last night i was at a phd graduation celebration for a friend, and when i told a few of the girls that we chose "rowan" as her name, one of them (a girl from india, interestingly enough) piped up "like the tree!!" and i was kind of surprised/relieved that someone finally got the right reference... but she did even better... she got really excited and started going on about how it was like the poem in the Lord of the Rings books; i was completely blank about it, having read them years ago.
she went on and on about how it's a sad song in the forest sung by an ent looking for his lost rowans... so i went home and found it:
*smiling stupidly*
she went on and on about how it's a sad song in the forest sung by an ent looking for his lost rowans... so i went home and found it:
Bregalad's Lamentand here is some commentary to put it in context:
O Orofarnë, Lassemista, Carnimírië!
O rowan fair, upon your hair how white the blossom lay!
O rowan mine, I saw you shine upon a summer's day,
Your rind so bright, your leaves so light, your voice so cool and soft:
Upon your head how golden-red the crown you bore aloft!
O rowan dead, upon your head your hair is dry and grey;
Your crown is spilled, your voice is stilled for ever and a day.
O Orofarnë, Lassemista, Carnimírië!
Bregalad is an Ent, a shepherd of the trees. In this song he mourns the wanton desecration of his beloved rowans by the Evil Wizard Saruman's Evil Hordes. 'Orofarnë, Lassemista, Carnimírië!' means "mountain-dwelling, leaf- grey, with adornment of red jewels". But then, that should be obvious, neh?anybody who knows me must realize how absurdly happy it makes me to have a tolkien reference to my daughter's name--unintentionally!! if i thought i could get away with it i might have named her arwen, lol. but this is so much better...
*smiling stupidly*
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