Old Tom Bombadil had a merry wedding,
crowned all with buttercups, hat and feather shedding;
his bride with forgetmenots and flag-lilies for garland
was robed all in silver-green. He sang like a starling,
hummed like a honey-bee, lilted to the fiddle,
clasping his river-maid round her slender middle.
{J. R. R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadil’s Wedding by Loneanimator on Deviantart}
Tom ebbe un matrimonio davvero assai gioioso:
al posto della piuma, ranuncoli avea lo sposo;
la sposa non-ti-scordar-di-me e gigli tra i capelli
vestita in verde-argento; lui cantava come i fringuelli,
ronzava come un’ape, ballava al suon del violino
tenendo la sua sposa al sottile vitino.
{J. R. R. Tolkien, Le Avventure di Tom Bombadil, Le Avventure di Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadil’s Wedding by Loneanimator on Deviantart}
-Ancalagon
