On Patrol (Continued from Let's Go to the Prancing Pony)

[VanimaEdhel]

Menelduliniel smiled.

"It is a song that was changed when put into Westron. It is the first half. The Westron version is (it keeps the same idea):
Red Rose, proud rose, sad rose of all my days!
Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
Teleri battling with the bitter tide;
The Wizard, grey, wood-nurtured, quiet-eyed,
Who cast dreams, and stopped ruin;
And thine own sadness, whereof stars, grown old
In dancing silver sandalled on the sea,
Sing in their high and lonely melody.
Come near, that no more blinded by man's fate,
I find under the boughts of love and hate,
In all poor foolish things that live a day,
Eternal beauty wandering on her way.

It was altered a bit for Sindarin, but...if you would like to here the other half..."

Estelarion began again and Menelduliniel began to sing in her bell-like voice:

Telio, telio, telio, -- A, glennao amin
Ndor ten' i'cartel quant!
Amin n'anìron ten net' lad;
I'lhûg n'beleg nurta e' felata,
I'nât rima e' i'salch,
Ar' istilai en' Fìreb moota ar' waan;
Nan' tiro ereb ten i'net' n'ataya nyarant
Ed' i'Valar a' i'hûn tiri en' i'gurtha,
Ar' istimo lir lammen gwaith n'sinta.
Telio; anìron, n'ala anton glenna,
Lindo en' Valinor ar' i'men yaara:
Cartel carad, cartel-e-aglar'ni, cartel-e-nwalma e ilya riamin!

Menelduliniel ended the song.

"That last part...that meant, in the Westron translation:
Come near, come near, come near -- Ah, leave me still
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!
Lest I no more hear common things that crave;
The weak worm hiding down in its small cave,
The field-mouse running by me in the grass,
And heavy mortal hopes that toil and pass;
But seek alone to hear the strange things said
By the Valar to the bright hearts of those long dead,
And learn to chant a tongue men do not know.
Come near; I would, before my time to go,
Sing of old Valinor and the ancient ways:
Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.
The song's title is 'A' I'Cartel Deno' I'Malle' En' Coiasira'...which is 'To The Rose Upon the Road of Time'...I like the song, personally...I hope you did, as well."

((OOC: BTW: that was really a modification of a poem called "To the Rose Upon the Road of Time" by W.B. Yeats...names were changed, but that's about it...such as Valinor, Teleri, Wizards, etc. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ))

[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]