Part I When the awesome day of great thunder came And the sound of trumpets shook the sky They say that Beleriand was all ablaze And that tongues of fire flew up high And the white host of Valinor went east Beauty and terror together marched To the battle of long-delayed revenge And by furious flames the land was parched They say that the earth trembled under their feet In the hour of reckoning and war And their weapons cast a strong blinding sheen And the furtive darkness they pierced and tore Assailed by fear and strange doubt, he quailed In front of what he could not behold And in despair launched the last assault From the infernal lairs of his deep stronghold Part II – Ancalagon the Black From the chasms and hellish pits Of the fell foe that ever sits On the hard throne of tyranny Deadliest horror of history Dismal flashes and burning hail Wrecking raiders that scourge and flail Dreadful clashes that wring the sky In the last effort to defy [Eärendil ] From the oceans of immense space Where the day and the night embrace Sweeping, wild winds of victory Irresistible symphony In the hour of flaming truth In the battle of wrath and ruth The star-vessel lit up the air At the summit of heaven’s stair Fiery spirits in birdlike form Warring eagles against the storm Towering struggle until the end Iron talons that tear and rend [ Last Battle ] See Ancalagon’s last onslaught But with Eärendil Fate’s hand fought And the black heinous flame grew higher Until fire was killed by fire Floundering Elation Collapse Triumph