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Title: Mor anann (#2247)
Author: Neniel
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Bombadil's Corner
Description: Mor anann (Dark past). A slightly dark Sindarin poem venturing into Legolas' feelings many years after the War of the Ring, when the world around him no longer carries the hope he needs, simply the memory of what no longer is. Written in the gloom of a stormy night
Published: 23 Sep 2005
Updated: 23 Sep 2005
Warnings: None
Type: Tragedy
Characters: Legolas


Chapter 1 - Mor anann

Legolas' venture in the dark thoughts that plague his mind shortly before he gives up and sails to Aman.


Mor anann

Mathon i vith e phennas nîn
pelel min dîn e naw
Nallon o ‘uir si io gwen
ar o vail gwend ú-naud
Aphadannen rath daen a dîr
rado nan galad trîn faun

Dan delion o ‘yrth ú-cennin si
a môr gurth erin nîn naur.





A dark past

I feel the words of my history
fade in the silence of the night
I cry of hearts now long lost
and of a dear friendship unbound
I followed a path long and straight
to find a way to the light through the cloud

Instead I hide from horrors now unseen
and the darkness of death over my fire.



A/N: The rhythm will be easier to pick up if you try to read it taking the long and short vowels into consideration!
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