The Edge of Night in Emoji Language

Lyrics of the song The Edge of Night from the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) – based on J. R. R. Tolkien's poem "A Walking Song" – translated into the Emoji Language.

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✳ 🏡 🔙

✳ 🌐 ⬆

⛓🚶 👤 📍⏫🛣🛣

↕️⚫🔦 ↪️🌚🚧

🌁 ➕ ⚫🔦

☁ ➕ ⚫🔦

⛓🏃⬅🚪 ♾

Interlinear Translation

✳

be[PRS]

🏡

home[NOM]

🔙

behind

Home is behind

✳

be[PRS]

🌐

world[NOM]

⬆

ahead

The world is ahead

⛓🚶

OBLI-walk[PRS]

👤

person[NOM]

📍⏫🛣🛣

on-many-path-PL

And there are many paths to tread

↕️⚫🔦

through-shadow

↪️🌚🚧

to-dark.night-edge

Through shadow, to the edge of night

⌚⏭

until

🌟

glow[PRS]

♾⭐⭐

all-star-PL

Until the stars are all alight

🌁

mist[NOM]

➕

and

⚫🔦

shadow[NOM]

Mist and shadow

☁

cloud[NOM]

➕

and

⚫🔦

shadow[NOM]

Cloud and shade

⛓🥀

OBLI-fade[PRS]

♾

all

All shall fade

⛓🥀

OBLI-fade[PRS]

♾

all

All shall fade

Glossing Abbreviations

NOM	nominative case
OBLI	obligative mood
PL	plural
PRS	present tense