Cantei as folhas, de ourofilhas, e, folhas vi brotar I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew Cantei o vento e vento veio os galhos farfalhar Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew
Além do Sol, da Lua além, no Mar espuma havia Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was on the Sea Em Ilmarin dourando a praia uma Arvore crescia And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree
Em Eldamar na Semprenoite com astros se ostentava Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamar it shone Onde Eldamar da bela Tirion os muros encontrava In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion Cresceram lá as douradas folhas nos ramos anuais There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years Enquanto o pranto de elfos cai aquém de nossos cais While here beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears
Ó Lórien! Já vem o inverno, o Dia sem flor nem vida O Lórien! The Winter comes, the bare and leafless Day As folhas na água vão caindo do Rio em despedida The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away
Ó Lórien! Já por demais do Mar estive deste Lado O Lórien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither Shore Entrelacei em coroa murcha o elanor dourado And in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor
Se barcos eu cantasse agora, que barco iria voltar But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me Que barco me conduziria por tão vasto Mar? What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?