Gollum’s Song

Written by Howard Shore
Sindarin translation by Taramiluiel

Where once was light, now darkness falls
Sí cuinant galad, môr si danna
Here lived light, darkness now falls

Where once was love, love is no more
Sí cuinant vîl, meleth si gwann
Here lived love, love [is] now departed

Don’t say goodbye, don’t say I didn’t try
Avo bedo navaer, avo bedo han ú-vaethannen
Don’t say farewell, don’t say I didn’t fight it

These tears we cry are falling rain
Nallam nîr sui ross dalt
We cry tears like rain falling

For all the lies you told us, the hurt, the blame
Nan bith ú-thenin bain pennich ammen, i naeg, i ‘weriad
For all the untrue words you said to us, the pain, the betrayal

And we will weep to be so alone
Ar nallatham, nam eglain
And we will cry, we are forsaken

We are lost, we can never go home
Ú-‘erim estel. Ú-bylim abaded
We do not have hope. We cannot return  

So in the end I will be what I will be
Nan meth anim nathon thenin
At the end, to myself I will be true

No loyal friend was ever there for me
Ú-‘ernin mellon thala
I did not have a stalwart friend

Now we say goodbye, we say you didn’t try
Si pedim navaer, pedim ven awarthannech
Now we say farewell, we say you abandoned us

These tears you cry have come too late
I nîr nallach abdollen
The tears you cry [are] after-come

Take back the lies, the hurt, the blame
Mabo i phith ú-thenin, i naeg, i ‘weriad
Take away the untrue words, the pain, the betrayal

And you will weep to face the end alone
Ar nallathach erui cened i veth
And you will weep to see alone the end

You are lost, you can never go home
Ú-‘erich estel. Ú-bylich abaded
You do not have hope. You cannot return  

Notes:
pul- "can" constructed by R. Derdzinski
abad- “go back, return” created from ad- "back" + bad- “go”
han is the unattested lenited pronoun "it"

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