TORUANE
I’ve travelled far
among green valleys,
where woods and fields
like patchwork spread,
I took delight
in ripening cornfields,
their golden grain
and poppies scarlet red.
But now I’ve come
where towering high above me
rise rugged castles
carved from ancient stone:
The rosy peaks
of Toruane
Stand glowing
in the evening sun.
I wandered once
beside blue water,
where tiny waves
danced on the sand;
I stayed to watch
white horses tossing
and see the foam
curl gently in to land.
But now I see
the mystery of Losmaari,
and in the dark
smooth surface, one by one,
The rosy peaks
of Toruane
Lie mirrored
in the evening sun.
I must return
where hills are greener,
and daisies peep
amid the grass.
But I’ll remember
banks of heather,
and rust-red moss
that springs back as you pass.
So misty blue
the islands in the morning,
but fairer still
to haunt me when I’m gone,
The rosy peaks
of Toruane
Stand glowing
in the evening sun.
among green valleys,
where woods and fields
like patchwork spread,
I took delight
in ripening cornfields,
their golden grain
and poppies scarlet red.
But now I’ve come
where towering high above me
rise rugged castles
carved from ancient stone:
The rosy peaks
of Toruane
Stand glowing
in the evening sun.
I wandered once
beside blue water,
where tiny waves
danced on the sand;
I stayed to watch
white horses tossing
and see the foam
curl gently in to land.
But now I see
the mystery of Losmaari,
and in the dark
smooth surface, one by one,
The rosy peaks
of Toruane
Lie mirrored
in the evening sun.
I must return
where hills are greener,
and daisies peep
amid the grass.
But I’ll remember
banks of heather,
and rust-red moss
that springs back as you pass.
So misty blue
the islands in the morning,
but fairer still
to haunt me when I’m gone,
The rosy peaks
of Toruane
Stand glowing
in the evening sun.
This song appears in "Trial of Cyrhision" Bk 1, foreshadowing Holt's journey to the far north. I actually wrote it, words and tune together, before I incorporated it into the book, when touring in Wester Ross myself. Sunset reflected off Ben Eighe can be spectacular!
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