And shadowy shapes did stare and roam

Beneath the dark and starry dome

That hung above the dawn of Earth

And shaken it with silver mirth

In later days when Morgoth first

Fleeing the Gods, their bondage burst

And on the mortal lands set feet

Far in the north on his mighty seat

There once, and long and long ago

Before the sun and moon we know

Were lit to sail above the world

When first the shaggy woods unfurled

There once, and long and long ago

Before the sun and moon we know

Were lit to sail above the world

When first the shaggy woods unfurled

And shadowy shapes did stare and roam

Beneath the dark and starry dome

That hung above the dawn of Earth

And shaken it with silver mirth

In later days when Morgoth first

Fleeing the Gods, their bondage burst

And on the mortal lands set feet

Far in the north on his mighty seat

There once, and long and long ago

Before the sun and moon we know

Were lit to sail above the world

When first the shaggy woods unfurled

There once, and long and long ago

Before the sun and moon we know

Were lit to sail above the world

When first the shaggy woods unfurled

Death to light, to law, to love

Cursed be moon and stars and stars above

May darkness the everlasting old

Drown Manwë, Varda and the shining sun

Death to light, to law, to love

Cursed be moon and stars and stars above

May darkness the everlasting old

Drown Manwë, Varda and the shining sun

Death to light, to law, to love

Cursed be moon and stars and stars above

May darkness the everlasting old

Drown Manwë, Varda and the shining sun

Death to light, to law, to love

Cursed be moon and stars and stars above

May darkness the everlasting old

Drown Manwë, Varda and the shining sun