M¿det mellem Beren og Lœthien.

       "Beren, Barahir's s¿n, var et d¿deligt menneske, men Lœthien var datter af Thingol, en elverkonge i MidgŒrd, dengang verden endnu var ung. Og hun var den fagreste pige, der nogen sinde
       har f¾rdedes her pŒ Jorden. Som stjernerne over Nordlandet's tŒger var hendes dejlighed, og hendes ansigt var som et strŒlende lys. Dengang boede Den Store Fjende, hos hvem Sauron i
       Mordor kun var en tr¾l, i Angband oppe mod nord, og elverfolk fra vest, der vendte tilbage til MidgŒrd, erkl¾rede ham krig for at genvinde de silmariler, som han havde stjŒlet, og
       menneskeheden's f¾dre hjalp elverfolkene. Men Fjenden sejrede, Barahir blev dr¾bt, og Beren, der undslap efter efter at have udstŒet mange farer, kom over R¾dselsbjergene ind i
       Thingol's skjulte kongerige i Neldorethskoven. DŽr sŒ han Lœthien synge og danse i en lysning ved bredden af den fortryllede flod Esgalduin, og han kaldte Tinœviel, det betyder nattergal pŒ
       Det Gamle Sprog. Dette f¿rste m¿de huskes i sangen om Beren og Lœthien. Senere blev de ramt af mange sorger, og l¾nge mŒtte de leve langt fra hinanden. Tinœviel befriede Beren fra
       Sauron's fangek¾ldre, og sammen mŒtte de udstŒ store farer. Ja, de styrtede Den Store Fjende fra hans trone, og fra hans jernkrone tog de en af de tre silmariler, den sk¿nneste af alle
       ¾delstene. Den skulle v¾re Lœthien's brudegave til hendes far Thingol. Til sidst blev Beren dr¾bt af Ulven, som kom fra Angband's porte, Karcharoth, og han d¿de i Tinœviel's arme. Men
       hun valgte selv d¿deligheden, at kunne d¿ bort fra denne verden for at kunne f¿lge ham. Sangen om dem beretter, at de m¿dtes igen hinsides havet, der skilte dem, de fik lov at vŒgne til liv
       igen og gik ind i de gr¿nne skove, og sammen har de for l¾nge siden overskredet denne verden's gr¾nser. SŒledes er Lœthien Tinœviel den eneste af elversl¾gt, der virkelig er d¿d og har
       forladt verden, og elverfolket har mistet hende, de elskede h¿jere end nogen anden."

                                                                     -- Frit efter Aragorn [Tolkien].

The meeting of Beren and Lœthien. 

       "Beren, son of Barahir, was a mortal man, but Luthien was the daughter of Thingol, a King of Elves upon middle-earth when the world was young; and she was the fairest maiden that has
       ever been among the children of this world. As the stars above the mists of the lands was her lovliness, and in her face was a shining light. In those days the Great Enemy, of whom Sauron
       of Mordor was but a servant, dwelt in Angband in the North, and the Elves of the West coming back to the Middle-earth made war upon him to regain the Silmarils which he had stolen;
       and the fathers of Men aided the Elves. But the Enemy was victorious and Barahir was slain, and Beren escaping through great peril came over the Mountains of Terror into the hidden
       Kingdom of Thingol in the forest of Neldoreth. There he beheld Luthien singing and dancing in a glade beside the enchanted river Esgalduin; and he named her Tinuviel, that is the
       Nightingale in the language of old. Many sorrows befell them afterwards, and they were parted long. Tinuviel rescued Beren from the dungeons of Sauron, and together they passed
       through great dangers, and cast down even the Great Enemy from his throne, and took from his iron crown one of the three Silmarils, brightest of all jewels, to be the bride-piece of Luthien
       to Thingol her father. Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, Karcharoth, and he died in the arms of Tinuviel. But she chose mortality, and to die
       from the world, so that she might follow him; and it is sung that they met again beyond the Sundering Seas, and after a brief time walking alive once more in green woods, together they
       passed, long ago, beyond the confines og this world. So it is that Luthien Tinuviel alone of the Elf-kindred has died and indeed left the world, and they have lost her who they most loved."

                                                                      -- Told by Aragorn [Tolkien].