I amar prestar aen. (The world is changed.)

[sigmastolen]

I have a friend who is teaching a music appreciation class, for children aged 6-12 (which is a biiiig spread and she's having to be creative in order to engage all of them). She told me today that she asked one of her six-year-olds what her favourite musical instrument was. The girl answered that her favourite instrument was the iPod.

We live in a crazy, crazy world, my friends.

The subject of this entry is from the (spoken (by Galadriel)) prologue to the film version of The Fellowship of the Ring. It seemed... quite fitting. The full text is:
I amar prestar aen…
The world is changed.
han mathon ne nen…
I feel it in the water.
han mathon ne chae…
I feel it in the Earth.
a han noston ned gwilith.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.