笔记｜中洲节气贴(12)

—J. R. R. Tolkien, 「The Lord of the Rings」
们不再谈论遥远夏尔的琐碎消息，也不说包围他们的黑暗阴影与重重危险，而是谈论他们共同在这世上见过的美丽事物，谈论精灵、繁星、树木，以及林中这美好年岁的温和之秋。
——托尔金，《魔戒》，卷二，第一章
立冬

I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew:
Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew.
Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was on the Sea,
And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree.
Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamar it shone,
In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion.
There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years,
While here beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears.
O Lórien! The Winter comes, the bare and leafless Day;
The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away.
O Lórien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither Shore
And in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor.