“If love were a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?” - Anna and the King

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Exquisite, precious
Arwen Undómiel Noble
Maiden, the Evenstar

Arwen, the brightest
Star in my sky following
Celebrían’s loss

With Ilúvatar’s
Grace did I not cherish my
Daughter’s love enough?

By cruel fate she does
Feel compelled to surrender
Her life’s ample grace

Surrendered for a
Mortal man’s love, so very
Very fleeting love

She has traded an
Eternity in Aman’s
Light for such brief bliss

Yea, once did I call the
Man Estel my son afore
His gall was displayed

Since he won Arwen’s
Hand, my son no longer is he
But Isildur’s Heir

To a King only
Will Undómiel’s grace go
To a King only

O Celebrían!
Our children did you entrust
To my safekeeping

Alas, my love, I
Have failed you, I have failed us
Our daughter will die

What exquisite pain
Love has been called, and indeed
Love that is what it is

The heart’s exquisite
Sorrow it is, yet I would
Not have been denied

For without it in
My heart, instead I would have
Been denied her love

My daughter’s love
Was worth eternal sorrow
O eternal sorrow

What shall I tell your
Naneth, my daughter, about
Your mortal life, hmmm?

Shall I tell her you
Found happiness however
Fleeting in my eyes?

Shall I tell her the
Price you paid was too great for
A mortal man’s love?

Shall I tell her you
Will not be joining us in
The Uttermost West?

Shall I tell her the
Price you paid was too great for
A mortal man’s love?

Shall I tell her you
Will not be joining us in
The Uttermost West?

Shall I tell her that
Aragorn, Arathorn’s son
Was worthy of you?

I cannot tell her
This, for I believe no man
Is worthy of you

So I shall tell her
This man will love you as best
His heart will allow

Aragorn will lend
What comfort he may against
The great sea-longing

He will dry your tears
Shed in vain when you wish to
See my face again

Yes, my daughter
I am not long for this world
With the One’s unmaking

O, my child, know this
My heart will weep for you ‘til
Arda’s unmaking

The hope that will keep
Me from Mandos is the hope
Of our reunion

If Ilúvatar is
Indeed merciful we shall
Be reunited

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*Naneth / Mother