Eru made a gesture of allowance;

now the Valar's turn commenced.

In pre-dawn silence they pronounced

the Music of their Heart; segments.

A breath of AOR-EL-OM,

Manwe's air filling the entire sky,

whispering Will into the dome,

breathing life, he alchemised.

Varda dreamed out her IAH-OR,

Stars spinned, wheels within wheels,

Constellations of wisdom before

the beginning of time, guiding ideals.

Ulmo, in the depth of MA-UR-EL,

stored the matrix of the plane,

in the newborn life of form: the whale,

the fluidity of form maintained.

Yavanna, growth in nature: ELO-HAVA!

Love, cohesion of all ecosystems,

self-supporting life evolves a

sense of lawfulness and neatness.

BA-OR-ETH, the craftman Aulë,

crystalised the minerals of Earth,

Substance and Form-building science,

always respecting Eru, or the First.

Oromë's pathway of movement,

teaching the forests of pursuit,

RA-EL-ON's wilderness, attunement

Hunting goals of Motion's root.

Mandos DIN-EL-AM, guarding the Law,

in the Halls of Waiting, of All Destiny.

The cosmic balance, the cycles, the awe

for harmony through conflict: "Be!"

NA-OR-IM, NA-OR-IM, falling asleep,

in Irmo's astralscape of dreams,

devotion, idealism, passion deep,

where nothing's as it seems.

Estë's Healing, restoration;

fields where one rejuvenates.

sanctuary of patience;

devotion that endures and waits.

ZA-VA-OR of Vána's seasons,

the spring, the fountain of youth,

cycles of renewal are the reason

flowers grow anew with hues.

The sacred sorrow of Nienna,

deep mourning purifies within,

temples of compassion, when a

soul transforms with KA-NA-EL to win.

Speed and grace of Nessa,

LA-ES-OR of love's cohesion,

agile life forms do caress a

dream that wants to be born.

Vairë weaves the time,

cosmic tapestry of TA-RA-IM,

so no one says "It's mine!"

All is intertwined, it's always been.

Tulkas, the strong defensor,

battlefields of GA-UR-EL light,

the endurance of a firm protector,

arenas of challenge in sight.

And... Melkor, KA-OR-EL, the mighty.

The First Ray's shadow before the fall,

his own chord someday he shall see,

but not before the transmutation of the All.