Work Text:
The recording of the song can be found here on Soundcloud
Lyrics:
Legolas:
To the sea, to the sea
The white gulls are crying
The wind is blowing
The white foam is flying
West, west away, the round sun is falling
Grey ship, Grey ship
Do you hear them calling?
I will leave, I will leave
The Greenwood that bore me
To follow the voices of those gone before me
To Erresëa, to fair Elven halls
Where my people dwell ever
And the leaves do not fall
Gimli:
To the sea, to the sea
Your longing will steer you
Far away from the mortals
Who love and revere you
Oh, I wish you joy, but alas for me!
Twice now my axe has sought the wrong tree
To the sea, to the sea
I wish I could follow
But there’s no place for me
Save to pine and to wallow
Oh, pity the poor Dwarf who survived Dwarrowdelf
To harrow his heart o’er a wayfaring Elf!
Legolas:
Mellonamin, uuma dela
Put your grief to an end
Come with me, you shall sail
Side by side with a friend
We will journey together, at the Lady’s behest
Come with me, Gimli, into the West!
Both:
To the sea, to the sea (to the sea )
The white gulls are crying (together)
The wind is blowing (we will be)
The white foam is flying (forever)
West, west away, the round sun is falling (see the sun, setting west)
Grey ship, Grey ship (fair ship, our ship)
I can hear them calling!
Legolas:
Gi melin, Naugrim...
Gimli:
Oh, stop it, you great sap!
Legolas:
Hah, never!