The Valar lived for more long ages

in complete bliss under the light

of the Two beloved blessed Trees

beyond the Mountains of Aman in sight.

The entire Middle Earth lay at that time

in twilight underneath the shining stars;

where before, under the Lamps so sublime

growth had commenced that ended in tears.

Vegetation life got abruptly severed,

as everything got back to black, disturbed,

yet the most ancient creatures persevered,

the seaweed algae and branched trees of Earth.

Creatures of darkness and grim force

lurked in the hills, surronded in gloom,

rarely did the Valar cross these shores,

save for Yavanna and Oromë who resumed

their mission on the spoiled land,

on the Broken Promise for the Spring of Arda

for which Yavanna mourned so vulnerable and

wholeheartedly determined to restore the order.

She put many living creatures in deep sleep,

so that they wouldn't grow prematurely old

hid them in lairs in the soil, warm and deep,

where they awaited to be awakened in the world.