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It's here, it's here... the Last Song is here!
Duet of Thingol and Melian
THINGOL:
Countless years I've lived a joyful life
Far away from all the wars and strife
Doriath amid the forests
With my beloved daughter
And dear wife
But my realm of peace has been disturbed
By this Beren, a 'hero' absurd
He has stolen from our daughter
Taken both her love and honour
What a nerve!
MELIAN:
Oh my husband dear, be not swift to judge
Was our marriage not also called unequal?
Fire and water cannot often touch
But we know that love can be stronger than rules.
THINGOL:
Second-rate are all these Mortal Men
This one would enrage even the dead!
Not a penny to his name
You would think he would feel shame
But see his prideful head!
MELIAN:
Oh my husband dear, many years ago
You were just as proud, with no kingdom nor jewels
Yet your carefree eyes caught me even so
So we know that love can be stronger than rules.
THINGOL:
Now, my darling, I cannot agree
That was clearly an exception, see
I'm immortal under Eru
Why would you compare me
To a Mortal thief?
MELIAN:
Oh my husband dear, you are right, I'm sure
Yet both you and I know of Men but little
Their lives may be short, but their fire endures
Their fate is not low, it is merely diff'rent.
THINGOL:
I was right to send him far from us
With a quest reward his impudence
Ordered him to enter Angband
And from Morgoth's iron crown
Steal a star-jewel!
MELIAN:
Oh my husband dear, oh my husband dear.
THINGOL:
Showed him where to go! Showed him where to go!
MELIAN:
Oh my husband dear, oh my husband dear.
THINGOL:
Showed him where to go! Showed him where to go!
Showed him!
Showed him!
Showed him!
Showed him!
PACK OFF! PACK OFF! PACK OFF!
A-ny-way... trying this out for your double-meaning. Version Two doesn't even have the final shouting, which I didn't realise. Melian gets an 'Oh' on her lines because she has them in 'Oh my king'. The scansion of the last three lines in each Thingol verse is a bit rapid, but I think these fit.
hS
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