THE EVENING STAR
Text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO
( SINDARIN )

Ngîl cennin eriel vi
Menel aduial
Glingant sui mîr
Síliel mae

(( I saw a star rise high in
The evening sky
It hung like a jewel
Softly shining. ))

Ngîl cennin firiel vi
Menel aduial
Dûr, dûr i fuin
Naenol mae

(( I saw a star fade in
The evening sky
The dark was too deep and so light died
Softly pining. ))

An i ú nathant
An i naun ului
A chuil, anann cuiannen
A meleth perónen
(( For what might have been
For what never was
For a life long lived
For a love half given. ))