A King there was on throne engraved,
In great halls of colonnades,
With roof of gold and argent floor,
And mighty runes along the door.
The brightest light of moon and star
In crystal lamps shines through the dark,
Unshadowed by the veil of night
They burned eternal shimmering white.
The skies are bleak, the hills are aged,
The forges flames have died away;
No songs are sung, no blade is cast,
In Durin's halls the evil lasts!
The darkness hangs over his tomb
Beneath the mountain in the gloom,
But e'er the fallen stars glow freer
In cool and breathless Mirrormere;
There rests his crown in water clear
Till Durin returns once more from sleep.