From the Songs of the Greenwood
THE MEMORY OF TREES 2
by Soledad
(another song born in the Second Age, after the great forests of Eriador had been destroyed by Sauron)
I carry in my heart
the memory of trees;
I shall sing the songs
they shared with the winds;
like a wound its pain
they songs I shall keep
and comfort my folk
that mourns them in tears.
The green sea of leaves
will rock me no more;
their whispers, like breeze,
are silenced from now;
no tree-talk will greet me
early in the morn;
and the song of trees
in my heart alone
will ever be borne.
(The sometimes strange rhythm is due to the fact that these pieces are actually meant to be sung. Hungarian has a very different rhythmic. Again, heartfelt thanks to the Wild Iris for her comments and apologies for not always listening to her. g)