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-====== Orcish lullaby from Lay of Leithian ======
-  I’ll sing ye famous song, how in the days of yore,
-  When flat was our world, when Rings have not yet been made,
-  Our first Dark Lord defeated was by Elfin maid,
-  Where others failed; Tinúviel was name of her.
-Idea of making a lullaby from Lay of Leithian came to me after reading a Russian translation of "Beren and Luthien" book, where line "Down crumpled Orc, down Balrog proud" resembled the song "Sleep tired toys, books are asleep..." from a children show. But making a lullaby for Orcs required changes to be made, for example baby-orc should be afraid of Lúthien. I've also made a quick research to be sure that scary lullabies are the thing in almost every culture.
-It also reflects Tolkien's belief that Evil cannot create art or life:
-> The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own.
-> //(Frodo to Sam about Orcs, LOTR, ROTK)//
-> Melkor spent his spirit in envy and hate, until at last he could make nothing save in mockery of the thought of others...
-> //(Silmarillion)//
-So, most of the text was taken directly from Lay of Leithian, but with lines and words inside of them re-arranged. Out of 500 words over 300 were "stolen". Words taken directly from corresponding line were marked with **bold**, and line is marked with it's number from original poem. A couple of lines have line numbers specified, but not marked with bold -- this means it's inspired by original, but wording changed too much.
-===== English text =====
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-Why won’t you sleep? Loud is Angband.
-All day and night there hammers pound.		3861
-**The** **rumour** **thunder**s in the **forges**		3852
-built deep in Thangorodrim’s gorges.
-**A burning wind there roaring** blows		3853
-**foul vapours up from gaping holes,**		3854
-where wretched **captives** cry in **pain**		3865
-**amid the iron clink of chain.**			3864
-Soon, soon it will be **slow**ly **change**d:		3962
-the elven witch in **raiment strange**,		3963
-**batlike**, will secretly here fly,		3963
-bloodthirsty snobbish wood-sprites’ spy,
-**to Morgoth’s hall, where** splendid **feast**		3876
-**he** holds, **and** drinks **the blood of beast**		3877
-**and lives of Men**, she’ll boldly raid.		3878
-Her **eyes** will blaze with **flame** **and** hate.	3879
-She’ll **let her flying raiment sweep,**		4068
-**enmeshed with woven spells of sleep,**		4069
-**as round the dark void she** will **reel**,		4070
-And hidden **garment** she’ll **reveal**		3968, 3965
-With **starlight caught in** elvish **veil**		3969
-Which **glimmer**s in Angband’s halls **pale**.		3968
-**Dim dreams and faint oblivious sleep**		3970
-Will **softly** fall on **dungeons deep**,		3971
-And smell of Doriath’s **flowers**			3972
-Will cloud fiery glowing towers.
-**Then softly she**’ll begin **to sing**		3978
-**A theme of sleep and slumbering.**			3979
-**The fires of Angband** will **flare and die**,	3984
-**smouldered into darkness; through the** high		3985
-**and hollow halls there**'ll roll **unfurled**		3986
-**the shadows of the underworld.**			3987
-Wandering, woven with deeper spell,	3980
-her voice all maws and hearts will quell.	4082
-Down crumpled orcs, down hungry beasts	4080 / 4170
-turned in their dreams of lavish feasts;	4171
-the fires of heart and maw are still,		4082
-soothed by enchanting bird-like thrill		4083
-in sleep uneasy Balrogs stir;			4172
-all lulled by sorcery of her.
-And as her song begins anew		4062
-And soft comes dropping like a dew		4063
-That falls from ceiling of that dome
-And grows to seething silver foam
-Of loudly rumbling rapid streams, 		4066
-pale falling in dark pools of dreams,		4067
-A heart-enthralling dance she winds		4059, 4060
-To calm the servants restless minds.
-All movement stops, and sound ceases,		3988
-Save Orcs’ and beasts’ slumberous wheezes,	3989
-All eyes were quenched, save those that glared	4086
-in gloomy Morgoth’s face and stared	4087
-At elvish beauty, frail and false
-Bewitching in the great vast halls
-in slowly wandering wonder round,		4088
-All were in enchantment bound.			4089
-Like stars the Silmarils glittered,			4092
-From Dark Lord’s crown they down flittered		4135
-Then flaring suddenly they fell,			4096 - 4103
-upon the floors of Iron Hell.
-The dark and mighty head was bowed;
-like mountain-top beneath a cloud
-the shoulders foundered, the vast form
-crashed, as in overwhelming storm
-huge cliffs in ruin slide and fall;
-and prone lay Morgoth in his hall.
-All eyes are quenched, all heads are bowed;	4081
-Sleeps crumpled Orc, sleeps Balrog proud;		4080
-The wolves like corpses foul are strewn,		4110
-No more they howling on the Moon.			4175
-Sleep adders, lay like twisted stone,			4109
-Lays Morgoth in his hall, dream-prone	4103 (word order changed)
-His crown there rolls upon the ground,		4104
-With Silmarils kindling; all sound			4092, 4105
-died, and a silence grew as deep			4106
-as were the heart of Earth asleep.			4107
-All movement stayed, and all sound ceased,	3988
-save snoring breath of Orc and beast.		3989
-All eyes are quenched, all heads are bowed;	4081
-Sleep, child, be your bed as soft as cloud.
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-<todo !!!>Translation to be done</todo>
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