Aearlindalë (Song of the Sea)
You call to me from far away
On this side of the great ocean
'Return to me, return today
I am the Sea so long forgotten.'
I cannot come, I am not done
With the world so green and grey
Your ling'ring cries I cannot obey
Though long to me you summon.
The woods still call my dying name
The trees still sing to me
And who can say if hearts are tame
In far lands beyond the sea?
Long ago you called to me,
And though my heart may long,
In Hither Lands my feet run free
And the trees still sing their song.
But the endless song of trees will die
Upon these mortal shores
And when their music softly fades then I
Will heed to you once more;
I will come across the Deep
Or with my dying breath
While fading softly into sleep
Will greet you first in death.