Cormamin Naini' (Heart's Lament)
For Sarah
Cormamin Naini’
A! Yallume. Amin cael ele nal 'malta calen.
Dina, cormamin. Lle n’ ten?
Last he lalaith, ve’ tinuviel, mith i lim.
Amin sinta lle, melamin?
Lle fast i an, af filig linnol der’ ennas.
Eller lisse’ taur amin nurtae’.
Lle elee naa mori, am’ amin ele n’ dae.
Ona amin malta.
Amin mali-uum, sut taglin.
Amin sinta lle.
Manke naa lie?
Amin quella lie. Amin ele winde me’a vi hisie; vanimle sila tiri.
Nae saian luvme’. Amin corm i il feith eithel mily-lle.
Yeste amin. Amin khiluva lle a’ gurtha ur thar.
Mela amin. Amin ir ran n’ ner.
Um lle vast ten’oio erin?
Cormamin niuve tenna’ tanya aglareb ya.
Tenna’ lle ten’oio erin.
...
(Heart’s Lament
Ah! At last. I have seen vales of golden green.
Be silent, my heart. Dost thou not hear it?
Listen to her laughter, like a nightingale, gray and clear.
Do I know thee, my love?
Thy hair is long, for the small singing birds to linger.
There in thy sweet forest I shall hide.
Thine eyes art dark, yet I see no shadow.
Offer me gold.
I care not how it gleams. I shall treasure thy gifts in my heart.
I know thee. Even at our first meeting, I was thine to command.
But where art thou?
I cannot see thee. I see a pale light in the mist; thy beauty shines bright.
It has been too long. My heart does not wait well for thee.
Lead me. I shall follow thee into death and beyond.
Love me. I shall wander no more.
Dost thou promise to forever remain?
My heart shall weep until that glorious day.
Until thou forever remains.)
Written in Sindarin
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