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Hanfur's Farewell



A goodbye song composed for master Hanfur, beloved treasurer of Durin's Folk, to take back with him to the Lone Mountain, where he will reside with his kin, for his final season.

~ Hanfur, do you, ~
~ remember your hair: ~
~ So long ago, ~
~ flew freely in the air? ~
~ It has all melted like snow on the peak ~
~ of your lone mountain home; ~
~ All that's left is the living rock, ~
~ and white falls below. ~

~ Hanfur, do you, ~
~ remember your troll? ~
~ He crushed your arm, ~
~ to make you whole! ~
~ You may not bear up a shield so well, ~
~ but you know your feet; ~
~ That troll died, but you carry inside, ~
~ wisdom of timely retreat. ~

~ Hanfur ~
~ bringer ~
~ of warmth, of mirth ~
~ Stand firm ~
~ bearer ~
~ of our love, our hearth! ~

~ Hanfur, will you ~
~ remember us please, ~
~ Through the season ~
~ of falling leaves? ~
~ See us lined up just like goods in a row ~
~ Oh! so neatly arrayed! ~
~ Plunder all our well-wishes, we beg ~
~ Hoard our highest praise! ~

~ Hanfur, ~
~ Stand firm! ~