Post by Larien Séregon, Lady of Lórien on Apr 15, 2006 16:35:55 GMT -5
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
Under the ruins of walled city
Nuin dad-dannen o rammas caras
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
Breithad beraid ar sílar o maelen calad
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
Il-ambal o daur, il nallar o faelas
The siege guns [had] [been] pounding all through the night
I lûth ûr-rancrim dam ilya pân tre i dû
It took day to build the city
Ta gad arad an car i caras
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
Lye padae tre ta othrad mi i andune
As I returned across the field's I [had] known
Sui im entulesse athi talf im saira
I recognized the walls that I once made
Im enyala i ramor ta im yasse kara
I [had] to stop in my tracks for fear
Im an dar mi nîn reinrim an achas
Of walking on the mines I [had] laid
O padad am i sabarim im penia
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Ar ae car si barad os lîn guren
Encircled you in trenches and [barbed wire]
Rinde le mi crissrim ar
Then let me build bridge
Taare gar nin car iant
For I [cannot] fill the chasm
An im panna i cirith
And let me set the [battlements] on fire
Ar gar nin penia i bo naur
Then I went off to fight [some] battle
Taare im lende am maeth dagor
That I [had] invented inside my head
Ta im auta nedh nîn dôl
Away [so] long for years and years
Ed-annan an idhrinnir and idhrinnir
You probably thought or even wished that I [was] dead
Le ve nauth egor talu ieste ta im qualin
While the armies [are] all sleeping
Re'na i hosserim ilya fuumien
Beneath the tattered flag we [had] made
Di i eredhe ambal lye kara
I [had] to stop in my tracks for fear
Im an dar mi nîn reinrim an achas
Of walking on the mines I [had] laid
O padad am i sabarim im penia
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Ar ae car si barad os lîn guren
Encircled you in trenches and [barbed wire]
Rinde le mi crissrim ar
Then let me build bridge
Taare gar nin car iant
For I [cannot] fill the chasm
An im panna i cirith
And let me set the [battlements] on fire
Ar gar nin penia i bo naur
This prison [has] now become your home
Si gadar si natul lîn bar
sentence you seem prepared to pay
Amarth le thia peniae an lim
It took day to build the city
Ta gad arad an car i caras
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
Lye padae tre ta othrad mi i andune
As I returned across the fields where I [had] once played
Sui im entulesse athi talf im saira mammen im teliae
I [had] to stop in my tracks for fear
Im an dar mi nîn reinrim an achas
Of walking on the mines I [had] laid
O padad am i sabarim im penia
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Ar ae car si barad os lîn guren
Encircled you in trenches and [barbed wire]
Rinde le mi crissrim ar
Then let me build bridge
Taare gar nin car iant
For I [cannot] fill the chasm
An im panna i cirith
And let me set the [battlements] on fire
Ar gar nin penia i bo naur
Under the ruins of walled city
Nuin dad-dannen o rammas caras
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
Breithad beraid ar sílar o maelen calad
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
Il-ambal o daur, il nallar o faelas
The siege guns [had] [been] pounding all through the night
I lûth ûr-rancrim dam ilya pân tre i dû
It took day to build the city
Ta gad arad an car i caras
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
Lye padae tre ta othrad mi i andune
As I returned across the field's I [had] known
Sui im entulesse athi talf im saira
I recognized the walls that I once made
Im enyala i ramor ta im yasse kara
I [had] to stop in my tracks for fear
Im an dar mi nîn reinrim an achas
Of walking on the mines I [had] laid
O padad am i sabarim im penia
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Ar ae car si barad os lîn guren
Encircled you in trenches and [barbed wire]
Rinde le mi crissrim ar
Then let me build bridge
Taare gar nin car iant
For I [cannot] fill the chasm
An im panna i cirith
And let me set the [battlements] on fire
Ar gar nin penia i bo naur
Then I went off to fight [some] battle
Taare im lende am maeth dagor
That I [had] invented inside my head
Ta im auta nedh nîn dôl
Away [so] long for years and years
Ed-annan an idhrinnir and idhrinnir
You probably thought or even wished that I [was] dead
Le ve nauth egor talu ieste ta im qualin
While the armies [are] all sleeping
Re'na i hosserim ilya fuumien
Beneath the tattered flag we [had] made
Di i eredhe ambal lye kara
I [had] to stop in my tracks for fear
Im an dar mi nîn reinrim an achas
Of walking on the mines I [had] laid
O padad am i sabarim im penia
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Ar ae car si barad os lîn guren
Encircled you in trenches and [barbed wire]
Rinde le mi crissrim ar
Then let me build bridge
Taare gar nin car iant
For I [cannot] fill the chasm
An im panna i cirith
And let me set the [battlements] on fire
Ar gar nin penia i bo naur
This prison [has] now become your home
Si gadar si natul lîn bar
sentence you seem prepared to pay
Amarth le thia peniae an lim
It took day to build the city
Ta gad arad an car i caras
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
Lye padae tre ta othrad mi i andune
As I returned across the fields where I [had] once played
Sui im entulesse athi talf im saira mammen im teliae
I [had] to stop in my tracks for fear
Im an dar mi nîn reinrim an achas
Of walking on the mines I [had] laid
O padad am i sabarim im penia
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Ar ae car si barad os lîn guren
Encircled you in trenches and [barbed wire]
Rinde le mi crissrim ar
Then let me build bridge
Taare gar nin car iant
For I [cannot] fill the chasm
An im panna i cirith
And let me set the [battlements] on fire
Ar gar nin penia i bo naur