Yes. It's a sad song that they're singing, there on the ship. A song that Celebrían sang to her husband Elrond a long, long time ago, when she left Middle-Earth for Valinor. It's a song to say goodbye to everyone who's left behind.
*touches his face*
Thank you for coming with me to the Havens, Bingo. Thank you for everything.
Mayor Samwise has heard that lament, too. I suppose they sang it for Frodo as well, when he sailed to the West in his turn. Not many of your people have gone to Valinor.
Your people... you're just like flowers to us. Beautiful and bright, and terribly brief. Even in the Undying Lands, you bloom for just a little while and then you fall. No one knows where you go; we only know that you're gone, and you don't ever return.
*kisses him*
I don't want to watch you wither, Bingo. I don't want to see you grow old and feeble so far from your home while I never change. I'd rather lose you now and keep you in my mind just the way you are, so I can imagine you alive and well and happy forever.
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*bends over, picks a flower*
Here.
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Look, they're raising the sails on the ship.
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*touches his face*
Thank you for coming with me to the Havens, Bingo. Thank you for everything.
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Your people... you're just like flowers to us. Beautiful and bright, and terribly brief. Even in the Undying Lands, you bloom for just a little while and then you fall. No one knows where you go; we only know that you're gone, and you don't ever return.
*kisses him*
I don't want to watch you wither, Bingo. I don't want to see you grow old and feeble so far from your home while I never change. I'd rather lose you now and keep you in my mind just the way you are, so I can imagine you alive and well and happy forever.
*steps away, towards the quay*
Captain, I'm ready.
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......................
(waves)
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Goodbye! ...goodbye...
*waves*
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*sings*
"Merin... sa... ....sa haryalye alasse....."
Oh. Oh, fuck it.
*puts face in hands and cries*
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(waves her trunk)
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