Eowyn And Faramir Quotes

And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air.

And again she looked at Faramir. 'No longer do I desire to be a queen,' she said. Then Faramir laughed merrily. 'That is well,' he said; 'for I am not a king. Yet I will wed with the White Lady of Rohan, if it be her will. And if she will, then let us cross the River and in happier days let us dwell in fair Ithilien and there make a garden. All things will grow with joy there, if the White Lady comes.

And Eowyn looked at Faramir long and steadily; and Faramir said: 'Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Eowyn! But I do not offer you my pity. For you are a lady high and valiant and have yourself won renown that shall not be forgotten; and you are a lady beautiful, I deem, beyond even the words of the Elven-tongue to tell. And I love you. Once I pitied your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, were you the blissful Queen of Gondor, still I would love you. Eowyn, do you not love me?

There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North!

you do not go, because only your brother called for you, and to look on the Lord Aragorn, Elendil's heir, in his triumph would now bring you no joy. Or because I do not go, and you desire still to be near me. And maybe for both these reasons, and you yourself cannot choose between them. Éowyn, do you not love me, or will you not?' 'I wished to be loved by another,' she answered, 'But I desire no man's pity.' 'That I know,' he said. 'You desired to have the love of the Lord Aragorn. Because he was high and puissant, and you wished to have renown and glory and to be lifted far above the mean things that crawl on the earth. And as a great captain may to a young soldier he seemed to you admirable. For so he is, a lord among men, the greatest that now is. But when he gave you only understanding and pity, then you desired to have nothing, unless a brave death in battle. Look at me, Éowyn!' And Éowyn looked at Faramir long and steadily; and Faramir said: 'Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn! But I do not offer you my pity, For you are a lady high and valiant and have yourself won renown that shall not be forgotten; and you are a lady beautiful, I deem, beyond even the words of the Elven-tongue to tell. And I love you. Once I pitied your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, were you the blissful Queen of Gondor, still I would love you. Éowyn do you not love me?' Then the heart of Éowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. And suddenly her winter passed, and the sun shone on her. 'I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun,' she said; 'and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a sheildmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.' And again she looked at Faramir. 'No longer do I desire to be a queen,' she said. Then Faramir laughed merrily. 'That is well,' he said; 'for I am not a king. Yet I will wed with the White Lady of Rohan, if it be her will. And if she will, then let us cross the River and in happier days let us dwell in fair Ithilien and there make a garden. All things will grow with joy there, if the White Lady comes.

E in quel momento le loro mani s'incontrarono e si strinsero, ma essi non lo sapevano. E continuavano ad attendere qualcosa. Poi a un tratto parve loro che sopra le creste dei monti lontani s'innalzasse un'altra imponente montagna di tenebre, giganteggiando come un'ombra che volesse inondare il mondo, puntellata di bagliori; poi un tremito percorse la terra e le mura della Città vibrarono. Un rumore simile a un sospiro si levò dalle campagne circostanti, e i loro cuori ricominciarono improvvisamente a battere. "Mi ricorda Númenor", disse Faramir, e si stupì di udirsi parlare. "Númenor?", ripeté Éowyn. "Sì", disse Faramir, "la terra dell'Ovesturia che s'inabissò, e la grande ombra oscura che sommerse tutte le terre verdi e le colline e che avanzava, oscurità inesorabile. La sogno sovente". "Allora credi che l'Oscurità stia arrivando?", disse Éowyn. "L'Oscurità Inesorabile?". E improvvisamente si strinse a lui. "No", disse Faramir guardandola in viso. "Era soltanto un'immagine. Non so che cosa stia accadendo. Ragionando a mente lucida direi che una grande catastrofe è avvenuta, e che ci troviamo alla fine dei giorni. Ma il cuore mi smentisce, e le mie membra sono leggere, e sono invaso da una speranza e da una gioia che la ragione non può negare. Éowyn, Éowyn, Bianca Dama di Rohan, in questa ora io non credo che alcuna oscurità possa durare!". E, chinatosi, le baciò la fronte. E rimasero così sulle mura di Gondor, mentre un grande vento si levava e soffiava fra i loro capelli, biondi e corvini, mescolandoli nell'aria. E l'Ombra scomparve, e il Sole fu svelato, e la luce crebbe; e le acque dell'Anduin brillarono come argento, e in tutte le case della Città gli uomini cantavano, spinti da una gioia inspiegabile che traboccava dai loro cuori.