[00:04.49]Do you hear the voice of Nimrodel?
[00:02.76]I will sing you a song of maiden Nimrodel
[00:06.53]who bore the same name as the stream beside which she lived long ago...
[00:11.34]It's a fair song in our woodland tongue;
[00:16.24]but this is how it runs in the Westron speech,
[00:19.79]as some in Rivendell now sing it...
[00:22.88]...
[01:53.51]An Elven-maid there was of old,
[01:58.36]A shining star by day:
[02:01.47]Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
[02:07.64]Her shoes of silver-grey.
[02:11.15]A star was bound upon her brow,
[02:16.81]A light was on her hair,
[02:20.37]As sun upon the golden bough,
[02:26.07]In Lorien the fair.
[02:29.66]Her hair was long,
[02:32.79]her limbs were white.
[02:35.38]And fair she was and free.
[02:38.66]And in the wind she went as light,
[02:44.14]As leaf of linden-tree.
[02:49.54]Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
[02:53.50]By water clear and cool.
[02:57.84]Her voice as falling silver fell.
[03:02.90]Into the shining pool.
[03:07.08]Where now she wanders none can tell,
[03:11.89]In sunlight or in shade;
[03:16.02]For lost of yore was Nimrodel
[03:21.10]And in the mountains strayed.
[03:25.44]The Elven-ship in haven grey
[03:30.39]Beneath the mountain-lee
[03:34.07]Awaited her for many days
[03:39.51]Beside the roaring sea.
[03:43.65]...
[04:50.97]Amroth beheld the fading shore
[04:55.00]Now low beyond the swell,
[04:59.17]And cursed the faithless ship that bore
[05:08.20]From helm to sea they saw him leap,
[05:13.42]As arrow from the string,
[05:17.30]And dive into the water deep,
[05:22.66]As mew upon the wing.
[05:26.58]The wind was in his flowing hair,
[05:31.85]The foam about him shone;
[05:36.19]Afar they saw him strong and fair
[05:41.20]Go riding like a swan.
[05:51.68]...
[06:03.79]But from the West has come no word,
[06:08.66]And on the Hither Shore
[06:12.77]No tidings Elven-folk have heard
[06:17.70]Of Amroth evermore.
[06:22.10]...