Aelrindel's Lament was an elfin ballad dedicated to Cormanthor, penned sometime before the 14th century DR.[1]
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Deep the heart's yearning for fairest Cormanthor, for the bright leaves of home, where the sun's kisses fall upon jeweled crystal spires, and summer winds blow through ancient oak bowers;
Soft the heart's turning through the long sigh of years, to the glades of Varaenae, where the Eadulith flows with moon-stippled grace, and lilaenril blooms within night's dark embrace;
O fairest of homes!
Sharp the heart's churning for that now-distant road, for the vale of Ny'athalael, where the dryads still sing of root-hidden beauty, and silver streams carry their songs to the sea.
O Cormanthor, Hail!
Through the heart's discerning, in shadow and flame, we carry the song of your glory within; Remember us dearly, your sons and your daughters, 'till we come once again to your soil.
To the bright, golden leaves of our home!
Soft the heart's turning through the long sigh of years, to the glades of Varaenae, where the Eadulith flows with moon-stippled grace, and lilaenril blooms within night's dark embrace;
O fairest of homes!
Sharp the heart's churning for that now-distant road, for the vale of Ny'athalael, where the dryads still sing of root-hidden beauty, and silver streams carry their songs to the sea.
O Cormanthor, Hail!
Through the heart's discerning, in shadow and flame, we carry the song of your glory within; Remember us dearly, your sons and your daughters, 'till we come once again to your soil.
To the bright, golden leaves of our home!
”
— An excerpt from Aelrindel's Lament[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Keith Francis Strohm (April 2006). Bladesinger. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1. ISBN 0-7869-3835-8.