Толкиенистская загадка
Apr. 13th, 2008 11:02 amВот такой вот текст. Попал он ко мне по личным каналам, автором его я не являюсь. Однако автор его всем нашим толкиенистам наверняка знаком. Предлагаю угадать автора или авторов нижепреведённого отрывка из поэмы. Кто догадается раньше и точнее всех, тому будет приз - DVD студии "Ухардош-VI" с восемнадцатью клипами + один бонусный.
Итак, внимание, чёрный ящик!
Rochon Methestel
or Rider of the Last Hope.
When shadows of evil linger long and dark in a time of grief,
When cold despair seizes our hearts and crushes our last relief,
Hope that's a sister to Madness, deliver us from the cold!
Of the erstwhile war in the days of yore thus is the story told:
How Cirion sent riders to Eorl, son of Leod, in the North.
Arandur said: Who shall risk his life, let him at once stand forth,
Who shall, through a dark and perilous night, bring my word to the North,
Our time grows short, and our hope grows wan, and our fate is close at hand,
For the menace of old, and the fell revenge is come from the Eastern land.
But brave men grab their fate by the reins, while cowards bewail alack,
The arrow dares not to pierce the chest, but readily strikes the back.
I will put my trust in the hope we have, be it ever so wan and slight.
Who shall bring my word to the North through a dark and perilous night?
( What word? )
Итак, внимание, чёрный ящик!
Rochon Methestel
or Rider of the Last Hope.
When shadows of evil linger long and dark in a time of grief,
When cold despair seizes our hearts and crushes our last relief,
Hope that's a sister to Madness, deliver us from the cold!
Of the erstwhile war in the days of yore thus is the story told:
How Cirion sent riders to Eorl, son of Leod, in the North.
Arandur said: Who shall risk his life, let him at once stand forth,
Who shall, through a dark and perilous night, bring my word to the North,
Our time grows short, and our hope grows wan, and our fate is close at hand,
For the menace of old, and the fell revenge is come from the Eastern land.
But brave men grab their fate by the reins, while cowards bewail alack,
The arrow dares not to pierce the chest, but readily strikes the back.
I will put my trust in the hope we have, be it ever so wan and slight.
Who shall bring my word to the North through a dark and perilous night?
( What word? )