Shadow-Bride

Shadow-Bride is a short poem by J.R.R. Tolkien that was written on an unknown date, and is said to be of Hobbit-origin. It was the thirteenth poem within the 1961 collection of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book. 
It describes a man who is under a spell of stillness, and sits motionless under the sky. He is thought to be dead by the nearby wildlife, until a 'lady clad in grey' arrives at twilight, and sets him free from his spell. He then approaches her, and the two dance until sunrise. This happens once a year, when the 'caverns yawn'.
==Lyrics==
:There was a man who dwelt alone,
::as day and night went past
:he sat as still as carven stone,
::and yet no shadow cast.
:The white owls perched upon his head
::beneath the winter moon;
:they wiped their beaks and thought him dead
::under the stars of June.
:There came a lady clad in grey
::in the twilight shining:
:one moment she would stand and stay,
::her hair with flowers entwining.
:He woke, as he sprung of stone,
::and broke the spell that bound him;
:he clasped her fast. both flesh and bone,
::and wrapped her shadow round him.
:There never more she walks her ways
::by sun or moon or star;
:she dwells below where neither days
::nor any nights there are.
:But once a year when caverns yawn
::and hidden things awake,
:they dance together then till dawn
::and a single shadow make.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Skadu-Bruid
Albanian 	Nusja Hije
Amharic 	ጥላ ሙሽራ
Arabic 	عروس الظل
Armenian 	Ստվերային Հարսնացուն
Asturian 	La novia-sombra
Azerbaijani 	Kölgə Gəlin
Breton 	An Dimezell Skeud
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Невестата сянка
Burmese 	အရိပ်သတို့သမီး
Cambodian 	កូនក្រមុំស្រមោល
Catalan 	La núvia-ombra
Chinese 	影子新娘
Croatian 	Nevjesta sjene
Czech 	Stínová nevěsta
Danish 	Skyggebruden
Dutch 	Schaduwbruid
Estonian 	Varju pruut
Faroese 	Skuggabrúðurin
Finnish 	Varjomorsian
French 	La femme de l'ombre
Frisian 	De Skaad Breid (Western)
Galician 	A noiva da sombra
Georgian 	ჩრდილოვანი პატარძალი
German 	Schattenbraut
Greek 	Νύφη Σκιά
Gujarati 	છાયા કન્યા
Hebrew 	כלת הצל
Hindi 	छाया वधू
Hungarian 	Az Árnyék menyasszony
Icelandic 	Skuggabrúðurin
Indonesian 	Pengantin bayangan
Italian 	La sposa dell'ombra
Japanese 	影の花嫁
Javanese 	Penganten wewayangan
Kannada 	ನೆರಳು ವಧು
Kazakh 	Көлеңке Келін (Cyrillic) Köleñke Kelin (Latin)
Konkani 	सावळी व्हंकल
Korean 	그림자 신부
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Көлөкө Келин
Laotian 	ເຈົ້າສາວເງົາ
Latvian 	Ēnu līgava
Lithuanian 	Šešėlio nuotaka
Luxembourgish 	Schatten Braut
Macedonian Cyrillic	Невестата во сенка
Maithili 	छाया कनियाँ
Malagasy 	Ampakarina Aloka
Malayalam 	നിഴൽ വധു
Malaysian 	Pengantin bayangan
Maltese 	L-għarusa dell
Manx 	Scadoo Ven-phoosee
Marathi 	सावली वधू
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Сүүдрийн сүйт бүсгүй
Nepalese 	छाया दुलही
Norwegian 	Skyggebruden
Occitan 	La nòvia d'ombra
Pashto 	د سیوري ناوې
Persian 	عروس سایه
Polish 	Narzeczona cienia
Portuguese 	A noiva sombra
Punjabi 	ਛਾਇਆ ਵਹੁਟੀ
Romanian 	Mireasa Umbră
Russian 	Невеста-тень
Sanskrit 	छायावधूः
Sardinian 	Sa nòvida-umbra
Serbian 	Невеста сенке (Cyrillic) Nevesta senke (Latin)
Sicilian 	La sposa di l'ùmmira
Sindhi 	پاڇي جي ڪنوار
Sinhalese 	සෙවන මනාලිය
Slovak 	Tieňová nevesta
Slovenian 	Nevesta senci
Somali 	Gabadha Hadhka
Spanish 	La novia-sombra
Swedish 	Skuggbruden
Tajik Cyrillic 	Арӯси сояафкан
Tamil 	நிழல் மணமகள்
Tatar 	Күләгә кәләш
Telugu 	నీడ వధువు
Thai 	เจ้าสาวเงา
Turkish 	Gölge Gelin
Turkmen 	Kölegeli Gelin
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Наречена-тінь
Urdu 	سائے کی دلہن
Uzbek 	Соя Келин (Cyrillic) Soya Kelin (Latin)
Venetian 	La sposa ombra
Vietnamese 	Cô dâu bóng tối
Welsh 	Briodferch Cysgodol
Yiddish 	די שאָטן קאַלע
Yoruba 	Ìyàwó Òjìji
pl:Narzeczona cienia
Category:Poems in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil