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TOLKIEN FILKS - Untitled Aragorn/Arwen filk
by Lea Frost
(Tune: "Lagan Love" (trad. Irish, as recorded by Pentangle))
Comments: One of the more serious songs here, this is a reworking of an Irish ballad called "Lagan Love." It came about because the original lyrics reminded me of Arwen somewhat. Alas, these lyrics sound somewhat trite without the melody, as words in ballad meter tend to do, unless it's Emily Dickinson or "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" or something. If you know the tune, however, they're rather cool...
Where Bruinen-stream sings lullaby
There shines a star most bright.
The lore of years is in her eyes;
Her hair is dark as night.
And though I wander far and wide,
My heart will ever dwell
In keeping of the Evenstar
In fairest Rivendell.
Her father is an Elven-lord,
The wisest in this land.
To me he gave his dearest gift,
His only daughter's hand.
And for her sake I labor long
To win my fathers' crown,
To turn aside the growing dark
And cast the Shadow down.
And oftentimes my thoughts do turn
To high Cerin Amroth;
There we the Twilight did renounce,
And there did plight our troth.
And by the promise that we made
In fair Lothlòrien,
Together now we shall endure
The doom of Mortal Men.
And now the road ahead is dark;
The Shadow still does grow.
I must see through my journey's end,
Wherever it may go.
But parting from this valley fair
Is leaving love and light;
I know not if my path will lead
To death or dark of night.
Where Bruinen-stream sings lullaby
There shines a star most bright.
The lore of years is in her eyes;
Her hair is dark as night.
And though I wander far and wide,
My heart will ever dwell
In keeping of the Evenstar
In fairest Rivendell.
