Vrbová země Teskná Tragická Elfská I. věk
(The Land of Willows)Pád Gondolinu Composed 1985 Recorded 4. - 5. 5. 2019
This song is a dirge, sung by the last surviving elves of Gondolin. Through the secret path between the mountains, tears in their eyes, they are walking away and the ruins of their homes are burning behind them. Once so beautiful and proud, the city of Gondolin fell due to unfulfilled love and buried in rubble was everything that once seemed to last forever - safety, certainty, fame and hope. On the path to the willow-trees the mourning procession strode. Wise in their silence, trees comforted the fear and revoked the refugees’ will to move on, despite the fact that the ones they loved will stay alive now only in their memories.
Fallon/ Bardě
The original lyrics by Alex Lewis:
The Land of Willows
D G D
Nan Tathren wanes with the years
A Hmi
Weeping, weeping willows
D G D
Sirion runs very clear
A
Washing our tears away
Hmi
But those who died
G
And the good that was lost
Emi
Always remind me
Hmi
Of flowers in the frost
G A G A
We will fade, we will fail, fade away
G A G A
We will fade, we will fail, fade away
D A D
To the sea, to the sea
Nan Tathren keeps all her grief
Weeping, weeping willows
Running to hide like a thief
Drowning our woes away
But those who died... as above
Nan Tathren ghost in the vale
Weeping, weeping willows
Gondolin memories fail
Now they are lost to me
But those who died... as above
Authors of music
Authors of lyrics
Interprets
original music and lyrics: Alex Lewis
translation: Petr Bohdan (Bóža)
song cycle: The Fall of Gondolin (Pád Gondolinu)
recorded: 4. – 5. 5. 2019
melodic guitar: Vojtěch Domin (Bardě)
backing guitar: Blanka Salmonová (Fallon)
whistle: Michal Kára (Lemming)
alto flute: Josef Plch (Timbo)
choir: Eliška Nejedlá (Elsa), Jana Pažoutová, Blanka Salmonová (Fallon), Zuzana Ottová (Polly), Josef Plch (Timbo), Petr Bohdan (Bóža), Daniela Binderová, Vojtěch Domin (Bardě)
triangle and rainstick: Blanka Salmonová (Fallon)
instrumental arrangement: Vojtěch Domin (Bardě)
mix and mastering: Vlastimil Červenka
