Das Lied der Ahnen [English translation]

All heroes pass

Time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

All heroes pass

Time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

Tell me of the beginning

of light and darkness

of gods and treasures

of the very beginning of the first age

The sagas lead us out1 into the wide world

Nothing is holding us back there2

All heroes pass

Time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

All power fades away

a crying in the wind

only the song of our ancestors endures

With destiny and faith and nothing but your word

mindful of the danger

alone in place that's strange to us

through parting and longing

embark on the long journey

say where it leads

All heroes pass

Time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

All power fades away

a crying in the wind

only the song of our ancestors endures

All heroes pass, time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

All power fades away, a dancing in the wind

only the song of our ancestors endures

Eternally3

All heroes pass

Time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

All power fades away

a crying in the wind

only the song of our ancestors endures

All heroes pass

Time goes by

only the song of our ancestors endures

All power fades away

a crying in the wind

only the song of our ancestors endures

1. I really can't understand what 'entführen' is even doing here, this is just my guess as to what it's supposed to mean.2. I don't really understand what the 'there' refers to, so I'm not sure how to translate this phrase. Nothing will restrain us once we get out into the wide world? Nothing is keeping us from leaving the first age?3. This verse is in Quenya.