O say, O say where comes that light?
Radiant and true it shines
Piercing through the darkest gloom
So full of peace and full of might
Tis a joyful heart and a joyful song
Hark now, hark now! Hark unto me;
Come join my song and join my dance!
Drink and laugh and celebrate
For on this day there came to be
A joyful song and a joyful heart
“O see, O see, tis quite a sight!”
Some may say when chance they spy
My happy laugh and my merry gait
But I shall tell them all is right
With my joyful heart and my joyful song
Away, away they fly so free
Making tales of their own.
Glorious shall their ventures be
But they shall yet remain to me
My joyful song and my joyful heart
O stars, O stars, upon this night,
Guard and keep them, guide their way,
With hope embolden like the day
And bless with your undimming light
This joyful heart and this joyful song
My home, my home, where shall it be
In all the lands of Arda wide
No resting anywhere shall I find
But ‘neath the boughs of a Lorien tree
With a joyful song and a joyful heart
With a joyful heart and a joyful song!
