I see fire. EPIC MIX

A lament from the point of view of king Thingol for the people of Alqualondë following the first Kinslaying.

Lyrics:

The sea grows still, a mournful lull
As if the ocean itself grieves
Waves strike the cliffs, the wind is dull
And hushed and quiet fall the leaves

Over the waves, the West-Wind goes
With grave tidings it comes to me
“Tell me West-Wind, what do you know
Of my kin from across the sea?”

The rain falls heavy from the sky
“What is troubling you?” I say
My heart falls ill, my soul does cry  
For the dead of Alqualondë

In the north of Aman it stands
Alqualondë, city most fair
Adorned with pearls upon the sands
Now lays still in the ocean air

The Swanhaven, it was once named 
Home to Lindar, seafaring folk 
The rough seas and calm shores they claimed
Since in Cuiviénen Enel woke

They were mariners and shipwrights
Revelling in the shining seas
They danced and sung throughout night
Relishing the cool ocean breeze

Then the Noldor approached the bay
And made fierce demands of their friends
To steal their precious ships away
But their life’s work they would not lend

Then Fëanor, most cursed of Elves
Drew his foul blade on his own kin
The Lindar tried to shield themselves
But this battle they could not win

Upon those holy shores they fought 
Not attacked by foe, but by friend 
To protect the ships that they wrought
Their Haven they died to defend

Ever Teleri friend Ossë
Was made to watch his allies die
To watch their slaughter with dismay
As vengeance grew within his eye

He sent great storms towards the bay
And many drowned beneath his might
But too late was his final play
The Teleri had lost the fight

So with the ships the Noldor fled
Away from paradise they ran
Leaving Lindar to bury dead
The first great slaughter of kinsman

Telling me this, the West-Wind leaves
Far from this place where sorrow reigns
Leaving me here amongst the trees
To wear my agony like chains

May Mandos guide your spirits friends
And in his halls forevermore
shall you dwell ‘till we meet again
Upon that lonely distant shore.

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