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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

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