Lúthien's Lament

Oh great Mandos

High among Valar

I come to you in sorrow

And with a broken heart

Long has been my journey

That led me to these halls

But now I kneel before thee

As grief my spirit calls

I seek a man named Beren

Whom I bid await me here

I pledged that I would find him

Before he leaves this sphere

This man of whom I speak

He gave his life for me

But thence my soul grew weak

And at last it too broke free

So borne upon an urgent breeze

I travelled to this place

Where only one thing could appease

The torment I now face

Oh tell me I am not too late

To see my love once more

For that would be too cruel a fate

I beg him be restored

That we may take a little time

To bid our last farewell

And remember all we shared erstwhile

Such joy no one could quell

For never was a greater love

Than that within our hearts

Once born, forever binding us

E’en though through death we part