Vanalote

Aiyanesse lo heni
ve bril eva mirer
caleva elenielllo menel.

Ve vana ve Tinuviel nalye
ar ve lissi eve oma ve Lindorie.

Lin nin lo linde eva mel
ar meluvan le oi.

And now for those who can not read Elvish:

Flower of Beauty

I behold in thine eyes,
like the glittering of many jewels,
the light of the Stars of heaven.

As beautiful as fair Tinuviel thou art,
and as sweet of voice as Lindorie.

Sing to me thy song of love
and I will love thee ever.

This poem was inspired by the following passsage from The Silmarillion:

“It is told in the Lay of Leithian that Beren came stumbling into Doriath grey and bowed as with many years of woe, so great had been the torment of the road. But wandering in the summer in the woods of Neldoreth he came upon Luthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, at a time of evening under moonrise, as she danced upon the unfading grass in the glades beside Esgalduin. Then all memory of his pain departed from him, and he fell into an enchantment; for Luthien was the most beautiful of all the Children of Iluvatar. Blue was her raiment as the unclouded heaven, but her eyes were as grey as the starlit evening; her mantle was sewn with golden flowers, but her hair was dark as the shadows of twilight. As the light upon the leaves of trees, as the voice of clear waters, as the stars above the mists of the world, such was her glory and her loveliness; and in her face was a shining light…In his heart he called her Tinuviel, that signifies Nightingale, daughter of twilight…”