The Firstborn - Ainur

They awoke in the days of twilight

In a world that did not know the sun

Looking up at the starlit heaven

With the smile of new-opened lives

Earth was theirs, the pasture of their wonder

The wide field of soft songs in the air

Names for things and the first glimpse of knowledge

By the watery mirror of the sky

Unforeseen, primroses in winter

Marvellous, miracles of time

I saw them and forgot my own mind

They were new, their beauty filled the world

And Earth was theirs, the pasture of their wonder

The wide field of soft songs in the air

Names for things and the first glimpse of knowledge

By the watery mirror of the sky

Unforeseen, primroses in winter

Marvellous, miracles of time

Miracles of time, miracles of time

Irradiated with their Maker’s splendour

Elder Children of the highest will

Jewels of Earth to adorn the deathless Kingdom

The Firstborn, People of the Stars

Miracles of time, miracles of time

Miracles of time

Irradiated with their Maker’s splendour

Elder Children of the highest will

Jewels of Earth to adorn the deathless Kingdom

The Firstborn, People of the Stars

Irradiated with their Maker’s splendour

Elder Children of the highest will

Jewels of Earth to adorn the deathless Kingdom

The Firstborn, People of the Stars