6. Mandos Qualmëa (One Time He Wept)

[Intro — cello drone, harp enters] [Male Verse] Manos... i·qualmë... mandos... Lúthien tulë – lómissë [Female Verse 1] (harp only) [female] Beren vanwë – mi i·lómë [female] Merin hiruva – merin hiruva [female] I·melmë ná – lá vanwa [female] Linda – linda – merin hiruva [Hook] Linda — merin hiruva Linda — Beren coirë I·lómë hlarë – i·lindë [Male Verse 1 — deep bass] Qualmë axan – lá rahtaina Fírimar caitar – lá lelyanë [Female Verse 2] (cello joins) [female] Ú-merin axan – merin Beren [female] I·melmë ú-fírë – ú-fírë [female] Tenn' i·lúmë – tenn' ambar [female] Linda – linda – merin hiruva [Hook — choir whisper joins] Linda — merin hiruva Linda — Beren coirë I·lómë hlarë – i·lindë [Bridge — voice alone, no words] Mmm... merin... mmm... Mmm... hiruva... mmm... [only harp and voice] [The breaking — Male Verse — deep bass] Ú-nínavë – oialë né... Nínavë — Er lúmë — Beren — á coirë [Final Hook — full and luminous] Linda — merin hiruva Linda — Beren coirë Hiruva — Beren coirë — hiruva [Outro — harp alone, fades] [female] Linda... merin... hiruva... [female] Beren... coirë... ...