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HerenIstarion · 03-29-2005, 01:10 AM

*I haven't done word-to-word translation of Lúthien Tinúviel in the verse to follow. Gazukh the Slobberer (rendered to 'of Slobber') is what ME Name generator returned for Lúthien Tinúviel.*

Farewell sweet earth and northern sky,
for ever blest, since here did lie
and here with lissom limbs did run
beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun,
Lúthien Tinúviel
more fair than mortal tongue can tell.
Though all to ruin fell the world
and were dissolved and backward hurled
unmade into the old abyss,
yet were its making good, for this-
the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea-
that Lúthien for a time should be.

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We dread foul dump and we despise!
We spit and curse, for here will rise
And hence with heavy foot will stump
Smog-wrapped son of city dump
Ghazukh of Slobber!
The loathsome fang, the beast, the robber!
Though all to beauty came at last
Though fields may bloom, be ended fast
And things and creatures live at peace
His being will marr expected bliss
His creeping claw, his crushing foot
Will ever seek for death and loot!

View Poll Results: What do you think about the principle of 'ReVersing'
Great! Keep it up! The poetry of the kind has an independent value, it deserves a book all to itself!	8	40.00%
Good! It is re-creative in a sense it lives opon other’s work, but good application of one’s creative abilities nevertheless. Just don’t expect much from it	11	55.00%
Indifferent. Really, it’s desultory. Have fun if you like, I don’t care, but stop forcing your megalomaniac ramblings on me!	1	5.00%
Horrible! How dared you to deal with Tolkien in such an insulting way! Don’t even think about ReVersing another piece of rhyme!	0	0%
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03-29-2005, 01:10 AM	#15
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Lúthien Tinúviel I haven't done word-to-word translation of Lúthien Tinúviel in the verse to follow. Gazukh the Slobberer (rendered to 'of Slobber') is what ME Name generator returned for Lúthien Tinúviel. Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, Lúthien Tinúviel more fair than mortal tongue can tell. Though all to ruin fell the world and were dissolved and backward hurled unmade into the old abyss, yet were its making good, for this- the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea- that Lúthien for a time should be. *** We dread foul dump and we despise! We spit and curse, for here will rise And hence with heavy foot will stump Smog-wrapped son of city dump Ghazukh of Slobber! The loathsome fang, the beast, the robber! Though all to beauty came at last Though fields may bloom, be ended fast And things and creatures live at peace His being will marr expected bliss His creeping claw, his crushing foot Will ever seek for death and loot! __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 03-30-2005 at 06:37 AM. Reason: typo