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Finrod's Song

He chanted a song of wizardry,
Of piercing, opening, of treachery,
Revealing, uncovering, betraying.
Then sudden Felagund there swaying
Sang in answer a song of staying,
Resisting, battling against power,
Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,
And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;
Of changing and of shifting shape
Of snares eluded, broken traps,
The prison opening, the chain that snaps.
Backwards and forwards swayed their song.
Reeling and foundering, as ever more strong
The chanting swelled, Felagund fought,
And all the magic and might he brought
Of Elvenesse into his words.
Softly in the gloom they heard the birds
Singing afar in Nargothrond,
The sighing of the Sea beyond,
Beyond the western world, on sand,
On sand of pearls in Elvenland.
Then the gloom gathered; darkness growing
In Valinor, the red blood flowing
Beside the Sea, where the Noldor slew
The Foamriders, and stealing drew
Their white ships with their white sails
From lamplit havens. The wind wails,
The wolf howls. The ravens flee.
The ice mutters in the mouths of the Sea.
The captives sad in Angband mourn.
Thunder rumbles, the fires burn --
And Finrod fell before the throne.
 
Translation

Canção de Finrod

Ele cantou a música de magia,
De perfuração, abertura, de traição,
Revelando, descobrindo, traindo.
Então, de repente, Felagund estava lá, balançando
Cantou em resposta à canção de ficar,
Resistindo, lutando contra o poder,
De segredos mantidos, força como uma torre,
E a confiança intacta, liberdade, fuga;
Da mudança e da mudança na forma
De ciladas enganosas, armadilhas quebradas,
A prisão abrindo, a corrente que se parte.
Para frente e para trás a canção deles balançava.
Recuperando e afundando, mais forte do que nunca
O canto aumentou, Felagund lutou,
E toda a magia e poder que ele trouxe
De Elvenesse em suas palavras.
Suavemente na melancolia eles ouviram os pássaros
Cantando de longe em Nargothrond,
O suspiro do Mar além,
Além do mundo ocidental, na areia
Na areia de pérolas em Elvenland.
Então a tristeza reuniu-se; a escuridão crescendo
Em Valinor, o sangue vermelho fluindo
Do lado do Mar, onde Noldor matou
Os Foamriders, e o roubo atraiu
Os navios brancos deles com velas brancas
De paraísos iluminados. O vento geme,
O lobo uiva. Os corvos fogem.
O gelo murmura na boca do Mar.
Os prisioneiros tristes em Angband lamentam.
O trovão estronda, os fogos queimam --
E Finrod caiu perante o trono.
 
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