The King Songtext

von Lord of the Rings

The King
(Theoden is transformed by Gandalf),
Old-English

Lim-strang wæs geboren
Bearn léod-cyninga
Magorinc Mearces.
Bunden in byrde Tó laedenne
Bunden in lufe Tó thegnunge
Lang beadugear cyythath
Lic onginneth búgan.
Swift déadlic géar Stieppath geond willan.
Ac éagan gíet lóciath Beorhtre gesihthej
Heorte gíet béateth.

Strong-limbed he was born
This son of Kings;
This warrior of Rohan.
Bound by birth to lead.
Bound by love to serve.
Long years of war begin to show.
The body has begun to bend.
Swift mortal years outpace the will.
But the eyes still watch clear-sighted.
The great heart is beating still.