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I've gone with the Libretto for this one, which makes it a duet. The two parts are very distinct, and it makes more sense to me that way, and pairs the song nicely with Beren's dream-duet with Luthien. But I think the words work even if Amarie sings the whole thing.
Heart (Finrod's Dream)
FINROD:
Speak, oh my heart; I am turning to thee
What should I sing, to forget what has left me
And to preserve you in peace?
AMARIE:
Crimson the night has passed over mountains undying
Speak, oh my heart, are you a friend or betraying
Why won't you speak unto me?
FINROD:
Listen, my heart, I can almost ignore how you ache
Remember: that which once broke, no more can be breaking
A new dawn is rising from out of the sea-scattered mists
AMARIE:
Listen, my heart, has the world fallen silent today?
Do you believe he who's gone can no more be returning?
Listen, my heart - keep your silence on this!
FINROD:
Look thou, my heart, that has rung like a scream through the Night
Dawn in her splendour is rising over chasms of ice
AMARIE:
Look thou, my heart: forget his fair face and eyes bright
You've skipped a beat once again, skipped a beat one last time
FINROD:
Feel, o my heart, you are flung open wide like a gate
AMARIE:
Feel, o my heart, you are bruised like the bitterest fruit
BOTH:
Like the pain-dulling richness of wine!
AMARIE:
Feel, o my heart, I know not what course I should take
Feathers of dawn flaring up in morning sky blue
New day is come - yet it can't unwrite even one line!
Heed me, my heart, you are not trapped by a barred gate
Follow his heart through the Night over storm-shrouded waters
Follow death's road with the shadows of mem'ries wand'ring
Heed me, my heart, help him rise from the pathways of fate
Drink from oblivion's cup but remain unaltered
Brave the Abyss - and awake at dawning.
Answer, my heart: I am turning to thee.
Send your lament soaring skyward to greet him
Over this desert of grief.
FINROD:
Answer, my heart: challenge this fate that's found me
What should I sing, to make you beat like you once did?
BOTH:
Give me the words!
Or take your final beat.
I really enjoyed the freedom I got from 'Сердце мое'; it let me add a structure that wasn't in the original, but works very nicely.
And I've got to say, knowing this is supposed to be Finrod's dream makes me appreciate it more. It's a song that actually explains itself - he's dreaming about her because she's sending her heart out to him across the Sea.
The only part that really gave me trouble was this:
FINROD:
Feel, o my heart, you are flung open wide like a gate
AMARIE:
Feel, o my heart, you are bruised like the bitterest fruit
BOTH:
Like the pain-dulling richness of wine!
AMARIE:
Feel, o my heart, I know not what course I should take
Feathers of dawn flaring up in morning sky blue
New day is come - yet it can't unwrite even one line!
I'm not sure I understand what the lyrics are getting at, so I've had to make a lot of guesses.
hS
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