time, as stones rolling?
Here have we what you seek indeed,
An earnest voyager, noble friend and lover of pipe-weed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Apr 2018, 13:34
EARNED WE THY GRACE?



Zitat
Earned we thy grace, Lady of ours?
Earned we thy light, under which bath our flowers?
I would I were enough apt to do thee justice, singing good,
Let my lyrics fly and spread this holy mood.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Apr 2018, 14:58
A REASON TO LINGER



Zitat
Time goes forth and all pierces like the sharpest lance,
Much passed, verily, in the Elf's glance,
Often see eyes things dim, less pure and white,
Their strength wears off, a one-time glorious might.

Have Immortals other reasons to still linger?
Awaiting decay, lone, though the magic Ring remains on the right finger,
So that some remnants of their craft fading may go through,
Alas, most of the Firstborns have taken the way of the sea, journeying past the blue.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Apr 2018, 15:11
AMIABLE LOCKS



Zitat
Fancy you those amiable locks?
Which might bewilder a frozen heart and melt rocks,
With a radiant smile, she serves food and good wine,
Softer than cotton is her known hair, maiden lovely and fine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Apr 2018, 15:00
NORTHERN BANE



Zitat
Such is a tale of sheer horror,
Recalled not fain and telling terror,
Home to darkness and many woes,
Up, in the far North, there lieth the stronghold of our foes,
Its captives nought may do but wail,
Chained in the wicked fortress, tormented by the freezing gale,
Thou knowest, Elda, the Tyrant and his throne,
Whence shall he command ruin and death, vicious and lone,
Voices murmur of a fell weapon, hidden in the deepest lair,
Crafted with evil power, much gruesome a night-mare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Apr 2018, 18:59
LONE WAIT



Zitat
Swift departs the grieving soul,
Whither? Voyaging past land, sea and the heaven as a whole,
Heading far yonder, where the Sun fades,
Away from sorrow, gore, pain and blades,
Immortal phantom, some time shall you rest,
Within the grey halls of the Judge, silent realm in the West,
For a new hope need be rekindled after so dark a plight,
Until time is proper, to be greeted by the Angels in light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Apr 2018, 12:48
LIVING AS A TOOL



Zitat
To chains bound,
Until sad demise him will have found,
That is the life of the slave, living in fear,
No time to rest, no moment for shedding a tear.

Lucky is he who stands freely, even the fool,
Neither a prisoner nor a tool,
Vile minds plot in secret, war shall take us all,
May it be that the vanquished retrieves a new hope, nourished by justice and yearning to bring about the Evil's fall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Apr 2018, 13:02
SHARPEST SPEAR



Zitat
Through them hast thou seen,
Eä in its prime, prior to all which hath been,
Thy hands placed those radiant bastions in the vast sky,
Where they are and forever shall lie.

Magnificent wonder,
Roaming infinity, hither and yonder,
Through them gaze we at the Might, plain and sheer,
Brighter than thy own lamps, the sharpest spear.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Apr 2018, 23:43
A SORCERER



Zitat
Away from the Black Tower, lest it mean harm,
There dwells magic and eerie riddles, veiled by such great a charm,
Nay, 'tis not fiend, ghost, master of necromancy or witch,
A grand sorcerer, revered by folks, versed with machines and moving speech.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Apr 2018, 00:19
BARE BONES



Zitat
Painful the sight of ruin, scattered pieces of glory,
What was of the ruling realm of the North,
Home to valiant knights and no less gallant a king,
The king of Men, prime crown of Middle-earth,
Ice and snow were seldom nice companions through the passing years,
They knew the nightmare was somehow persisting still, hidden somewhere,
An ancient malaise, buried under the frosted peaks,
An evil kingdom, seeking the hour of uprising,
So far was the age of the first monarch of those boreal ends,
The faithful, the loyal, the kind-hearted fellow of the immortal brethren.

His life was spared from utter demise,
From the tragic fall of their nigh-omnipotent empire,
The five-pointed isle lay once in the middle of the broad ocean,
Every tide would bring their vessels hither and thither,
Ere they dared the unnamable, seditious and won by sheer ambition,
Northern bastion, behold the doom befallen!
Who shall ever deem oneself safe behind your marble?
Rebellion raided the common wealth of peace, until war broke you asunder,
Your vile foe was awaiting in silence,
Very little of the remnants could ever make the wanderer guess your lost might, unless foreign eyes be keen and through those sombre bare bones see.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Apr 2018, 18:17
THE WARMEST SUN



Zitat
In the saving guise of the warmest sun,
Which heats the shire whilst fierce steeds run,
They run free, along no merry kingdom but a pale land,
Forsaken and cursed, resembling that far earldom in the South, buried in the sand,
Lawless vastness, haunted by foul demons,
Thence nought may be certain to come that is conceived with sound reasons,
A devil did truly seize this our heath, my fellow friends,
One disguising his true intent, his wicked well-kept ends,
The horse-crown quails, recoiling before such evil,
May it be that a fine auxiliary shall come for the rescue, waking a mind driven to folly and grown feeble.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Apr 2018, 18:25
BILBO, WHERE ART THOU?



Zitat
Old adventurous traveller, where hast thou been thus far?
Much hope I that absence is due to no wound or scar,
It were joy to welcome the famed squire back to his court,
If thou be'st to enter anew the green Shire, as guest wanted and worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Apr 2018, 13:35
Darkness, avaunt!

King Théoden addresses his opponents before the gates of Minas Tirith.



Zitat
Darkness, avaunt!
On my path shalt thou find no quarter,
So in the rear as in the front,
Of this my rider-host, for the gallant shan't falter.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Apr 2018, 14:06
BETRAYAL



Zitat
Finally, it betrayed his hand,
At wit's end, while seeking shelter,
In the cold and treacherous waters of the river,
Gloomy shores, abounding of sorrow,
It availed nothing, alas,
Malice had already plotted its early release,
From the firm finger of the poor king,
Whence the golden Ring slipped,
Giving way to the ruthless volley of the Orcs,
Leading a noble to his impious doom and our story to excruciating protraction.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Apr 2018, 19:07
THE BROKEN YOKE (I)



Zitat
Inside hell I found myself, trapped by rusty iron and fell fire,
Good Lords of the Sunset, I would I had not forsaken your merry shire,
An evil yoke keepeth me bowed and hopeless,
I have lost memory of fond friends, glorious sires and gentleness.

Good Lords, this my soul beggeth your pardon, conquered and weak,
Now is my blood running livid and thick,
End may be near, perhaps, and thus I send you the wish,
For a soon return to your realm, loose from chains and evil leash.



A heartfelt plea from a captive of Morgoth. A Noldo, caged in the horrible dungeons of Angband. Despite approaching death, he prays for the mercy of the Lords of the Sunset; the Archangels ruling over the lands lying in the westernmost continent (as the title says, where the sun sets and 'dies').

A brief grammatical note: 'I would I were...' is the archaic version of 'I wish I were...'.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Apr 2018, 19:21
THE BROKEN YOKE (II)



Zitat
Storms loom over the northern skies, I may sense,
Ensemble of hatred and tyranny, darker than hopeless nights and dense,
The Fell Vala shall shatter Arda's roots in rage,
Summoning his black vastness of slaves to assault the Good and war wage.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Apr 2018, 13:33
THE BROKEN YOKE (III)



Zitat
Quakes, tremors and rumbling thunder,
I feel the battle infuriating, tearing the fortunes of Beleriand asunder,
The Tyrant crieth his wrath in the abyss, an utter pillar of woes vowing to raise,
Then, horror is set loose from the depth of iron, releasing flames and evil blaze.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Apr 2018, 15:41
JOLLY SONG



Zitat
We wish you listened gladly to this jolly song,
No scorn, insult or wrong,
Hard works the gentle Hobbit in his fields,
His stick he holds pridefully, as the warrior his blade wields,
Seasons come, seasons go,
Days get warm or cool, yet never so high nor low,
Seldom is the envoy bearer of ill news,
Apart from the unknown stranger, ever fond of fizzy beer and hot stews,
Such are the mornings and nights within the merry Shire,
Come, mate, let us sing together a tune of joy, as a great happy choir.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2018, 23:40
THE ONLY HOPE



Zitat
The only hope of a deeply marred earth,
Rightly should one spread the tale, as living in legend it is worth,
This tale of sadness, mingled with pride,
Ranks upon ranks, armies contest each other and knights ride,
Across the Black Land,
The host of resistance has risen, whose valiant heads the wrong shall mend,
The king of Men and his fine kin, beside whom marches the Elven monarch wielding that fabled lance,
Spear of starlight, craft of old mystery, which ever availed the Good's cause in such deadly a dance.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2018, 01:08
THE WRATHFUL SKIES OF DOOM



Zitat
Crying anger and revenge of calamitous sort,
Roaring and shouting, for the madness and agony of his adversaries,
Murmuring all along the lands of such divided kingdom,
Uttering words of deceit and treasonous schemes,
The will of this dark sire will never rest nor have fond peace,
His spirit demands chaos and grievous remnants over which to rule,
Heinous events, scattered all along the broad continent,
A sole intent moves this relentless force,
The crushing of those who walk the earth as free and bold,
The ashes of ruin looming over the wrathful skies of doom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Mai 2018, 01:21
PAPER IN THE VALLEY



Zitat
Old paper, kept sound in the valley,
Wonders within those pages, of an ancient world, known widely and wholly,
Fine remembrance of glory, valiant kings, grief and might of yore,
Rivendell, holy home of ours, may the weary rest beneath your trees and be made wiser by your lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Mai 2018, 16:38
RED TIDE



Zitat
Before the one-time innocent gaze,
Trapped in vendetta's inextricable maze,
Lies a horrid red tide,
Tainting the Harbour of Swans, festering wide,
Lone corpses float and sink in the livid waves,
Struck by carnage, about to grow furious in sudden blaze,
Ossë, Storm-lord whom we pray,
Thee invoke we, to provide justness in this vile lay,
Thou, cast thy tempest upon the faithless brethren,
For the woes of the cursed, for the grimmest future to threaten.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2018, 11:29
THE BROKEN YOKE (IV)



Zitat
Shock and thunder, unto the very root of the earth,
Signs of the last clash of all, for the sake of all which fighting is verily worth,
Sudden clamour from above, I sense,
Fire hath reached the vast halls of the sky, fiend-like and dense,
Then, a flying demon fell, whose ruin upon the volcano was smitten,
War was won, freeing our wailing lands, sorrow-ridden,
The Iron Gates bowed and broke before thee, celestial commander,
Chants of victory descend into the hopeless gaol of this age, and ever throughout those woeful pits they meander,
Friendly hands liberate the exhausted prison of my soul, reviving the spirit that my heart woke,
Undoing malevolent chains, vanquished heirlooms of this broken yoke.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2018, 14:38
A WARM FIRE



Zitat
When the road gets tough and dim,
Despair not and send away any thought grim,
Find your very strength anew,
As braveness in the old days that flew,
Though nothing grows tired in this our Shire,
In front of tasty beer and a kind warm fire,
Whose embers might perhaps comfort the doubtful,
After fine delicacies and a sufficient mouthful.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2018, 16:28
OWED TO THE ELEMENTS



Zitat
Please, beg I thee, to disclose such tale of old,
Which minstrels fancy to adorn with words and jesters love to mould,
In the manner they believe proper and just,
Nay, thou wilt not fail the task.

It were a pleasure to hearken to the Jewels' own fate,
Cause of hell and despair to many folks of late,
It ended not well, as it in fact beginneth,
The prideful sire crieth triumph, his son about the shore mourneth.

The impious theft in the realm of joy,
Atavistic sin of all, whence only evil came to annoy,
Wars we fought, a whole continent fell,
Those gems owed to the elements eventually were, whose souls now keep them and perpetually shall.



The mentioned 'souls' of all world's elements are nothing more than the various physical forms which they assume in reality: fire, water and the infinite broadness of the heavens. As the lay goes, each blessed gem was indeed claimed by the elements of Arda and shall forever lie where it was lost. Not even the Archangels are said to dispose of the power to retrieve them. The Silmarils will then be kept hidden from the hands of the later dwellers of Middle-earth, either buried in the fires of the deep earth, sunk in the inaccessible depths of the oceans or carried by the Mariner and his vessel through the vast spaces of the sky.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2018, 16:53
SORRY



Zitat
Tell me, why should you be sorry?
You've come to this our green home, clear from angst and worry,
Afar, there dwell strange folks, cursing both the cold high and the torrid low,
Lands not apt for the birth of good, to build warm houses and sow,
Wanderer, may you find peace among this buoyant lot,
Not very interested are we in the 'where' or 'what',
Rest well behind this meagre wooden fence,
We would your memory were fond, once you will have parted hence.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2018, 17:33
IS THERE STILL HOPE?



Zitat
Is there still hope for our quest?
This I may not say with certainty, my fond friend,
Your breed is rare in this world grown chill and weary,
Hobbits somehow resist this voluble course of time,
Withstanding violence, brutal kingship and many wars,
That rage in the hazardous East,
So blow the fell winds of clash from these very ends,
The temple of Men is giving in to a newly-awakened night,
If our mission is to be of no avail,
Its result won't be other than disastrous ruin.

Heinous acts call for worse and worse,
This is the vicious cycle plaguing the world,
At the grim sunset of the age, illness has spread wide and also unnoticed,
Not detected by wise eyes, shadows have been granted the entrance again,
Crawling, creeping hence and thence,
The Black Land is not simply conjuring mere Orcs for the pending showdown,
Past enemies of yore come forth from the ignorance of common knowledge,
Storms of ashes arise from his forsaken realm,
Behold, that is no natural weather but the wicked magic of our adversary,
Clouds are rounding the White City, for a last grievous siege to be commenced.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mai 2018, 22:21
A WAY



Zitat
There must be a way,
To bid farewell to grief,
And, wherefore, to hail the sunny day,
Which warms any tree and leaf.

A way, for the Good's sake,
To prevent the saddest doom,
Shall valiant Men freedom wake?
Against the odds that afar loom.

Afar, beyond that dark curtain,
Of smoke and venom within the Black Land,
Fear we must stay, we're certain,
Defeat we cannot mend.

Not this time, not this age,
This last chance of ours,
As the keepers of night terrible war wage,
Tragedy may still come, so shall of triumph the hours.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mai 2018, 22:27
GOOD VENISON



Zitat
There, look what the kind Hobbit has made,
Firm hand and swift blade,
Just to cook and please one's wish,
Most delicious and tasty dish.

Woods were generous, indeed!
Let the fine odour you lead,
Good venison is served, from deer that ever run free and roam,
May we cherish such finery and bless this home.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mai 2018, 22:32
LONE BEACON



Zitat
Peradventure wast thou told of the magnificent deeds of a one-time splendid sire,
Who became much glory and exciting songs of yore,
Aye, one of the Princes,
Crowned, then, High King and prime commander among the Noldor's ranks,
Kin of finest descent, he did wield the sword and met unlucky demise, in the likes of his gallant father,
For a duel took place in the midst of the crude battle,
Swarming legions of hell were never enough to bend whom the Two Trees had kissed with potency,
Potent was he, and mighty and otherworldly strong,
Alas, very little doth such a thought comfort thy troubled mind,
His foe was no earthly creature, in fact, but a monstrous ensemble vomited out of hatred and fell fire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mai 2018, 18:04
PRESENCE IN THE ABYSS



Zitat
The passage is shut,
So say folks, and the road likewise cut,
Once a wealthy shire,
Kept by stone and the resilient sire.

Amassed in such maze of halls,
Within fortresses and thick walls,
There lay the treasure of Dwarf-kings,
The jester recalls the tale and justly sings.

Of the ill befallen,
Torn tapestry, sewn and woollen,
Scarce would it avail your quest,
The adventure inside this gloomy web, as much perilous test.

What dwells within ought not to be woken,
Forswear your will and leave the mines, cursed and broken,
Should fire creep out from the abyss of the world,
Shields would serve nought and equally one's sharp sword.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mai 2018, 18:07
HER LAST WORLDLY MOON



Zitat
The day shall come, my Queen,
An ultimate spark of bliss will mortals have seen,
Upon a star-white steed,
Her immaculate way will she lead.

Afar, her as a bright rider lesser ones shall perhaps disguise,
The mightiest lady of this age, pure beyond measure and wise,
Her hour is coming, soon,
To bid farewell to these shores and her last worldly moon.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mai 2018, 18:10
THEE SUPREME



Zitat
Thee supreme we hail,
Thee shall we ever honour and never wail,
Thee we hold in our heart,
Thee invoke we when we are to part.

Thou, never leave thy loyal servants alone,
Thou, do not let the beggar weep or moan,
Thou, shield the right and drive shadows away,
Thou, bless us and soothe the hardest day.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2018, 14:40
SONGS FOR JOY



Zitat
Please, pardon, sing for me joy,
That's what is yearned, by every girl and boy,
Doesn't it suffice, fatigue and much strain?
The Hobbit has laboured restless, drained by the heat of noon in the main.

Please, sing of peace and silly evenings,
When all rejoice at the warmth of the tavern, faithful friends and siblings,
Aye, a good story to jest about,
Nothing else but a merry night, without demise or sad rout.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2018, 14:44
SCOURING



Zitat
We shall rescue thee,
My fine wood, home to the small and wee,
Grief hath taken possession of thy one-time lively heart,
Struck thou wast, with a vile poisoned dart.

Misery-stricken, I would thou sawest the end of strife,
Fiends will never conquer life,
Greenwood, stained and violated, may thou see light anew,
A scouring of the plague, this need we, as it's just and due.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mai 2018, 16:00
FEY MAIDEN



Zitat
Beware, sires and squires,
Folks of common, driven by desires,
Not recommended is it to take that path,
Through the golden woods, daring unworldly wrath.

Magic resides there, so they tell,
Not good for our people, neither ill nor well,
Who rules the haunted forest, which prodigy of yore?
Just murmurs, a far ancient lore.

Spirits and ghosts walk the ways in such eerie green,
No fortress to conquer, no battle to win,
Nay, stay your blade and rest still,
Naught may move who commands there with stout will.

They speak of a witch, potent in power and charm,
Will she mean benevolence or harm?
A queen that dies not, a legend in the bard's lay,
A fey maiden, lady of a yester-day.



(https://pre00.deviantart.net/0c37/th/pre/f/2016/094/c/f/the_lord_of_the_rings__galadriel_by_victoria_victorem-d9xpx2x.jpg)
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Mai 2018, 16:17
A FELL VOICE



Zitat
I hear,
A fell voice approaching near,
Neither whisper nor murmur,
Against which nought may be armour,
I hear this chanting grow fouler,
Spoken malice, getting louder,
Such words of might now spread and soar,
Peaks ail, wail and roar,
Atop the Black Tower, the White Wizard commands tempest,
For none to pass those frozen ways, for none his power to best.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Mai 2018, 16:21
THEN SHALL I REMEMBER



Zitat
Then shall I remember,
And about the deed wonder,
To see the valorous king of horsemen,
Face death and dare the omen,
Of utter defeat,
Before the walls of Men, at the ends of wit,
Was battling the legions of hell of some good?
It certainly was, to replenish the flame of hope and revive our weary mood,
No, whatever flying devil will not prey on your vexed corpse,
Your people defend it, for better or worse.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Mai 2018, 08:16
VERITABLE GUARDIAN



Zitat
If I were enough a devout servant, I saw thy light piercing through,
I saw the mystery manifesting itself, calm and gentle as the morning dew,
Loyalty might beseem a too burdensome of a vow,
Thee to honour, each sunset and dawn, none but thou.

Thou and thy kindred ghosts,
Thou and thy realm, whence ancient bliss sprung and might commanded hosts,
Pity moved you, Lords of the West,
Veritable guardian, whom we pray in holy party and fest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Mai 2018, 09:28
THAT QUEER INDOMITABLE BLUE



Zitat
That queer indomitable blue,
Lying far, far away from here,
Many leagues off, which beheld so few,
Often does the good little Hobbit cower in fear.

And him we blame not,
All who gaze at the vast waters under a spell fall,
As the traveller landing on the isle he had long sought,
In such uncanny prodigy we're held in thrall.

Akin to the immortal,
Though the good Half-man then comes back home,
Ever doubt we the unknown and startle,
Dreading loud waves and furious foam.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Mai 2018, 09:31
BORNE AND BURIED DEEP



Zitat
Alas, it was eventually the ending that was to be,
The epilogue of his part in the tale,
One doom they could not fore-know of nor see,
Sudden, in the way withered leaves are wiped out by the cruel gale.

Struck by evil darts,
The relic of his past passed into the river,
Isildur perished, for the mourning of our hearts,
Borne and buried deep, one-time just ruler and fortune-seeker.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Mai 2018, 09:34
SKIES SHALL STOP WEEPING



Zitat
One day, heavens shall just cease to wail and cry the misery of our time,
Light always finds its path through, I'm quite sure,
Some things are certain in this uncertain world,
Some things we do know and may prophesy, somehow,
The sun will make our way lit and clear to follow,
No, it's time to free ourselves from these chains of sheer terror,
None shall save the future of Men but Men themselves,
Our crown will be restored and again bestowed upon a worthy king,
Worthy of being lauded and hailed as our saviour,
Away with nostalgia and remorse, for a second chance is given not.

How long have we suffered in silence?
How long have we borne the weight of this world's defence?
The bell has tolled for the brave to come forth and battle,
To battle his foes, on land, sea, wood and coast,
No quarter shall we give to the merciless tyranny that menaces the kingdom,
Nights have grown dreary and gloomy as never before,
Yet dawn still rises above against such surface of despair,
All storms pass away, in the end,
Wicked clouds leave space for a new sunny day,
When hope is restored and the armies of Good lead to triumph.

Skies shall stop weeping,
Peaks will never be barred by other troubles,
Those who lurk and linger in the abyss shall be made unveil their useless tricks,
Deception unmasked, treason avenged for good,
Justice will be made, prior to the last contest of this eventful age,
The sorrowful Third Age of Arda,
Our iron is ready for war and much strife,
For the worst to counter, dare and keep at bay,
Let the stone of our walls crumble, alongside the marble-made fortress imploding in utter ruin,
As long as valour lies and lives in the gallant soul, morning light shall not vanish and the fumes of doom will slash apart.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2018, 12:03
SINS AND VICES



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Then gets the rule of Gondor feeble and thin,
Thinner and narrow, plagued by sin,
Discord festers as a sign of vice,
Vices made us bend, once, twice and thrice.

How a fine leader would do!
How past winds would clear the air, for shadows they already blew!
A new morning to gaze at with faithful eyes,
A crown restored, held by the splendid and wise.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2018, 12:18
THY DEW, THY GIFTS



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Canst thou recall, my Queen, the well-fabled Noon?
Prior to the first rising of dawn, before the very Moon,
Sometimes wouldst thou walk about the late Trees, and this remember we fain,
When hath the doing of the Valar ever been in vain?

All wells of Valinórë hast thou made fair,
And lit and hallowed, in any-here and any-there,
Such was the miracle of thy dew,
Collected from the tears of your most beauteous deed, within the kingdom of every eternal thing and new.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2018, 12:21
MORE IS THERE



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Truly, more is there to meet the eye,
Concerning Hobbits, by many deemed reclusive and shy,
A shy people we are not,
Not those who concede ere our chance was fairly fought.

Unless some strangers bring tidings of good,
Unless one be pleased by the Halflings' company and their food,
So eager to disclose us we shall never be,
That you may rightly guess and clearly see.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2018, 12:24
FALLEN



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Valiant captain of woods,
Fallen atop wounded stone,
Struck have you hearts and moods,
Fallen amidst merciless battle, lone.

Your Lady served you well,
Your friends have you rescued sound,
Daring evilness and steel, vile and fell,
The immortal company lies still in the Deep and all around.

Captain, may you find deserved rest,
Welcomed in paradise, beyond,
Rewarding your valour best,
Among blessed visages, of whom noble ones are ever fond.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2018, 14:46
ADAMANT HOPE



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Adamant love, grace and purity,
Thou didst our good since early dawns,
Providing light to a weary humanity,
Infallible shield against the vilest thorns.

Adamant hope, that in heaven resideth,
May thou not vanish, never,
Varda, Queen of Angels, who above liveth,
Bonds with thee shall we not sever.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2018, 15:00
SPIRITED SONG



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Songs, songs, of them we have not enough,
Aye, you shall fain cheer the moment and laugh,
Laugh loudly, forgetting hardships and anything tough,
Herein just joy, without hurrying rough.

Songs, happy ones which I adore,
Deeply, either telling tales or lore.

Songs, songs, I shall stick to this way,
No strange singer am I, no minstrel fey,
But a mere jester, willing to sell merry thoughts and adventurous lay,
This long I to do, when I may.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jun 2018, 15:15
IMPIOUS BURNING



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Our desperation, our ill fate,
Sword and spear weren't there, we were late,
We could not defend Rohan's hut,
Set on fire, mauled and cut,
We could not save Rohan's farmer,
No safe shelter have we, nought warmer,
Fierce steed, pardon and us forgive,
You shall strive further to fight, day and eve,
Avenged shall be such impious burning,
Which our fine youth took, leaving us only mourning.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2018, 17:41
PLEASE, DO AS YOU FAVOUR



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Please, do as you favour,
Wise merchant from far ends come,
Of wealth and prosperity you are saviour,
Keeper of goodness, through your generous sum.

Welcome to the fortress of Men!
Gondor, resilient tower amidst hostile wind,
Wind bringing storm, calling sea-wolves out of their den,
It's safe here, however, clear from foe and fiend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jun 2018, 18:05
THAT OLD WOOD



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That old wood,
Leaving home? So unsettling a mood!
A green route, a solitary road,
Leading out of the Shire, abroad.

Lone passage, solely trodden by resolute foot,
Those of higher kind, of a deeply-grown root.

Passing the thicket and ancient trees,
There runs wild the hare, as off nuts the clement bird feeds,
Pilgrims go this way and never return,
Only chants are heard, ere the sun is anew born.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2018, 19:27
PRIOR



Zitat
Thou art old,
Varda, when all once was lifeless and cold,
At the dawn of things,
No birds in the sky, no swift wings,
Thou wast before time,
Ever-fair and whole-fine,
Thee hath the One made to be,
Pray, never shalt thou forsake me,
Prior, as thy fellow Valar, thou camest from a wondrous vastness,
To rule, to govern, to do good for such material largeness.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2018, 23:51
INMOST WRATH



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I shall not believe it's all lost,
Nay, it's not dead, albeit covered in the lonesome frost,
A grave danger, a miserable end,
Trapped in their wealth, trapped in their land.

A profound pit, the obscure abyss,
Past which Dwarves long for, glory they thoroughly miss,
Foul usurpers of the mines, much will you regret taking that path,
Vengeance stirs deep in Dwarven hearts, kindling that folk's inmost wrath.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2018, 17:42
YOU SHOWED PITY



Zitat
You showed him pity,
At last, you had the manner of a truly gentle Hobbit,
Regret you should not harbour in mind,
Neither in that kind heart of yours,
My friend, even the least creature might serve some strange purpose,
A role to play in the story,
A part in a perilous quest,
Who are we to deal out death and grave woes?
Who are we to decree what is to be on the horizon?
This troubled monster has yet to reveal its proper self.

Let us pray, so that all deeds under the sky shall finally see,
A just conclusion,
The rightful epilogue of this our tale,
Again will the prisoner of the Ring leave his gloomy lair,
For the last time,
In the pursuit of his very yearning,
He knows, his arcane desire shall present itself anew,
Will it seize the chance?
Will it betray our side?
This I know not, my dear friend, for wizards had better act and voyage, resenting the vanity of prophecy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2018, 18:08
AGES, AGES OF GRIEF (MY MARRED KINGDOM)



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Ages, ages of grief,
A king counselled by the worst thief,
A bewitched monarch, caught in a spell,
In thrall of a sorcerer and his minions fell.

Heroes we need,
Whose advice we shall joyfully heed,
To wake this vacant throne,
For the sake of a dormant sire, lying now lone.

Ages of grief,
Fair flowers no more blossom, no vivid leaf,
This realm ails in silence,
Drowning into its very blood, drained by violence.

Our marred kingdom,
Haven of fear, not of wisdom,
Calling for help as a far cry,
The hour has come to banish the faithless and unveil his lie.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Jun 2018, 20:39
MERRY NIGHT



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Merry night, merry night,
Moment for rest, leaving aside fight,
During the banquet we meet and tell fine stories of yore,
Until mind is made weak by liquor and the throat sore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jun 2018, 15:15
GONE WITH THE WIND



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Gone with the wind,
By the hand of a fiend,
A fine singer, bound to wither,
In a cage, deprived of ether.

Deprived of world's air,
Won and vanquished by the wicked sire of that lair,
A lord of ghouls,
Who on earth shall ever dare enter the cursed castle but fools?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jun 2018, 15:21
THE CONTRACT



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Bilbo, Bilbo, we hope you're well and sound,
Your warm dwelling empty have we found,
Was the enterprise worth, were so all the battles you shall have fought?
Surely have you signed a contract of hazard, which tons of worries has indeed wrought.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jun 2018, 16:06
WREATHED IN THE MIST



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Wreathed in silent mist,
So calm and quiet lie the peaks,
Which darkness did twist,
Thence come vapour, dust and leaks.

Mountains that saw much befall,
Raised in the past as malevolent wall,
The fate of their inhabitants ever has swung,
Between might and ruin, in suspension hung.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2018, 18:48
FROZEN GAOL



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Silent and still,
Wheels go not in the northern mill,
All seems to lie wasted,
Is this the sour war the world tasted?

As the third chapter of Arda began,
Pawns were moved, schemes were made to lay siege to Men,
An old horror engraved in the dense ice,
Pains which had not been seen for long by mortal eyes.

The frozen gaol was broken,
Undone, upset, woken,
Perfidious chill came with the new winter,
Setting loose the blood-thirsty hunter.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2018, 18:52
RETREAT



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Retreat, we shall hence retreat,
Foolish is to linger in the ends of wit,
We shall give up the bridge and forsake these walls,
Scattered and wounded by the strife that left nought else but holes.

Packs upon packs of filth will hold dominion,
Over the famed city of Gondor,
Which Men defended with admirable ardour,
From darts and arrows of Sauron's minion.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2018, 18:55
IT WERE ILL, IT WOULD FILL



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It were ill to disdain the good lunch,
It were ill to nay-say and forget to crunch,
Tasty bread and salty meat,
It would fill thy belly and so be it.

If folks be keen on dining,
Forswear the wary thought and cease the whining,
Thinkest thou not it were verily good?
It won't bode well to refuse food.

Come to the finely jolly Shire,
As lonesome wanderer or grand sire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jun 2018, 18:32
WATCHFUL WAIT



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So goes on its watchful wait,
Command of destiny, will of fate,
Beneath the deep dark wave,
Before the mine's walls we could not save,
A guardian, unknown beast,
Another peril near the great mist,
You, bold adventurer, halt your pace!
Only dead therein, with horror on their consumed face,
Beware of the monster inhabiting those sombre waters,
Which all unwary living captures and slaughters.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jun 2018, 13:16
BUSY



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Busy they are all,
Those in the Evil's thrall,
Look, observe them strive,
So much, to hurt anything alive,
Can you see? Laborious hands work without pause,
In tainted lands, ruled not by laws,
Incessantly shall they serve their master,
For a new plagued world to foster,
As illness they do fester,
Unchained was the beast, freed the monster.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jun 2018, 13:22
SKY HERALD



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Adamant his heraldry,
Servant of pure majesty,
Divine envoy for the common good,
To him respond realms, height, sea and wood.

Sky herald, greatest with blade,
At the behest of the West,
Never will your merry kingdom fade,
Not even in the darkest night, facing the hardest test.

The word of the Lord you have ever borne,
The sole holding rule on Arda,
No other woe shall we mourn,
Pray, be this true, miraculous Varda.

Holy messenger, forever we hail your name,
Hallowed potency, legendary fame,
At the apex of joy you stay,
Beside the King on his lit way.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jun 2018, 13:37
DINNER



Zitat
Never be late for dinner,
That is wrong-doing, of a real sinner,
Here in the Shire cherish we the fine old meal,
Which evenly refreshes the tired and ill.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jun 2018, 13:55
FEAST OF STARLIGHT (OLD SONG)



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Love, with love camest thou to be,
Render each dawn bright, bless me,
I beg, I pray and ask,
May thy grace be granted, may we fulfil the task.

If one be worthy enough,
Give him serene ghost and laugh,
If thou be'st to save,
Spare the mariner from the furious wave.

Thee acclaim all as rightful queen,
Better prodigy hath the mere folk never seen,
Lady of starlight, fairest star,
Hope in celestial vastness, not dim nor far.

In eternity shall we praise,
Who lamps in heaven was to raise,
Methinks, how lucky am I beneath thy skies to live,
This I keep singing, morn and eve.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jun 2018, 13:44
SAT ON GRIEF



Zitat
Lone and forgotten,
Under a dim shadow, under which green is fatally rotten,
His kingdom boasts no joy,
Though souls are not brought thither through ill ploy,
Or even deception, that finds no place within the Holy Shire,
Verily, it's human sin to doubt such blessed sire,
Counted among the potent High,
Whose sombre guests wail, weep and sigh,
Eerie western caverns serve him as hidden home,
Across seas common folks ignore, passed the blue and its foam.

There, he's sat on grief,
No wicked wind, no haunting whiff,
All rests still and calm,
Ghosts murmur prayer and psalm,
Sad spirits gather, their silence fills those funereal halls,
But relief they eventually found behind the West's walls,
Be death tragic, serene or remorseful,
Nought is made worse in this grim shelter, or woeful,
I shall sing these elegies twice,
May the Judge pardon the pious and clear vice.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jun 2018, 14:40
I PROFESS, THY SERVANT AM I



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I profess, thy servant am I,
I swear, my heart is no harbour of lie,
I vow, ever shall I cherish so bright a sight,
Thy might through eras, thy sidereal light.

To battle the vile foe,
To avert the imminent woe,
Fairest of the fair, finest among fine,
Thy faith is my fire, my heart shall be thine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jun 2018, 15:06
THAT STUBBORN DWARF



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That stubborn dwarf, hard as a rock,
As the marble he's used to moulding, labouring amok,
Great faces he mocks in the stone,
Ceasing work when the gleeful robin away has flown.

Gentle and noble dwarf,
Undaunted, never serf,
What if he might cross the very same Hobbit's way?
Unlikely, for much need he guard his wealth and shape clay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jun 2018, 15:57
BEFORE THE GATE



Zitat
Before the gate we knelt not,
Atrocious clashes and many fiends have we fought,
Before the gate, the king of Erebor lies dead,
His army he's proudly to the battlefield led.

Be you all cursed, Evil Men,
Mirroring wolves, swarming out of their den,
You've struck our fortress, wielding the foul flames of war,
Come from afar, come from lands wrapped in your uncanny lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2018, 12:02
FAIRY-LIKE ELF



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Fairy-like Elf, prince of the tale,
So desirous to leave, longing to sail,
Away from this earth,
Whence departing seems verily worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2018, 12:23
WHEREFORE, IN DARK I PRAY



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Wherefore, in dark I pray,
In toil I endure,
Beside grief my faith I lay,
Our salvation to secure.

Thee, Queen of the Nights,
None dare doubt,
And thy power fending off wights,
Cruel wraiths wandering about.

Thou dwellest on the height,
Above cloud and storm,
Empress of light,
Be thy candour ever-warm.

Wherefore, in dark I do pray,
Peradventure, methinks,
I shall pass the test, I may,
Beholding thy lamps and their blinks.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jun 2018, 15:54
GAOLS OF ICE



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Gaols of ice,
Cast of dice,
Ill turn of fate,
Infinite wait.

Hell of chill and cold,
Glaciers which winds cannot even mould,
Nobody might hope to pass,
Across the infernal frozen mass.

Forbidden ways,
Unsung lays,
Untrodden routes,
Sad pipes, grievous flutes.

The sole immortal foot may journey unscathed,
For nought fears their flesh, dreaded by devils and hated,
'Tis the bridge, the road to bliss,
Behind the greatest wall, where every flaw Good may fix.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Jun 2018, 21:42
GRAND CLASH



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Grand clash,
Before the dwarf's hold,
Looming ash,
As though one fought tenfold.

Raging battle,
Facing the gate,
Alas, not mere scuffle,
Tuned with miners' own trait.

Five contenders,
The Lonely Mountain ails,
None surrenders,
As the Good wails.

Ranks of evil,
Conjured to hurt,
Led by some awful devil,
Yet, partaking was well worth.

Dwarves usurped,
Wood-elves their foes entangle,
In the midst and heat, severely warped,
Eagle claws which tear and mangle.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Jun 2018, 21:45
EVERY NIGHT



Zitat
Each night I see,
I dream and wish,
Heartfelt plea,
Free me from the leash.

The chain of terror,
Binding my soul,
Clear this horror,
Plain and whole.

Thou wert to do right,
My Star-queen,
If my spirit were held tight,
Fain long I to reach the unseen.

Beyond this my flawed world,
Welcomed in the City of Bells,
Where thou rulest over gold,
And ever makest bright thy wells.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Jun 2018, 21:47
SILVER TO NEED



Zitat
Ere you cease your telling,
There's something you need know about this dwelling,
Respectable land of the Half-man,
Listen quiet, then.

Often is the stranger deemed nice,
Except for a wee vice,
To take the labour of ours for granted,
Denying the silver we justly wanted.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Jun 2018, 21:49
DIVIDE



Zitat
Henceforth shall you walk in the dark,
Dear traveller, and your ill fate mark,
Should you take the path under withered trees,
Which brings afar, whence the decent flees.

Behold the marred fortress,
Kept at bay by the spells of the forest's goddess,
Our prime Lady and guide,
Here reigns her power, broad and wide.

Those eerie dungeons divide Lórien from woe,
There awoke once the foe,
The tale's vicious enemy,
Wearing the cloth of lies and ignominy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jun 2018, 14:21
SNARE



Zitat
Snare, snare,
Out of the lair,
Creeps the wily beast,
Nasty wind and thick mist.

Safe it is not, abroad,
For the Hobbit to elect that dreary road,
Passing away, lone and farther,
Bidding farewell to this our border.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jun 2018, 14:44
RENOUNCING



Zitat
Renouncing riches and wealth,
Praying dearly for good,
Hoping for fine health,
Be it creature or green wood.

I shall forswear,
I shall oppose deceit,
Breaking the night-mare,
Undoing the chain caging my wit.

I daresay,
Thou wilt act soon,
There's not aught else we may,
Prior the full moon.

Sovereign of the firmament,
Ruler of starred skies
Trust we thy judgement,
Ever-true, ever-wise.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jun 2018, 14:57
WISTFUL



Zitat
By the shore, he wanders sorrowful,
Lamenting the fate, tragic and mournful,
So gets his memory remorseful,
Singing melancholic and wistful.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jul 2018, 12:47
TO WARN



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For our sake, to warn,
To avert tragedy which one would mourn,
Thou hast placed a sign,
In the blue, signal of thine.

A bow of suns,
The Scythe of the Valar, the High Ones,
To warn malevolent wills,
That thou art to guard towers, seas and hills.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jul 2018, 15:36
BLACK KNIGHTS



Zitat
Rumble of hoofs,
Coming of spooks,
Fear inside the Shire,
Much trembles the humble squire.

Black knights ride,
Searching through and wide,
A precious item of their lord,
This were they bidden, waving death and sword.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jul 2018, 16:12
THE KNOT



Zitat
Go, let us free the knot!
We shall reach the shore we've long sought,
This vessel will travel the tides of the blue,
Under the multitude of stars, under the glaring moon.

Abandoning these grey ways,
Whose tales I sing in old lays,
Parted, when the knot gets undone,
Sailing westwards, sinking in the dying sun.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jul 2018, 17:10
AMONG PURE



Zitat
Among pure lies the fallen prince,
Among the company of his forefathers who passed since,
Beside the resting kings,
Beside timeless glory, so the bard sings.

So weeps his dear maiden,
Chanting sorrow as morrow's fading,
So cry folks of the byre,
Their strong and gallant sire.

Too much of a tragedy to bear,
For the old king, ruler of horse and mare,
Next to him stands the white mage,
Come in time to break the cage.

A cage of treason,
Woven web to cloud reason,
Yet, Théoden walks the earth anew,
Willing to mend arrant deeds and win through.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2018, 15:12
WHITE GUARDIAN



Zitat
She guards the kingdom, ever-still,
Gazing at shadow in unfaltering will,
Conscious that the time shall come,
Knowing that dreadful noise will sound from Mordor's drum.

As a white guardian she towers all over the land,
The gate, whence Men their errands send,
Leaning on hard stone,
Solitary, indeed, yet never lone.

Built as the fortress of the sun,
Besieged often, vanquished by none,
There, an ancient tree still harbours hope,
Feeble, kept well atop the slope.

Her twin lies not so far,
Ruined by charms which do nought else but mar,
Prepare the trebuchet, garrison the walls!
For the sake of our forebears, resting quiet in marbled halls.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2018, 15:23
TO SEEK GOODNESS



Zitat
Ere thou drawest blade,
Remember, always seeth the Fair Maid,
The courage burning in one's heart,
Praying kindly before they start.

Before they start grievous war,
Which seldom hath not stained Arda's lore,
Bethink of Varda, to seek goodness,
May it avail thee with her fondness.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2018, 15:32
IN THE MIDDLE



Zitat
Well, love, handful are the ones,
Who long for mystery at first glance,
Who join adventure at first sight,
Ignore the hazard they might.

However, we do wrong to look against the quest,
One knows not what shall be the test,
What if you could rightly undo the riddle?
When much you learn along the way, in the middle?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jul 2018, 15:46
DARKENING



Zitat
No graver calamity may ever occur,
Than the breaking of the door,
If our resolve be drained,
If the grace of the Immortals forever waned.

Defence will soon be breached,
Once the Fell King victory will have reached,
A darkened earth as his poor doll,
Fine cities on fire, funereal shall their bell toll.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jul 2018, 15:12
TWO THRONES



Zitat
Enthroned you sit,
Above,
Where all is lit,
Commanding in love.

The King and the Queen,
Ye rule fate,
A whole world to be seen,
Wonders and troubles evenly await.

Never have ye denied aid,
To those in plight,
Never vainly was wielded the blade,
To guide and counsel with light.

Two thrones,
Governing not through force, but candour,
Adamant stones,
Rounding endless splendour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jul 2018, 15:23
NO IRE



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We want no ire,
Within sunny green and our calm Shire,
No hard thoughts among us, we desire,
Ask we much? Better we used to be, prior.

All changed soon,
Alas, after so few journeys of the moon,
Now strangers come, sadder got our tune,
As in night, so in the noon.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jul 2018, 15:35
FOUL COLOURS



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Away from the great peace of Men,
Hidden cunningly, like a hound in his den,
Pirates, hungry for riches and wealthy ports,
As thieves, plundering lands in akin sorts.

Henceforth must the haven be secure,
Foul colours get close, while seagulls soar,
Alarmed the stronghold was, and weather brings winds of storm,
We sealed the harbour, ready to safeguard Gondor's norm.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jul 2018, 17:24
DESCENDING



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Descending is the sky, beneath the blue end,
Other foes to contest, other woes to mend,
Dying is radiance, leaving space for twilight,
So dark a menace, so obscure a night for moonlight,
Out of woods demons creep,
Shall the fortress well keep?
Beasts gather, strengthened anew,
Green dries, yearning dew,
Thus the Evil finds a way,
To flood the gates of Good, as much it's sung in this tearful lay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Jul 2018, 23:50
DRY AND NASTY



Zitat
Dry and nasty lies the southern waste,
Irregular shapes, ill taste,
So far and wide,
Lacking stream or sweet tide.

Ghastly folks there reside alike,
Drawn to blade, raiding and spike,
Tribes that fight and live raw,
As tumultuous waves which amok flow.

Beware, it's the realm of the outlaw,
Whence many foes coming we once saw,
Be it ranks or deadly steed,
Upon mightier beasts their fury they would then lead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jul 2018, 00:01
SO LOVELY A PLACE



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So lovely a place,
Such joy in that merry face,
This is how we carry on life,
Always adventure, such betwixt husband and wife.

Nay, we speak not of a journey,
Bad, if the Hobbit not unto morn lay!
In his warm bed, awaiting another day of good doing,
Smiling at labour and facing all ensuing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jul 2018, 00:16
UNDONE SHIELD



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Broken and won,
Vanquished and lit by the dawn,
Many knights have fallen, dead,
Silent, though still fiery of the command which them led.

Undone is the shield,
Of a maiden, resting akin on the field,
Of a hero who evil fought,
A king of despair ruling on ghoulish lot.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Jul 2018, 20:59
THINKING



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Thinking of good and bad,
What must he be doing, that jolly lad?
Bilbo went, far away,
Almost vanished, say.

Last, he had will to join some quest,
Whose kind gifts no repose nor rest,
With the company of such strange a people,
Bored, done with the quiet oak or the gentle maple.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Jul 2018, 21:01
DORMANT FIRE



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Round the sorry kingdom,
Once hailed glorious, what an earldom!
Dormant today lie they,
Lands in the tenure of who all may.

One that may, before the eyes of Men,
Ambers needing new air, then,
A hero might come, by chance,
Waking the sleeping fire of the vassals, firmly holding his lance.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jul 2018, 18:47
GOOD IS NIGH



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Betimes I pray,
As morn beginneth,
Bathing in thy ray,
Thus Varda commandeth.

Thou seest furthest,
Beyond pain and gloom,
Thy sacred silence soundeth loudest,
When foul spectres loom.

Sky Queen,
What shall I add to thy power?
Clear us from sin,
So never again will we cower.

Invoking light,
I shall not sigh,
Knowing well in plight,
That Good is verily nigh.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2018, 16:50
ORDER IN THE BLUE



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Order in the blue,
It ever amuses me,
So splendid a hue,
Revered in plea.

Not wave or turbulent tide,
A broad sky of brightness,
Infinite and wide,
Piercing dark in whiteness.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2018, 17:03
OLD MAN, STRANGE ROD



Zitat
Really, it's as we tell,
Amidst folks, loud and well,
Queer visitor, without doubt,
Selling mystery and showing clout.

Such is of those ones the route,
Abroad, an exotic fruit,
Faraway traveller,
Not much for your eyes, but a mere teller.

Some times, he comes and goes,
Regardless of odds and laws,
Old man, pointy hat,
Unwilling to part suddenly or fret.

Old man, that he beseems,
Weary visage, tired limbs,
Albeit the rod he bears,
Hint at the true power he actually wears.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2018, 17:49
THE LAST VOYAGE



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The last voyage of our star,
Alas, parting from lands that cage and bar,
A decaying world, rendered sorry and grey,
The time has come to embrace this farewell day.

Lovely daughter, you shall sail fine and swift,
Across the ends of Arda, by whose course seas drift,
Unto the glowing Sunny Domain,
Where the home of our very kind ever-safe has lain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2018, 17:59
LOSING GRIP



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Now weak, once firm,
History wheels in time, yet mankind is not to learn,
That shadow should not be given an open way,
To return and cast its dreariness on mount or bay.

Men, so eagerly drawn to rule,
The crown falls, the glorious lord grows fool,
Men, their aching hand is losing grip,
Before such hatred, so cruel and deep.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2018, 15:48
MUCH IS YET TO BE SUNG



Zitat
Much is yet to be sung,
So will harps be gently wrung,
In the manners that soul always soothe,
As meander harmonies smooth.

One place in a kind heart,
Struck by your very mystery, as though it were a dart,
Past the sunset of the world, you shall descend your holy seat,
For a new dawn to rise, for new green fields full of wheat.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2018, 16:05
DEAD ONES DO TELL TALES



Zitat
Aye, that you need not deny,
Dead ones do tell tales,
Feeble murmurs or lie,
Then storming as vigorous gales.

They tell advice and warning,
To not take the road abroad,
To work hard each eve and morning,
Ignoring fantasy or beguiling word.

One ought not to go far, my friend,
If he's so desirous of pleasure,
Here to sneer at fables we tend,
For calm we love and cherish measure.

Wherefore, the dead have a lot to say,
Regretting the warm home they had left,
For deadly quests and beasts which slay,
Snatching their lives in heinous theft.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2018, 16:22
TRAGIC SIEGE



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At last, the host came across,
Through dust, choking ash and great loss,
Leading their armies beyond,
There were two kings, of whom bards sing fond,
A loyal sire, of so rare a sort among Men,
The high monarch of Elves, who any vile was ever to ban,
Ensuing bloody carnage, the two crowns the Dark Kingdom besiege,
Showing no mercy to foul minions or cursed liege,
Unto the slopes of the imposing mountain of fire,
When our foe headed finally forth, one-time much potent Maia.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2018, 16:43
THE OVERSEER OF WOODS



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No, I do believe he's a good wizard,
Keen on caring more after mice, bird or lizard,
He dwells within the dim forest, away from towns or folks,
For not very often would he join everyday business and talks.

Notwithstanding, he's since set on woods the most careful watch,
Lest any ill will spoil the green's sound notch,
As an overseer, he walks the path abreast,
Amidst nature, his love, counselling deer and putting wolves to rest.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2018, 17:29
SO FAIR AND PURE



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Thy love, so fair and pure,
Of fell deeds thou art the cure,
Tenderness for the heart sore,
Nought else we may ask more,
But the sheer grace of thine,
For fain we lived fine,
Preserved from evil and doom,
Dreading not the night, blessed by the Moon,
Awaiting the hour of a just end,
Before which thy faithful Angels thou shalt send.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2018, 17:31
ENGRAVED GOLD



Zitat
See, that laborious lot behind their walls,
They speak not of what they store beneath such hidden halls,
Spells, tools and the raw ore they ever fancy to mould,
Deep down, where greed assumes the guise of gold.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2018, 17:35
THE NEW HAMMER



Zitat
Again shall this world suffer,
Yet, befallen tales much from present differ,
As the terrible Hammer of the Underworld was then lost,
Either sunk in the seas or trapped by frost.

Unto this our Third Age,
When the Dark Lord lethal war is to wage,
Now, new demons these unsafe paths tread,
While the hammer's legacy mocks the visage of a wolf-head.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jul 2018, 17:37
FOND SHORE



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Fond shore, caressed by western waves,
Which gives hope to kind and the fleeing saves,
Afar, melodious echoes seem to spread,
Whither the day goes to die and heavens turn red.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2018, 18:41
ARDUOUS, BUT NOT VAIN



Zitat
Arduous might be the road,
Augur well or woefully bode,
Never vain, though,
Dark and gloomy as an underworld foe.

Thee we are not forswear,
Not even in the shackles of the worst night-mare,
For well knoweth the soul in sorrow,
That brighter thou wilt make the next morrow.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2018, 18:45
BAD THUNDER



Zitat
Tonight almost have I fainted,
Struck by roaring storm,
Raging and unwanted,
Akin to loud waves which round the oceans furiously roam.

Bad thunder often betokens nefarious fate,
Some bloody clash is being fought of late,
I wonder, what shall be of our kindred friends of known fame?
Pray, make the wicked blade miss its aim.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2018, 18:48
I WILL TO DIE



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Ramparts of this miserable world,
No longer may you cage my fiery ghost,
Bards shall sing and hail this day by hundredfold,
Honoured in sagas to the most.

The shield-maiden rides swift towards her demise,
I will to perish in the blaze of my love and die,
A new dawn shall nonetheless rise,
Upon a shattered soil, where my sad spoils are endly to lie.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2018, 18:50
SHARD OF HEAVEN



Zitat
Imladris, you verily hold the keys of wellness,
Same places are not, hallowed by such fairness,
Indeed, the arts of your dwellers has made you a veritable shard of heaven,
Whose righteous tale is spread across the vast seas which we deem seven.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2018, 15:47
PRIME FLARE



Zitat
Prime flare in darkness,
Splendour of fairness,
Lightening the ways past the skies,
Trodden by thy very kind, saint and wise.

There, a prime flare is ever-lit,
Piercing the obscure veil of that sidereal pit,
What thou in bygone days haddest made,
To gift light to primaeval nights, never meant to fade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2018, 15:50
THE JOYS OF SOIL



Zitat
Much we rejoice at the joys of soil,
Be it golden wheat, rosy apple or olive oil,
Quiet and sound, ignoring aught else but the fruits of labour,
The sole treasure of a Hobbit, which makes home a whole unique flavour.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2018, 15:57
CLOUDS IN TURMOIL



Zitat
I sense malaise growing strong,
Recurrent theme in this my sombre song,
Vigilant eyes are caught by sudden sleep,
As the last high lineage of Arda parts from this shore upon a grey ship.

Sentry fires go out and vanish,
Will there be other valiant guards we may cherish?
Clouds waver in turmoil, stirred and angered by malevolent will,
For any pious to dread war's thrill.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jul 2018, 16:01
WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF ROHAN?



Zitat
What is the House of Rohan, but a mud-crafted hut?
Attended by foul brigands drinking in the company of dirt and rat,
You, Golden King, ageing has not done you well,
Forlorn, you gaze at your lordship crumbling away, as minstrels now sadly tell.

Old fool, your cold fields shall soon feed another hand,
One that commands with the iron fist every land,
The time of the White Wizard has finally come,
Announced by the shaking of steel and the rumble of drum.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2018, 22:40
THE FIRST TO SEE THROUGH



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The first to see through,
Ere the blessed order towards matter flew,
To rescue the fortunes of an in-thought mankind,
Battling thy very seditious kin and whomever sinful thou wast to fore-find.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2018, 22:46
NO LONGER ASHAMED



Zitat
Horse-master, to thee hath come the hour,
Glorious yet bitter, tragic and sour,
Another king, dead in honour, another feeble white flower,
No longer art thou ashamed of thy house's company, having fought well for the grand Sentry Tower.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2018, 22:52
MY SILVER PIECE



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My silver piece, my lovely gem,
Get your wily hands off my dear worth!
Not even salty pig or tender lamb,
Every time, every trouble coming forth.

Snake-relatives and bogus friends,
Enough of admirers and thieves,
The gentle Hobbit love no more sends,
To him who ever lies and deceives.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2018, 23:00
BEYOND ROUNDNESS



Zitat
Beyond the roundness of mortal ends,
Winds disturb not one's route and the merry sailor to dream the unseen tends,
Voyaging whither Elven sagas find just conclusion,
Moving ever farther, piercing illusion.

There, solemn chants seem to await,
Ships are firmly anchored in havens where no day is really late,
A solitary isle, facing sunny shires of great,
Seat of that magnitude which in all ages was demiurge of good fate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jul 2018, 23:42
I WOULD I HAD THY GRACE



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Queen, I would I had thy grace,
Hitherto, sole flaws have halted my strenuously incessant pace,
With thee on my side will I oppose in all forces this encroaching doom,
Praying that nought is to befall, neither later nor soon.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jul 2018, 23:45
A LONG STEP



Zitat
No silly trip into the wild, but a very long step outside home,
For ever are little ones wary of big craft or raging foam,
Not the busy city, not the voluble sea,
We would scarce choose foray over the nice comfortable glee.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jul 2018, 23:49
WARMER TIDES



Zitat
Warmer tides shall you sail on,
Once of Men you hear voice and song,
When you enter the realm of stone,
The last solid pillar, the last bearing bone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jul 2018, 00:01
ILL-SPOKEN, PERPETUALLY



Zitat
Ill-spoken, unto their very final day,
So little an edge from which to stray,
The fate of who dared lay sword against kindred ones,
The potent House of smiths and princes, bringing yonder pride and lance.

Cursed by decree of the Angel of Grimness,
Reigning over the path of regret and sadness,
Thence, the sorrowful Noldor through grief and havoc would meander,
As it was thus foretold, before the two continents were torn asunder.

Aye, a tragedy of elder ages,
Lyrics kept alive by none but sages,
Sagas telling a world that is no more,
Full of wonder without akin rival, which the robes of majesty once wore.

I beseech, make it that the tale shall reach the ghosts who wait,
Lingering for judgement at the end's gate,
Suffering the dominion of the absolute law,
There, even the fault-ridden may redeem, as do the hopeless and the foe.



'Ill-spoken' intends to mirror Latin, meaning thereby 'cursed'.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2018, 18:09
CIRCLES WHICH HALT NOT



Zitat
I would it were easy to utter the proper word,
To tell the wonders lying above, realm of the Lady and the Lord,
To say how grand the ethereal blue getteth, upon this our world,
Peradventure, I might fancy the sound of hymns, which make celestial circles resound clearer by tenfold.

How the Elf-minstrel shall unto oblivion sing,
So shall I in same will, rejoicing at the many lamps of thy magnificent sky-ring,
Nought of thine will truly sink in the abyss of doubt,
For always is someone who fearless thee and thy oeuvres to the globe will shout.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2018, 18:14
AN ORDINARY DAY OF PEACE



Zitat
So much for the tasks of the far!
Here would I rather stay,
Lest one my fair solace mar,
Swaying the simple towards so worse a way.

Boredom and stillness I shall promptly retain,
Foreign annoyance will I never miss,
Secure wisdom and ditch the vain,
Honouring my fine ordinary day of peace.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2018, 18:17
IN ICY WASTES



Zitat
Nay, the wilful explorer shall never grasp the ancient North,
All wounds inflicted, as darkness first came forth,
For the ruinous destiny of a golden past,
Whose trace rests entombed in icy wastes whither even the nasty would not be cast.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Aug 2018, 18:20
UNWANTED ACQUAINTANCE



Zitat
Maidens of the heath have since learnt to take up a blade,
Wielding defence before an enemy that much grief on us has laid,
An unwanted acquaintance, war, which none seems to spare,
A chilling kiss of death, ere afar we are to fare.

Maid of amiable heart,
Hold your ground, bearing heavy sword or snide dart,
One day, your gracious hay-locks shall warm the field again,
While earth rewards the daunting labour of your loved weary man.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2018, 18:26
FARTHER, UNTO THE END

Zitat
Farther, unto the end,
Hither will I my thought send,
Whither not to worldly chains I am bound,
Beyond dream and pain by which the earth is wound.

In such manner I shall not regret,
Invoking thy name as though in stone it were set,
The morrow's dawn is to break the night veil soon,
Until light fadeth again for a new moon.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2018, 18:56
THREE BRUTE ONES



Zitat
Known wide and broad,
That tale of Bilbo, told in serious mode,
Three brute ones caught him, boding the worst,
When all in statues were turned, as the first aurora burst.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2018, 21:22
HOPE-BRINGER



Zitat
In green lies her tomb,
Hope she had borne in her womb,
Last bright ray of faith in creeping darkness,
Feeble, yet hard to wane before such sort of evilness.

Within the merry Valley she then found refuge,
Beside the wisdom of the Firstborns and spring's hues,
Blazing winds of war shall have swift blown,
Ere the lost king sits on his rightful throne.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Aug 2018, 23:27
OLDEN DAGGER



Zitat
Fine olden dagger,
Another time you served the Good,
Drawn in war by the humble, at one's eyes only beggar,
So valiant the carrying hand, so loyal a mood.

Forged amidst gloom and ice,
Years that all must recall, I beseech,
Fate had cast its sour dice,
Hence came this ancient blade, lethal and piercing any wicked witch.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2018, 16:46
HALLOWED STONES



Zitat
No Vala had part in their making,
None within Eä could mean for them wrecking or faking,
Not even the author could craft splendour twice,
Not the finest hammer of paradise, nor the High Ones without vice.

Three stones of hallowed spirit,
Deed of deeds, legendary merit,
Those thou hast blessed, lest one vile might spoil,
What lit shall have thenceforward shone, against ill fate and toil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2018, 17:12
TRICKS AND TRINKETS



Zitat
That fey grey beard!
Shall we spot again his pointy hat which many once feared?
Old man, clothed in poor guise,
Tales speak of a wizard and much wise.

Weird traveller of far ways,
Fast and firm upon his steed, journeying through Arda's maze,
He often brings some tricks and trinkets to charm our simple lot,
While magic is the surest thing we want not.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2018, 17:59
MADNESS' TREASURE



Zitat
The legitimate king will return, one day,
To the stone and throne devoured by fire, as does heat with dry hay,
A terrible doom with claws and massive wings,
Little could the knowledge of Dwarves do, neither their fabled Seven Rings.

Now rests the mountain lone and still,
As the cruel guardian slumbers therein,
All that's left of the keep's guards is despair beyond measure,
Deep down, where madness hid gold and a grand treasure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Aug 2018, 18:18
BROAD RAGE



Zitat
Broad rage and furious storm,
Furore of nature, terrifying both eagle and witless worm,
Appalling visage of a world that wails in chains,
So long as the White Wizard utters impious commands and goodwill feigns.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2018, 21:17
THREE-AGE BAN



Zitat
Sat together with thy holy kind,
To command future and the evil doer to wind,
In miserable shackles and shame,
Victim of nought else but his very fame.

Three ages, in the underworld prison,
Decree of justice and reason,
Before your thrones begged he mercy and pardon,
None ye gave, Lords of the Lit Earldom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2018, 21:19
BIRTHDAY FEST



Zitat
What else but a merry birthday fest?
For a hundred-year one of us,
Who never seems to seek peace or rest,
For a lot he always strives and does.

A jolly party for all to enjoy,
For any fond lad and mate,
Food, beer, cheerful and toy,
Though the old Hobbit has been quite queer of late...
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2018, 21:22
TO AVENGE THE FAULT



Zitat
Who knew that the wizard would dare so much?
Farms choked and wheat died, poisoned by his tainting touch,
Laying waste to the proud cold heath,
Common dwellers of the land, used to lore and myth.

The perpetrator shall atone his sins with blood,
He who ordered havoc, massacre and threw our lifeless finest into the mud,
He who rouses tempest and fell bolt,
To avenge heinous crimes and the grave fault.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Aug 2018, 21:26
HIS ONE-TIME SUN



Zitat
His beloved half, his glaring sun,
For whom ever good he had done,
A lifetime company beside the Elven lord,
Going past years of either joy or sword,
An Elf-maiden with golden locks of the rarest beauty,
As his love served their king to fulfil the duty,
In the Third Age they happy abode in the secure Valley,
Raising their gracious kin and living wholly,
Until misadventure drew close and severed the bond,
Parting the unlucky princess from this grey shore, heading far and yond.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Aug 2018, 23:19
CRYSTALLINE



Zitat
Crystalline as ever-pure,
Thou wilt never cease to endure,
To face dark and horrid test,
Sovereign of what findeth itself abreast.

Across thousands of thousands of years,
We shall bear thy love and dread no fears,
Unto the hour of ending demise,
When all is revealed and the dead arise.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Aug 2018, 23:25
WOOD PHANTOMS



Zitat
Wood phantoms walk that old path,
The western road amidst green, so strange and rough,
Ghosts chanting and singing the blue of this earth,
Slow yet incessant is the pace of this grey lot, as it passes and goes forth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Aug 2018, 23:36
ONLY TOLD BY FIRE



Zitat
Thus speak the water, the vibrant wood and the clear sky,
Whispering plain truth and not lie,
As nights get grimmer, likewise our shire,
When the secret is unveiled, only told by fire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Aug 2018, 23:40
HIGHER FELLOW



Zitat
Rapid rides the grey guard,
Against any odd and hazard,
He must consult with his higher fellow,
Response he needs, malice advances from all pits hollow,
The mage-chief will perhaps tell,
How malaise spread so wide, why the world is not well,
How we may counter the unrest awoken,
For these clouds sole troubles seem to betoken,
What if the wiser did not know?
What if he weren't ally, but rather foe?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2018, 14:49
SPEECH OF THOUGHT



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Not mere words, but silent speech,
Thoughts of holy which akin minds reach,
Thy very supreme kind,
Keepers of Arda who all fates bind.

Thou so speakest without error,
To decree what ought to be and release the pious from terror,
Holding thee dear,
Cleansing ghosts from smear.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2018, 14:55
POINTY-EARED HOST



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Bilbo left, bent by time,
Nought else but travel, wood walk and mountain climb,
'Tis how he spent his life, regarding not dishonest neighbours or annoying post,
He found solace, for his sake, in the dreamy mansion of a pointy-eared host.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2018, 14:58
LICENCE TO SHIELD OUR GOOD



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Cursed wizard, may you perish worst,
You who have slithered inside our conscience first,
As the witless worm which ever is vilified,
The whole country you've shattered and mortified.

Squires fled from farms, plundered and ablaze,
Nor could they bid farewell with a last gaze,
Wandering now hopeless, craving home and food,
While the valiant knight is robbed of his licence to shield our good.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Aug 2018, 15:09
A SURE AIM



Zitat
Bowman, stay your arm,
The keep is in peril, sound the alarm!
Hostile ranks are coming, to ravage wealth and victims reap,
We need the surest aim and firmest grip!

Be the dart well-fired!
Near the neck, under the helmet, where the foe is not wired,
Then shall you spear iron and cloth,
To show your veritable strength and laudable worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2018, 16:36
ALL SHALL WONDER



Zitat
Those who know thee not,
Villain folks, a rowdy eastern lot,
Ignorant of the Powers dwelling west,
Abiding poor in mud-shacks, thus doubtful they rest.

Notwithstanding, all gaze at the starred blue,
As the scorching lamp goeth far and biddeth adieu,
Even the lesser man shall question and wonder,
Who made that brightness, immortalised in such sidereal meander.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2018, 16:39
COLDER, FOULER



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The gentle asked once by grace,
"Whither doth the northern path lead?"
Answered was he, while dimmer got my face,
"Fell shires, where wolves off flesh fain feed."

Indeed, the simpleton should not dabbled in that way,
Colder, fouler in the past,
What common tongues say,
When winter would come sudden and fast.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2018, 16:41
FEARLESS STAND



Zitat
Hold your feet and dread not the sword!
Foes shall not falter nor utter a peaceful word,
Be your hand secure and strong,
For the White Hand extends its reach, ever-cruel and long.

Shields and blades make up for the hardest wall,
Safer than even stone, to repel devils and escape thrall,
An endlessly fearless stand,
Which enemies keeps at bay and off fend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Aug 2018, 16:45
THREE GRAND HEROES



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Three grand heroes of this much grievous tale,
Who never turn their coat or in vain wail,
Three agile hunters, off a foray in the wild,
Swift they move through the heath, albeit silent and mild,
A pack of fiends is their yearned prey,
Sleeping rough under the pale moon, where a glorious kingdom lay,
Pray, their deeds shall maybe wake a dormant will,
Weary and sour, bewitched and still,
Behold, they now enter that perilous wood,
A great white epiphany will shake their hope-seeking mood.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2018, 17:34
SOLE RADIANT STAR



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As sole radiant star we bethink of thee,
The only consoling figure one may see,
When all getteth grim and pale,
In the shadow, even the gentle might stray away and fail.

Glaring sun, rising in the East,
Magnificent dawn, driving off gloomy mist,
Pilgrim, if thou be'st true and fine,
Shalt thou not succumb to any fear of thine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2018, 17:38
A HOLE IN THE GROUND



Zitat
A hole in the ground, where dwells the buoyant Hobbit,
Fancying not action, but rather fresh milk and tasty rabbit,
Rejoicing at the merry state of their green land,
Whence only happy vibes its inhabitants send.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2018, 17:46
DEVILISH BLIZZARD



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All beseemed to fare well and sound,
Up north, where Elendil safe refuge had then found,
Thence, a grand northern realm was to thrive,
Keeping the fortunes of Men secure and their hope alive.

Until a fell wind blew away such joyful pride,
Internal strife devoured the kingdom from within, sparing neither lord nor side,
As hail had turned into devilish blizzard,
At the command of a mysterious wicked wizard.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Aug 2018, 17:49
THE DEADLIEST WEAPON



Zitat
Take the way of the haunted mountain,
Source of grudge, and of regret fountain,
Traitors lie therein, awaiting the seemingly lost heir,
He who may free them from torture, restoring the right and fair.

So we can have the deadliest weapon up our sleeve,
Maidens shall sew triumph and victory weave,
None could ever hinder the passage of a phantom-host,
Which greatly seeks revenge and vengeance for the most.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2018, 22:57
NIGHT WE BEAR



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Gifted with thy comfort,
Night may we bear,
Flaws out we sort,
Honouring thee, ever-fair.

Aye, Queen of Starlight,
Ruling peoples and skies,
For none dare oppose thy all-might,
Thou who art clear of lies.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2018, 23:00
MEN ARE SELDOM WELCOME



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Nay, stay away from sight!
What dost thou do here, haunting us as sinister wight?
Men are seldom welcome inside this very green land,
And very few actually know the place, having other fiefdoms to command.

Betwixt wood and shore,
Here is our hidden lore,
Folks deemed often lesser,
Albeit merrier than most, and never grosser.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2018, 23:04
PIKES AND FILTH



Zitat
Below the white rings of wall,
As shadows cover the world and suddenly fall,
Pikes and filth lay siege to the Sentry Tower,
Whose sad dwellers now flee for their lives and awfully cower.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Aug 2018, 23:08
TREE GUARDIANS



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Quiet, young lad, these borders know not danger,
Ever guards and watches the wary ranger,
Tree guardians of old, at the service of the sorceress,
Preserving what lives and grows, for here is no wilderness.

A potent Elf-witch, versed with spells,
In the heart of her golden domain she dwells,
No strange philtre she needs, no magic wand,
The coldest heart she easily wins, being souls of her much fond.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Aug 2018, 13:07
LEST WE BE NOT TO PREVAIL



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Lest we be not to prevail,
Lest our fine ship astray sail,
Lest we not do what it ought,
Lest it all be for nought.

Maker of Stars, await we thy last test,
For always must faith be proved above all rest,
Hoping to cross the sundering blue,
Towards Valinor the Splendid, may our heart be true.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Aug 2018, 13:09
CALM NIGHTS



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Calm nights are the sole burden here, past twilight,
I suppose that abroad much ill befalls in the dark, without the gift of foresight,
For very plain is it to see, how foreign ones dread a lot the shadow,
In both city and farm, in both coast and meadow.

While starred skies bother not the Shire,
So shall it be, so was it prior,
Within the fences of our delightful field,
Where hardly ever should one any blade wield.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Aug 2018, 13:12
REMEMBRANCE



Zitat
We will not forget,
The foes that did us wrong and troubles still beget,
Avenged shall be the weeping squire,
Iron we'll meet with iron, fire with fire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Aug 2018, 13:17
SPIRIT AND RHYMES



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Do not be afraid of knowing more,
To delve into secret and antique lore,
Songs and lays of yore might take one thither,
To wisdom and wit, which time may not weaken or make wither.

Hence, let your mind ready and open,
To read the joys of kingdoms, or tragedy occurring often,
Ages dispersed in wind and dust, afar from these sad dreary times,
Vile is the spirit that despises verses and rhymes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Aug 2018, 23:40
QUEEN OF HEARTS (sonnet)



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Thou, Queen of Hearts,
Strike mine with thy darts,
Thus shall I bring glory to thy name,
And glare in holiness same.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Aug 2018, 23:46
SO JOLLY



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So jolly herein,
Well fatter than thin,
Never empty is the glass,
Days run and pains pass.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2018, 00:57
GLOWING WARNING



Zitat
Serene rests the brave king,
His soul soared high, as endowed with wide wing,
The hall is silent, apart from royal mourning,
The sad Dwarven monarch still holds his blade, serving as glowing warning.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Aug 2018, 01:04
BACK



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Back he came, for everyone's sake,
After falling in deep dark, down to a hidden lake,
Beneath the very abyss of the mines,
The mage stands now mighty, ready to dare evil and all its kinds.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2018, 15:02
VICTRESS OF EVIL (sonnet)



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Hail to thee, Victress of Evil,
Demiurge of Light when hours passed primaeval,
Aye, thou art wont to relieve us from sin,
For all of thy names immense beatitude mean.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2018, 15:06
FIRING UP SOME NIGHTS



Zitat
In case the hard-working Hobbit began to feel toil,
Prostrated by labour and the many needs of soil,
In the warmth of the tavern shall he ever find joy,
By firing up some nights with merry tales that seldom annoy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2018, 15:10
SACRIFICE



Zitat
Indeed, the gravest toll was to be paid,
The Dark Lord was not content, while feeble hopes were soon to fade,
He craved hold of the ancient bridge, plotting onslaught and even more,
So sent the frail steward his dearest towards sacrifice and gore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Aug 2018, 15:13
COLD DAMSEL



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A cold damsel of this chilled land,
In truth, she harbours a flame and the flaring vigour of old, as past knights used to tend,
Her heart has grown weary and much dismayed,
Carrying the signs of grief and unjust death, for to her brethren farewell she bade.

On the field of fierce clash will she avenge her kind,
Freeing her soul from guilt and from shame her mind,
Piercing the fell adversary with iron and ire,
At the behest of the horse-realm and her golden sire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Aug 2018, 22:29
VICTRESS OF DEATH (sonnet)



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Victress of Death, defying sorrow,
Hailing fond the perished, inside Aman's ever-lit morrow,
Thou givest love and endurance by which to live,
Cherishing thy undying lamps, glaring radiant through the eve.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Aug 2018, 22:43
FRIENDLY GREEN AND BLUE



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We shall go back to friendly green and blue,
We shall behold dear home anew,
That to which we bade adieu, to take the ways abreast,
Forsaking behind peace, solace and happy fest.

Aye, we shall part from ash and fire,
Heading whither lies our merry Shire,
Thence we won't ever take sad leave,
Partaking in deeds which jesters sing and maidens weave.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Aug 2018, 23:11
EASTERN SPECTRE



Zitat
Tongues stay and hush,
Where trees are as rare as lush,
Whenever one hears that fearsome name,
A shadow grows unnoticed and becomes ill fame.

An eastern spectre, looming ahead,
Turning skies black and streams red,
One ghost corroding wood and stone,
Devouring and mauling all to the bone.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Aug 2018, 23:42
LONG HAVE WE CRAVED A KING



Zitat
Long have we craved a new proud king,
One we bow to and whom we fain sing,
One who cares not about snide nasty murmur,
One who may free us from chill, making weary hearts warmer.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Aug 2018, 11:54
PAST THE NIGHT



Zitat
Past the circles of heavens, past thy starred night,
Findeth itself the hopeless realm of chaos, whither are cast demon and wight,
Dominion of the enshrouding Void, outside the gates of Eä and matter,
Of which very little bards sing and lyrics utter.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Aug 2018, 11:58
THE REAL SAVOUR



Zitat
Walking freely under the moon,
Along bush and lively tree,
To be home enough soon,
Knowing not fatigue or painful plea.

To taste the real savour of life,
So abides the gentle Hobbit glad,
Avoiding despair and foreign strife,
Which ever make one so mad.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Aug 2018, 12:00
KIN OF LEGENDS



Zitat
Their efforts were all in vain,
For nought could be done against the evil sovereign,
Thus fell many on alien mortal soil,
Away from bliss, chained by toil.

The unlucky exiled were not to escape their cruel fate,
At the mercy of a terrible curse, to undo which it seemed so late,
A royal kin of legends and ever-lasting fame,
Perennial as the boreal ices which earthly weather may not tame.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Aug 2018, 12:04
DEEP BLUE



Zitat
Deep blue, as appears to be the tale,
Of two lone wizards, gone with the oriental breeze and doomed to fail,
Departed silently towards the secret routes of the uncanny East,
Vanished fast, as feeble morning mist.

A story truly wreathed in riddle,
They preferred exotic shires over known middle,
None were told about their doings among so lesser a kind,
Easy to bewilder with cheap tricks and to serfdom bind.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2018, 18:36
FATED TO LIVE



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Fated to live,
Brightening up those who grieve,
Thus madest thou thy immortal light,
Thenceforth bound to relieve one's burdened sight.

So wheel thy oeuvres around,
Spinning gently, not less sound,
Eternal sign, if I be to earn trust,
To become a prodigy, rejoicing at beacons that ever last.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2018, 18:38
STRANGERS AND KINDRED



Zitat
So much for a peaceful land!
Strangers come, sometimes,
Calmness they love to offend,
Fiends ought to leave betimes.

Foreigners we seldom seek,
Trouble-makers and kindred,
Who greatly despise the meek,
Demanding they be lodged and well-fed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2018, 18:42
LAYING HAND ON THE NORTH



Zitat
Too late, chill has since outgrown the sunny day,
Now stained by wuthering gales barring the way,
Thick, vicious ice which all seems to cage,
As the enslaved beast, for it's the fell deed of a mage,
Nasty sire of demon and ghost,
Turning this frozen tide from ill to worst,
He laid hand on a once fertile shire,
Suddenly ending the crown that was prior,
Winter advances, bitter and sour,
Blight destroys fields, as rapid as hay succumbs to fire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Aug 2018, 18:46
PEARLS AND HEAVEN-HUES



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Within Kôr of Many Towers,
Streets carved out of gold, balconies abundant of flowers,
Pearls and jewels, here and yonder,
To the ever-enduring glory of its blessed founder.

Wealth and wellness, to the honour of their green home,
About the shores of Aman, whither are led waves and foam,
Up to the majestic belfry, auguring good and prosperous future,
Inside the Sunny Country, realm of spirits of saint nature.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2018, 20:44
GUARDING THE END



Zitat
Guarding the end, two sentinels of celestial size,
Them thou gavest beginning, divining ill beyond wise,
Eternal is the route, ever die they and then rise,
To feed hope in a world growing dim, which no longer recognise eyes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2018, 21:02
SHADE OF JOY



Zitat
Worries that mar one's being,
Is the border of the wild so thin?
Peril abounds well in the realm of faraway folks,
The wight of discord sows ire and free walks.

Herein, not a promise of happiness shall you find,
Hither may you come, leaving behind daily grind,
Hence will the foreign depart merrily, as the gleeful maiden or boy,
If not at endless bliss, rejoicing at a tiny shade of joy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2018, 21:19
YEARNING SURE LAW



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From superb potent sire,
To mere harmless squire,
A sole voice calls for the aid of an heir,
Praying, relying on justice deemed fair.

Don't weary Men deserve the counsel of a guide?
The mercy of a fine king, as soul-soothing as it's wide?
Following a long night of watchful vigil, yearning sure law,
Ending the sunset of hope they too often saw.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Sep 2018, 21:38
TWILIGHT QUEEN (I)



Zitat
Risen is a new tyrant,
Implacable as death, as a flaring sun vibrant,
Not a vicious monster, not a vile fiend,
Impetuous as roars thunder in the raging wind.

She longs for a new domain to govern,
Gaoling her foes deep in miserable cavern,
Thus wills the new dreadful monarch, foretelling the advent of darkness,
Though light has not gone out yet, welcoming a new empress of evilness.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Sep 2018, 12:03
TWILIGHT QUEEN (II)



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Shall there be one, who may sustain her lethal gaze?
One who shan't cower away and be lost in her maze,
For the cruel queen speaks misery and plans foul gain,
Towering over the lesser, as the very mankind's bane.

Behold, skies are pierced by such a glare,
Not fine radiance, but devilish sight of a mare,
A spell of terror and folly,
Meant to shatter one's valour and round the world wholly.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Sep 2018, 13:50
TWILIGHT QUEEN (III)



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Her fury shall beget the coming of fearsome storm,
Rousing gales and sea-tempest, to the breaking of nature's norm,
Bowing waves to a new mistress of marvel,
Before whom waters kneel, bearer of magic sung in dusty book or ancient novel.

Should fools force her heart to wail,
Fell rain shall flood realms and thenceforth tell a sombre tale,
Washing rebels away and cleansing pity,
Across every village, town and unfortunate city.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Sep 2018, 13:53
TWILIGHT QUEEN (IV)



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Lady of grief and dread,
To a gloomy kingdom the world shall you have led,
Before all is done and gone,
Crushed kings without remorse and any contest won.

For neither can marble resist you, nor may stone,
As earth writhes in pain, same as grand palace or dome,
Your command shatters land and ground, deep to the very core,
Beneath shires and forts, for a hopeless abyss to bore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Sep 2018, 16:27
TWILIGHT QUEEN (V)



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Fay of woe, ruler of wuthering wind,
The serf shall love his new queen, be he good or fiend,
Monarchs bid servitude, offering land and host,
Which sires have plenty of and superbly boast.

Mortal hubris is but a mere glimpse before the gates of time,
Implacable as plague, the peak of omnipotence she is to climb,
Torturing the pious and caging the right,
As ghoulish twilight descends on a marred world, harbinger of a long dark night.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Sep 2018, 12:29
THY SELF



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Thy self no-one shall dare insult,
Unless he be victim of vice and fault,
Who may question the ever-true and fine?
Doubting the godly and divine?

Lady of Grace, spare us foul and ill,
Saving a gentle heart, needing warm and no chill,
Awaiting the time of thy final say,
Then shall we welcome thee, at the end of the lay.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Sep 2018, 12:32
PAST THE FIELD



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Past the field and homely road,
Past the kind wet wheat, of which we reap a load,
There lies the path of adventure and hazard,
One we take not, one whence we're barred.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Sep 2018, 12:35
HIS LAST GAZE



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His last gaze was upon locks of gold,
Crushed by his steed that weighed twofold,
Before the pinnacles of Men's sentry,
After forbidding foes from gaining entry.

In truth, no vanity or hopeless sire,
But a grand king of prior,
Bidding farewell to mundane fame,
Joining the ranks of his bygone kin, now without shame.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Sep 2018, 12:39
RED BOOK



Zitat
Red book which much tells,
Oeuvre of the Hobbit that in a hole dwells,
A journey, there and back again,
In the fond company of either stubborn dwarf or brave man.

And a quest to rescue the age and undo evil,
To vindicate the poor weak and the unfortunate feeble,
Late, at the twilight of wonder which foretokened tragic,
At the ultimate sunset of prodigy and magic.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Sep 2018, 22:08
UPON THE HEIGHT



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Upon the greatest height,
Lieth there the seat of thy might,
On the chief-mountain, so terrible and fair,
Above all other peaks, where snow groweth free and bare.

Betwixt round heavens and deadly void,
Nought is made weaker or alloyed,
Thee squires chant, praising the immortal radiance of such a face,
Mirror of what was before seas and outer space.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Sep 2018, 22:11
MANY JOYS



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Many joys, that we only ask,
For the pious who ever stays true to his task,
For the exhausted farmer, reaping the fruits of soil,
For his old back, bent by winters and toil.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Sep 2018, 22:13
TRAGEDY OF THE COMMON



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Common he was, merry as morn,
Seeking new stories to tell, among his folk of corn,
Fancying the unusual and strange,
Yearning the mystery within his short range.

Until fortune had spelt a cruel fate,
From the mud-tainted pond, he retrieved a treasure of hate,
Gold, though ominous sign of grave to befall,
When moon-less night shall have fallen and shadow breached the Good's wall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Sep 2018, 22:16
SPLENDID GRAVES



Zitat
Deep in the once-sunny Isle of Gift, beneath the sacred peak,
Lay the graves of old kings and queens, entombed with their crown and royal stick,
Below the holy temple of the One,
Which would ever rest unspoilt from vice, bathing Númenor in its noon's sun.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Sep 2018, 11:30
HEAVY BURDEN



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On thy shoulders are the fates of time and matter,
The fate of earth's deepest, which only He may shatter,
The course and journey of celestial lamps, over whose endless going thou art ever to rule,
Gifting thy power to the whole of us, keeping afar wight and ghoul.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Sep 2018, 11:33
MY, SO DEAR A MAGE!



Zitat
So fond treads he the green way of the Shire,
Drawn to the humble and mere, they say, whom few verily admire,
Bringing with him lots of tales of old,
Of how the world used to be warmer and bold.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Sep 2018, 11:36
FALLEN IN JUST



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Leading the proud host into the realm of night,
Close to darkness and appalling infernal sight,
The prince faltered not until duty was fairly done,
Many lives were ended, so that right won.

Evil, beleaguered and caught,
Utterly vanquished, for three kings its devils fought,
The loyal guardian of the tower died in ferocious clash, holding his ground as every servant of light must,
Not perished in vain, but fallen in just.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Sep 2018, 11:38
WAILING WOLF



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Wailing wolf, howling the quick change of all,
Lone, waiting for other solitary wanderers to call,
Witnessing troubles and many wars,
To the furious wind he shouts his anger and roars.

Peace no longer reigns in the wasted North,
There demons woke and hungrily came forth,
Ice grew thicker and iron sharp,
Boreal grief and sorrow shall then tell my harp.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Sep 2018, 12:20
FEAST OF LOVE



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Joyful join the Eldar banquets and parties atop the Mount,
Whence they ever behold thy craft, so hard to count,
Saints and kings are summoned before the divine crown,
Here they hail their Lords dearest, proud to partake in such godly renown.

Hymns and songs are sung and played,
In the manner of the Light-elf, in whose piety all is made,
Queen of Hearts, sure shalt thou rejoice at that feast,
Sat in the never-ceasing majesty, towering any cloud or sky mist.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Sep 2018, 12:23
AWFUL PRESENCE



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Aye, that we often recall,
How he crept his way in, vowing to mend and solve,
Old, consumed and spent by vileness,
Mere robes would only cover such great evilness.

A queer guest, come from distrust and peril,
Willing to sow discord as malevolent devil,
Arming himself with naught but enthralling speech,
To live off the good Hobbit's labour, mirroring the wild pestering leech.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Sep 2018, 12:28
ABLAZE, DOOMED



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Ablaze, thus ended luck for mortal men,
Left by western grace, lured in the wolf's den,
Heeding disgraceful advice from the mouth of shadow,
Departing, heading to the much-longed immortal meadow.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Sep 2018, 12:32
FORBIDDEN TIDES



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So sets the superb king to sail ahead,
Breaching the absolute Ban imposed by heaven,
Intent to break the sacred alliance which survived an era,
Common blood of common courage,
The finest of bygone ages of yore,
Though fated to vanish in woe, as such had been the epilogue of elder deeds,
Saviours of peoples, revered and feared,
From captors to captives, ruin they had let slither into the wondrous Isle,
Craving life which ever lasts beneath the circles of Arda,
Crossing then the utmost limit, leading vessels to unknown forbidden tides.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Sep 2018, 12:47
BEFORE THEE



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Before thee are woes to pale,
Before thee we shan't succumb nor ail,
Unto the last hour of bliss,
After which shall the Powers wane and miss.

Such was the fate foretold,
Such was the future that thou wast to mould,
Praying that light will prevail,
Drawing the sword of justice and the shield of law, of great avail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Sep 2018, 12:57
ENDS OF DAILY LIFE



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Should one opt for wild and danger-road,
We won't speak much praise or sing an ode,
For ever is the Hobbit advised not to proceed farther,
In the land of lawless and murder.

Strange tale does the wind bring to the ear,
Not bogus story or snide smear,
For peril dwells ahead, out of green and wooden fence,
Far from warm company and merry dance.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Sep 2018, 13:10
HEIRLOOMS OF PLIGHT



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Treason, the vilest of all!
How goodwill was poisoned and dream made to fall,
Into the pitfall of deceit and sorrow,
Destined to be pitied and mourned in the lay of tomorrow.

Heirlooms of extraordinary nature and scope,
The master of which was forged in secrecy, upon the infernal slope,
Scheme of a cunning guest who just misery willed to spread,
Laying waste to splendour, sparing neither living nor dead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Sep 2018, 13:33
GALLANT HERO OF OUR TIMES



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A rare flower of good hope,
Firm and hard as the fabled Elven rope,
Not a phantom of vain desire,
But a flaming spark of lively fire,
One whom folks ignore and know not,
One whom the free hold dear and long sought,
A ranger, come from dim woods and savage,
Set to claim his throne, for this world to salvage,
Contending right and realm against the gathering storms,
Daring the one-time hidden beast, which now fears not war and free roams.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Sep 2018, 21:19
BEST ALLY



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Best ally, beside thy king,
Best companion, sat in doom's ring,
A queen, loyal and fair,
Far beyond knowledge and snare.

A bond which nought may break,
Not even the deepest abyss or the obscure lake,
Not even the loud fires beneath the earth,
Not even relentless evil, which fighting is ever worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Sep 2018, 21:21
GREETING AN UNEXPECTED VISIT



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Here comes the buoyant wizard,
Drawn to jovial ways, as heat exactly calls the sleepy lizard,
Bearer of joy and wonders in the main,
Partaking fondly in the peace of the Halfling's domain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Sep 2018, 21:24
LOYAL CROWN OF OLD



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In the heat of the clash,
The fire-mount erupted with flames and burst in flash,
The loyal king stood bold and just,
Facing the tyrant heading out of the lair, solely moved by revenge and lust.

Last fine lineage of old,
Since the sinking of his past, since the change of the ancient world,
When High Men would gaze with hope at the distant western shore,
Holding order precious and being excellent sages of lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Sep 2018, 21:30
A FLOWER TO WISH FOR



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Some luck for marble and stone,
Some better wisdom for who reigns alone,
Some great honour for blade and shield,
Some more will to build.

Awaiting the prophesied flower,
Which might cure anything gone dreary and sour,
Which shall rekindle hearts anew,
As the wise foresaw and well knew.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Sep 2018, 00:08
HARBOUR OF MERCY



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Infallible harbour of mercy,
One which never faileth to rescue from raging blue-sea,
Thither may the troubled vessel head,
So shall the voluble tide of case have led.

Thee storm will not silence,
Thou shalt keep the fiend away and shield from violence,
Pray, foul is not to break through,
For ever is the seagull wary of peril whence she flew.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Sep 2018, 00:25
SEED TO HALLOW



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Thus shall this golden tree tell,
How blessed the place was, how humble crushed fell,
Gift of holiness, from a yester-morrow,
Seed to render sacred and soil hallow.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Sep 2018, 00:50
NAY



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Nay, it's not finished ere hope goes out and dies,
Before which we'll strive to war for right and unveil lies,
When sun leaves space for dark,
Still is there a chance to wake the slumbering fire, in need of flaring spark.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Sep 2018, 01:59
LIVING TO BEAR



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Such was decreed how all would fare,
An ever-lasting existence beneath the roundness of Arda's air,
The fair Elf shall live so long the world breathes,
The sole killing he dreads, as in pain his soul writhes.

Yet parts his spirit not forever,
For their love for matter nought may truly sever,
Weary grows the Firstborn, living to bear the wounds of the past,
Lingering in eternity and outliving death, while mortals wither and fade fast.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Okt 2018, 15:55
RUPTURE OF HUES



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Thus came the time to embrace light,
To leave behind the lone island, for so brighter a sight,
Profound did the Eldar crave the land of dream,
Decision of heart, and not on a whim.

Fair wings bore the weight of vessels and ships,
Brought beyond the curtain of death, now known just by fables and lips,
Passing through the sundering tides of the ancient West,
Forbidden and loud, lingering on the very end's crest.

Heading gladly thither, whither would the sun then die,
A virgin realm, clear from vice and immune to lie,
Yonder, past the rupture of hues in the stone,
There bliss had been first, where holy kin shall have later grown.

Within the domain of rule and faith,
Far from anguish or haunting wraith,
Here dwells eternity's seat, upon whiteness that ever is to last,
Close to the encircling blue, whence come storms and lightning blast.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Okt 2018, 19:03
FORGING NIGHT AND DREAD



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Betwixt glory and fame,
Hath the Smith laboured, turning in legend his name,
Prior to moonlight, prior to doom,
Thou wilt hear of sadness and gloom.

Alas, not even within solemn right,
Have woes spared the angel-kingdom, then sole beacon of light,
It was, thus, greed and ferocious will, which dry the world shall have bled,
Clad in the shame of murder, forging night and dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Okt 2018, 15:41
ADVERSE FATE



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Ever shall the wheel turn,
Ever will villages suffer and shacks burn,
It seems this adverse fate fancies a tragic loop,
Boding far ill, for every gentle preferring hearth and soup.

Ever shall shadows pave their entrance anew,
Breaching the solid fort of our hope, now manned by so few,
Foul phantoms walk again the ways of common,
Spectres are conjured in the dark, devils are summoned.

Into the forest of the world, an old nightmare rose,
Adamant in bloody vengeance, surely the mightiest of foes,
Craving the end of all that has hitherto been,
Drawn to cursed gold, on slaughter very keen.

It's time one were there to fight,
The last defence of good kind, a cure for blight,
Aye, heroes mankind may honour and hail,
When the Immortals part from weariness and hence sail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Okt 2018, 23:52
EMPTY HALLS



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Throughout night and day,
Among every wonder and deed that see you may,
Very little stands beside the deep mines,
Equalled by naught, great chest of riches and prideful signs.

Then came the hour of fear,
And fearsome grew its vicious enemies, recalled in tear,
No more shall we delight the halls with song and tale,
Void and silence are the sole companion, one to pity and wail.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Okt 2018, 12:17
RELINQUISH

Manwë stands on top of his holy mountain, as the armies of Númenórë land on Aman and swarm the immortal shores, thus breaking the antique alliance between Valinor and Men. One that was forged by fire and common struggle against the snares and deceits of Morgoth.

Then, fearing that ruin could be brought in the very realm of bliss and opposing the idea that the Archangels' hands would be stained with the blood of the Children, the Ancient King of Arda relinquishes his delegated powers over the world and invokes the Almighty.




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Father of all, almighty and good,
Maker of dawn, water, stone and wood,
I relinquish my rule and remit it to thee,
Ultimate sovereign of love, beyond the end thou art to be.

The Star-Island hath disowned and betrayed the vow,
Breaching the Ban and speaking woes loud,
Take the sceptre, take my crown,
So foes may suffer and sink down.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Okt 2018, 19:10
WONDERS AND PLIGHT

The Almighty then answers the plea of his supreme herald on Arda...



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Woes to the wrongful, woes to the evil,
Void is to await rebel and devil,
Now shall I stretch my hand over the Isle and smite her with my wonder!
Woes to those seeking endless life beneath my heavens, in the Realm of Yonder!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Okt 2018, 15:07
ADVENT OF PEACE



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Rain no longer falls,
A final sunset sight enthrals,
The ending of grim deeds,
The rueful Elf farewell bids.

It's time for a new day to commence,
Refreshed breeze for all to sense,
Those who came first, they thus bequeath a greyer shore,
To those who awoke second, in the obscure mazes of another lore.

Deathless is no more the dweller of hither,
He has parted, heading to majesty in the shires of thither,
Longing to live the ages ahead under an eternal dawn,
Carrying regrets and remorse across the waves, where saints weep and angels mourn.

Glorious king, bound to die,
Much you fought and never lie,
A newer era is your bequest,
To hold tight and keep, both in despairing worst and in joyous best.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Okt 2018, 11:53
AMASSING SHADOW



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Sun has sunk in a restless night,
A bright day has plunged into mares and fright,
Light of old, vanished and gone,
Recalled and yearned in nostalgic song.

What had fallen has risen again,
Bidding to besiege the world and ravage land,
Such wraith of ash and gloom,
Beacon of nought else but doom.

The Dark Lord wakes storm and thunder,
Wealth and fields his foul legions are to plunder,
Amassing shadow in his dreary kingdom,
A last enemy of greatness and wisdom.

Pawns are placed and set,
Shall the mortal monarch his foe inside let?
Shall the fine stone of Men withstand the test?
For the sake of the never-waning Good in the West.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Okt 2018, 21:16
MEANDERING THROUGH SICK GREEN



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Quick is the pace,
Within a one-time realm of grace,
Beneath branches and soaring birds,
Whose beauty is seldom caught by hymns and words.

A jewel, deep inland,
As a treasure, buried and hidden in the sand,
Ever-guarded by bow and swift arrow,
Once merry in the hour of a yester-morrow.

Ruined and marred,
From easy voyage are strangers barred,
Peril awaits, lurking in night,
Sunny mornings became so rare a sight.

The king has moved north, founding a safer domain,
The forest got ill, struck by an unknown bane,
Meandering through sick green,
So do sentinels, hoping that just shall ultimately win.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Okt 2018, 15:45
HUMMING



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Humming is the sound of war,
Not vivid yet, not as the crimson stain of gore,
That will water rivers and plains,
Should the abyss release its banes.

Until the hour shall we shed no tear,
Ere darkness casts its veil shall foretell the seer,
How morn and eve are to eclipse,
Leaving but sheer anguish, in much ominous glimpse.

Humming will be the trumpet of battle,
Calling for contest, neither feigned nor subtle,
At the ending chapter of the book,
When any hope the gentle side forsook.

So will all occur,
Many light and fairness forswore,
For none had dared come forth,
Either from scorching South or chilling North.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Okt 2018, 22:47
WAVE EMPRESS



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Bowing tides to thy ship,
Scolding waters as fierce whip,
Kings and queens between bliss and death,
Gifting life with vital breath.

Thou, five-point Isle,
Champion of the right, never of the vile,
Hold the sceptre of might, now thine,
Older and much wiser, gallant and fine.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Okt 2018, 21:32
LOOSE HOOF



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Loose hoof,
Thatched roof,
Eventually freed,
By a hero's creed.

Wanderers came from abroad,
Brighter days were to forebode,
A wise sage and his staff,
Speaking wisdom and teaching craft.

The horse's hour is yet to show,
The vile wizard shall not his grip forgo,
Upon the black tower,
Beacon of bolt, once garden of flower.

Be cursed, liar,
Master of iron and fire,
Moulder of steel and blade,
Waste to the green fold you laid.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Okt 2018, 14:12
SUCH GLARE



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Such saving glare,
Behold, how radiant a flare!
Light then pierces skies and night,
Routing the masters of the unright.

Shadows retreat and fade away,
Now is Dark but a far old tale,
A silent murmur in the loud wind,
Sun triumphs after heroes smote the fiend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Nov 2018, 19:11
A DRAKE IN THE SHIRE



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Flies a drake in the Shire,
Of light, sparkle and fire,
For the awe of peasants and squires,
In the land of jolly vibes and no sires.

Fireworks and magic tricks,
Beer is never enough and from pints ever leaks,
Songs and laughter, to fill blank and grief,
Content to rejoice at life and welcome relief.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Nov 2018, 18:23
EVER-LASTING STRAIN



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Man envies what he's not to own,
Immortal life by human fate has not been sown,
Ages of death and loss have since flown,
For all a last wind shall have been blown.

Spring cannot be forever,
Leaves always part from trees and bonds sever,
Never has dawn been eternal day,
But in the western realm of the Lords who any thing may.

But, wrong would be to elect despair,
To call the routes of Men callous and unfair,
For a mystery lies beyond and above,
Past the bounds of space and love.

A gift bestowed the One upon the late,
The awoken Children after much wait,
Weary, feeble and suffering bane,
Yet free to go and avoid the ever-lasting strain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Nov 2018, 16:48
GRAND LAKE OF GONE TIME



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Abode the High in a lake,
Once, when much they were still to make,
To craft and shape beneath a sky bygone,
Of order and peace Gods were fond.

Symmetry, whilst all was well,
No shadow cast on joy,
Neither was there scheme, nor ploy,
An isle guarded from fell.

There dwelt the bright,
Bathing in the ancient day,
Of greatness and grandiose might,
Not even recalled in Elven lay.

Until the Lamps crumbled,
And storms raged and thunder rumbled,
Ice and fire broke the spring,
In nefarious night and on death's wing.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Nov 2018, 16:53
FOR WANT OF GREAT



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For want of great,
Shalt thou strive and seek?

Not burdened or late,
Ever-prompt and never weak.

Thou dost justice and honour,
To choose a route of danger.

Albeit siding with fellows of vigour,
A woodland prince and a gallant ranger.

Whom ye war against must be such fiend,
A potent lord of dark.

Fire shall be fed by nasty wind,
Where lies prosper as infamy's vivid mark.

Fellowship, be thy courage enough,
To outlive terror and dread.

When the road goeth rough,
Strength for the living, pity for the dead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Nov 2018, 19:02
ISLAND OF IN-BETWEEN



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She carried them across,
Past pain, peril and much loss,
Those awoken under the stars,
When Arda already bore its scars.

She was raised from the deep,
Risen for the sake of all who weep,
Brought to the holy home they had to be,
Via the fresh ways of the Great Sea.

The Marine King sang and storms hushed,
Tempest got quiet and elsewhere dashed,
An isle from the blue was used as vessel,
To take Immortals thither, with no haste or hustle.

Then were those rocks anchored before the saint-shore,
Partaken in bliss and divine lore,
The Lonely Island, in-between,
Which exiles fain shall have seen.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Nov 2018, 13:43
MEMORY OF HOW IT WAS



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Remembrance of old,
Treasure of gold,
Well was all to fare,
Wind would strip trees bare.

Kings and Queens of yonder,
Seas the two shores did not sunder,
The door was still open,
As ill befell the world too often.

Is the past to be yearned again?
For any wise immortal and proud man,
Will the present shift for worse?
Or has the good the chance to undo the curse?

Gone foes might come anew,
The spectre of war too close drew,
The Mount of Doom roars now and demands blood,
To trap the gentle in gore and mud.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Nov 2018, 16:40
A LANCE TO SAVE



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Wield some iron of great,
A lance to save the fate,
Piercing horrid flesh,
To slay demons and slash.

Ride fast, my knight,
Once exile, now herald of might,
Banished no longer,
Flouting traitor and warmonger.

Fierce son of the meadow,
Too long have you trodden ways of shadow,
Whilst the king appeared cold,
And numb and so easy to mould.

Albeit spell and wicked charm,
Causing fear and much harm,
Your fellows were never to doubt,
That you'd return and just sedition shout.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Nov 2018, 14:49
LOVELY STONES



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Lovely stone,
Lying lone,
Now forlorn,
An armour worn.

To shield the broad North,
From peril coming forth,
From thick ice and hail,
Which soul tortured and dealt pain.

Lovely ruin,
Undone by doing,
Of a foul captain of wight,
Glorying much in disorder as in fright.

Dusk then fell,
On the vanquished realm of fort and bell,
But the tower has not surrendered yet,
A new sun might rise, that shall warm frost to wet.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Nov 2018, 19:27
OUTER ROAD



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Westward, off the outer road,
For well and better to bode,
Unusual path, heading to secret,
The crossroad of remorse and regret.

Whether the grieving Elf is to long for the wide sea,
Much-present prayer in his plea,
That is yet to be said,
Drained is the soul who such burden to carry had.

Fore-known he had this end,
Worldly flaws none can mend,
Men may still prosper and grow in shadow,
The Firstborn cannot, lest happy maiden be rendered widow.

Immortal blood must take the way of waves,
Order above all the just Elda craves,
The road gives nought to others,
Death-ridden ones should then aid akin brothers.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Nov 2018, 20:47
DELUSION



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He who goes beyond the frontier,
Far and way easier,
One would think,
In the calm Hobbit-world to sink.

Well, traveller of afar,
With so many memories you have filled your jar,
Recalling but the pests of abroad,
Of joys, instead, here we have a load.

Hard labour we always laud,
The gentle no peril-ridden path trod,
What makes life good,
We know well, in this our quiet mood.

Delusion awaits those expecting treasure,
Abiding in the land of green and leisure,
Unless you be sure that brighter is another kind of gold,
That in folks hides, and which you may not shape nor mould.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Nov 2018, 14:07
BLOOMING



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Through plight and sorrow,
We shall see the end,
Beholding a fairer morrow,
Once dispersed ash and sand.

Yester-pain will fade away,
Bidding farewell to the day,
A new dawn to soar,
A new age to love more.

Life, though wounded and weary,
The just route it is to find,
Lightening all that sleeps dreary,
Consoling the suffering mind.

The flower of hope then blooms in tough and hard,
Of earth's evils shall sing the bard,
If a mount rages and roars in hell,
We vow to battle mares and stay well.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Nov 2018, 16:59
MOON RAYS



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Moon rays, so sweet and tender,
Caressing lakes and worldly wonder,
Fancying much any tiny or slender,
Gazing at the immense above, looking at the forbidden yonder.

Dim radiance of old,
Pale, aye, yet ever-bold,
To pierce and tear through dark,
Leaving a veritably memorable mark.

Moon, once fruit of silver,
Flaming and dancing upon the chariot of your wielder,
Journeying hither and thither,
Voyage which just demons dare bother.

Born to bring good to the forsaken shore,
Illuminating vices and unravelling injustice to the core,
Enemies mankind needed face,
A firm sword to counter grievous mace.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Nov 2018, 18:36
CAST THE DART



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Cast the dart, Elven prince!
Two arrows, two lethal twins,
May your aim be enough sure,
May your guard keep closed the door.

The gate of woodland halls,
Secured by underneath walls,
Where the king dwells in wait,
Whence he seldom parts for want of great.

Cast a thorn of worthy praise,
So such deeds your gentry amaze,
Wandering through bush and thicket,
Sometimes, wishing hunt for filth and wicked.

It's time you were up to another task,
At wonder's sunset, at marvel's dusk,
New fond allies to aid,
New vicious foes that kill and raid.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Nov 2018, 18:58
WOOD-LORD



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Slumbering within the heart,
The centre of green,
Where life is set to start,
From mere seed to complex being.

Wood-lord, most ancient of the trees,
Walking past branches and leaves,
Singing jolly and merry,
To his lovely fellows, once small nut or berry.

Recalling woes befallen,
Narrating antique and olden,
Speaking of wars between mages and kings,
Of flaming devils and magic Rings.

The keeper will stay and keep,
So are woods to endure,
The unfortunate course to weep,
Longing for freedom and cure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Nov 2018, 16:32
BUT A REMEMBRANCE



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Go, my love, sail towards the sunset,
Safe, as I my fate shall have met,
Do not waste your beauty in the shires of grief,
Do not linger about the mournful reef.

Head to the land where every green is made to shine,
Perpetual hues, at whose sight all dine,
To the Country of Thither,
Nought there might ever wither.

Ere your days get dreary and sink in gloom,
A flower needs only light to bloom,
Defeat's menacing phantoms across any earldom loom,
Part hence, before staying means doom!

Our love shall not perish,
Within bliss shall you keep its memory to cherish,
But a remembrance of mortal adventure, it may seem,
The most precious treasure to hold in one's heart, that I deem.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Nov 2018, 14:56
VIA TIDES



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Via tides I dare,
To find others that could bear,
The immense weight of water,
Hailing vastness as fond daughter.

She fears not storm,
The bastion of law and norm,
Amidst grand ones that wane,
Struck by weariness or foul bane.

The Land of Gift,
Mariners passing waves,
So firm and swift,
Borne by zephyrs and gales.

Númenor, whom hast thou not enthralled?
Bewildered, by the Island off the known world?
Shall thy legacy outlive disgrace?
Shall folks recall thy elder race?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Nov 2018, 19:32
EPIC ECHOES



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Epic echoes in forever,
Every time, age and wherever,
Battles, clashes and gore,
Not just glory in the course of lore,
Great cities reduced to dust,
Their lords' marble images now rot and rust,
Eaten, devoured by the past,
Slain by those whom fight they ever must,
Fallen towers, bones of rock,
Dead kings, once fine in figure to mock.

On a stone altar,
He who was not to falter,
Laid there to rest,
Grandest of his kin and best,
The human monarch, from proud to grim,
Used to commanding fear and not mild seem,
Sign of an age bidding salute,
Splendour of yore we shall not refute,
Of regal awe and might,
Of undimmed memory and bright.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Nov 2018, 21:22
THERE AND BACK AGAIN (JEST)



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Funny, silly jest,
What else, my dear guest?
Oh, thou wouldst hear more,
Ere food is short and thy throat sore.

Well, traveller of faraway ends,
Pardon words, we shall make amends,
For art thou in the green Shire,
Wherein find we not anger and ire.

Thus, hearken to this our tale,
Hidden by secret veil,
Wreathed in time's mist,
Drawn swords and closed fist.

A simple Hobbit partook in a quest,
Passing grave peaks and the murky wood's test,
Defying spiders and Orcs,
Battling witchcraft and black magic's works.

Beside fine fellows of regal kind,
Stubborn, aye, yet never failing mind,
To reclaim a kingdom, buried in wealth and stone,
Cursed by greed, where a cruel dragon ruled lone.

Alas, darling friend,
Not all was right to mend,
A realm conquered anew,
But the king fell and his soul flew.

Buried inside his home,
Entombed under the mount's dome,
Engraved there, to rest unto the breach of the gate,
When victory shall perhaps beseem too late.

Ah, what was of our brave one?
War he survived and just was done,
A new ally he hath found in a mage,
A buoyant grey wizard, immensely wise and sage.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Dez 2018, 14:43
BEHOLD



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Behold, the curtain of fog fades away,
A sweet breeze carries us safe from death and decay,
May you feel the vessel leave fear and bane?
A straight route towards the western Immaculate Reign.

Seat of splendour and gold,
Beyond measure mighty and old,
Evergreen Fields within such colossal shield,
Before the holy Powers, who the heavy sceptre of regency wield.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Dez 2018, 16:09
FRAGILE FLOWER



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Fragile tender flower,
So sweet, resenting sour,
But a brief moment on earth,
Albeit fond and very worth.

Facing winter and its cold,
Knowing not whether spring was then to unfold,
Daring grievous and evil,
Often comes real valour from the feeble.

Is it worthy, to abide in the ephemeral and unsure?
It is, for a weak soul yet pure,
One whom illness shall never break,
One whom adversities noble make.

The short living of the mortal man,
Fated to pass, nought he can,
Though greater are the deeds of those who perish,
If love, right and mercy they deeply cherish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Dez 2018, 15:29
PEAKS OF ETHER



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Clad in wild ether,
As emerald serpents that swift slither,
Covered and hidden,
Fey heights, fog-ridden.

Home to trick and dread,
Voracious jaws they have fed,
Be it nasty Goblin inside his cave,
Be it fell watcher under the wave.

Dwelling of wealth and might,
Aye, storing fair diamonds of stainless white,
Where dwarf-lords would rule fain,
Ere smitten they were by a real bane.

In truth, another one in the tale,
Whom none wanted to mourn or wail,
The deepest pit he elected as lair,
With the sole company of riddles and the heaviest weight to bear.

A tomb for the defiant guard,
Flooded by horror, the path was then barred,
Until a fellowship broke the silence of the empty hall,
Upon a bridge of doom, whence two angels were thus to fall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Dez 2018, 19:28
NEEDING HELP AND FRIENDS



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Where was the vast kingdom of stone?
Where were they, when fiends mauled us to the bone?
The fierce knight was in need of aid,
The White Hand to every land siege had laid.

The lonely rider sought help and friends,
Willing to forgo rivalry and make amends,
Forswearing quarrel and enmity,
Since ever is pardon a fine quality.

The weary king has waited in vain,
Where his throne had thitherto lain,
A homely town of hay and straw,
There sat the crowned and reigned law.

Huts and shacks began to burn,
Maidens and ladies were thence to mourn,
Refuge was found behind walls and gates,
Wearing hard wire and sharpening blades.

Akin men had not answered the plea,
But never were defendants about to flee,
The fort was held and stoutly saved,
For the jolly chant of yeoman and pretty maid.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Dez 2018, 14:54
STRANGE OLD FRIEND



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"Aye, old mage, I shall rob it!"
A great treasure inside the mount,
Thus uttered the tiny Hobbit.

"Well, my little friend, it's a quest of marvel and snare",
So replied the grey sage,
"Art thou to crave the drake's lair?"

"Much I desire to avail the task",
But wary was the half-man of peril,
"Never have I trodden outer ways at dusk."

"Merry helper of mine",
"More lieth in thee than eyes behold",
"I shall give thee my courage and thou shalt thine."

Peradventure, that was verily such gallant a deed,
Beside folks that in stone fondly dig,
And Bilbo heeded the wizard's word and took a steed.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Dez 2018, 17:59
PROFANED REGAL HOME



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A place of joy and treasure,
Of happy times and dear leisure,
As the moon fell gently,
As nought of common seemed really ghastly.

The stronghold of the East,
Leaning on the peaks of shadow and beast,
Blessed by the pale gleaming of night,
So alien to angst or fright.

A castle about the vanquished foe,
Near burrowed lairs and ravine low,
Bright, in the after-day,
Glowing lively as sole stars may.

She guarded the passage across dusk,
The twin-city and her daunting task,
Fortifying Gondor's wall and gate,
Ere tragic turned thenceforth fate.

Lastly, the king's reach got thus short,
Wraiths broke defence and claimed dominion on the fort,
Profaning the fair regal home,
Casting horrible spells from its silver dome.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Dez 2018, 11:23
THE GREY SORCERER (CLASSIC SONNET)



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Buoyant he walks the fond green way,
He's deemed queer wizard and old sage,
Versed in wonder as great mage,
Greeting ever-nice words and good day.

Potent hero in folk's lay,
His heart is castle of no rage,
Drawn to riddle and dusty page,
Traveller of yore, clad in grey.

Never is the sorcerer early or late,
Before ill and peril he shan't cower,
Worst enemy for minion and fiend.

Well-wished his coming in nasty wind,
Hope is finest weapon and grandest power,
When all bodes woe and sorry fate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Dez 2018, 13:11
THE MAYOR THAT WENT AWAY



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He stayed and governed well,
For every eve and morn which calls the bell,
At the dawn of the Hobbit's day,
The sun soars quiet, merry and gay.

A friend he'd lost about a shore,
In the grey haven of ancient lore,
Sailed beside the mighty ones,
The world's shield and piercing lance.

Thus bade the unlucky bearer farewell,
Nought was left to fight back or quell,
Sam had found the way again,
Returning to true love, then.

Renowned and admired by his gentle folk,
Among joys and fun he ever woke,
Simple abiding in the common Shire,
Chatting and joking before the hearth-fire.

As mayor they chose him, until the sunset of his life,
Unto the hour of parting from home and wife,
Travelling to the decayed bygone port,
Where a vessel was sent, for him, from distant kingdoms of holy sort.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Dez 2018, 14:25
MAGIC IS MIGHT (JUBILEE)



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Might is magic,
Tomorrow foretokens tragic,
A new day has risen,
The hour of a ruthless queen, unforgiven.

A mistress of storms and loud sea,
Of tides and waves which irate shall be,
Commanding gales and ruling tempest,
Supreme and high for every fate's test.

Obey and surrender!
Pledge allegiance and gaze yonder
Where the potent lady reigns,
Giver of prodigy or grievous banes.

Mayhem bestirs anew across the world,
A tribute she demands, and not of gold,
That every king bow and fall at her feet,
Beseeching mercy and gentile wit.

Lest the earth be cracked open,
Shattered and quaked much often,
Lest grand hosts turned their back,
Revering the enchantress and her miraculous luck.

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Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Dez 2018, 18:50
RIGHT



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Sword and blade to keep at bay,
The uproar of chaos and evil say,
Lament and pity for the common,
Fears conjure storm and hatred summon.

The Steward wants not ill at the border,
Wishing but calm and watchful order,
Fortunes of thither he cares not about,
Hostage of grudge and doubt.

Stone and marble need a man of wit,
Guarding the sentry, though on the vacant throne he cannot sit,
Scorned by scorching desire,
Longing for deeds which peasants would ever admire.

The white wall must pass the test,
Last true bastion of the ailing West,
Never has worrying been much wrong,
For one who's been seeking right for long.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Dez 2018, 16:45
HERALDRY OVER LOVE



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So shall I tell you what was of late,
A worried crown that fell asleep,
Walls were built and closed the gate.

Kings began the past to weep,
Rapid rose then a dreary morning,
On Gondor, stirring inside hearts deep.

Was that a fate's warning?
That tales well would not fare?
For often ominous is the yearning.

The longing for gold to wear,
For jubilant triumph to seek,
What sires only could bear.

Grave seems the future to the weak,
Beholder of misery and woe,
Rendering men mild and meek.

As the realm would reach its low,
For too long by troubles bent,
Giving in to grim fable and foe.

Luck dwindled and away went,
Sages divined and doom foresaw,
Mighty lords wished fain to repent.

Slowly much weary got law,
Fathers held kin no more dear,
Dark was everyday nearer to draw.

The king forswore shield and spear,
Locked in his high bedimmed tower,
Interrogating stars as does the seer.

Thus grew fine wine sour,
Heraldry over love was chosen,
Tombs were made richer, as the sad sovereign was to cower.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Dez 2018, 16:55
THOUGHT OF STEEL



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Nay, little friend of mine,
The White Wizard cares not for old oaks or tall pine,
Not about soft grass nor vine,
On raw meat and coal he's now to dine.

Secluded in his black tower,
The soil of Isengard is no home to flower,
Just dense fumes clouding reason;
The very scent of treason.

A sorcerer without judgement,
A slayer of wood's merriment,
A poem ended bad,
A wise driven mad.

Heavens, spare this greenwood,
Its shepherds ever-firm stood,
To look after trees;
The forest ails, now, on her knees.

His thought is adamant steel,
His mind a turning wheel,
Tainted was his pure white,
To darkness turned his dim light.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Dez 2018, 17:41
THAT ONE



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That one, that lad,
Travels love he must,
Roaming around as mad.

Big feet and fast,
Ships shall ever leave the port,
Mind which knows and rests aghast.

Voyager of strange sort,
Gold is not what in cellars lies,
Adventures and much sport.

Time passes and flies,
Valour is wealth and very rare;
A kingly friend he cries.

Grief to live through and bear,
The monarch's grave is altar,
Whither Bilbo's thoughts ever fare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Dez 2018, 18:30
HOBBITS AND WORTH



Zitat
Let us sing together jest and ode,
That shall bring luck and well bode,
To us and our daily labour
And to its seemingly bitter savour.

It is not doubt what the industrious Hobbit halts,
Not mistakes or personal faults,
Garden needs the tending of a wise;
To present itself nicely in better guise.

The half-man will staunch resist,
To persevere and persist,
The little carries tolls and sorrows
Which many couldn't in next tomorrows.

Bad ones, we shall not retreat, though we dwindle,
Our souls with desire we won't mingle,
Beauty is merry people and the fruit of earth,
What of life living is so worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Dez 2018, 23:32
THE FIRST SUN



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The first flaring burst of light,
How verily wondrous a sight,
In times not known to any man
Soared the flames of the young sun;
They drove the foul away,
They kept the creeping ghoul at bay.
The Vile Emperor sat on his bone-throne in doubt,
Feasting on the unlucky that came about,
Too much close to the Black King's domain,
The ancient North was all victim of such heartless reign.

"Now shalt thou voyage the sky,
Beaming radiance whereto woes lie."
Thus uttered Varda her solemn decree,
For mortal lands craved vivid hope to see
And to gaze at the former golden rays,
Spread from the Tree of deathless ways,
Piercing a long night of dread,
Spearing fear, eastwards to head;
Dawn has lit a soil of grief,
Warmth that nourishes seed and leaf.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Dez 2018, 13:54
STRANGE THINGS



Zitat
Outer tongues speak of a lurking threat,
Calamity which greed and riches beget,
Nay, not of the Lonely Mountain we tell ruin,
Some worse, one fouler undoing.

Into the web of the deep mines,
Underneath rock and pines,
Silent halls lie bare,
Without honour and friendly flare.

There's in truth a hidden flame
That none may govern or even tame,
A blast of fury in the void,
Dark that renders all alloyed.

It's the Bane of the King,
Few jesters might ever sing
How doom was brought inside,
Whence death would so spread wide.

Strange things occur within,
The torch gets dimmer and thin,
As hope abandons the unlucky dwelling,
Grim character of little telling.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Dez 2018, 13:55
THE PASSING OF WINTER



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The passing of winter and ice,
Bidding salute to chilling long nights,
Awaiting spring to blossom anew,
Through the merry Shire, kissed by morning dew.

We wish cold went for good
And left the little Hobbit food,
Harsh winter wounds and bends
Who tills the ground and his labour lends.

Sun shall soon get high,
Soaring mighty across the sky,
Waking minds and spirited songs,
Curing grudge and fixing wrongs.

Then shall people be fine again,
Inside their place, unknown to Men,
Abiding calm in peace,
Home the sane won't ever miss.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Dez 2018, 16:36
MERCY AND GRACE



Zitat
Praise to the fine king,
Magnificent lord and courageous sire,
He pardoned foes after the clash for the Ring,
War he stopped and placated fire.

Orcs were gone, routed away,
The enemy was also of other kind,
Still were wicked men to keep at bay
And a suffered peace to find.

The new monarch elected wisdom,
Forgoing vengeance and pain,
So prospered the marble-kingdom
And all accepted fain.

Elessar, your heart commanded grace,
Mercy found the best shelter,
Goodness impressed on your grave face,
And Gondor was thereby not to falter.

Forgiven and let go,
Evil ones took the path to the East,
Whither suns head to die and glow,
Far lands, yet farther from least.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Dez 2018, 18:18
FARMERS AND STRAW



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Farmers, nothing more to throw on the field,
Yeomen, apt for sickle and not for blade,
Peasants shall sword and pike wield,
Lest the realm vanish and fade.

Aye, the bald meadows of the king
Seek one to hail and sing,
As potent sire of horse;
Ere befalls us the worse.

Nay, the stranger ought not to sneer
Or foretell troubles as fey seer,
For squires before woes stand tall,
Needing neither tower nor wall.

Farmers already battle plagues and cold,
Drought, famine, and ill twofold,
Commoners cry their kin in war
And little of the mere is sung in lore.

Amidst straw and hay,
Round cattle and flower,
Shall Rohan shine of sun's ray
And find her rider.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Jan 2019, 16:23
HIGH KING OF ELVES



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Into the Realm of Marvel
Dwelleth one grand hero of novel,
Of saga and olden lay,
Akin to those that fiends slay.

Founding father and king,
Highest among the Fair
And of the Eldar behind the ring,
The ring of mounts none violate dare.

Hail the dearest to the Lord!
To the master of air and sword,
The archangel sitting on adamant throne,
Who love and piety in subjects ever hath sown.

Golden locks and sun-stare,
Beneath stars awoken,
Upon winged steeds, all skies to fare,
To him the Power's trust is greatest token.

Betwixt lit West and wild East,
He passed the sea to face the beast,
Voyaging whither crimes beget sorrow
And death that impious staineth morrow.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Jan 2019, 17:36
THE SECRET STAIR



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That's the secret stair!
Above wicked and far from fair,
Far from knights and bells,
Horror, they say, inside dwells.

Into a net of snares
And overly dark lairs,
Up, near the entrance to the pass
That none dare approach thus.

A hidden path to avoid guard,
Under a silent sky,
Journey does portend hazard
And a big dastardly lie.

No faithful guide shall ever advise
To test luck for renown and fame,
Foolish, grave and unwise,
Unless sure victory is aim.

The road takes within,
There live cruel and mean,
Dust and poisonous fumes,
Pits, gaols and horrid rooms.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jan 2019, 20:55
THE LESSER KEEPER



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A lesser keeper of Men
Who little may and can,
So was the valiant deemed
By the father that such never seemed.

One caring and tender soul,
Preferring wood tent over wall,
Patrolling the forest every eve and morrow,
Hiding swift in bush, cave and aught else hollow.

Weak he's not at all;
Steward, blindness is coldness and downfall
Of a throne lying empty,
Of one too much hungry or thirsty.

Aye, your son deserved better,
The loyal vigil belongs to servant and not plotter,
Alas, too late was the fault known,
Himself the lord to flames has thrown.

The lesser appeared then fine
And worthy of honour and king's dine,
Bespoken foul in life,
Now beside brave and strong wife.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jan 2019, 23:15
APT FOR A WIZARD



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Tell me the tale of the sage,
Wandering thither where beasts roar,
Traveller in old guise avoiding rage
And all vicious broods which at night soar.

Apt for a wizard is mild temper,
Away from power and fame,
Which are loathsome vile tempter;
What often covet proud sire and vain dame.

Treads the sorcerer far and wide
Ways of mystery and riddle,
Attending dwarf-halls into the mountain side,
Or the Elven court within the Lady's girdle.

Another one glories in the pride of Men,
Locked in his black tower,
Wherein nought disturb can,
Circled by tended meadow and flower.

A lesser one resides amidst green and wild field,
Aiding the dwellers of the thick wood,
So queer for his magic guild,
Making potions cheering mood.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Jan 2019, 11:53
PRAYER FOR MANWË



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I pray thee, my Lord,
Nought cannot do thy word
And thy gaze commanding storms,
Provider of good fortune or woeful swarms.

I worship thee, sat on the height
Of the whole world, potent and might,
Sire of winds, breeze and gale,
Leader of clouds, to thy realm Immortals sail.

King of Arda, sovereign of the Blessed Domain,
Where none wither, decay nor wane,
Within thy Evergreen Fields thou dost
Wonder and prodigy, being victor of evil by conquest and blast.

I would I were to reach
Such merciful monarch, heavens I then beseech!
Beside the highest Power
Whom all revere, who merry dwelleth atop the ever-white tower.

Ruler of law and wisdom,
Magnanimous regent in his hallowed kingdom,
Saviour of Good, enforcing order
For the earth of which thou wast moulder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Jan 2019, 13:48
O SPLENDID NOON



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O splendid Noon,
Marred and ended soon,
O Two Trees of ancient light,
Evil brought such horror-night.

The Evergreen Fields were all bright
Within the merry country of those Lords of might;
Behind the Wall, beheld Elves the holy flare
Of hallowed deeds, sealed in ever-lasting glare.

Immortal in memory, forever in mind to bear,
When the high Powers offered shelter and care.
Ere ruin the Lit Earldom befell,
Laying bare sacred fountains of Varda's well.

In harmony Immortals used to dwell
Afore the coming of despair and hell,
Whose bearer had allied with sleepless doom,
A pit of monsters was her womb.

Long she awaited in Aman, whither just gleams would loom
And soar, albeit hidden land of dark and fume,
Driven out were devils, as all portended bad,
Wonder was struck by venom, alas, and thenceforth lay dead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jan 2019, 16:17
THE COVERED, THE UNVEILED



Zitat
What stays covered shall be unveiled
For the sake of whole mankind,
Whose losses we wailed,
Letting sorrow enter mind.

A riddle in the dark,
Obscure, secret and stark
As mystery hidden in tales,
Which folks attempt to tell and fail.

Peradventure, the answer might lie
Where old papers they store and pile,
A wanderer may come, whilst passing by,
A foray into the past for short while.

The unlucky king bequeathed wise word
To those who battle the Dark Lord,
Requiring advice and counsel
To rescue the country of valiant knight and fair damsel.

The key is vile cursed gold, so the sage has felt,
Forged inside the realm of no green and meadow,
Which common craft may not melt,
But in the desolate Land of Shadow.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Jan 2019, 16:50
IN DEPTH



Zitat
Down, in the depth of the world,
Where flames burn and reside,
Wherein rock gets bare and bald.

Home to dark and wide
Abysses and cave,
Beneath the old mountain side.

Woes their way into pave
And then mourns the dwarf-lord;
The glorious crown his people could not save.

Stories of spear and sword,
Armed with shield and blade
To sing gallant epic and chord.

Ill-fated, so was the mine to fade
Away from record, as rumour maze;
Adieu to land and riche the sire bade.

Shall Durin's son himself abase?
For his stone-hard that sank in greed
And welcomed dearly the grievous case.

Off fire and ashes the short folks feed,
Amidst suffering and grief;
Evil will have sown another fell seed.

Tragedy befell the lively green leaf
Of their lineage of yore,
Seers told that triumph shall be an uncommon thief.

Ravens shall again soar
Whither all other birds head,
Once the lonely kingdom returns as it was afore.

Bards shall tell happy, instead of grim said,
Rejoicing at good news
For the honour of those lying lifeless dead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Jan 2019, 16:58
PRIMAEVAL CLASH



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Before the first dawn of light and star,
Tale of past, riddled afar
In the memory of the Bright,
Who once abode in fairness and might,
There, where time is not,
There, one primaeval clash was fought
Among faithful and rebels,
Betwixt high angels and foul devils.
Thou sure knowest that Good was to prevail
Over wicked fiends that ever are bound to fail.

Potent Vala, who always just doth,
Whose vile foes survive not his wrath,
Pain and sorrows sparked the ancient battle,
For grave treachery in peace they could not settle;
For love and dear sake of the One's true will,
Which ever giveth warm instead of deadly chill.
The Sole Almighty whom none shall defy,
Lest gracious wings be hewn
And become fell claws beneath ghoulish night and moon,
As upon Powers in Heaven was bestowed the right to rule,
But as emissaries of radiance, and not deceiver of fool.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jan 2019, 18:05
I AM THAT I AM



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I am that I am,
Dearest to thee
As to shepherd dear is lamb,
Whom some not see.

The Giver of life
And pain mingled with strife;
Yet, ill is equally plan
To fight off foes and evil ban.

Thou, hearken to holy words!
The Powers ever speak just,
Within the bliss of the Western Lords
Lieth fire which fiends shall crush into dust.

Thou art to beg and pray
So next ages of ruin not say,
And at night shalt thou behold
How Heavens are mightier thousandfold.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Jan 2019, 19:27
CRYSTAL-HILL



Zitat
Upon the Crystal-Hill of valour and gem
Whence just happy chants stem,
Here lies a seat of power;
Of heroes who filth ever scour.

Kneel, you that came later!
Bow, before the wise king, his lovely sons and golden daughter.
The keeper of the towering belfry,
Making music of truth and never of lie.

Stairs and ways wreathed in dust,
Of glittering jewel waking human lust,
Though greed is not among the High
And amidst their serfs that swim and fly.

A former ruler was father of all,
Governing arts and disputes within the adamant wall;
Unto the time of horrendous task
Into the Holy Shire, whitherto had not fallen dusk.

An assembly was called,
In which sires and ladies stood bold
Against the sudden night,
Foreshadowing bloody story and further plight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jan 2019, 20:34
THE WIZARD'S FORT



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Ahead of us once lay
The wizard's fort and its grey way,
Choked by vapour and fumes,
On watching stars and reading runes
The white mage had grown so keen,
Ere towards schemes his mind was to lean;
When fine garden became putrid sight,
Spent by venom and blight,
As the guard turned into foe
And plunged his merry dwelling such low.

Accustomed to justness and beauty
For the reach of order and duty,
The black pinnacle was then twisted for worse
Without some regret and remorse;
Spells and curses to kill
The gentle yeoman's will,
And shroud the horse-shires with dread
That to sheer folly would have led,
If not for the coming of hope
Which gave vigour to fight on open field and in fortified slope.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jan 2019, 14:24
THE FIELD'S SLUMBER



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Too long have fields been trapped in slumber
And all seemed quiet and far calmer
Than harsh seasons and pending doom,
But Rohan's fine youth rests now in flowered green tomb.

The fence they took down and tore
Apart, and enemies not just woes bore,
For a fiendish charm had made its way
To the royal court in its greyest day.

My king, glorious throne was then for you chains
That ever bind the weak, left at the mercy of banes;
Your mind bewitched as dreary cage
As the rogue wizard no-quarter war chose to wage.

So villages burnt and cried
Desperate help, while misfortune was soon to spread wide;
Huts and shacks were fire's prey,
Which flames feast on fain, during red-moon or pale ray.

Horse-lord, we crave one to come,
To banish hence foolish and dumb,
To revive an olden soul in need
And let the sire to battle his riders lead!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Jan 2019, 16:18
HITHER-TALES



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I shall sing marvel of the ancient dawn,
When flags were waved and sword was drawn
To battle fangs and claws,
For great virtue of Elven laws.

I shall tell the gore-stained fight,
From darkest pit to snowy height,
Such a goodly amount of deeds!
Hearken, my fond listener, for wiseman past counsel ever heeds.

Grand birds watching over pass,
Guarding the gate to hidden realms or vivid grass;
They say, malice abides in the uncanny North
Whence swarms of nightmares try to sally forth.

For long shall the exiled immortal suffer
The shameful oath which mouths had dared utter,
Harbinger of miserable destiny
That rendered worse treason and mutiny.

Thus, we wherefore speak of 'hither-tales',
Remedy is of no use and so fails
When ill is such that tyrants reign
Amidst countless sorrows and horrific strain.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Jan 2019, 18:03
LORD OF GIFTS



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Thus came a strange sire,
Who molten gold could rule with fire,
Wandering hither and thither across the wild
And conducting his manners quiet and mild.

He said this earth deserved better,
For beauty never ought to scatter
Throughout sea and land,
Or meandering grinding ice and scorching sand.

He vowed to make the world fair anew,
By means of prodigy, so the sword he not drew;
Friends the stranger found in smiths
Who are wise of ancient skills we tell in myths.

Grand labouring of forging began,
Transfusing fantasy into being, as knows no man,
Until magic Rings were carved from ore
And their crafting meant thereafter war.

Yet, three artefacts managed to escape tainting,
Drawn in secret from sacred gems, as was the craftsman's wanting,
Borne then by old keeper, mighty king and miraculous fairy;
Three Rings to shield from decay and console the weary.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jan 2019, 21:05
IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND



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There lives a Hobbit,
In a hole in the ground,
Fond of delicate wine and tasty rabbit
Which easily he finds around
His green, warm home,
Lit by candles and tales of yore,
A vault in the hill, a soil-dome
Where folks gladly recall what was afore;
One is house of gentle friend
To wary dwarf and fey mage,
Who wrong much likes to mend
And of his story write the page.
To travel the untrodden eastern ways
He did not expect,
And even less to partake in epic lays,
In which his mind often was correct;
So good can the tiny half-man do,
Bearer of toil and fatigue,
Who peril dared and upon Eagles flew
Beside the reborn king and his Dwarven league.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Jan 2019, 22:56
FOOTSTEPS OF DOOM



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Your coming to us is as the footsteps of doom,
As spectral apparitions that swift loom
All over the merry Lady's domain,
Which time is said to defy and malaise to drain.

What dost thou bring hither, toiled guest,
But relentless malice, core of your quest?
Here shall you find that the door rests shut
To vice and pain, and to the peasant residing in poor hut.

This is the golden realm of the White Dame
Whom many speak of in legend, renown and fame;
Alas, the unwise know not how within the tree-kingdom all fares
Bethinking themselves that its ruler must be a witch plotting snares.

Fate has decreed that your fellowship may enter
The land that of Elvendom is centre,
After the wizard's fall in the dark
Which the final turn of the tide is to mark.

Indeed, you lost precious and brave guide
That ever has stood on your side,
Yet, what to eye seems might deceive one's sight,
And sorrowful grey shall rise in hallowed white.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Jan 2019, 11:59
FLAMING DEEP AND BLUE ABYSS



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Down the mere ground,
Neath the earth where is no sound,
Below the unknown deep,
Into the under a leap.

Here slumber flames that ever burn
About whose mystery only the wise learn,
By means of lost record and forbidden book,
Greatly craved in desirous look.

I even long to tell the sea's beauty,
Which is a minstrel's prime and foremost duty,
For no secret is better kept but in the blue
That is sadly loved by so few.

Where shall the tide lead the knot,
If unwary mariners heed not
Words of caution from the abyss,
In the attempt of reaching perennial bliss?

Listen to the ocean's voice,
Thou who hast free choice
Of voyaging waves through,
As thou deemest due.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jan 2019, 18:13
O GENEROUS LAND!



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O generous merry-land
Lying yonder, not at easy hand
Of queer inquisitive stranger,
But under careful watch of swift ranger.

Here happiness and delight reign
And busy peasants do not feign
Neither courtesy nor manner,
Pledging faith to just one banner.

It is the banner of good simple life,
Away from weariness and strife,
Even farther from vainglorious might
That often brings discord and plight.

Nay, even in dire case, shall the little Hobbit not surrender!
Some may want to tear asunder
The joys and hopes of our Shire,
Giving in to one foolish liar.

Friend, you need not despair,
For the Grey Wizard shall ever fare
Where folks cry for aid
And luck seems to fade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Jan 2019, 12:48
WHAT THE WISE KNOW



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That the Wise knew for sure,
That evil lay in the very core
Of precious Great Rings of old
Whose tale was sung many-fold.

Nine he gave to prideful Men,
The cunning scheme was beyond their ken;
Thus, bold monarchs bent and knelt
As disgraced wraiths that vile death dealt.

Seven Dwarves took glad,
Unbeknownst of pain and sad
Story, marred by flame and greedy ghost,
Which Durin's kin regret the most.

Three were the craft of the immortal kind,
Fairest of all, of crystalline mind;
Made for protection and well-fare
Agin time and its subtle snare.

This the Wise know and enquire,
With watchful eyes that should not admire
The heinous doing of witches and wights,
For a people they guard, along the just one's rights.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Jan 2019, 14:28
MOON COMPANY



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It's time they left grey and grim,
Journeying down the starlit lane
When bright days turn dim,
And deathless Elves begin to wane.

Shadow creeps again forth
Out of spook-wood and cave,
To foul portents giving birth,
Save from hidden havens about the wave.

Neath the lamps of the Sky-Queen
An immortal company takes leave,
Heading westwards, unseen,
Walking incessant morn and eve.

Faraway from the wailing spectre
Of an age close to dusk;
Darkness has risen and holds the sceptre,
Planning mischief and evil task.

The Fair Folk should no longer tarry,
Once they part from their merry fort,
Lingering amidst wear and worry
Until they reach the craved secret port.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jan 2019, 18:17
SO UNCANNY A HUE



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So uncanny a hue
Which ever grasp so few;
So very pending danger
Wrought by villain, wicked stranger.

Woes take eerie shape,
From forbidden abyss to mountain cape,
Such the bard wills to sing
And his rueful harp wring.

Upon wings of death and grief
Descended from iced cliff
The bane of Elves and Men,
Hidden prior in dark den.

Wherefore, what is the colour of elder days?
Diamond cities or abhorrent blaze?
Many hues of diverse tone,
Songs of river, wood and lonely stone.

Or the colour of demon-ridden night
Clouding clever wit and sight,
Until it is orderly, bright and white,
By act of the merciful Power's might.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Jan 2019, 14:30
AT WONDER'S END



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At wonder's end,
About the sombre shore
She ever weeps to mend
The vicious wounds of lore.

Mourning unjust woe and decay
Whither none may head
But the Valië, bleak and grey,
Ruling over living and dead.

The Lady of Sadness and her home
Beside tenebrous sea and gloomy foam;
Dwelling of mystery and riddle,
Lying in the uncanny West, not near or middle.

Her guest shall wait awhile
Amidst dreariness and tear,
Learning much of mercy, for fell and vile,
Which makes one's soul so clear.

She first gives despair and sorrow,
Within the Eternal Kingdom
Wishing for a sunnier morrow
That endows the weak with wisdom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2019, 22:25
THE PROPER HOUR



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'Tis the proper hour
To take the path to green,
Towards the far white tower
Of fair Elf, on voyaging keen.

My darling, the jolly Hobbit will not follow
The ancient fabled route
Which Immortals chant in sorrow,
While advancing with slow foot.

The tiny dwellers of the Shire
Shall rejoice at hedge and grass,
For never is time so dire
To make over life a fuss.

Jugs on tap await
Those in need of warm,
And no guest is ever late
To break the friendly norm.

Fain we feast on tasty meat,
And mushrooms, and salty cheese,
At a gentle one's seat,
Trying the sweet labour of tired bees.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2019, 12:59
OLD FOREST, QUEER WOOD



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Away from the forest, avoid the wood!
That's home of wights and eerie mood.
Beyond the hedge lurks peril,
Plotting mischief and real evil.

You shan't fare thither!
Where green wastes and goes to wither;
There is talk and say of great rage,
Residing in and grown in age.

Trees are said to speak and murmur,
Rendering all thick and warmer,
For a wicked spell they aim to cast
Which chains wanderers to roots and past.

Along the shabby river's bank
Brooks wind wild and across sank,
Round the haunted gully,
Whence sole ghosts seem to sally.

Gloom falls and spreads wide
As hostile wills loom and glide,
Until a potent song puts the angry willow to sleep,
Resounding further, deep and steep.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2019, 21:37
PERILOUS WESTERN ROAD



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Afar, as the road turns west,
Shall the unwary be put to test
And taste the bitterness of ruin,
Which smote those lands by vile doing.

Before the Shire and the old reed
The western path will be to lead
Across cold stone and forsaken mound,
Infested by ghosts, deep and round.

Tombs of very unlucky sires,
Beside their many blighted squires;
Monument of great decay
Sowing ever rancour and dismay.

Past the eerie hazardous lane,
Along trees and rambles about to wane,
There shall you find a place of worth
Bestirring fondness and real mirth.

Unless the foreign meets the Eldest,
Warming the troubled and the coldest,
For he's master of hill, wood and water
Abiding well with the fair river-daughter.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2019, 15:37
MALICE ENGRAVED



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Kindly travellers ought not to stray
From sunlit path along the way
Meandering through cold burial stones,
Home to spooks and charmed bones.

Where the dead lie asleep
In chilling dark and gloomy deep,
Laid into mound and fog
Amidst green plain and wet bog.

Troops of olden days before,
From the chief northern core
Of Men's prideful shire,
Governing far ends and even higher.

Doom struck the merry town
And mayhem all was so to drown;
Then sent foes ghost and wraith
To inhabit tombs and kill faith.

Do not linger by the grave!
Lest very few be near to save
The imprudent whom mares will much to taint,
For wit is little and heart is faint.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Feb 2019, 16:13
AFTER THE STORM



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We grieve and mourn, after the storm
And after siege, drought and swarm;
Of woes the Black Land is the forge,
Her smith was master of doom and scourge.

The ruined City lives again!
A new king is among Men;
Relief and pride are common wit
And fell winds no longer hit.

May the crowned build and repair
What once lay happy, mighty and fair;
Let us gaze still at the Sentry Tower,
Praying that soon shall bloom the White Flower.

The witch-fort has now been taken
Which sheer folly would then awaken
In those who chanced to be too near,
Ending ill in blood and tear.

Vanquished the sorcerer, her walls shall fall.
Pits laid bare, to free the soul
Caged and tortured and made fool
Within the grim stronghold of ghoul.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2019, 18:30
THE BLACK LAND



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Some feral kind treads the path
Leading to the realm of fury and wrath;
Into the curtain of thick smoke,
Into the shadows which fiends evoke.

The Black Land is all at work,
Orcs wield pikes and hold the fork.
The Lidless Eye shall stand awake,
Cloaked in fire, so does the drake.

Serfs hurry, day and night
To feed the hunger of their master's might,
At the behest of a dreadful lord,
Whose will is command, whose law is word.

Loud rumbles the Fateful Mount,
Once asleep beyond reckon and count;
Now awoken again, in rippling blaze-storm,
Vomiting flames and scorching swarm.

Pray, be the gentle away!
May the Abhorred not sway
Unto the gates of hell,
Poisonous valley and ruinous dell.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Feb 2019, 15:33
EXILED, STRANDED



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Upon the grey dusky shore
We err and linger once more.
On a world which could not be mended
We find ourselves, weakened and stranded.

Light abandoned the weary day,
Taking us to the western way
Past the white bastions of hope,
Greeting glade and steep slope.

Farewell, ancient home!
We shall sail across foam,
To reach the eternal diamond-hall
Behind the undying giant-wall.

Let the prayer soar along
Any road we cheer with song;
Departing is nought but just deed
On which we embark in good speed.

Amidst the journey we might meet
Gentle wisdom and hairy feet.
The tiny kinsfolk we thereby praise,
Leaving, as autumn morning shows her rays.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Feb 2019, 17:31
DESOLATE WEST



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Shires lie ahead
And bear the scar of sad
Events which took place,
Wreaking ruin for the immortal race.

How happy and merry
Would all live without worry;
Great smiths sought to make and craft anew,
Repairing wrongs and wounds, as best they knew.

To mend and heal the earth
Labouring hard was so much worth,
If only ears had not listened
To subtle words, which of eerie light glistened.

Ill-starred was their noble deed,
For lies and snares they were to heed
As good advice from an old great wise,
Who wandered broad in hallowed guise.

Thenceforth war was soon to spread,
Laying many in burial bed,
And then besieging with no rest
The now-despoiled desolate West.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Feb 2019, 19:37
MIGHTY NORTH



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We pray, mighty North,
To get much fortune and worth,
And so rejoice at it in mirth;
May the ode go broad and forth.

Ravaged realm, receive my rhymes
In wicked winter and vile climes
To sing the virtue of glorious past,
Entombed by snow and turned in dust.

Bright gem of your founder
Who landed here from yonder
Where human pride was soon to fade;
To the Land of Gift farewell he bade.

He watched his country plunge in ruin,
Unspeakable treachery and foul doing.
A potent king deemed a devil wise,
Forswearing allegiance and severing ties.

The ancient bond was broken
Fury thus loomed high, from afar awoken.
Western tides raged and mourned,
Choleric storms cried and warned.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Feb 2019, 20:19
THE FEY CONJUROR



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"Tell me the tale, I beseech.
Of queer people to know we fail
In front of dainty or fizzy ale
We fancy fright, scare and screech."

"Well, lovely guest,
I mean not to spoil the fest,
But you will much to enquire
Beyond thatched village and merry Shire.

Thus, here is the story of a mage
Fond of business and friends,
Held high as wise sage,
Who ever heals and mends.

Afar he heads to outer lords and kings,
Gliding swift as though on wings
To bring good tiding and hope,
Riding fast down hill and slope.

Verily, he's hailed with many names
By potent sires and gorgeous dames.
However, content he's ever among the Little Folk
Who him amuses with song and joke."
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Feb 2019, 22:21
MASTER DEVIOUS WILLOW



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Let us sing and tell
Of wet gully and misty dell
Inside the very aged wood,
Scaring stranger and unsettling mood.

Be wary of thick reeds!
Malice has sown grudge and ill seeds.
Trees murmur and scheme,
Plotting mischief we gravely deem.

Beware of the devious willow!
Whose mal-advised words they follow
Those lacking enough wit,
Falling easy prey of deceit.

He's master of wailing tune by the moor,
So fancies he the unwary to lure
And trap tight beneath his root,
Enthralling beast and hairy foot.

One sole he fears
And thus with lies smears;
One who was afore,
Ere legends became lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Feb 2019, 23:17
GREAT HARBOURS



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Far yonder, past wood and green
Lie the great harbours, for most unseen;
A guardian ever keeps the shore secure,
To evil shut remains the door.

An olden sire of bygone days,
As old as shires we tell in lays.
His eyes are spears piercing through,
He held shield and sword drew.

He fought once to save a bay
And strived hard to bar the way
To ancient demons headed south,
Of prayer and pleas was full his mouth.

The aid of waters he was oft to invoke,
Summoning spirits who tempest woke.
His bond with angels had wonders wrought,
Antique ship-craft he had been taught.

Versed in sea-lore, thereafter he thus awaits
The end of brave deeds and sharp blades,
Until he's well and fine to part
From dull mortal coast, that always was his heart.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Feb 2019, 14:20
THE OUTER ROAD



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Mind the outer route
Either upon beast or on foot,
Taking you far away
To shires of long forgotten say.

Beware of northern winds,
Straying travellers with furious wings
Of gale and gut in utter manner,
Stirring amok the Ruined Kingdom's banner.

If you be due south,
Hush for once and stay your mouth,
For austral folks are easy to anger
Amidst scourging heat and recurrent danger.

The uncanny East you must avoid,
Lest any good be alloyed
By malice reigning on shadow,
Where grows no garden or meadow.

By turning west shall you find relief
From swiftly-encroaching grief.
Some even voyage yonder, passing the sea,
To seek perpetual bliss and glee.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Feb 2019, 15:37
A GIFT TO BESTOW



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Behind the girdle of my spell
Shall your company rest well;
Inside the golden mirthful wood
One finds plenty of joy and food.

The Ring-bearer I welcome glad,
For it is no grim time or sad.
Sojourning here is to renew
Minds and forces, grown worried and few.

ELVEN CHOIR: "Hark careful, dear guest!
Worse climes your faith shall test.
Within the miraculous Lady's shield
No stain is ever upon our saint-field."

Gentle Hobbit, I will a gift to bestow,
As foul events run and flow
For the utter ruin of the Free Folk
Whom I cannot safeguard nor cloak.

Receive thus this Light of mine,
Which serves the gallant, pious and fine.
May it be hope in haunted fort or dreary cave,
As mariners rely on their vessel amid tempestuous wave.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Feb 2019, 16:10
NORTHERN RUIN



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From within cold wicked stone
Fell winds had stormed and blown
A languishing kingdom of old,
Eventually betrayed twofold.

Time had run so late
To mend faults and revert fate;
Discord was sudden to spread
Along with deep fright and dread.

Inside the hills evil awoke,
It struck rapid and peace broke.
Horrid host of fiends and ghouls,
As grand rulers were played for fools.

Commanded by some vicious ghost
That death and chaos yearned the most,
Master of dark ancient arts,
And hail would pour in nasty darts.

Cults and witchcraft became dreadful plague,
Until winter undid resistance and froze the flag.
Then, all was done and lost,
Plunged into misery and frost.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Feb 2019, 17:28
REBORN AND BACK



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Reborn and back am I!
As woe betides and doom gets nigh.
Clothed anew with flesh and guise,
To aid the strayed and dispel lies.

Behold the new head of the Order,
Bound eastward, past the border;
An ailing shire awaits comfort
From vile spirits that truth distort.

A potent staff shall serve me well
By conjuring marvel and spell,
For any foe to fear
And amok quickly rear.

Hurry, I must fly swift across griefs
Passing anguish, pains and wrong beliefs.
If I succeed, a weary king shall rise again
To slay the wolf in his very den.

If I be to fail,
Squires will fate bewail
And kneel before a crown
Made of skulls and flames, far deep down.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Feb 2019, 17:49
BORDERING HELL



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Next to looming night
Lie shires of might,
Domain of stone and ore
We sing in tale and folk-lore.

Stronghold of glory,
Now worn and weary;
Ailing in decline
In wait for decisive sign.

Near the poisonous dell
They border dark and hell.
There, where billowing ashes choke,
Hatred stirred and then awoke.

Wraiths infest and haunt
The City foes shall never daunt;
Avoid the path leading east,
In the midst of lesser and least.

Pray, the White Tree is not to wither,
Now and on, here and hither.
Across the peak a friend will answer
When shadows crawl and grow much denser.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Feb 2019, 18:12
SADNESS IN PARADISE



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Woeful is the tale,
Her they often wail
Where merriment and joy reign
And no ghost has ever lain.

The Elven maid they mourn,
Drained by malice and life-worn.
The wrong way she had chosen
While crossing heights, sharp and frozen.

Fallen prey of pernicious captor
That much desired to harm the sceptre
Held in the Vale of Wonder,
Which no assailant will raid asunder.

Slain the fiend and saved the dame
Who got psalms and sombre fame,
For her love she had to leave,
Bound to weep and sorrow grieve.

Perhaps, beyond the seas she might heal,
Where never stops the wheel
Of Eä's fateful lore,
Drawn venom and passed the door.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Feb 2019, 20:36
PAST THE HAPPY LAND



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Left the homely hut and rich meal,
Now with arduous journey shall you deal.
Master Tom commands water, trees and hill,
Boundless in allegiance and will.

However, you're soon to pass the plain
And green meadow winding up the lane;
Out of his broad shire, Tom's voice shall not reach,
To save from dusk-wight and chilling screech.

Past the happy land
Is no well-wishing hand
That'll greet your brave task,
Were you for aid ask.

Hearken to wise word and beware
Of the Enemy's serf and his snare.
Spies watch and peer at foreign news,
Be it country, mountain or marine blues.

Entrust the worthy with faith
And avoid deceitful wraith;
In doubt and agony, gaze at the lamps lying above,
Lit by holy might, with hope and love.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Feb 2019, 21:39
BEACON OF WICKED



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Nasty Orcs inhabiting pit
Find themselves well
Where raging fire is ever-lit
Along the cursed shadowy dell.

There, under the endless gaze
Of the Lidless Eye,
Wreathed in flames and haze,
Sign of omen and lie.

Horrors come and go
Onto the realms of dark,
Patrolled by pike and bow
Which flesh maim and mark.

Ire stirs within the Mount,
Whose leaks burn and taint
Beyond reckon and count,
Rendering skies faint.

No dainty thing
Brings such beacon of wicked,
Behind the dreary peak's ring
Is naught pious or sacred.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Feb 2019, 21:50
LIVING FOREST



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Another forest grows in wild,
Resting quiet and much mild
About the southern mountain's end,
Whereto streams climb and bend.

Neighbouring hard stone-walls,
The old tree hums and calls
For light rain to pour
Over lively green and dry moor.

Bounded by black mighty house,
Whence is the wizard fain storm to rouse,
Atop the highest pinnacle of his tower,
Conjuring nature's wrath and foul power.

Rage too bestirs the dull ancient wood
As sole ignoble doing ever could;
Peace was sudden to be broken
And thenceforth ill events foretoken.

Vile witch, know that greater forces wake
For willow's, oak's and alder's sake.
A potent mind arose in fury
Turning reeds dark and dreary.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Feb 2019, 22:04
THREE TREASURES



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Watchful stands the wise
Even after grave demise
Of the one-time bogey-sire,
Servant of the Night and devil-fire.

Menaces are gone and passed,
Years come and longer last
When war trumpets stay
And yeomen tend their precious hay.

Mind, Three Treasures for order allow,
Borne by whom were then to vow
To guard the fortunes of the age,
Be it deathless Elf or noble mage.

Russet is a gem of hope
Glimmering bright across town and slope.
It kindles valour in hearts grown cold,
Waiting for new troubles to unfold.

Other two jewels we count,
Which wide unrest surmount.
Mayhem they halt and cease
Fulfilling prayers and heartfelt pleas.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Feb 2019, 22:32
DANGER OF YONDER



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There is not just blissful tale
Whither Elves head and sail
To defy the wearying of time,
Singing pains in rueful rhyme.

Across the horizon lie
Lit shires where nought will die,
For upon beauty is no stain
And fabled green is not to wane.

But peril dwells in the Ever-Fair,
If one is fool the Throne to dare;
Uncanny ways some have trodden,
With hatred laden and so grudge-ridden.

Out of the mighty mountains,
Shielding gardens and holy fountains,
Southern paths were seat of horror
Laying the dreary shore with terror.

Boreal passages in the North
The sole Hunter could bear with horse and girth;
Ice and cold that grind and freeze,
Tormenting wastes with chilling breeze.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Feb 2019, 23:56
UNDER STONE, AMID LEAVES



Zitat
Amid sick leaves, above rocks,
The gentle fowl glides and flocks
Without knowing of the kingdom
Ruled in secrecy with wisdom.

Wise is not the woodland Elf
And with doubt plies his wary self;
Not as such as his western kin,
Banished once because of sin.

A feral spirit is said to abide
Whither knights may not ride,
Along the intricacy of trees,
Within the realm of deer and bees.

The king decrees under forest-stone
To endure disgrace alone,
For one-hundred years are but an eye-blink
To Immortals of whom we so bethink.

Pray, may the murky reeds recover!
May the tender robin again hover
Amok and meandering green bows,
Awaiting plenty of berries and sloes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Feb 2019, 00:53
LONG-LIFE KIND



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Those are folks of wild road
Electing rustic a fair load,
Covered tightly in their hoods,
To watch over lanes and gloomy woods.

Poor shape might tell wrong
Of why they walk the world so long,
Bearing such toil and strife,
Yet gifted with strength and lasting life.

Soiled ways are not their home,
But rather palace and marble-dome.
Fine descent on mortal shores,
Withstanding plight and bloody wars.

Their king had chosen faith
Against foul rites and wraith
Looming high on western heights,
Portending ill in the heat of fights.

A fleet parted, bound to punishment and doom;
The flower withered, bequeathing none there to bloom.
Divine furore had spared the friendly lord
We now revere through verse and word.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Feb 2019, 13:43
BLACK MENACE



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Peril came and got in,
Such that Hobbits were not to win.
Hoofs passed the outer hedge,
In cruel pursuit and deadly pledge.

What might seek the fiendish knight?
What covets most the revenant wight?
Intruding inside happy green,
Sowing terror in the Unseen.

Bidden was the vile rider
To search across, stern and wider;
Carrying hatred by wicked spell
That renders all so bad and fell.

Not mere ghosts from silly jest,
But mighty foes few could best
In sword-contest or battle
Where guilt they fix and settle.

Paths are not secure,
Should you not endure
That ardent wish to chase
Unto ash-wasted ways.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mär 2019, 14:30
MASTER AND MAIDEN



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He's Master of wood and hill
Where is no waste or chill,
Outside the aged forest
He deems his lands the dearest.

The Eldest among the living,
Afore the Children's own conceiving;
Prior to the bright Lords,
Preceding wars, battles and swords.

One day he met his lovely Maiden,
Woken brooks with flowers laden.
A gentle dweller of water,
Whom fain we hail "the River-Daughter".

King and queen of green domain
Fearing none, fancying rain.
The angry Willow shall stay his wrath,
For Jolly Tom is free to tread the path.

Along the tops of haunted mounds
One harks bewailing and shrieking sounds,
For a wicked Fiend resides in graves,
Until the Master dares such spook and stranger saves.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Mär 2019, 19:00
SEVEN PORTENTS



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He gave them seven
Inside stone-hall,
At the behest of heaven
Into the mountain wall.

Ruin befell king and sire
Dooming houses to burn,
Awaking ghoulish fire
Which roared loud and stern.

Fine tokens beseemed
The much fabled Rings;
Evil dug and schemed,
Unearthing flames and wings.

Artefacts of potent use
Which bend fate and will,
Forecasting rue and blues
Under rocks and grinding chill.

Seven portents that never caught
Of gallant dwarf the wit,
Stirring thenceforth blazing draught
From within the darkest pit.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Mär 2019, 20:38
TESTAMENT OF COURAGE



Zitat
'Tis a testament for you,
My dear one.
A letter sent through
Among mage and man.

Hereby I confess
That toiled am I for real,
But events also bless
Who wills to sign a deal.

A deal have I underwritten,
Which brought the humble far,
Into adventure smitten,
Leaving the door ajar.

Three brute trolls were not enough
To hinder us and scare;
Though the road was rough,
Defied have we the journey's wear.

Grand battle I then fought
Beside valiant host and beast,
Ending up distraught
For woeful loss and bloody feast.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mär 2019, 21:45
FOREMOTHER OF LORE



Zitat
Under boughs of young age,
Recalled in history by sage,
Stood a singing maid
Who used in ancient stream to wade.

Deathless as the eternal star
Whose fairness nought may mar.
Bright stone of a tainted world,
Hewn from purity and gold.

Joy to her king and queen,
Rulers of ways amidst green
And deep cavern beneath the earth,
Where reigned remembrances of mirth.

Untrodden paths she set alight
Dispelling anguish and fright.
Alongside reeds she found
One to whom she would be bound.

Side by side in speed and ruin,
Her song of demons was great undoing.
Piping fowls shall tell
How gentile vanquished fell.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Mär 2019, 21:57
SECURED FORD



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Hurry, rapid stainless knight!
In pure glimmering white
You ride to pass the ford
Within the sight of mighty lord.

Ghouls pursue the Ruling Ring
Which harpers loathe and seldom sing
Without mourning such impetuous tide,
That tore the world and its gentle side.

What was of the prosperous West,
Between loud waves and mountain crest?
Lie now but ruined remains,
Of grandness signs amid dark lanes.

Hasten, bright sire!
We deem it much dire
To take the bearer in,
Where lasting home avoids great sin.

The Half-Elven is versed in healing.
Bathe such dales in happy feeling,
And fears melt away as ice in summer,
And lights grow not by grace so dimmer.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Mär 2019, 00:19
A WORLD WE LEAVE



Zitat
A world we shall thus leave
In sweet autumn eve,
When winds patter trees
And furtive fox then quickly flees.

An ending era we promptly hail
As just conclusion of the tale
Which buoyant bards had told of old,
When holy jewels were not of gold.

Years may faint and weary,
Days may go so dreary.
Stars shall never pale in doubt,
For every shade they clear and rout.

Immortals hearken to wise word,
Renouncing vanity and sword,
And therefore yield fort and earldom
For the final reaching of the Eternal Kingdom.

Thither they are to fare,
Where is no grieving wear.
Cheerful lies ahead the undying shore,
Secured by Lords that came afore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Mär 2019, 00:28
THE ADVENT OF NIGHT



Zitat
Was the advent of night
So sudden and swift,
Commencing storm and plight
That leave the ship adrift.

A nefarious ghost arose
Over the guard of Men,
Strong of blades and bows
To keep the wolves' den.

The beast, alas, returned.
Eves grew black and frightful.
This the Enemy had yearned
To mar the kingdom so delightful.

His Dark Fortress he built anew.
Fires stir again and shadow beckon.
His servants plan revenge and slew
Tribes and folks beyond good reckon.

Lights subside and vanish out.
Gloom gets instead much thicker,
But in the White City standing stout
Facing foes that gather quicker.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mär 2019, 17:09
HEART-SONG



Zitat
Warbling birds mark the day
Of happy breeze and fond sun-ray
Upon green pastures and silent glades,
While the tiny fox in water wades.

No trace of sadness we ever sense.
Sullen skies winds will cleanse.
Warmth embraces this jolly country,
Blessing its ways and kind good gentry.

May we never part
From joyous field and morning start.
May we never wail
Winter's coming and cruel hail.

I shall hence sing a tune of bliss,
Praying naught of great will run amiss.
I shall wherefore beg to see new climes,
Lesser not than those I set so fain in rhymes.

I fancy the mild Hobbit would like
A quiet walk along the dyke,
Resting ever within the end,
For perils crawl abroad and gentle hearts might rend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mär 2019, 10:12
O FOWL, O GALE



Zitat
O fowl soaring,
May you head afar
From foul storm roaring,
Overcasting sky and star.

O strong boreal gale,
Fly and blow much deep!
Your winds shall rid the dale
Of sombre cry and weep.

Tiny singer on feeble wing,
Do not wane alone or swoon
Before fang and sting
Roaming loose beneath the moon.

Breath of howling air,
Send relief to the troubled South;
Thereto shall you fare
To hammer foes and hit the uncouth.

Men will see merrier days
To live and fill with mirth,
When telling Gondor's lays
And of gallant kings the birth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mär 2019, 15:17
HALL OF FIRE



Zitat
Part of Elrond's cheerful house,
Past barrows, hills and brows,
Is a hall of olden lore
Where sages sing what passed afore.

Gathered beside the fire
Stands no shameless liar,
For tales are told in ancient tongue
And harps in guile are never wrung.

Elven minstrels muse on grief,
Being of yore-events the chief.
Songs of sorrow are calmly spoken
Which call for caution and gloom foretoken.

Valiant heroes are brought to life,
Whose grim memory and strife
We honour well and truly fain
Within the stainless fair domain.

Prayers invoke the holy Power
That yonder dwells behind his tower,
Whither suns are due to wester
To flee the woes which grossly fester.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Mär 2019, 15:50
LEAD MY PROW THITHER!



Zitat
Western winds across,
May ye lead my prow well past
Such mounting strife and loss,
Carrying yonder oar and mast.

Lead me thither, beyond wan seas,
Through livid tides and raging weather.
Lead me thither, borne on breeze,
Passing waves, high and nether.

Sail, my dear white vessel
Whither mortal storms will hush,
For on deathless strand was set a castle
Which nought of ill might ever crush.

There lieth marvel of age-long sort,
Sprung in the Day afore days and lore.
Mighty halls and unsullied fort
Raised and blessed on the immortal shore.

Antique Occident, such thy Rulers thee render
To resist wear and pending doom;
Champions of virtue and wrights of wonder,
Who fairness drew from Arda's womb.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Mär 2019, 18:19
CHILLING RIDERS



Zitat
Monstrous minions have been sent
For heinous murder meant,
At the behest of night,
Bestirring so such dread and fright.

At their passing spring recedes.
Freeze in instant dew and beads.
Robins stay and hover still,
Stunned in fear and sudden chill.

Yeomen bolt amok or start,
Rent in depth and stung at heart.
Light thoughts then fade away
And darkens bleak the jolly day.

Ghoulish serfs are they for real;
Long ago was made the deal
That binds the wraith to ruthless will,
Bidden then to chase and kill.

Wights were once renowned lords,
Trusted much in acts and words,
Until nine heirlooms they were given
By cunning hand from the Uneven.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Mär 2019, 21:44
TOLLING TROUBLES



Zitat
Hear bells tolling trouble.
Hear dread consuming marble.
A black host is to advance
And begin of rueful death the dance.

Grievous sighs climb and swathe
Onto ramparts, wont to bathe
In radiant rays of full content,
As kings decreed and valour meant.

Strong southern bastion,
It is no doubt or question
That vicious foes you fight
From lowest gate to imposing height.

Demons seek dismay to sow;
Darkly colours go in row
And sail ahead to plunder ports,
Since guards no longer man their forts.

Walls might not resist the storm.
Evil takes so foul a form.
Desirous is the beast of tears
In tragic tell of ancient seers.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mär 2019, 23:25
FOES AND SPOOKS



Zitat
Ring the bell, gatekeeper!
Came the intruding sneaky sweeper
Inside wood-fences and quiet town,
To pierce one's heart and drag it down.

Phantoms we too have heard;
Beasts have screeched and fled the bird
Before such fiendish stranger,
Like fatal mare of ranger.

Bidden to search and seek,
For great scorn of harmless weak,
Something dear to darkling wills
Which folly stirs by eerie thrills.

Shadows fall upon the roofs.
Closer draw some running hoofs,
Willing much to claim their prey
Past tended fields and sun-dried hay.

Foes and ghouls have broken in!
Likeness none could ever win.
Passing plains and country brooks,
Thence rode in haste these vicious spooks.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mär 2019, 23:35
STUPENDOUS THOUGHTS



Zitat
My, spring has come so sudden!
Relieved will be the heavy burden
Plying the gentle with fatigue,
Who deems it well to work in league.

My, sun rises up and shades dispels!
Morning starts and toll the bells
For the jocund season to commence,
When only fools would part from hence.

Stupendous thoughts glide and billow,
And nourish much the saddened willow;
Acorn, sloe and berry,
To please one's taste and make them merry.

Gaze, foaled is day and happy dawn!
Of sorrows souls are thusly shorn.
Tilling soil in glee
Is very bliss of field and tree.

Abroad nights beseem to stretch
On worsted lonely wretch.
Yet wont we aren't to foreign ill,
Relying sole on fine home-skill.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Mär 2019, 11:25
HITHER-STRANDS



Zitat
On hither-strands of yore
Landed prince and noble dame.
Stained by guilt and gore
Foreboding clash and bloody game.

Evil chose the North as seat
In carven gaol and hopeless pit.
Cold wound coarse along the heat,
Where chains would grip to kill one's wit.

Green and joy lay hidden
In happy sheer plains;
Leaves by dirt were never ridden
Nigh hallowed sylvan lanes.

Near the virgin shore
Awaited mariners and ship,
And able wrights of oar
Revering great the ocean's deep.

Waters howl and foam.
Uncanny fog was laid on waves.
Devils wake from death and roam
Gritted dying caves.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Mär 2019, 12:53
BY THE COAST



Zitat
By the coast we lie
In wistful thought and sigh,
Recalling what had happened once;
Gazing far in writhing glance.

Loth are we to tell
Elder foes and wicked spell.
Prone are we to joyous tale
In days of bright and westward sail.

Homeward steer ships again
Along the course of olden ken,
For a Straight Way carries us across
Past chilling winds that stray and toss.

Others tarry still on shores,
Afar and sound from roaring wars.
Some thus delay their mounting need
To yield at last to Elvish creed.

Aye, still shall remain the anchor.
Nay, we shan't succumb to rancour.
Grey ports rest secure,
Watched by guardian sage and pure.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mär 2019, 13:17
TORRID ROUTES



Zitat
Are you to venture thither?
Know that meadows sadly wither
Along the torrid routes of heat;
No pleasant lush, no golden wheat.

Thirst and famine blunt one's force,
Sagging vigour for the worse,
Should you find yourself astray
As unwanted guest on untrodden way.

Scorching climes do the rest:
Horrid foe you cannot best
Is ardent weather and broad waste,
Trudging through in frantic haste.

Incandescent realm of peril,
Has your crimson russet beryl
Been the craving of the Vile
Who stomped his enemies with guile.

Aligned you are with foul.
Dreading fiery piercing scowl.
Tribes proclaim their fearsome victor,
Bidding serfdom to the sceptre.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Mär 2019, 13:57
BELYING DOOM



Zitat
It ill behoves one to tell
This mournful tale of old,
Meeting sudden hell
By untidy marsh and cold.

So found his end a prince,
Who jousted brave and proud,
By fangs that grind and mince
Neath dreary sky and cloud.

Around his neck was laid a spoil,
Conquered hard in duel,
Taking toll and toil
On soul ensnared by jewel.

Bereaved Men recount
His sad and deathly story
Begetting fiends that mount
In darkly mode and fury.

Flawless gold then hid,
Belying doom ahead,
Malicious vow and bid
Awaking ghostly dead.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Mär 2019, 19:46
VOID OF HOPE



Zitat
Very keen were sires
On lighting glede and pyres
Inside the empty mine
Where Dwarven-kings would dine.

Masons graved sundry gems,
Delving deep in rocky hems.
A will would kindle hearts to yearning,
Ignoring menace and daring warning.

Precious hoard was wrought
Of treasures great beyond one's thought,
Hewn and moulded well
As fables oft are hence to tell.

Leastways strangers so recall
What was such province to befall.
Deceits had beckoned endless greed,
Spurring lords to eager deed.

Carven halls now lie forlorn,
Void of hope and wholly worn.
Flames have surged from the Under,
Rending lives thenceforth asunder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Mär 2019, 20:58
IN THE MERRY GULLY



Zitat
I sojourn there and find my shelter
Within the bright merry gully;
Along the vale I'm not to falter,
Clutched by sweeping fright and folly.

Elves abide of old
In glad fashion still,
Healing woes to unfold,
For fields they cure and till.

Passing through the loud ford
Is never chance of wicked guild,
As not relents the deathless lord
Who sinless fortress was to build.

Kind and wholesome as is summer
Stands a keeper fond of guest.
Hover fowls across and yammer
Pleasant tune to cheer the West.

Bereft of labour lodge the folks
That happen thither so to head,
Seeking much to break the yokes
Binding wretches to their dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Mär 2019, 21:08
CRUEL PEAK



Zitat
Over forsaken moors in wild
Tower peaks that all beguiled
Into deeming cliffs fairly open
To likely chance well to ripen.

Red ravines and steep dell
Shall the lonesome bard tell.
Snow and slush lie in drift
Which chilling airs heave and lift.

Climbing ones must be aware
Of pending dangers they are to dare,
For the olden mount harbours wrath
To bar the way and seal its path.

Fell voices augur ill;
Winds bite the stone with chill.
Deadly boulders mounts have flung
Amid some blizzards few have sung.

Storms are roused to breathe demise
Upon cold vales that fall and rise.
The Cruel Mountain is gleaming red,
Wont to hammer hope in shred.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mär 2019, 21:16
THE CREED OF STEEL



Zitat
How may peasants hinder
Many plotted schemes,
As finest men astray meander,
About the blighted rims?

Contrived were plans inside the Tower
To set the world aflame,
So must we rid and scour
The lonely heathland of its name.

Rohan will exist no more!
Choked by fumes and smoke,
Shall the realm burn to core,
Tamed at last and bound in yoke.

Bondage is one fate of grief
Under the Wizard's rule,
Who was of mages chief,
Versed in ken, stars and tool.

Go, my Orcs! Go, my devils!
Raze hay-towns to sheer ground!
Steel is creed of scores of evils,
Which lay the horse-king in his mound.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mär 2019, 21:56
HEWN HALL AND MIGHTY CHAMBER



Zitat
Carven halls would once rejoice
At prideful sire and his voice,
Warming caves and lighting fires
Along deep mines and mountain squires.

Cloven houses lay forbidden,
Of foreign sorrows gladly ridden.
Hammers fell to mould hard stone,
And Dwarves would thrive so fain alone.

Elves in near kingdom dwelt
Where silver was so apt to smelt,
Crafting gems of ancient Power
To bend their fates and cheer the sour.

Hewn was hall and mighty chamber
Resting dull and dark and sombre,
For fearsome gloom had taken all
In gruesome clutch and evil's thrall.

Yester-roads have grown uncouth,
Roamed by fangs and hungry mouth.
Waters broke across and spread,
Hiding snares that stir much dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mär 2019, 19:24
SCANTY TRUST



Zitat
Of scanty trust we're ever full,
Ploughing soil through calf and bull.
We till and seed on jolly days,
As sun is high to light the ways.

Green brow and country-knoll
Welcome one without the toll
Of blithely passing our lanes;
So comes the guest at autumn rains.

Hobbit-eye they won't bewitch;
Foreign records oft we ditch,
For dreary stories do belong to impervious lands
Whither fools would go and meet the sands.

Nay, we may not live by the time,
Abreast of tidings or noble rhyme.
We rather dwell in peace and joy,
Clear of scheme and nasty ploy.

The sole Wizard we gladly greet,
Who chose these homes as frequent seat.
His pointy hat betokens news
Of distant kings that win or lose.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mär 2019, 21:52
SCALES AND BLAST



Zitat
Told in dread is the drake,
Wont to infest and gold unmake.
His breathing fire blunts the stone
Of Dwarven kingdom to its bone.

Alas, ill has run the course of time;
Stained were halls with blood and crime.
Avarice dug so fierce inside,
For gentle wit to turn most snide.

Into the chasm fates have leapt.
Mourned were kings and dames long wept.
Amiable bonds retreat to dullness,
Whence derives in truth no fondness.

Clothed in scales are lethal serpents,
Foreseen afore as devil-portents.
Portend they therefore furious blast
Which is the gate down to cast.

One resides so proud in glory,
And jesters fear to sing his story.
He slumbers lone through dismal wealth
That dwarf-lords weighed much worth their health.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Apr 2019, 00:32
A WAVE THEY TRIED TO TAME



Zitat
Of glaring bright shone the star
Amid the tides that foamed afar,
Within the rule of the Isle-kingdom
Which seas commanded proud as fiefdom.

Vessels went and came in row;
Waters weren't to halt their flow,
For blues would carry Men beyond
To form with lesser kinds a bond.

Ties they also had with Elves
Of whom they envied lives and selves.
Days were glad and fortunes brought
When witless lands with law were fraught.

Crowned were mighty kings of old
On the Island away from cold,
And safe as well from blazing heat,
Nigh the unsullied Power's seat.

Marine routes they rightly ruled
Until grand lords were gravely fooled.
A wave they tried to tame in vain,
As Ulmo thus reclaimed his reign.

Oceans stirred afoul and swept.
Stormy heavens howled and wept.
Nought was there to avert such fate
Till godly ire was that sate.

Mourn we wherefore the grievous Westernesse.
None should dare of yore the holiness
Which once would lie utter-yonder,
Where Angels then abode in wonder.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Apr 2019, 01:33
LOST WORK



Zitat
Solemn works they then commenced.
Was their kingdom never fenced,
For joy and faith were welcome token,
Ere had smiths such evil woken.

Crafters were so keen to make
Splendid gems for Arda's sake;
Stones were sited in precious gold,
Thought to aid the fates to unfold.

By cunning mind they were deceived.
Many sorrows they had once grieved.
Willed was Elf and Dwarf to mend
Wounds which ever ages rend.

Marvel done and lords content,
Greatly noble seemed the intent.
Future deeds would prove them wrong,
Bewailing Elves and Dwarves in song.

Holly grew and climbed the riffs
That thenceforth bathed in grudge and griefs.
Mountain-doors were shut to encumber
Swathing gloom and mounting sombre.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Apr 2019, 02:41
IT SHALL PASS



Zitat
It shall pass, you may be sure.
It shall end, waned to core.
Vicious climes leave the way
Of enslaving long affray.

Rain and fogs give in
To hardly-conquered win,
Spelling ill for Shadow
On the appalling lurid meadow.

Grave were lands dismembered.
Folks had lonely wandered
On the verge of utter ruin
Due to Morgoth's heinous doing.

Wounds shall fully mend;
Foes are not to wend
Their devious way beyond
This our endless bond.

The Hither-Lands are gone
And Elven-kings no longer don
Their iron-graven coat,
While sailing hence on boat.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Apr 2019, 18:18
FAITHFUL PSALMS



Zitat
Morns and eves shall ebb away.
Pride and pain linger on to stay.
Dusk will fall on troubled roads,
As fearful night wistful bodes.

Dull grow kings and folk
In tired years that forces soak.
Impious voices sound and rouse
Malicious tempers in regal house.

Afar they sneer with scorn;
Warring winds has blown the horn
Which once was hopeful sign
Of joyful plenty and damask-wine.

Tenebrous stands the altar,
When mankind chances so to falter;
Lots of preys the Demon found,
Beguiling Men to break the Bound.

May this faithful psalm meander
Through livid tides that oceans sunder.
May the loyal earn a grace
To spare the sinful mortal race.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Apr 2019, 18:21
CAPTIVE AND CAPTOR



Zitat
A captive they had taken
From lands lying forsaken,
Where the Dark Lord would reign
And brute hubris feign.

Kingship Evil sought to claim,
Yearning much the Crown to maim,
For vile chaining of mortal earths
In sundry modes and dreadful sorts.

As God of Men they hailed
The Foe we grossly wailed
For heinous deed in human lore,
Begetting ill on hither-shore.

The gaoled turned in captor,
His counsel given to the sceptre.
Stained by guile were his words
That mustered flags, fleets and swords.

Undying life was not to be
Wrested so across the sea,
For deathless bounds they could not
Seize with force from holy lot.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Apr 2019, 12:55
BARREN KINGDOM



Zitat
Ruins are left to tell
And wary stranger quell
From venturing yet further
In dreary place of murder.

Spoils of grievous shadow,
Lying about the meadow,
That bear the weight of doom
And pride themselves in gloom.

Brambles grow on knolls,
Bent by deathly tolls;
Rough they clasp the dale
Through lonely rocks and hail.

Gruesome heights tower near,
As nasty beacon of one's fear,
For phantoms loom malicious thence
And ply the unwanted with offence.

Works of might are no more.
Of splendid labours was the core
This blighted barren kingdom,
Stripped of joyous artful wisdom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Apr 2019, 15:32
REMOVED



Zitat
Removed and taken from the sight
Of dying ones who err in fright,
To be one legacy of yore
And olden memory that wore.

Above the spheres of outer void
Floats the Kingdom unalloyed.
The Ancient West shines forever
In endless cycle none may sever.

Charters lost the blissful coast
Which eager Men would long the most,
Deceived in plotting monstrous war
Agin the Angels of Afore.

Now the waves shall not carry
Able prows and regal ferry
Beyond the bounds of air,
For chained to roundness flags will fare.

Past sidereal ether
Is no tree to wither.
Past forbidden ways
Gleam enchanted bays.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Apr 2019, 17:11
HELL IN HOME



Zitat
Ever heeds the ailing King,
On foulest wicked wing,
A phoney cunning word
Which sorrow takes aboard.

Elven-ships forsook the haven
That masons once had wholly graven
By seaside's merry rim,
Now darkened bleak and grim.

Thunder cries aloud despair;
Tempest rages through the flare.
Red are skies in growing dusk,
About such treachery to unmask.

Hell was given right to enter
Of highest Men the fateful centre.
Shackled was the pallid crown
Whom wrathful Gods thus foundered down.

Home was made a fiery seat;
Consumed were crops and radiant wheat.
Thrall of mighty worshipped fiend
Was this Isle, scourged by wind.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Apr 2019, 17:30
SHORN OF RUE



Zitat
Amid joy and golden bough,
In cheerful wooded shire,
Was the Lady fine to allow
Of gallant kind a squire.

They had walked through sour lands,
In wilderness decaying,
Afar from ocean-strands
On faithless dimming lane.

The Company had best,
Within the sunny kingdom,
Find a place of rest
Where time is bound in serfdom.

Stain is not to taint
The woodland ways of Wonder,
When days wear out to faint
And nights along meander.

Shorn of rue was made
This grandly lucky country
That never seems to fade,
Though vivid green gets wintry.

Ill is kept at bay
With weightless linden-bows;
Much is told in lay
For nasty scorn of foes.

There a secret lies,
With sundry murmurs laden,
About a potent wise
And so prodigious Maiden.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Apr 2019, 18:01
STARRY SIGHT



Zitat
Dwarves still fain recall
The lamplit cloven hall
Below the mountain cliff,
Wherein is come their grief.

By the ravine wander
Beings in no way fonder
Than hideous ones inside
The ruinous darkling hide.

Nay, despair not!
Brooks delight my lot
With sweet warming sight
Past jagged hills of fright.

Look, the lonely cheerless pillar!
Time is master, but no such killer,
For stone is left to one remind
Of ageless Dwarven-kind.

Crystal-water would refresh
Durin's tired weary flesh.
A starry pool we know lies here:
The fabled Mirror-mere!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Apr 2019, 22:03
WHOM YE DARE



Zitat
Ye, potent, hearken!
Heavens shall at all not darken
Ere mortal feet tread the way
Of the lush enchanted Bay.

Ye seek to seize what goes beyond
An ancient faithful bond.
In love your Isle was raised from seas,
For true and stout had been your pleas.

Men were given threefold lives
As glorious kings and fairest wives.
A Land of riches lay afar
Which thus had guise of splendent Star.

So grand a rule amidst the blue.
So soon your bliss would turn to rue,
If crowns were chained and used as pawn,
Westward due at doom's last dawn.

Whom do ye will to dare?
I say that deeps shall be laid bare
Before one marches unto ends
That suffer not your late amends.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Apr 2019, 22:10
THE LADY TARRIES FINE



Zitat
The way is shut ahead.
Folks aghast begin to dread
That loveless days are drawing near,
Ever telling tales of queer.

The North is all a chant of war;
Aflame was set the mines' door,
For shadows now command therein,
Amid the intruder's spreading sin.

The South is prey of other wills
Around the worldly bitter chills,
As fumes rise high above the keep,
Whilst haunting kings in restless sleep.

The White Lady tarries fine
Inside her merry timeless shrine
Which every foe had longed to burn
Along the time to present worn.

Her gazing melts the hardest stone
And searches thoughts that life has sown,
Striking minds about to perish,
Without some virtue else to cherish.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Apr 2019, 23:16
ELVISH GRACE



Zitat
What prodigy abides there
I cannot say in ken nor swear;
Elvish grace is light and gentle
As slender linen-mantle.

Happy houses in the Dale
Pass intact the wicked gale
Which far across unleashes
Ghoulish force against good wishes.

Splendid boughs resist the winter
That stony cliffs shall badly splinter,
And further hence the chill defy
Beneath the starlit dreadless sky.

A secret calm pervades the shire
Which more than bows defends from fire,
And time bedevils not the Golden Wood:
Over glad recalling is my grieving soul to brood.

Anguish conquers not this fortress.
Home of mighty charming victress
Was the sylvan kingdom made,
Wrought in grace to never fade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Apr 2019, 17:12
LONG AFFRAY



Zitat
Entangled thence in long affray
Was Elvish prince who lives in lay.
Kings and kings have minstrels wept;
Behind the frost was Evil kept.

Engraved in ice lay his fort
For utter doom of royal court
Which thither had so arduous gone,
Willing coats and mail to don.

Strenuous war betided soon.
Lost were Trees and endless Noon.
High and nether ill was done,
Neath the ardent ancient Sun.

Blades they brandished proud and fierce;
Armours forged were hard to pierce;
Immortal craft shone of prime
In so elder grim a time.

Valiant ones joys forsook
Amid such flame, void and spook.
Wraiths would tread that grievous path
And lords were eager pawn of wrath.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Apr 2019, 23:41
GRAND LABOURS



Zitat
Grand labours commenced of old
In mirthful days as such was told.
To mend, to ease, to cure:
To vanquish toil and long endure.

Immortals loved the earth beyond
All they dearly deemed much fond.
Ensuing troubles they had not seen,
As Elven-sight was made less keen.

Wonders bade the eerie Astute
With offer none could well refute,
Save a few potent wise,
Not beguiled by phoney guise.

Works of praise were turned for ill;
Worthy guest was vicious will
That tied his victim to ruination,
Partaking wont in vile creation.

Dark has since grown the world;
Chilled have wan seas to great cold.
Laid bare were bygone kingdoms:
Once great pride of Firstborn-earldoms.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Apr 2019, 23:45
AN ELVISH QUEEN GOVERNS TREES



Zitat
Sigh! Woe! My!
Gold are leaves therein
Neath the sunny sky,
Might abides within.

Alas! Grievous dreary times
Loom above the wood;
Elven hope are rhymes,
Sung in rue as voices could.

Voice is swoon and waning swift
Into clouds of sullen days.
Was the white ship thrust adrift
By the tides of bloody lays.

Still Light lingers bright
Far away from outer ills,
Wherein stars bless the night,
Renewing ghost and ailing wills.

An Elvish Queen governs trees,
Whose very name folks recount:
Her joyous land none may seize
Betwixt waterway and mount.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Apr 2019, 01:36
DREAMY PORT



Zitat
Across, past the western End
Finds itself a port,
Which mortal eyes commend
As holy Power's fort.

The Lonely Isle they then mistake
For godly saint-abode,
There where Angels wonders make
In ever-changing mode.

Descry we may a silver haven
Beyond the rage of frantic waves:
On it the craft of Elves was graven
By cleaving stones from deathless caves.

On sea-green heights we gaze afar
At merry distant shores,
Whither wester Moon and Star;
Whence came to us no wars.

Fogs rise and fall
By the naval bound.
Sailors seem to enthral
Uncanny spells around.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Apr 2019, 01:59
CHAMPION OF VILLAINY



Zitat
How couldst thou? How dark a foe!
Born as King, devoid of woe.
Songs thou sangest, opposed to Him;
So vile an act. So wrong to deem.

Tunes and music for undoing,
Willed afore to sow much ruin.
Agin thee and thine unright
Hath warred thy kindred in the Night.

Night was then before the Light,
Wrought of old by virtuous Might.
Great Lamps were lit to order
The Elder World and its disorder.

Powers fled from grave unrest
To the sinless Utter-West;
Thither have they fared to store
What of Bliss was left in lore.

Alas! Lo! Thou wast to crave
Fouler deed inside thy Cave.
Scheming evil of such felony;
Melkor the Marred, Champion of Villainy.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Apr 2019, 20:57
SHALT SO THOU?



Zitat
Shalt thou follow on abroad?
Will the Hobbit draw the sword
To vanquish foe and Orc,
Eating not his salty pork?

Home comforts thou wilt miss,
Once afar from nature's bliss.
Friendly visage turneth grim,
There where eves lands bedim.

A sturdy Dwarf shall guide thee sound
Along the countries lying around
All perils plotted thus,
To stray away and make a fuss.

And again a crafty Wizard
To serve thee well in wrathful blizzard,
As the skies red in anger
And betoken gruesome danger.

Roads have darkened very bleak,
Not for swoon, faint or weak.
Yet the quest might with ken endow;
If thou goest. Shalt so thou?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Apr 2019, 16:41
HOARDING MADNESS



Zitat
No riches, no treasure.
Shall his greed find a measure?
In the crevice of folly
Will the King be smitten wholly?

Crows forsook the Lonely Mount,
As wealth was soon beyond the count
Of plenty gold therein,
Stowed in haste so deep within.

Shadows grew much dense and long;
Lonesome realm, bereft of song.
A heavy crown to bear,
Until the Hall was all a flare.

On horrid wings he came,
Drawn by gems and envied fame.
Such plight! Such bane! Such omen!
Then mischief was grossly woven.

Roaring strike at the gate.
Remorse was vain and very late.
Nay, not storing luck to light the dullness,
But hoarding sickly twisted madness!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Apr 2019, 22:26
ODE TO THE WANDERER



Zitat
Long have you stridden wide,
From forest-mere to mountain side,
For errands were your utmost duty
Across so glinting earthly beauty.

Rues and toils have burdened roads;
Of creeping perils you encountered loads.
Novel tidings you had to bear
And even get whereto you'd fare.

A hat. A staff. A very welcome mage;
One dear to folks, one loth to rage.
Indeed, power dwelt in ardent spirit,
Bidden kind to pass the limit.

Limits binding poor to chain.
Storms compelling evil rain.
Intent some hope in hearts to bring,
He lit some souls with scarlet Ring.

An ode I am to send,
Where deeds with sorrows blend.
To the Wanderer! To the Guest!
To the twilit danger-quest!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Apr 2019, 23:14
THE DEAD SEASON



Zitat
What brings of blithe, this deathly season?
Dead as much as seems due reason.
Winds commence their tortuous route;
Grand malaise, one can't refute.

The dreary dormant North,
Wherefrom gales sally forth.
Peaceful lives, beware!
Ice is vile and ruthless snare.

Upon the frost was set a spell,
Into cave and haunted dell,
Which stirs anew the sleeping wight;
So was brought the marring blight!

To fear. To dread.
Tear is seldom gladly shed.
Tempers cool, minds get sore,
There where cold is evermore.

North! O shattered land!
Tales would be so scarcely bland.
Few might speak much truer word
On wicked Winter and its sword.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Apr 2019, 00:00
MY LUCKY FATE (MY MAIDEN)



Zitat
Rescue me from ill
And stifling bitter chill.
When gritty clouds rise up above,
You shall come and bring me love.

I fain meander to and fro,
Roving broad, nether low.
Hover then some sullen skies:
Dawn gets grey and morning dies.

Nay! We fancy not to gaze
At lovely blue beset by haze.
Save me, gentle sweeping gale;
You, I swear, I'm not to fail.

Shrill are brooks which shout and cry,
Flooding soil that had been dry,
And jutting rays come fore to cleanse
Mischievous airs, routed hence.

Shall the Hobbit dwell content?
Benighted lads outside once went,
Reporting odds that fears create;
Preserve us fine, my lucky fate.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Apr 2019, 00:03
I VOW TO STAND



Zitat
I vow to stand
Unto the land,
Where ash and smoke
The mountain woke.

I vow to battle
And quarrels settle
Among the Men
Of coast and glen.

I vow to stay
In glorious lay,
Whereat we hail
As wondrous tale.

The Black across
Is wrenching loss
For any soul
From marble Hall.

Fires flow
And embers glow
Yon ahead
In vale of dread.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Mai 2019, 01:00
A SOLE MAN-KING



Zitat
Ruin and utter doom!
Here is in truth no room
For other crowns to reign
Within my own domain.

Aye, my own land it is!
Spare me fearful pleas,
For ruth is much akin
To utter coward sin.

Before my throne you came,
Fully spent and tame;
You implore to have my reason,
Fleeing bars and lonely prison.

Stay your wicked word,
Cunning mighty lord.
Tenfold mightier sure am I,
Grandly strong and slow to die.

You shall follow me in chains
Away from plots and earthly banes.
A gaoled of Númenor, at my will,
Caught and bound and ever-still.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Mai 2019, 15:05
SELDOM



Zitat
Seldom have we told
The grievous lay of gold
Which once was lit aglow
By ardent flaming flow.

Seldom was the aid
Of Dwarven-crafted blade
To triumph over ghouls,
Immune to arms and tools.

Seldom do we speak
Within the frozen peak
Of how declined the court
In such a mournful sort.

Seldom has a token
Merry kingdoms broken,
Unless it were of guile
In perilous fore-while.

Seldom shall we sing
The magic precious Ring
Which beckoned naught but fire,
And slew, alas, the sire.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Mai 2019, 23:04
REVOLT



Zitat
I fancy we might try
To venture deep and sly,
For bad this land befell
Across this merry dell.

Fumes we see arise
In darkling scary guise
Above the Hobbit's hole,
And tainting trees' bole.

May ill have not occurred!
Hazed is air and thickly blurred.
Someone took control along;
To the Shire we belong.

While we strove much abroad,
Carrying shield and drawing sword,
Malice turned its gaze afar,
Sneering west at Evening Star.

A queer beggar thenceforth sits
As sordid master of his wits;
Foul strangers ought to bolt,
Ere justness calls revolt.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Mai 2019, 23:06
I SAW THE WORLD FADE



Zitat
I saw the world fade
Above the ailing glade,
Inside the sickened green
Of murky bark and being.

Reeds have slept in fear;
Devious grew the mere.
Woods are ill and lame,
Bearing spooky fame.

Nights lie not in gloom
And Lamps renew the bloom
Of young benighted flower
Upon a cheerless bower.

Beheld have I the sky
In wearisome long sigh,
Craving sheer Light
Amid the present blight.

Dusk has paled away
To sacred starlit ray.
The Ever-Fair I see
Atop the gleeful tree.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Mai 2019, 15:04
YON, PAST THE MIST



Zitat
One merry shire
Is told by Elven-squire
To dwell past the mist,
Defying Morgoth's Fist.

Yon the gales wester.
Rule the Angels foster.
Within the Eternal Kingdom,
So truly blessed in saintdom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Mai 2019, 18:11
FORSAKEN MOORS



Zitat
All throughout the fells,
Winding up on dells,
Rest the soundless sighs
That from grave arise.

Barrows bar the way.
That is place of slay.
Lords of yore were laid therein;
Greater ghoul they fought agin.

Forsaken moors drive afar
Any well-foreboding star.
Fogs are there to encumber
This grieving realm of sombre.

Beauty vanished soon
At gleaming sinking noon.
Nought remains of virtuous ken,
About the dull infested glen.

Safe from menace to this hour,
Where good souls are not to cower,
Is a land of wood and plain
In the Lord's ever-reign.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Mai 2019, 16:01
STRAY



Zitat
Stray and lost
Amid the frost
Of eerie peak
Which heroes seek.

They sought the Pass
That them harass
With hail and snow
Swathing low.

The Wizard knew,
Among the few,
That mountains rage
And loathe the mage.

They failed to climb
In fateful time
The red-lit stone,
As white as bone.

It was a will,
In grinding chill,
Which gravely struck
The Bearer's luck.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Mai 2019, 21:39
THE GENTLE HOUSE



Zitat
Away from wild and anger.
Away from creeping danger.
Western routes fell in ruin
By rapid foul undoing.

Undoing and sudden war
Then stained this path with gore,
Unto the Smith's defeat,
Within his shining seat.

Yet some lands withstand,
Far from shore or strand,
Inside a hidden dale
Under charming veil.

There they suffer not;
Home of deathless lot;
Whither voyage Elves
To secure themselves.

Welcome is the guest,
Down the mountain crest,
To the Gentle House:
A lovely fond arouse.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Mai 2019, 22:15
ENDLESS GUILT



Zitat
Shame! Was the sword turned
And thenceforth grimly mourned
A vile aberrant kill,
Spurred by greedy will.

Woe! Will was wicked fire;
Vaunted had the Sire
His ardent vengeful wish
To yonder wrath unleash.

Grief! Ire hath unmade
And therefore sorrow laid
To wondrous sea-loved port,
Once of pearls the fort.

Doom! Red grew thus the ancient tide.
Hands were felon slave of pride.
In storm the culprit got away,
As pious blood had washed the Bay.

Death! Valiant Noldo of grand craft,
Thou hast drawn pike and shaft
For the felling of thy kind:
Endless guilt shall thee bind.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 12. Mai 2019, 23:58
COURT IN NEED



Zitat
On top of rustic mound,
By the heathland's bound,
Lies the hay-clad dome
In the horseman's home.

Here find no rest
Buoyant folks and hapless guest.
Here peasants quail
At the Wizard's flail.

Loyal riders ran away,
Banned in sullen shameful day,
As the King ill decreed:
Is the court in dire need!

Happed have crime and woeful treason
At the algid end of season,
When the fields oft recoil,
By the ice pledging foil.

Short of vigour stays the crown;
Lies prevail and gentle drown.
People seek to free their guide
From the rancour crawling wide.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Mai 2019, 14:20
THE SON WHO LEADETH THEE



Zitat
Long and wide he trod
The wasted wooded path,
Plied with log and rod,
Fought the Night he hath.

Shoals of foes began
To pass the ancient road,
Daring marsh and glen
In the fiercest mode.

The Eye saw it through,
A feeble weakened vale;
Then his force he drew
To end this doleful tale.

Ranger of the reed,
Wield thy piercing bow!
More than tents we need
To stem the vicious flow.

Hail thy Captain right,
Servant of the Tree!
Grander act he might,
The Son who leadeth thee.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Mai 2019, 19:28
A LAND OF GOLD



Zitat
Ere radiant Sun arose,
In elder age to unfold,
Safe from earthly woes
Lay a land of gold.

Past the livid wave,
Further yonder west,
Elves were glad to crave
Eternal Bliss and Rest.

Shires laden fair
With joy and mirthful relish;
Thither we shall fare,
Where faultless hearts not perish.

Besieged by fiend and guilt,
And dreading grave offence,
The Archangels wherefore built
An unbreakable Defence!

Valmar and her Bell
Shall holy fortune wreak,
Whereunder pious dwell
And lasting beauty seek.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 17. Mai 2019, 13:55
RIDDLES AND ODDS



Zitat
It is no longer known,
Amid despair and bone,
Who chances to survive
And pass the age alive.

Demons flood the keep,
Intent along to sweep,
Breaching gates and doors
In the plight of wars.

Axes splinter shields
All across the fields,
Brandished to reclaim
What the arm shall maim.

Doom has not defeated yet
Whom the Dark beforetime met;
'Tis a Paladin of Light
Bearing fey uncanny might.

Such are odds and riddles told,
By the Fiefdom Men will hold,
Facing restless flaring rings
Round some hellish horrid wings.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Mai 2019, 17:14
A WISH TO PASS AWAY



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We hanker after glee,
About mere and tree,
Roving through the green:
An olden fate foreseen.

The Elvish paean stayed
Inside the rotten glade;
Speed and joy forsook
What valour prior took.

We lade the vessel full,
So winds hereafter pull
The wailing ship afar,
Seaward to the Star.

Shall the voyage bring,
As on seagull's wing,
Firstborns way ahead
Onto bounds unsaid.

We pray that oar and mast
Will pass the ocean fast,
But a wish to fulfil
In the Land forbearing ill.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 21. Mai 2019, 14:13
MOCKERY OF PRIDE



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Hand and chisel mock
Graven stone and rock,
To capture kingly eyes,
As befits the Wise.

Regal frowns command
Virtues that withstand
The epoch running bare,
When sunsets fearsome glare.

Glorious days subside,
Swept by time and tide;
Waning wraiths bemoan
What befell the throne.

Dwelling took a ken
In the House of Men:
The Sovereign shall return
While happy hamlets burn.

Soon will pride enter
The sick woeful centre
Of human marble-core,
Which guarded fates ashore.

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WILL NOT DESTROY MY VERSE



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Mourn thou not,
My kindly lot.
Scar may flame,
Yet never tame.

Thee I praise,
O splendent ways!
Thine is pride
On noble side.

By grand and skilful fashion
Thou grew'st in vibrant passion,
While hands would wreak a treasure
Of wondrous regal measure.

A King thou hast obeyed,
Whose realm once was laid
On sacred merry soil:
A golden valiant foil.

The City ailed afire.
Wring shall I my lyre.
The foul blazing curse
Will not destroy my verse.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 24. Mai 2019, 15:55
I WAGER IT MIGHT WORK



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I wager it might work,
Yet even many irk,
Though bounden is the duty
For any chap of pity.

Fare you well, perky fellow!
This your name shall we bellow,
In the time fallen dull,
Which my spirit may not lull.

Hobbits find great remorse
For the deed, augured worse;
Nay, I fathom not the wisdom
In making sudden to the Fiefdom.

What did the Little Folk of grace
In such ferocious sullen place?
If it be to common good,
Well the lad odds withstood.

Fight will mayhap therefore spell
Lay that's really worth a tell,
So long as eager feet remain
Widely firm and ever-sane.

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OF FIRE, ICE AND THUNDER



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Of Fire, Ice and Thunder,
Which realms rend asunder,
Thou heard'st grave and grief
That shatter worlds as chief.

Pain I'm not to assuage,
As devils battle wage;
The only Saviour lieth beyond
The enchanted misty Pond.

Thine honour must repent
To live anew content.
If thou be'st to plead,
Forswear would Princes greed.

Fire shall wear out;
Ice will melt about
The Foe's ghoulish Keep,
Where Thunder rageth deep.

O western Angel lying yonder!
Thou dwell'st unspoilt within thy Wonder.
Thou dost observe with eyes keen,
From Plain and Meadow evergreen.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Mai 2019, 15:59
WICKED GALE



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Bare moorlands flail
Winds and wicked gale,
Storming crop and wheat
By the horseman's seat.

Yeomen live in fear
On a peasant's tear;
Troubles have begot
Woes we fathom not.

The White Hand is nigh!
Wolves walk and pry
Along ways uncouth,
Around the brutish South.

Swoon sits the King
Whom betrayers bring
On the edge of ruin:
That's the Wizard's doing!

Knight and rusted sword,
Turned agin your lord;
Outlaws leave unfair
Crowns they're not to dare.

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EVER



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Ever roared the horn of War.
Spilt was blood, dried to gore.
Crude became these pitied Rocks;
Nasty fowls were drawn in flocks.

Hath the Lay woeful beckoned,
For the brave feeble Second,
Whom the story chiefly hurt
And dragged below to soulless dirt.

Ever thundered weeping skies,
Swift the darksome cloud to rise;
Hail and rain have washed away
Countless griefs, of sheer dismay.

First, thou fearest not the wheeling course
Which Time took thence for utter worse.
Yet wide discord hath bled thee white,
For red were stained swan-ports of Light.

If thou wert keen on gazing west,
Much better so it were to best
The Fiend who saith and doth mischief,
Once perished Noon and ancient Leaf.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 27. Mai 2019, 16:27
SO LONG



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So long, my green.
How fain I've seen
Your gentle Spring
And russet wing!

O larks! O deer!
No longer sheer
Shall be the Youth
Which prides in truth.

Yet Ruth I bear,
Although in wear
I suffer great,
At heart of late.

Venom blights
Days and nights,
Too deep wherein
I carried Sin.

A last Route
I shan't refute,
To take me there
Where Deathless fare.

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FRESHER AIR



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So fresher air
Might you ensnare,
Within the gem
Of springing hem.

'Tis Hobbit's land!
Some deem it bland.
How fair domain,
Devoid of stain.

To look above
And burst with love
At silky sky
Lying gladly high.

May zephyrs kiss
This homely bliss.
O rutted road!
O simple mode!

The outer folks,
With foolish jokes,
Are envious lots
Of troubled thoughts.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Mai 2019, 11:54
DROUGHT AND HEAT



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One league ahead,
One land of dread,
By heatwaves burnt;
Some tales that weren't.

Narrated, then,
Are songs and Men
Re-seeking trust
To longer last.

Battles rage
And herefore cage
Some kings with chain
As hideous bane.

The tribes of South
A cruel Mouth
Now all revere:
The Eye they fear!

Aye, it is
Some blazing breeze
That sets alight
To drought and fright.

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TWO REALMS



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Two bastions in the stone
Hewn fine, strong and lone;
Once thy vessel foundered deep,
Thus to light was brought the Keep.

A keep thou deemest right,
To dare and face the Night;
His phantom rose from waves
And longeth Dark its caves.

In cave was made a Ring
Which minstrels doleful sing;
O valiant human-kind!
Your bane ye seek to find.

To find and vanquish all
By breaching Sauron's Wall,
And Blade and Lance await
Their grievous ending fate.

My Man and Elf of Good,
Ye warred and proudly stood
Agin the firing Peak
That was your doom to wreak.

O deathly sealike Lord,
Thou fled'st in pain aboard
Thy mourning alder-ship,
As Ulmo wound his Whip.

Thine Heirs were not to yield,
When oceans sank the Field;
In sullied lands now tower
Two Realms, Tree, and Flower.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mai 2019, 14:40
HE WILL PROTECT



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The unlucky one you shield from ill;
So eager comes your faultless will
At the court of time and fate:
'Tis a daunting gloomy wait.

Kingless rest the ways of Men.
Dreary gets the quiet glen
Which fouler feet now tread in haste:
Gullies die and brooks then waste.

Just fangs and claws to guard the vale
That Sun avoids, to plunge much pale.
The ranks of Shadow walk anew:
A path to leave, grand foolish you!

Unless a force be well reborn,
Shall the kingdom render torn
A creeping wight of man-discord:
We hail a Head! We hail a Lord!

The crownless yearns his land to lead;
His truly vivid ardent creed.
He shan't recoil or throne defect:
His people just he will protect.

**********

CROSSING HEDGE



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Crossing hedge, amid the reed,
Lurk a wraith and darkling steed.
They move across the haunted wood;
Another sign of vicious brood.

They crawl inside the shade of eve,
Among the lanes which sombre grieve,
For bidden was the restless slave
To rove the soil and dread the wave.

They come from fiendish lawless place.
Without a name; without a face.
Nine Rings they got by snare and guile,
Delaying demise for so a while.

And bound they were beneath the Moon,
These fated ghosts that make one swoon.
They seek a little furtive lad,
Whom sundry griefs shall anguish sad.

Behold, they bolt away in wreathing dust!
Flocks of birds flee swift aghast.
Pray, I wish hereafter luck
For humble folks, in mire stuck.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mai 2019, 15:54
MY SUNLIT VERSE



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My sunlit verse, thou farest far.
Aggrieved my wit, neath omen-star.
Beside the Lords we stout remain,
Content with joy and holy reign.

The Vala sealed his merry country
To save the dearest deathless gentry;
Each peak he raised enormous higher,
A hundredfold, so bade the Sire.

His mighty host hath set a guard
To avert the fell and bar the marred.
No demon shall again besiege
The Immortal Kingdom past the Bridge.

A bridge of mist and potent spell
Thee keepeth stray from hallowed Bell;
Didst thou some honest deed,
To atone in full for creeping greed?

Alone thou art and faithful dost
What oaths decreed, through slaying and blast.
I would thou wert the storm to weather,
Ere hither-shores are sunk deep nether.

**********

I WAGER YOU MIGHT MEND



Zitat
Ah, the queer Abroad you seek to enquire!
Of it speaks oft the blatant liar.
Too fearful Hobbits stay inside,
Recoiling pale at larger wide.

We hear the tale of fainting shires,
That gravely suffer evil fires,
Or valiant wall they set to halt
Whom noble loathe and hail as fault.

The stony kingdom you shall find
Which many trust and bear in mind
As last defender of the earth,
While wishing Men the hoped rebirth.

Dwarven lots are rare to meet;
Likewise Elves depart in fleet.
The latter sail to never wane,
Escaping time and future bane.

I wager you might mend the ill
That now ascends with eager will
To yoke the free and realms invade,
Inflicting wound and wielding blade.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Jun 2019, 13:00
SHREDS OF CROWN



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Once upon a glorious age
Used the very worthy sage
To call the North as mighteous one,
By rule of Heir and bravest Son.

A king sat glad in graven throne
Of such a polished fearless stone;
Masons found sublime delight
In moulding ore and shaping right.

Delved were towns and regal halls,
Along with fortress, deep and walls.
No common foe would venture thither,
For bandits quailed; vile weeds that wither.

Yet menace sprang from dreary heights,
Spectral seat of ghouls and wights.
A sword was drawn and shone aflame,
Releasing swarms that order maim.

And cold unchained an ancient fiend:
Herald thence of scourging wind.
Men were stormed and smitten down,
Bequeathing doleful shreds of crown.

**********

THINE ENMITY



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Thine enmity I treasure
With fondly welcome pleasure
As token of good sign,
To banquet for with wine.

We feast and sing content.
We utter no lament.
We hanker for a dream.
We gravely hurt beseem.

Thine enmity is burden
To wearied guard and warden.
Albeit honoured to resist,
Fain might others us assist.

Dark Lord, thee Men have learnt
To loathe and hate, on regions burnt.
On felon-deeds we weighed thy scheme:
So fool of us thy words to deem!

Thou now thinkest fell indeed
To wake thy gruesome phantom-steed.
Defeat thou sawest plainly clear,
Since Gold accursed thou holdest dear.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 4. Jun 2019, 15:27
A BECKONED MONSTER



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In guise of hell, as paled the moon,
Blew fiercely strong a great typhoon
Which seethed across in utter ire,
Boding death for lord and squire.

Soon were sylvan reeds to mourn,
Reduced in ash, by fire worn.
Tried had hands to slay the beast,
That ruin begot along the East.

Darts could nought but sadly fail,
Stayed by sturdy dragon-scale,
And arrows flew in vain to fight
The approaching blast of blazing blight.

Cries resounded, voices rose.
Ills betided all in rows.
Folly took a king for serf,
Ruining halls of valiant Dwarf.

Alas, misfortune did away
With carven stone and chiselled clay.
Therein a grave was dug profound;
A beckoned monster; a flaring hound.

**********

HEED THE MAGE'S WORD!



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Heed the mage's word,
By dreary wood or ford,
While passing far beyond
The bound you cherish fond.

Advice you need for sure,
For odds are brought to fore,
When sunset stretches long;
When minstrels grieve in song.

Orbs shall wester still
Past silent stellar chill,
And days will fade away,
Though ever not astray.

Countless paths you'll tread,
To darkness bound to head,
Until the air is stifling smoke;
Until the world is all a yoke.

Fear is not to slow your pace.
Courage lives on Hobbit-face.
Fair enough shall deeds befall,
If answered fine this story's call.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Jun 2019, 14:23
AMARANTHINE-FAIR



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Forevermore shalt thou rest.
A sleep on meadow ever-best.
Too wild he burnt within thy womb.
Too vast discord was set to loom.

Thine incandescent kin inside
Yearned and flamed alight of pride.
A son thou borest unto plight,
Fated thence to rule in might.

A glaring star was brought to life,
Born from strain; apt for strife.
Of jewels wright he came to be,
Around the splendour-age of Tree.

Amidst the Noon she chose to dwell,
As Varda filled with glee her well;
And Manwë blessed his land secure,
Providing fain to wear a cure.

Yet maids bewailed the Elven-queen.
On green unstained she slumbered clean.
Spent thou art, embalmed with care,
Reposing faint, amaranthine-fair.

**********

BEHIND THE HEDGE



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Behind the hedge we stay,
So well and safe away
From peril growing bold
And algid northern cold.

Grey and sullen got
This morn and lively lot,
Since darker dreams occurred,
When gaffers dithered bored.

But Hobbits carry still
Their merry busy mill,
And odds import a little
Among good fest and vittle.

Dangers pry outside,
Where vicious spirits glide
Aloft and very wild,
Frightening the mild!

Some gentle Men await
At outer border's gate,
Patrolling lane and brook
With keenest eye and look.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Jun 2019, 17:32
BEYOND THE TIDE



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In the ancient glorious Middle
Stood an Island clad in riddle,
Closest then to deathless strands,
Revering once the Undying Lands.

Erstwhile ardour vanished utter.
Way was given to a Plotter.
Older bonds abated slow,
Yet ever making of the foe.

Emptied Lords the jar of hope,
Craving wealth that lay on slope,
Or claiming bays as proper right,
There where Men abide in fright.

Foolish counsel crept its path,
Wont the Crown to sway to wrath.
Greedy sea-kings knew no bound,
But warring horns and vengeful sound.

Sailed had fleets beyond the Tide,
Forbidden waves in sin to ride,
Willed to wrest the Eternal Fief
From holy rule of Arda's Chief.

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O FORSAKEN LAND!



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O forsaken land,
Marred afore and banned!
Thee I wish to heal
From striking foul ordeal.

A den thou wast for wraiths,
Behind thy darksome gates.
A shelter for his ghouls
And horrid deadly tools.

How grave hath thus decayed
The realm that was so made
A scorching waste of sorrow
Besetting now and morrow!

Siege had laid a host
To dreadful Orc and ghost,
In ranks which fairly shone
Before the Demon's throne.

O sunken blighted dale!
The fire-mountain's gale
Thou suffer'st from the time
The earth was plunged in crime.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 13. Jun 2019, 16:19
ASTIR WOKEN



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Twilit morrows come about.
Colder nights begin to rout
Gladder days held in glee,
Of an age worn, told in plea.

Fright is fast and spreading wide,
Akin to malady or tide,
Which very few permits to live
To see the cheerful starry eve.

Haze descends on haunted cairns;
Dread is brought to dells and glens.
Some confess to witness ill,
Upon the eerie burial chill.

Mounds begrudge the daring stranger,
Deaf to warning; fool to danger.
Nay, you travel not such fiendish route!
From tainted ground depart your foot!

'Tis real! 'Tis true! 'Tis ominous betiding!
Hark well, my dear: deathly knights are riding!
Yet other phantoms roam, where stored is precious token;
Inside their tomb they scheme. Astir they have just woken.

**********

UNEARTHING FOULNESS



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Once upon a sombre time
Lifeless mud and savage slime
Produced ulterior enemies of fear,
Below the wizard-dwelling's tier.

Underneath the olden walls
Lay some ghoulish cavern-halls.
Foundered deep inside the soil,
There were places fiends could spoil.

Serfs began to dig and mine,
Guided sure by flaming sign
Which burnt alight in Seeing Stones:
A vile commander, King of Bones.

They burrowed restless, morn and night;
New servants woke, born to fight.
The mage was bidden by the Eye
To muster hell, for war is nigh.

May heathlands raise fort and tower!
Much greater threats stare and glower.
Retreat might be the win of darkness;
The Istar acts, unearthing foulness.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Jun 2019, 17:14
BLIZZARD TO HALT



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The Ghoul ordained to lay
Despair across the Way
Of northern kings and folks,
And bound the free in yokes.

O sacred wistful North!
From cave they sally forth!
His armies flesh devour;
The Witch is wight of power.

His sword is beaming red,
While kingdoms writhe in dread.
His dagger conjures fiends
And woeful roaring winds.

But all is not yet lost,
Though thick has grown the frost,
For southern Lords arrive
To keep their twin alive.

Elves traversed as well
To battle Ice and Fell;
A blizzard willed to halt,
Alongside wrenching fault.

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UNMADE THE HORN



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Which tiding bearest thou?
Why great and valiant bow?
My loved and broken Son,
Have I thee justice done?

Speak thy riddle, foreign mage!
Old thou art, but not a sage.
Thine awry plans have ill begot,
Within thy foolishness and lot.

Unmade the Horn, felled by beast.
The journey wound too farther east.
My legacy of blood, mourn shall I thy tale;
This Steward owneth nought, but utter rueful wail.

Yet grieving serveth none,
And twilit got the Sun,
Foreboding scare and night:
A prelude of the fight.

Thou wishest foes to come
And much nefarious drum
To shatter stone with dread,
As like thy counsel said.

A victim, shorn of evils,
To sacrifice to devils
Thou needest very clear,
Bending doubts through fear.

This mongering of doom, I call a vain attempt.
Were I the one to sneer, if yeomen showed contempt?
I know, indeed, whom wantest thou to reign;
Thy vagabond of woods, shall never tread this lane!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Jun 2019, 17:47
LO! A BRIGHT MIRAGE IS NIGH



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Too dangerous to go,
A path of reed and sloe,
Which climbs over gullies
And stranger's garment sullies.

The Hobbits fled around
At rider's chilling sound,
Whose cry guts bestirs
Amid oaks and firs.

A fellow them is aiding
From phantom, ghoul and fading.
A knife yet wounded grave
The Bearer none could save.

He soon was near demise.
A gaze on empty eyes
Was leading him astray,
Where spectres wane away.

Lo! A bright mirage is nigh,
Which rids the sad of sigh;
A damsel clad in light
Of purest sinless white.

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A DESTINED MESSENGER



Zitat
Shall I tell thy future deed?
Shall I speak of my good creed?
Leastways doth recalling well
For grimmer fate to now foretell.

Ye must remember pious blood,
Spilt and shed in mode of flood
Bedewing red the unsullied havens,
Which presaged dead and famished ravens.

Thou! Atone and pride forgo!
Stricken swoon thou wast by Foe.
Thine anguish will for long persist,
While fighting Ruin of Morgoth's Fist.

My grieving streams have brought me news;
The Immortal found in grudge no use.
And waters bar the way to seas
Which oft ye sing and mourn in pleas.

Some further banes await thee yet,
My stranded one, besieged by threat.
A destined Messenger will mend
Thy vilest act about the End.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jun 2019, 16:11
THIS RIDER-DAME



Zitat
What ought to be?
How greet you me?
Abreast this Maid
You pass the glade.

We head afar,
Neath awry star,
Yet King and Heir
To glory fare.

You harbour one,
As bright as sun,
Within such heart
That won't depart.

With Elven-grace
Was blessed her race,
Whose ancient Keep
They sorely weep.

Know this, however!
Mishap may sever
My flesh asunder,
To awful wonder.

And still would I,
In soar and cry,
Avenge the soul
Of Théoden's Hall.

May heavens break!
May perish sake!
May surge to fame
This Rider-Dame!

**********

IN THE CREVICE



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In the crevice of the mount
Common folks not surmount
What of ill there abides,
Near the narrow rocky sides.

'Tis a cleft in the stone
Hiding cursed living bone,
And the way shut remains,
Lest to one happen banes.

Kingly promise they reclaim
So to end perpetual blame,
Staying true to the oath
At the Shadow's rapid growth.

But to crowns they respond,
In the name of regal bond;
Thus will spectres serve again
Some beleaguered fearful Men.

Ghoul will turn in precious aid,
When mishaps deplete the blade,
To the ruin of the Orcs
And their gruesome villain-works.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Jun 2019, 16:24
LONESOME HOME



Zitat
East the Hobbit-fence
Shall the Road commence
Whereto errands go,
Daring outer woe.

There is Fairy-Wood
Which evilness withstood,
And lucky ones might greet
Its springing meadow-wheat.

Golden glen and dale,
Scarcely would you pale
Before some farther bliss,
Where stories run amiss.

In truth lies a Home
Beside brook and foam,
And lonesome evermore,
At least to common lore.

Two dwell content,
In land of no-lament.
A Wiseman wading water;
A gracious River-Daughter.

**********

NOT A SEER



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I see grand armies flow
Beyond the edge aglow,
Of certain sombre like,
Through feral beast and pike.

I glimpse in wicked plot
That downfall had begot,
When Fair Ones used to tread
A world devoid of dread.

Beheld have I the Bane of Men!
A glance at pit, cove, and den!
Strife awaits. Paeans stayed.
Yeomen grieve their King afraid.

White Rider, much I fear!
This one Hobbit's not a seer!
I mayhap did forget and chance
His black desire so to advance.

Too deep a wound he wrought,
That rendered me distraught;
And winds I clear perceive,
Advising us to leave.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Jul 2019, 18:24
YET CARRY I MAY YOU



Zitat
On incandescent Waste
We journey ash in haste,
Unto the fiery ravine,
Where molten rock is waving.

So weary have we grown.
So large a queer unknown
We dealt with ever-stout
Which merriment shall rout.

The Mount we seek to climb,
And darkest bodes the time
Whereat we dare to win,
Amid despair and sin.

Recall you cannot stream
Or berries fine to deem;
The hues of Green appear
To only stir your tear.

That burden I shan't bear,
For sworn have I to care
And vows I keep as due,
But carry I may you!

**********

THOU KNEELEST NOW



Zitat
Thou kneelest now
Before thy foe,
To turn the prow
From nasty woe.

Thou seekest hence
To beg in vain,
Yet vile offence
Begetteth pain.

No writ have I
To unmake the guilt;
Thine awful lie
A prison built.

The Iron Crown
We struck afire.
I cast it down
And smote thy Sire.

O faithless Ghoul!
Bestir thy mind!
I am no fool
Whom devils bind.

Yond must ye,
Repenting thus,
Traverse the Sea
Past water's mass.

In face of Him,
The Ancient King,
Thy pride bedim
At Angel's Ring!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Jul 2019, 16:38
ONE VERY WHISPER



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One very whisper shall bequeath
The lay untold, in mode of myth.
A single murmur seething wide
Is often tale of Elven-pride.

Whirling seas bespeak again
A painful trace of bloody ken,
Since prideful Houses took the way
From saint-abode: besotted Bay.

Swan-ships burnt, brought adrift.
The price of heist headed swift
To mortal confines, there afar,
Where only glimmered Varda's Star.

One very whisper may so tell.
The Foe awaits: the Ever-Fell!
In cold recesses nightmares wake,
Too coarse and deep to whole unmake.

Alas, to Sires harm was even done.
The Valar wept, at surging Sun.
The Smith gave in to imposing ire.
His corpse now lies, consumed by fire.

**********

FORSAKE THE WAR!



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Forsake the war, my fiery King!
Thine offspring marched to Morgoth's Ring.
Thou led'st the immortal Brethren proud
And blew'st the trumpet broad aloud.

To avenge his Theft unto despair
Thine armies sacked the Haven bare,
Despoiling sea-folks of their ships:
Soon shall ye perish by flame-whips!

The boding Fate whereof I speak
Fore-known had been on Manwë's Peak,
And times divine ulterior Scourge,
For fiends in twilight shall re-surge.

Agin thy Host we shall enclose
The Eternal Continent from woes.
Agin thine arrogance and greed
Thou shalt regret rebellious deed.

Forgo the chasing of the Jewel!
'Tis vain revenge and hopeless duel.
Before the Foe thou win'st no longer,
If even thou wert threefold stronger.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Jul 2019, 16:33
A THRONE OF FLAME



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What would you fear,
If not the smear
Of witless folks,
Much versed in jokes?

I beg you not
To trust the lot
Indulging glad
In tale of mad.

A silly talk.
A foray-walk
In peasant's lore
Which happed afore.

Some murmurs spread:
Perfidious dread!
The Dwarven-gate
Decayed of late.

Its halls became
A throne of flame
For creeping swarm
And putrid form.

**********

ORBS MAY DIE



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Orbs may die.
Bards shall sigh.
This my Oath
I cry not loth.

O western seas!
O yonder-breeze!
Ye mayhap turn
From Shore to burn.

The Hither-Strand,
By so a land,
Shall thus partake
In flood and quake.

My potent Stones!
On my Kin's bones
I vow to flail
The Foe of tale.

His foulest fiend
Such roaring wind
Shall never hinder,
In name of Wonder.

On Thee I swear!
Defend from Wear
The valiant Elf,
Accursed himself.

My Ancient King,
Within thy Ring
Decreest thou just
And Right to trust.

Yet Angels failed.
Yet Queens bewailed.
Inside their Shire
Was set a fire.

On stainless Plains
Trod then two Banes,
And lightless Night
Had bound your Might.

The Trees are gone.
The West grew wan.
Sole remnants live
Of Yester-Eve.

My Relics were
The Demon's door
To coming where
Was laid his Lair.

We sail far thither,
While friendships wither.
We head to Doom,
While daisies bloom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 23. Jul 2019, 20:12
WIGHTS AFIELD!



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Wights afield!
Bear the shield!
Man the post!
Slay the ghost!

Upon their steed,
Men's ears bleed;
A cry of dread
Betokens dead.

Which beast of hell
Might guardians fell
So grimly full
By devil's rule?

The Knight in White
Assuages fright.
A legate sent
Who furthest went.

Stay, hearken!
Heavens darken!
A wolf-device
Gates hammered thrice.

**********

A CONTEST ON THE MOUND



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Aflame and bursting all around,
Befell a contest on the Mound
To hail the victor of the night,
Who thus prevailed by grace of might.

The Wizard held himself till dawn
And battled firm the wicked pawn
That Evil set on long pursuit,
Throughout a daunting peril-route.

A walking Wraith began to seek
For Little Folks about the creek,
Because an Heirloom they possess:
One Ring to damn and not to bless.

He kept a vigil, atop that Ruin.
Some distant flares were Mage's doing.
In guise of lightning, yond afar,
He spoke his magic, spooks to bar.

No venom-dagger could succeed.
No darksome Knight on ghoulish steed.
The Grey bowed not to evil Rider;
The Bearer succour found in Strider.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 26. Jul 2019, 14:26
BRANDISH IT!



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Brandish it, great Heir!
No better iron might
In perfidy and fright
Secure your being from wear.

At death you are to stare,
While battling the Unright,
Which blighted fiefdoms bare
Of merriment and light.

To gift the Blade I dare,
At onset of despair,
For well foresaw my sight
That you shall rout the night.

**********

I PASS TO HIM



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I pass to him
The grace I bear,
Which makes me fair
And rich of vim.

I beg my blood,
Descent of yore,
To summon flood
At Elven-door.

The sacred stream
Ye shall not taint,
Though haps beseem
To smite us faint.

The Hobbit's fine!
The Wraith's amiss!
We drove the Nine
Away from bliss.

I vow to stand
And further fight
This villain-wight
From sullen land.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jul 2019, 10:50
THE TOWER'S FALL



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The Tower's fall
Lay just ahead,
Beyond the wall
Of mindless dread.

Then debris cast
Its woeful ruin,
Along with blast
And storm ensuing.

Courageous victors.
Volcanic room.
Now languish spectres
Of Evildoom!

They shameful wane.
They all surrender.
Here is the bane,
Hence rent asunder.

His prowess tied
That craft together;
We watch it glide
In calm new weather.

**********

SO FEY A MARVEL HAPPED



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So fey a Marvel happed,
As Iron peasants trapped,
And colour faded pale
Through thunderstorm and gale.

A Sorcerer betrayed
The heathland-knight and maid,
For lurid sport of crows,
To feast on brutal woes.

Yet feral raiders daren't
Beset the far lament
Which golden reed pervades
Within the enchanted glades.

A mighty Elvish Dame
They try in vain to tame,
But fallen wizards fail
To sully wood and dale.

Her prodigy we ignore.
That's old forbidden lore.
We only gape at Light,
Where dwells the Queen aright.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Aug 2019, 14:00
DAMASK-ROSE



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I see whom nature gifted well,
So fair and worth a praising tell.
I see whom love has dearly shown
To be the queen of this my throne.

The seat of happiness herein,
Where vigour dwindled very thin,
For darkness left a longtime trace
On Hobbit's lovelorn kindly face.

So vast a wasteland have I gone,
Until my Master foes had won,
Yet ever fain I found relief
From malice sown and wrenching grief.

Delight I sought in golden lock,
Which sundry birds may dare to mock.
No brighter visage better glows
Than my besotted damask-rose.

**********

MEANDERING ABOUT



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Meandering about,
I would then order flout,
Were sentinels to unveil
The green path to the Vale.

Wandering across,
Amid the tender moss,
We guard the western bound
And set a watch around.

Refuge give us woods
From much nefarious broods,
Unto gleeful Country
We serve as loyal sentry.

Rangers pride in stealth,
Instead of kingly wealth;
Their duty they deem dear,
Be they by brook or mere.

We answer to the Lord
Of joyous dell and ford.
We hail him our guide,
When roads we chance to stride.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Sep 2019, 18:55
AND DRAGONS HID



Zitat
And Dragons hid
To rest amid
The lonely Chill
In sleepy will.

They so repose
From blades and bows,
Beneath the feet
Of Dwarven-seat.

Of greed and fire
Was bane to Sire,
For blaze will melt
The King who dwelt.

The Drake shall soar,
As did afore,
And losses wreak
To Hall and Creek.

The Town on Lake
Will deem her sake
Such worthy stone
To rueful moan.

***

And dragons hid
In wrathful bid
To strike the Chamber
Of rock and timber.

The hour ran
Beyond one's ken,
And days would hap
Till cunning trap.

The Mount became
A sordid flame
Which mines had lit
And conquered wit.

The weary Dwarf
Would walk like serf,
Betraying his skill
And dauntless will.

Yet sung in rhyme
For gladder time
Was lay to sound
Past vale and mound.

***

And dragons hid
Their serpent-lid
Deep down the Gold
Which shone of old.

A seer spoke,
Bereft of joke,
Divining fine
A hopeful Sign.

The rightful Heir
Shall climb the stair,
Once cloven wise
In Dwarven-guise.

Bells will hail
Around the Vale
Such gallant quest
In tunes of fest.

Alack, it is
To ravage trees
And Water heat
By mountain's feet.

***

And dragons hid
To thence forbid
The unlucky Sire
From fleeing fire.

The Snake in wait
Is never sate,
For always longs
To make some wrongs.

Below their Wealth,
By snare and stealth,
One breath of doom
Patrols the gloom.

Shall Exiles pave
Their road to Cave,
To free the keep
Which rooted deep?

O risky route!
O vicious loot!
The Prince will take
The throne from drake.

***

And dragons hid
The world to rid
In future age
Of Dwarf and sage.

The Fellows tread
A way unsaid,
Combating ill
And outer thrill.

A woodland King,
Whom harpers sing,
A deed much bold
Deemed war for Gold.

Among them found
Himself around
A valiant Thief,
Withstanding grief.

The Burglar won!
He now shall don
The Mail of Kings
Of shiny rings.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 14. Okt 2019, 17:49
GRANDLORD UNDER HILL



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Halls you drew from ore
At very dawn of lore,
And cloven was the throne
In mountain's deepest bone.

Neath the vaults of rock
Masons came to mock
The kingly frown in marble,
Chiselling his fable.

A place to hide from monster.
A dwelling used to foster
The works of Durin's Folk
Who put the mount on yoke.

So fairly rich a mine,
Wherein the delvers dine!
So prosperous a maze
To tell in pomp through lays!

Grandlord under hill,
The fates to dare you will,
For Dwarven-Rings bestir
A threat to cave and fir.

**********

ALGOUR ON STRAND



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Algour fell on strand,
Upon the blissful Land,
To darken swans and Port
Past consecrated fort.

Fountains dried away.
Grimness held the Bay.
Barren Trees decayed.
Chill was turned to blade.

Mariners ashore
Mourn the hapless lore,
While tempest rises fell
From paradise and Bell.

Algid lay the Haven,
White by masons graven,
Until was Light anew
To wake the Kingdom's Hue.

Further Ice beyond
Was bare to strain the bond
Betwixt righteous Sire
And Prince of Elven-squire.

**********

FUTILE HOPE



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It is profound dismay
To muse on vestige long,
As dawns a grievous day
And enemies are strong.

Men beseem to quail
Before the approaching storm,
Known to them the flail
Menacing their norm.

Accustomed grew the king
To questioning the sky,
In futile hope to cling
To ancient ken or lie.

Grandiose tombs were built,
Embellished by remorse,
Out of envious guilt
Towards a greater force.

Now the Steward lives
To see the fief in chain,
And ruthless wester eves
Preceding wrathful bane.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Okt 2019, 17:52
ELDER MIGHT



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The Mountain shall her pass conceal,
To stun the traveller on wheel,
Or freeze the feet of prouder guest
About the baleful crimson crest.

A dormant Forest harbours wrath
And trees she herds on sylvan path,
Awaiting some to loud acclaim
The fall of axes, made to maim.

Another power fain resides
Near the root of peaceful tides,
Deep within a vale of mirth:
Abode of nature's beaming birth.

Horrors lurk underneath,
Where have mourners placed a wreath
For the honouring of mines,
Inside the cave; below the pines.

'Tis one sort of elder might,
Born afore the starry night;
Ere evilness befell.
Ere Angels crafted bell.

**********

LAY OF SUNLESS TIMES



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Flawless Elda, now bespeak:
What were shadows then to wreak?
Which the semblance of thy scare,
Haunting dream and mirthless mare?

By the Lake the First awoke,
Blooming goodness of a folk;
Astir they Wonders thus beheld,
When Varda's radiance cloud had felled.

Yet peril lay, in ore enshrined.
Round frigid heights, by foulness mined.
Thence came a Ghoul, a gruesome Wight,
Ordained to mar the starlit night.

The darksome Fiend of our tale
Crept unseen, at end of dale;
He took the unwary unto cave
For evil work of art so grave.

Wherefore Children turned to beast,
Doomed on flesh to wildly feast.
Monstrous ogres rose from pit,
Serving demon's malice-writ.

Ere the Knight vastness rode,
Seeking Fairies, right in mode,
Ye encountered Him of old:
Wicked Rider, black and bold.

Cunning captor, willed to chain
Thine eternity with pain,
Deeming very better deed
The vile unmaking of one's creed.

Manwë's Lightning struck his fort,
Smiting devilry and dirt.
Heavens thundered; reddened skies;
Shires relished, shorn of lies.

'Twas the Lay of sunless time,
Sung in verse, entailing rhyme.
Epic story, fine to treasure,
Shall in sureness win thy pleasure.

O my dweller, hither come!
Hark the trumpet! Hail the drum!
March in Valimar the Great,
Ever-Mistress of thy fate!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 18. Okt 2019, 16:22
AN AGELESS FAY



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Inside the Green
An ageless Fay
Is known as being
Of olden day.

Revere the Dame!
Obey the Lord!
So grand a fame
Surpasses word.

No trace of toil
Upon her face;
No barren soil
For Elven-grace.

It ill behoves
Men abroad
To hail as coves
Queens to laud.

Tall and white,
She will divine
Encroaching fright
Or omen-sign.

**********

LAST OF ROYAL BLOOD



Zitat
Last of ancient royal blood!
A lonesome wandering in reed;
Accustomed well to mire-weed;
The untidy pilgrim, sunk in mud.

A shack he finds aright
To shelter eyes and feet,
Relying on the night
To cool diurnal heat.

Some sacred lore inhabits
The sentinel of limits.
It brings us back to you,
O sea-lord ruling blue!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 20. Okt 2019, 16:39
I QUESTION STARS



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I question stars to tell me all.
What happens, pray, behind that wall?
Which foul device assume of ill
His feral monsters, bred to kill?

I covet ken and keener gaze;
I wish I knew such land of blaze.
They spoke of glaring flame therein;
Fell it grew. We may not win.

I long for craft to wisely show
The fiery wave. The molten flow.
The Seeing Stones, I here confide,
Will plain reveal the opposing side.

I have observed perennial dullness;
It fed a malice: woeful vileness.
I fear the Tower, his dreary seat;
The ash is ruin to corn and wheat.

I lie distressed, rent and torn.
The Steward governs, yet forlorn.
Anguish shall corrode my trust,
Akin to rocks, then ground to dust.

**********

BE IT FEST TO EVER HAIL



Zitat
The glass we raise to cheer
A wiseman, brave and dear,
In hour apt for fun,
When hazard we fain shun.

May beer abound!
Fill the jugs around!
Hobbits yearn remembrance,
Glad in mode and semblance.

Be it fest to ever hail
As event befalling vale,
Where we cherish quiet life,
Faraway and void of strife.

Ah, the joys of queer story,
Firelit and fraught with glory!
Troll and drake us await,
Once provisioned, till we're sate.

Many tales endearing ears,
Meant to stir the common's fears,
Albeit willing to disclose
Foreign tidings, full of woes.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Okt 2019, 18:06
GONE, DECAYED



Zitat
Gone, decayed. 'Twas the fate of Light.
A sudden coldness fell, inviting sombre night.
Two Trees had risen, the miracle of Powers,
Enshrined herein secure, behind mighty towers.

The Enemy knew well, to deal the fatal strike,
Assisted by a Beast, kindred fiend alike.
They ventured unto fields, pure and blessing-laden,
Intent to poison Green, defying Lord and Maiden.

Swathing chill occurred, gripping Havens faint.
Grieving sailors wept, for the scourge of taint.
Noon had soon eclipsed, as a waning dream,
Leaving Elves adrift, by the ocean's stream.

"Stay thy bursting ire, Noldo of the West!
Thou mayest not prevail, nor higher kinds contest!"
Saith thus the Ancient King, sovereign ever-just;
He shall reign supreme, evermore to last.

**********

PAPER WISELY STOWED



Zitat
Paper wisely stowed,
In the ancient mode,
Findeth proper use
Past the River's blues.

Mesmerising hue;
Gleaming summer-dew.
An anointed Ravine
Much inspireth craving.

Might another kingdom
Treasure equal saintdom?
Might a fairer shrine
Offer food and wine?

Not on dying Shore,
Deeply scarred afore,
Shall we have a place
Vying so by grace.

Books conserve the lay,
Sung in olden Day,
At the time of might
And relentless plight.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Nov 2019, 17:50
THE FORAY FOR THE FLOWER



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'The Foray for the Flower'
In the gravest hour,
Thitherto presented
By the fate resented.

Happed in truth a deed
Off the Isle of Greed,
Strangled by the sin
Festering therein.

So we call the tale!
Him we shall bewail!
Afore the Ruling Ring
We need his merit sing.

Under sham disguise,
Passing guard and lies,
Climbed the Prince a tower:
Seat of cruel power.

Ere the fiendish Priest
Swung his deadly fist,
Took the Heir with him
Seed decayed dim.

It was a feeble piece,
Reminiscent of the Bliss,
Brought of old aboard
From the Land of Lord.

Then a Sapling grew
In the World of Rue,
There to well remind
Of a grander kind.

**********

'TIS TIME: RELEASE THE BRAID!



Zitat
I pray to staunch confide
In fiercest knightly ride;
I pray and skies beseech
To silence raven-screech.

'Tis time: release the braid!
The rider chains unmade.
I wave and spur the reins
Towards my ruthless banes.

Horsemen, forth ye charge!
Wearisome and large
Hath the raider's fury
Wanted us to bury.

It doth me regal honour
To anew display the colour.
It did me tenfold gladder
To set aflame the ladder.

The Deep we shan't forsake.
Ruin the Sun! Wake the drake!
I were to blemish all,
If ogres broke the wall.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Nov 2019, 16:26
GLORIOUS SMITHS WERE PROUD



Zitat
Winding through the fen,
Passing lair and den,
Slumber there some fells:
Lonely holly-dells.

Harpers used to find
Great delight of mind
By recounting fain
Elder wright-domain.

Glorious smiths were proud
To labour all around;
Beryls came to be,
East beyond the sea.

Roads united Elf
To mighty Dwarrowdelf,
For every tale to laud,
From home to far abroad.

The entrance to the mine
Shall open via sign:
"Await the moonlit ray
To grave a door in clay."

**********

A GATE TO GLOOM



Zitat
It darkened so uncouth.
From yeoman's eager mouth
Was uttered cheerless ode
To ruined mount-abode.

They delved alone in rock;
They later fled amok.
A fire burst and roared;
Too deep the Dwarf had bored.

Shut the ancient way,
Routes we fare astray
Without a ruling one
To comfort Durin's son.

Putrid ponds belie
Horrendous cavern-cry;
Rotting waters mask
The void inside the dusk.

Holly spread around,
Over failing ground,
While disgraces loom
By the gate to doom.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Nov 2019, 18:36
WHO MAY TRAVERSE THE DARK?



Zitat
Who may traverse the Dark?
Who may revive the bark
Of weeping sallow trees
That shiver during breeze?

Some creature there resides
Beneath the dirty tides,
Down a sombre pool
Luring but the fool.

A crawling sea of snakes,
As perilous as drakes;
Its eyes lurk and crave
The intruder wading wave.

Crossing Moria's wall
Unto dreary hall
Shall perhaps awaken
Nightmares, long forsaken.

One ought not to travel
Paths divining evil;
One had better stay
Out of sullen way.

**********

'TIS NOT SERFDOM



Zitat
'Tis not thy serfdom or despair.
'Tis not the bondage of the Fair.
'Tis not a golden gaol herein.
'Tis not a contest ye may win.

Thou might'st not withstand the quest.
Thou dost mischief to sow unrest.
Thou needest now and true atone.
Thou shalt repent and fight alone.

We are to Shore and Isle conceal.
We seek a punishment to deal.
We thus decree the Regent's word.
We but a King revere as lord.

They fell while guarding Ship and Haven.
They pearls and ports with blood had graven.
They ever sang and danced of old.
They greatly yearned the mortal world.

I warn you all by malediction.
I send my speech and not inscription.
I rule the greyness of demise.
I may assume the phantom-guise.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 8. Nov 2019, 21:26
I THUS FORGAVE



Zitat
I thus the Smith forgave,
If Valar willed to save
The continent in plight
From dull perpetual night.

My vessels will depart
Whence mourned of grief the heart,
Yet solemnly I swear
To never join the flare.

No foot we are to set
Upon the hither-shore;
No mariner we let
That ghoulish fief explore.

Remembrance burneth still
Of tragedy occurred;
It then descended chill,
By avarice bestirred.

**********

GIVE ME RAIN! GIVE ME TEAR!



Zitat
Give me rain! Give me tear!
Wash away deceitful smear!
Send thy raging howling storm
Agin the breaker of the norm!

Unsullied ruler, I beseech:
Whither Eagles farthest reach,
Order fowls my kin to avail,
Carrying messengers by gale.

Grant us pardon, beg I thee,
O sheerest lord beyond the sea;
I dread the rumbling of thunder.
Mirthless clouds me ever render.

Devout I shall in faith remain,
For pity nought hath done in vain,
And even destinies will bend
To fateful Mariner's amend.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 11. Nov 2019, 17:36
MY PEREGRINE OLD FRIEND



Zitat
My peregrine old friend,
I met thee long ago.
Thy visits well portend
To ameliorate the woe.

The pain I come to suffer
Into wearied heart,
When season groweth stiffer
At eerie sundown-start.

Of deeds I oft bethink:
Of voyages afar;
The much impervious brink
We trod beneath the Star.

We passed the cave for good,
Inhabited by Orc.
We battled evil brood
Through brave united work.

My lauded fearless mage,
I shall await thy coming,
And wherefore will the sage
Appear in radiant morning.

**********

GRACIOUS HARPER IN THE NIGHT



Zitat
Gracious Harper in the night,
But a Wraith commanding fright
Hath appeared out of gloom
In the like of speaking doom.

What shall verily occur?
Is the world but scare and blur?
I think not, beaming sire,
Lest of lie resound the lyre.

Thy melody awoke
My feral mongrel-folk.
The Late covet joy
Which never climes alloy.

Lead us thither, thee we pray!
Take the sourness away!
We swear to hinder darkling being,
Who much on perfidy is keen.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 22. Nov 2019, 17:09
IN SACRED DEITY



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In sacred deity, I vow to trust;
Be I to fade, reduced to dust.
Elder Crown of western plain,
To thee no rival might be bane.

I would ye were the Prince to avail,
Your mourning servant under flail,
By force of thundering decree
And so ferocious roar of Sea.

Yonder liest thou, sacrosanct and bright!
Ever fowls repose, into virgin light!
Redeem the fault upon the marred;
Be trumpets tale of Elven-bard.

Move the currents! Shake the abyss!
Rout thine Enemy amiss!
Whirl the wave and crack profound
Sinful continents around!

Which disgrace will hence destroy
Evil's foul demonic ploy?
Which intrigue thou art to cease
Amid the sadly swathing pleas?

**********

MAN I LOVE AND CHERISH



Zitat
Man I love and cherish,
Wishing fain to stay
Out of ill or blemish
In the vile affray.

Father, give him time.
He shall travel north.
Valour shall be rhyme
Glorifying his worth.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 25. Nov 2019, 17:41
REIGN IN BANE



Zitat
Conflict shall betide,
Ignominious and snide,
Over wasting land
Foundered into sand.

Tribesmen proudly reign
In the midst of bane,
Taming beast for use
Through deceptive ruse.

**********

STRIP HIM BARE!



Zitat
Feel! His filthy magic fadeth.
Lo! Shepherd rivers wadeth.
On the burnt I swore to bring
Wrath and havoc to the Ring.

The Ring of walls embracing vale,
Whose Tower drew tempestuous gale,
Shall live and bear the grief of ruin
Upon the Sorcerer's undoing.

I freed the water from its cage,
Allowing currents round to rage
For grave defeat and whole demise
Befalling quick a former Wise.

Trees besieged, the keep to seize,
And ended so the fetid breeze
That once emerged from under-pit:
A work of treachery, not wit!

The Forest spoke; woods rebelled.
We crushed the stone; Orcs we felled.
I bellowed stern, as potent flare:
"O boundless tide, strip him bare!"
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 29. Jan 2020, 17:33
YE LET ME FREE!



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How shall I contest thy Might?
The Green hath spoken, not aright.
The vanquished asketh, nonetheless,
That victors be not merciless.

Roots aggrieved, hark me clear:
I am renowned as great a seer.
I glimpsed a future far away
That grave obscurity will lay.

Ye let me free! Ye let me out!
I need not seed concern or doubt.
Thou wonst my dwelling, I concede;
What wantest thou, o Folk of Reed?

But the least foolish mage,
Locked inside my lonely cage,
I became and now demand:
May the Wizard flee this land!

Greener shires lie across,
Spring of dew upon the moss,
Wherein the people suffer nought
That rendered other fiefs distraught.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Jan 2020, 18:27
THE ABHORRED



Zitat
Fly ahead and shape assume,
Over mountain, frost, and fume!
You obey and quell the Fair,
Ere the Princes conquer dare.

'Abhorred', such is your fearsome name,
Befitting well so cursed a fame,
Whose terror runs and rapid spreads
Amid the Noldo's growing dreads.

Aberrant fortresses you guard;
They hail you lord, the foulest bard.
In bondage captives waive their soul,
Ignoring how to fight your thrall.

Be ghoulish howl or sombre wing,
Which Elven-lyres grimly sing,
Your fabled evilness is tale
Among the squire in the vale.

No even challenger would pose
The threat of equal mighty foes,
Unless he be immune to fright,
Resisting chieftains of the night.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Jan 2020, 19:11
THEN QUOTH THE ANCIENT KING



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Then quoth the Ancient King:
"Before the Archangel's Ring
Have Powers all convened
To punish rogue and fiend.

Sedition goeth vast;
It struck the High aghast.
We saw not them arrive!
To bliss restore we strive!

Our Noon abandoned thee
And scattered waves at sea
Shall carry Elven-folk
Where equilibrium broke.

Thy quest will augur ill
Beyond the grinding Chill,
For greedy crafters seek
To claim the mortal creek.

Thereto wilt thou fare,
Hunting pit and lair,
Viler yet might do
Those denying their rue."
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 1. Feb 2020, 22:19
THUS RESPONDED REBELS



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Thus responded Rebels:
"Woe to outer evils!
Hence we part in faith,
So our Monarch saith.

Chiselling and graving
Never smothered craving,
As we since partook
Round untainted brook.

Joined have we the Light,
Sound from foreign fright,
Finding great relief
In the Wondrous Fief.

Yet a gaol is gaol,
Albeit sung in tale;
Albeit wrought of gold,
Serfdom shall unfold.

Bane thy Country smote!
Vessels rest afloat,
Moored in vain to port
At the Sailor's fort."
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 3. Feb 2020, 17:37
NOW THE SPECTRE PLANS ASSAULT



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I sense, I feel it in the wind:
He comes, the chilling dreadful Fiend.
He's leading hordes towards the Keep
To raze our shack and fort and deep;
The laughing hamlet stays and quails:
Here is a demon, chief of flails.
To scourge the moor and wreak despair
The Witch emerged from frigid lair:
His blade ordains the Ice to freeze
Whatever dare survive the breeze.

Men are frail and wont to rise,
Ridding lands of tort and lies,
For usurpers covet crowns
And devour faithful towns.
In the meantime Snow descends,
Dooming all, foes and friends!
Once a Phantom lay in tomb,
While our gardens were to bloom;
Now the Spectre plans assault,
Reaping strength from human fault.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Feb 2020, 14:54
THE WILD DECAYED ROUTE



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The wild decayed Route
Is tiresome on foot
And evenly uncouth
For nostril, tongue, or mouth.

Tumults witnessed ways
In ancestral days,
When the Ring-lord struck
Elven-smiths, alack!

Aye, we lost a kingdom!
Nay, it wasn't wisdom!
Drawing Might from gold
Hadn't made them bold.

Dark was cast on paths,
Thenceforth swarmed by rats;
Home to nasty beings.
Stone to smithereens.

O ancient Road in ruin!
How happed your own undoing?
I doubt the unwary stranger
Could ever grasp the danger.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 6. Feb 2020, 17:24
CLASH AT GATES



Zitat
Time was ripe; the hour came.
Men of Shadow set aflame
Kindred ones, round the vale:
Proud defenders watching Dale.

'Twas a fragment of the war,
During sad occurring lore;
Sundry forces rallied thither:
"Marshal arms! Muster hither!"

Dwarven-trumpet shook the air;
Warriors promised foes to bear.
Tolled the bell and worsened fates:
"Here is bloody clash at gates!"

Eastern raiders flooded all,
Drawn to riches in the hall.
In face of peril, bonds endured;
Anew withdrew the Wicked Lord.

The King, alas, was not to see
His land retrieved and fraught with glee,
For regal courage held the door,
But triumph, then, demanded gore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Feb 2020, 18:44
ALGID GALES ROAR AND BATTER



Zitat
Lo! Ranks of Elven-kin descend,
So rash, indeed, without amend,
Yet treading down the jewel-stair
Of Kôr the Old, immensely fair.

We may not say what them befell;
We dread the void about the Bell!
Light hath waned, waking shadows
Into green and faultless meadows.

Algid gales roar and batter.
Mountains quake; cities shatter.
Loud bewailing teareth skies,
Lading strand and bay with cries.

Vala, hearken wisely to the prayer;
Save thine Earldom from this Mare!
Free thy kingdom! Rid the Bound!
Mourners weep upon the Mound.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 10. Feb 2020, 14:45
THOU DOST MY BIDDING!



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Thou dost my bidding, I ordain!
Bring me light of Elder Reign.
A beryl lieth by North accursed:
Among the gems prime and first.
I hold it great, the Stone supreme,
Such that thee shall full redeem!
Made it was afore the dawn,
Yonder west in endless morn,
By craft of Wright; by ardent will.
Disgrace had marred the Silmaril!

Astute pretender, take the Jewel!
It is to be an utmost duel.
Man of cunning, voyage thither!
Seek the plains doomed to wither.
Farther lead thine errand swift,
Crossing wastelands left adrift,
Unto gates of ill device:
Hewn were chambers in the ice.
Thus my Love shall be thine own:
Lissom Princess; grace of throne.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 19. Feb 2020, 12:31
FOR BRANCHES WAR



Zitat
They shall all flee
In front of tree,
For branches war
And hatred store.

A green enraged,
Which clash has waged,
Is marching now:
Such fearsome bough!

The wood demands
That field and lands
Be under law
Averting flaw.

The forest cried:
"No time to bide!"
Their roots will choke
Who felled the oak.

"O bane of fir!
I stomp you, cur!
Be cursed the day
Orcs trod this way!"
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mär 2020, 15:24
THENCE WE SAILED



Zitat
Thence we sailed to land on Bliss,
Knowing prows lead not amiss,
For an art the Angel taught:
'Twas a vessel, grandly wrought!

Many ships in quiet mode
Yearned for holy saint-abode,
In the hour of the Antique,
Void of anger, grudge, and pique.

Sea-elves parted from the Isle,
That later wisemen would beguile,
When sages harbours gross mistook
By lack of ken, and distant look.

At tide's command we crossed the strait
Whither kinship marched of late,
In search of novel home ashore,
Out of Paradise's door.

Marine and gracious Fowls were keen
On ferrying boat and deathless being
To fiefdoms governed by the High:
Eternal fortress! Hallow-belfry.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 30. Mär 2020, 12:44
WHAT TIME IS MADE TO REST?



Zitat
Time? What time is made to rest?
My friend elected pipe and fest,
Among their brutishness enjoying
The rustic taste of folk's alloying.

Gandalf, bid adieu to party-fires!
How may mages rove in mires?
Ride to me; I bear a sign!
Rid yourself of fetid swine.

At the summit of my tower
Stricken have me Blaze and Power,
Through the olden Seeing Stone
Which enquire I alone.

Grandness, wreathed in furious cloud,
Where the Black Tongue sounds aloud
From the ogre and the wraith:
Owed to him is villain's faith.

Why should sorcerers oppose
Countless legions, pikes, and bows?
Ought we him to promptly stay,
Combating victors of this lay?
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 31. Mär 2020, 15:08
ERRANT KNIGHT



Zitat
The Errant Knight of Gondor
Hath trodden wood and field;
Before the gates of Mordor
He raised his mighty shield.

The Heir and rightful Sire
Shall lead his folk in war,
Though hamlets burn afire
And Men bewail their lore.

O valiant Chevalier!
We would thou wert to win.
Thus prophesied the seer:
Thou art to mend our sin.

Thy regal blood of kings
Is relic of an age,
Afore prodigious Rings
And advent of the Mage.

Yester-lords were feared
By the savage land,
And each vessel veered
To Númenor, the Grand.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 2. Apr 2020, 10:55
BLAME YOU NOT THIS MY PRECIOUS



Zitat
Leave me scarring grief to sing
To the imprudent and the fool:
All are tied to Ruling Ring
As a worthless utter tool.

Blame you not this my Precious,
Kindly Master from the Shire;
Shadow's minions deem it vicious
To torment the unlucky squire.

Aye, so foul a devil-king!
Upon decay the Demon reigns!
I beheld his monstrous wing
Order vilest deed and banes.

Only chain my spoils have known
Down the dungeon of doom,
Wherein had Evil laid a throne
In the bleakness of the gloom.

Yet a favour I might do,
Having skill for dire case,
So the Hobbits journey through
During darker sunless days.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 5. Apr 2020, 14:11
O FRAIL BESOTTED PEACE!



Zitat
O frail besotted peace!
Why rannest thou amiss?
I would we dwelt in gladness,
Content and full of richness.

A Leader squires crave
To pass unspoilt the wave
Which Evil lured within:
Affray we may not win.

If Crown were on the head,
In fainting Steward's stead,
Of brave majestic King:
Would troubadour well sing!
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 7. Apr 2020, 15:05
SPLIT YOKE



Zitat
'Twas battle to lay bare
That never-ending flare
Which flaming malice fed
With mischief, lie, and dread.

"Thy bastion I throw down!
The water shall thee drown!"
Eönwë split the yoke
Of blighted hither-folk.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 9. Apr 2020, 13:05
THE FITTER RASCAL OF US TWO



Zitat
The fitter rascal of us two
Hath made the Continent anew
A radiant home to dove and lark,
Upon the lively willow-bark.

The wary Hobbit won the praise
From King and Lord of yester-days,
Belonging each to every kind
That Eru moulded by his mind.

Yet victor lost to woeful throes.
Among our merriment and sloes,
The Bearer fancied he might fare
Across the Blue: beyond the scare.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 28. Apr 2020, 15:37
EVERY STORM



Zitat
My beloved, caring father,
Every storm I were to weather
For the honour of my House;
War and wrath I might arouse.

I shall make thee worthy treasure,
Crossing reckoning and measure.
Let my hand hew from ore
Fateful Gems, pride of lore.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 15. Mai 2020, 13:33
THE GREATER MAN



Zitat
The greater man doth not desist
From fain contesting evil East,
And loud shall blow the gallant horn,
If Men's defence by strain be worn.

An even finer guard of reed
Will kindle hope in noble deed,
For kindness beareth worthy sword,
When sparing lives and wading ford.
Titel: Re: Antique Lyrics of Arda
Beitrag von: Walküre am 16. Mai 2020, 21:33
LEAD THE FIEND AFIELD!



Zitat
Nay, it ill behoves kings to quail
Or play the foolish in the tale,
Should trick and snare be well overt,
Besmirching saviours under dirt.

That is one perfidious lie,
Not fore-thought away to die,
If we let his herald sow
Faithless vowing to and fro.

Heed we not the phoney word!
May ourselves we promptly gird!
Hurry, sires, lances wield:
Lead your wicked fiend afield!