Феанор [Feanor] [English translation]

The gods could not control

The fire in your soul;

There's no place for its light,

You hate your paradise.

Your faith fell to Melkor,

Who ruined Valinor;

But all you heard were lies,

Stuck in your back like knives.

Teleri blood still flows

As you rush towards your oath;1

The Noldor’s stolen fleet

Across the ocean flees.

There's fire in your words,

You fear no worldly curse,

Damnation of the gods

Amuses you-

The soul in you

Is one of two-2

Either to find death and curse the land you take

Or to slowly fade away!

And the princely Noldo3

Left his land with joy and

From the gods, he asked for no support.

And he stepped onto the earth the

First in Middle-earth and

On himself he took the curse!

Your sword is shining

Like Silmarils at night!

Your foe, retreating

Hears laughter, loud and bright.

Your sword is shining

Like fire in your sight!

Death is advancing

But Fëanor will fight,

But Fëanor will fight!

The dark one stole your hope

The sweat poured in your work,

And thus, you lost the soul

You put into those stones.

Still you hold onto hate,

In Angband lies your fate,

You’re looking for a path

Where mountains reek of wrath.

You advance in vain,

Behind the army stays.

Balrogs surround you,

They’re closing around you.

Why do you hurry on?

The life of Elves is long.

Though foes are all around

You’re on your feet-

The soul in you

Is one of two-

Either to find death and curse the land you take

Or to slowly fade away!

And the princely Noldo

Left his land with joy and

From the gods, he asked for no support.

And he stepped onto the earth the

First in Middle-earth and

On himself he took the curse!

Your sword is shining

Like Silmarils at night!

Your foe, retreating

Hears laughter, loud and bright.

Your sword is shining

Like fire in your sight!

Death is advancing

But Fëanor will fight,

But Fëanor will fight!

The soul in you

Is one of two-

Either to find death and curse the land you take

Or to slowly fade away!

And the princely Noldo

Left his land with joy and

From the gods, he asked for no support.

And he stepped onto the earth the

First in Middle-earth and

On himself he took the curse!

Your sword is shining

Like Silmarils at night!

Your foe, retreating

Hears laughter, loud and bright.

Your sword is shining

Like fire in your sight!

Death is advancing

But Fëanor will fight,

But Fëanor will fight!

Without jewels to adorn it,

Why do you wear your crown?

Like a forest without branches,

Like an abandoned town.

Without elves, the world is common,

All is grey when they are gone!

But 'til the end of Arda

You live on in our songs!

You live on in our songs!4

1. Literal Russian: "The exodus was bloody/Nature shed tears." I simply did not vibe with that and added in some extra Silmarillion references: the Teleri were the elves that Fëanor and his company slaughtered in order to steal their ships, which is likely what the original line is referring to. Fëanor's oath to retrieve the Silmarils is an important event of the Silmarillion.2. These two lines were taken from Even Blurry Videos' cover of this song on YouTube, here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2ImUJSllE 3. Noldo is plural, Noldor is singular. Since прекрасный is singular, I went with Noldo.4. The original line is literally "They live only in songs/That the bards sing to us" which may be a reference to the Blind Guardian song "The Bard's Song." Since I couldn't fit that in the rhythm I replaced it with an allusion to the Fëanor quote "The deeds we shall do will be the matter of song until the last days of Arda."