Thank you so much Ingrid for this superb song. To the others the "lyrics" for this beautiful poem can be found here : http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/j__r__r__tolkien/poems/1862 ;-)

That is stunning! I really, really love Lord of the Rings! And your songs are beautiful, thank you so much for this!

beautifully written ! Celtic irish music form isnt easy, i know as i write it meself and im from Ireland , this is pretty and tolkein's work is amazing !

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One of my favourite tracks from my favourite Legend of Zelda game, Skyward Sword. The text is in ancient Hylian, and this song is a mix of the orchestral version, the version Zelda sings, and the version you learn, which Fi sings. 
Arrangement, harp and vocals are all by me. 

Cover: Ballad Of The Goddess from The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword

Many, many years ago, I made this music for the poem of Nimrodel from Lord of the Rings, and now I've managed to record it all at last.



Photo credits:

Photo and edit: Stig Repstad
Model, make-up and costume: Maria Louise Try (www.facebook.com/wondrousforestcreations)

Lyrics:

Nimrodel 
By J. R. R. Tolkien

An Elven-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day.
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver-grey.

A star was bound upon her brows,
A light was on her hair
As sun upon the golden boughs
In Lorien the fair.

Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
And fair she was and free;
And in the wind she went as light
As leaf of linden-tree.

Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
By water clear and cool,
Her voice as falling silver fell
Into the shining pool.

Where now she wanders none can tell,
In sunlight or in shade;
For lost of yore was Nimrodel
And in the mountains strayed.

The elven-ships in haven grey
Beneath the mountain-lee
Awaited her for many a day
Beside the roaring sea.

A wind by night in Northern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the steaming tide.

When dawn came dim the land was lost,
The mountains sinking grey
Beyond the heaving waves that tossed
Their plumes of blinding spray.

Amroth beheld the fading shore
Now low beyond the swell,
And cursed the faithless ship that bore
Him far from Nimrodel.

Of old he was an Elven-king,
A lord of tree and glen,
When golden were the boughs in spring
In fair Lothlorien.

From helm to sea they saw him leap,
As arrow from the string,
And dive into the water deep,
As mew upon the wing.

The wind was in his flowing hair,
The foam about him shone;
Afar they saw him strong and fair
Go riding like a swan.

But from the West has come no word,
And on the Hither Shore
No tidings Elven-folk have heard
Of Amroth evermore.

Nimrodel

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