[00:06.88]Beyond the bitterness and fighting
[00:12.98]Beyond the oppression and the chain
[00:19.83]Of all the hours of sad weeping
[00:27.83]The course of life begins again
[00:33.93]And like the willows by the river
[00:40.94]Your deadened lives will be restored
[00:46.53]Mysterious hands will lead you thither
[00:53.76]To cure the wounds of fire and sword
[01:00.61]But not for me the listless quiet
[01:04.11]Of long-drawn calm on the hither shores
[01:07.56]My eyes will gaze at the horizon
[01:10.25]The threshold of unopened doors
[01:13.51]For all the children of fair Arda
[01:16.79]Salvation will come from the sea
[01:19.96]The thought of what lies in the distance
[01:23.28]Like magic words will capture me
[01:29.17]And for you, son, a path shall open
[01:34.86]A call shall urge you to set sail
[01:38.10]And be the tireless strong-willed seeker
[01:41.90]Of what is hidden by the veil
[01:46.21]For Men and Elves, a message-bearer
[01:52.13]For earth and sky a sign of light
[01:55.88]And in this land clouded by terror
[01:58.50]The day of change shall be in sight
[02:13.24]
[02:36.09]And yet the senseless aim was not achieved
[02:42.45]For Elwing cast herself into the sea
[02:51.60]Upon her breast the star-like jewel shone
[02:55.29]By other hands for other ends retrieved
[03:05.08]Heaving with the tall breakers
[03:08.78]In the womb of the sea
[03:12.67]Where nothing could reach me
[03:15.57]Almost ceasing to be
[03:19.45]Low, deep undersea
[03:21.87]Currents carrying a corpse away
[03:29.29]But the light spread inside me
[03:33.32]Lifting body and soul
[03:36.41]Stronger than my surrender
[03:40.37]Into my being it stole
[03:43.48]And I could not resist the light
[03:46.38]And the sea played its lyre
[03:49.64]A new creation's cry
[03:52.83]Flying higher and higher
[03:58.03](Earendil)
[03:58.37]I left the Hither Lands to sail and wander
[04:01.53]For my unquiet would not let me rest
[04:04.71](Elwing)
[04:04.90]When I remained alone the world was blinded
[04:11.73]As, gazing at the sea, I sat and wept
[04:17.74](Earendil)
[04:18.92]Still lost in never-ending exploration
[04:22.28]I was awakened by voices in dreams
[04:28.59](Elwing)
[04:28.91]And now the night has fallen
[04:31.69]But the guidance of happy stars above
[04:36.80]Will light my way
[04:46.16]Lift up your eyes, O you that tremble
[04:49.91]You, prisoners of disbelief
[04:52.87]The longed-for messenger of freedom
[04:57.62]Will come to announce the end of grief
[05:02.35]
[05:03.78]The diamond of sunrise and sunset
[05:08.02]The hope of those that are oppressed
[05:11.19]Unlooked for and unknown appearing
[05:15.08]By the Two Kindreds shall be blest
[05:20.53]
[06:17.34]And at the fall of the eventide
[06:20.88]They saw the treasure the Powers hide
[06:23.68]They saw the outline of the last shore
[06:26.84]The undying region of Valinor
[06:30.19]A new departure towards the unknown
[06:33.02]Towards a mystery not yet shown
[06:36.68]And a new destiny in their hands
[06:39.82]As they set foot upon the white sands
[06:48.80]