Сильмариллион
Of Beren and Luthien
ButthestarlightwasquenchedanddarknesshadfallenevenuponLuthienTinuviel.ThusendedtheQuestoftheSilmaril;buttheLayofLeithian,ReleaseformBondagedoesnotend.
ForthespiritofBerenatherbiddingtarriedinthehallsofMandos,unwillingtoleavetheworld,untilLuthiencametosayherlastfarewelluponthedimshoresoftheOuterSea,whenceMenthatdiesetoutnevertoreturn.ButthespiritofLuthienfelldownintodarkness,andatthelastitfled,andherbodylaylikeaflowerthatissuddenlycutoffandliesforawhileunwitheredonthegrass.Thenawinter,asitwerethehoarageofmortalMen,felluponThingol.ButLuthiencametothehallsofMandos,wherearetheappointedplacesoftheEldalie,beyondthemansionsoftheWestupontheconfinesoftheworld.Therethosethatwaitsitintheshadowoftheirthought.Butherbeautywasmorethantheirbeauty,andhersorrowdeeperthantheirsorrows;andshekneltbeforeMandosandsangtohim.
ThesongofLuthienbeforeMandoswasthesongmostfairthateverinwordswaswoven,andthesongmostsorrowfulthatevertheworldshalleverhear.Unchanged,imperishable,itissungstillinValinorbeyondthehearingoftheworld,andthelisteningtheValargrieved.ForLuthienwovetwothemesofwords,ofthesorrowoftheEldarandthegriefofMen,oftheTwoKindredsthatweremadebyIluvatartodwellinArda,theKingdomofEarthamidtheinnumerablestars.
