The King (Theoden is Transformed by Gandalf) Lyrics

Words by Philipa Boyens,
translated into Old English (Rohirric) by David Salo,
music by Howard Shore

Lim-strang wζs geboren
Bearn lιod-cyninga
Magorinc Mearces.
Bunden in byrde tσ laedenne
Bunden in lufe tσ πegnunge
Lang beadugear cύπaπ
Lic onginneπ bϊgan.
Swift dιadlic gιar Stieppaπ geond willan.
Ac ιagan gνet lσciaπ Beorhtre gesihπe;
Heorte gνet bιateπ.


'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.