笔记｜中洲节气贴(6)

—J. R. R. Tolkien, 「The Lord of the Rings」
恩特：
当夏日盘踞大地，正午明如金，
静眠叶冠笼盖下，林木梦正长；
深林如殿绿荫凉，西风轻轻吹，
归来吧！回到我身边！赞美吾土最美好！
恩特婆：
当炎夏温暖了果实，燃炙莓果成深褐；
麦秆金黄麦粒白，丰收季节到来；
蜂蜜流淌苹果圆，风儿从西来，
我流连此地阳光下，因为吾土最美好！
——托尔金，《魔戒》，卷三，第四章
夏至

Upon the very Eve of Midsummer, when the sky was blue as sapphire and white stars opened in the East, but the West was still golden, and the air was cool and fragrant, the riders came down the North-way to the gates of Minas Tirith. First rode Elrohir and Elladan with a banner of silver, and then came Glorfindel and Erestor and all the household of Rivendell, and after them came the Lady Galadriel and Celeborn, Lord of Lothlórien, riding upon white steeds and with them many fair fold of their land, grey-cloaked with white gems in their hair; and last came Master Elrond, mighty among Elves and Men, bearing the scepter of Annúminas, and beside him upon a grey palfrey rode Arwen his daughter, Evenstar of her people.