[Prologue – Before Breath] No wind, no water, no flame, no form. Only the thought of being… unnamed. Then from stillness came a sigh, The breath that parted nothing from all. (a deep pulse begins, heartbeat of a newborn world) [Verse I – The Awakening] Ilmatar rose where no ground lay, A shape of storm, of song, of clay. He drew the dark across his hands, And from his veins the oceans ran. (drums echo like distant thunder, voices hum below) [Chorus – The Birth of Flame] Ehla-ra! Ilmatar! Tharûn valen, nûra sha! From silence burst the newborn star, Ehla-ra! Ilmatar! (massive choral surge; air trembles, flute answers each line) [Verse II – Forging the Sky] He breathed and mountains learned to dream, He wept, and rivers found their seam. The sky was cloth his fingers tore, To weave the night forevermore. (glacial tones and deep strings swell) [Bridge – The Loneliness of Creation] Alone he walked, the maker unmade, Through echo halls where shadows prayed. “Who will remember?” his voice became, The word that kindled every name. (a single human-like voice rises above the drone, trembling) [Chorus – The Flame Expands] Ehla-ra! Ilmatar! Valûrien nûra thar! From sorrow rose the seed of stars, Ehla-ra! Ilmatar! (low choirs join; pan flute mimics the sound of wind over ice) [Verse III – The Dream of the White Ones] From the breath of snow and fire, Shapes of light began to aspire. The White Ones stirred, still unborn flame, Carved from the thought that spoke his name. (choir of distant childlike voices begins behind main melody) [Final Chorus – The Eternal Resonance] Ehla-ra! Ilmatar! Tharûn ilûr, vhalûn ai’lar! Through endless night your echo rings, The world still moves when Ilmatar sings! Ehla-ra! Ehla-ra! Ilmatar! (voices and instruments merge into a wall of sound; final note fades into silence)
