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En No Mauretha

V6

[Instrumental Intro — dry swung trip-hop breakbeat, deep rounded bass and sparse muted guitar; no vocals] [Opening Vocal Motif — intimate low smoky female clean voice, gentle chest rasp; the restrained groove continues] En no mauretha. Kaerith nae vaeshara. [Verse 1 — close low female talk-sing, audible vocal creak; unhurried phrasing over dusty drums and short guitar answers] Hrím sa naal, kald veyr sa veld. Kelthun a en — myr sa nátt. En ren hravika sa kald kauren. En ren neshira hrá veldrith. Blud ren morvanna sa dhaerun. Kaen a en ren osh sa hál. [The same restrained groove; the female voice becomes more melodic, with long dark vowels] Morith skeldruna drethri a en. Kelrun a en ren no aevruna. En ren shaelira sael a veyr. Veyr saelruna, en no draunetha. [Cello Solo — first cello entrance; exposed low bowed phrase, then expressive modal variations over the same slow breakbeat; bow friction and dark wooden resonance, no lead guitar solo] [Electronic Transition — one cello note is chopped into a stuttering texture; drums disappear for a beat] [Short Dubstep Breakdown — distorted sub-bass growls, fractured percussion and metallic impacts; eight bars, abrupt stop] [Verse 2 — female voice enters alone on the first line; the trip-hop groove returns beneath the second line, cello answers between phrases] Krenn sa kauren, draen sa krenn. Ór neshira drethri a en. Vaelruna kelrun aevara en. En aevruna, en nae kelruna. En no nævitha skaar sa velthir. En no khaemira kelrun a en. [Grainy female chest voice grows stronger; cello sustains a low countermelody] Veyr veyritha sauren a nátt. Vaelith nae velruna sa velrun. En veldruna sa hrá veldrith. Saelruna við en, ó kald veyr. [Bridge — drums and guitars withdraw; low smoky female clean singing and sparse cello harmonics] En no naevira. En no draunetha. Neshira en, kald veyr. En ul thraevanna. [Brief Silence] [Unaccompanied Vocal Motif — the opening melody returns, firmer and more exposed] En no mauretha. Kaerith nae vaeshara. [Final Climax — downtuned nu-metal guitars, thick bass and forceful half-time drums; powerful husky female clean lead with deep female growl responses] Hrís! Saevanna! Ór sa drethri, drae sa naal! En aevruna, en nae kelruna! Vaelith velruna sa velrun! En no mauretha. En ul thraevanna! [One brief cutting female scream over a final full-band accent] Hrís! [Instrumental Outro — drums, bass and guitars stop together; solitary cello restates the opening vocal melody in its low register] [Hard End — the final bowed note cuts abruptly, no fade]