Сильмариллион
Of Beren and Luthien
Thenyoushallhavemyjewel;andthoughthefateofArdaliewithintheSilmarils,yetyoushallholdmegenerous.’
ThushewroughtthedoomofDoriath,andwasensnaredwithinthecurseofMandos.AndthosethatheardthesewordsperceivedthatThingolwouldsavehisoath,andyetsendBerentohisdeath;fortheyknowthatnotallthepoweroftheNoldor,beforetheSiegewasbroken,hadavailedeventoseefromafartheshiningSilmarilsofFeanor.FortheyweresetintheIronCrown,andtreasuredinAngbandaboveallwealth;andBalrogswereaboutthem,andcountlessswords,andstrongbars,andunassailablewalls,andthedarkmajestyofMorgoth.
ButBerenlaughed.’Forlittleprice,’hesaid,’doElven-kingsselltheirdaughters:forgems,andthingsmadebycraft.Butifthisbeyourwill,Thingol,Iwillperformit.AndwhenwemeetagainmyhandshallholdaSilmarilfromtheIronCrown;foryouhavenotlookedthelastuponBerensonofBarahir.’ThenhelookedintheeyesofMelian,whospokenot;andhebadefarewelltoLuthienTinuviel,andbowingbeforeThingolandMelianheputasidetheguardsabouthim,anddepartedfromMenegrothalone.
ThenatlastMelianspoke,andshesaidtoThingol:’OKing,youhavedevisedcunningcounsel.Butifmyeyeshavenotlosttheirsight,itisillforyou,whetherBerenfailinhiserrand,orachieveit.Foryouhavedoomeitheryourdaughter,oryourself.AndnowisDoriathdrawnwithinthefateofamightierrealm.’
