Testi Soundtracks :: I

Words by Philippa Boyens,

translated into Old English (Rohirric) by David Salo,

music by Howard Shore



Old English (Rohirric)

Héo naefre wacode dægréd

Tó bisig mid dægeweorcum



Ac oft héo wacode sunnanwanung

Ðonne nihtciele créap geond móras

And on ðaere hwile

Héo dréag ðá losinga

Earla ðinga ðe héo forléas.

Héo swá oft dréag hire sáwle sincende

Héo ne cúðe hire heortan lust.





'She never watched the morning rising,

Too busy with the day's first chores,

But oft she would watch the sun's fading,

As the cold of night crept across the moors.

And in that moment

She felt the loss

Of everything that had been missed.

So used to feeling the spirit sink,

She had not felt her own heart's wish.