The White Tower

While, i, look at the moon ... alone i look out under moonlight 
From in my windy tower ... from in my white and windy tower 
Ye bide no moment and await no hour, 
But go with solemn song and harpers tune 

Through the darkest night ... through darkest night and shadow seashores 
To the distant trees, the trees that brought the light to valar 
Whose [bad word] and flower are the moon and sun, 
Where light of earth is ended and begun. 

Here [bad word] at whiles a wind to blow 
Returning now down .... down the way ye go, 
With perfume place, and places of unearthly trees ... of unearthly trees 

Here only long ... afar through window pane 
I glimpse the sound of the golden rain 
that falls now down ... for ever on the outer seas ... on the outer seas. 

Ir in-elenath gwennin 
I' il thinna,i amar u-dartha 
man darthon, a linnon 
Nu galad hen fireb? 

(When the starry host has departed 
The star fades,the world does not wait 
Why do i linger and sing 
Under this fading mortal light?)