Jamio's Lament

Come dear friends and gather near
To this tale I ask ye lend your tears
A story of love, of honor too, come sit with me and hear it through
For the memory of heart be long and its promises be true

From Leuia came a warriress bold
Her heart and mind in battle forged
Love she used in but one phrase, "Love of battle!" she cried with pride to her race
But her warrior's heart was unprepared for the day she met her Tarmit.

Unable to speak aloud her desire
In the hunt she found joy at his side
Her duty to family and her brother dear did call her home to Leuia one year
When at last she returned she found, her Tarmit had chosen another

Honor the Leuian warrior's cry
Love the silent heart replies
The heart makes promises none can tell
And keeps those thought forgotten

Though she spoke naught of her inner cries
Her brother did read the truth in her eyes
"Forbid... Forbid," to her brother she said. "Of this I forbid you to speak again!"
"Another's 'sara I do not love. I will live my life with honor."

Time does heal all wounds, tis told
And so it seemed with this warriress bold
In the hunt again did proudly soar, her triumphant cry, her battle roar
Til one dark day the news was heard, that death had taken Tarmit

Paw upon her chest, a pallid look
Jamio faltered as though herself was struck
And as her brother did see her plight, with tears the truth he realized
That though it’d been in honor buried, her love had never died

Honor the Leuian warrior’s cry
Love the silent heart replies
The heart makes promises none can tell
And keeps those thought forgotten.

To home, to home, to Leuia they sped.
Her brother filled with concern and dread.
Their ship was fast, but their journey long, as he entreated for her to hang on
But their shores of home at last in site, Jamio did finally fall

A whispered name upon the wind
Her final words of love to him
And as she lay cradled within her devoted brother’s arms
Jamio's heart, strong though it was, did quietly beat its last

To rest, to rest, she was laid to rest, this Fighter for Elindale.
And through the journal of her brother dear have we come to learn this tale
For true to her word she had spoken to none of the love she'd kept inside
But the Leuian heart will love but one, e'en though it be denied

Honor the Leuian warrior's cry
Love the silent heart replies
For the heart makes promises none can tell
And keeps those thought forgotten.

By: Twilight

Wrote and sang for the Leuian festival in Meetpoint
during the 7th month in the year 318 (8/04)