The Grace of Undómiel

THE EVENING STAR
text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO
(SINDARIN)
Ngil 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.))
Ngil 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.))