The Ent and the Entwife

The Ent and the Entwife is an Elvish song that Treebeard sings to Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. It is about the Ent]s' desire that their wives come back to them, and the prophecy that that they might find a land where both [[Ents and Entwives can be happy together, though this will only be found after both have lost everything. The verses alternate points- of-view between the Ent and the Entwife. Several lines from the Ent's point-of-view are recited by Treebeard to Merry and Pippin as he takes them to his home in The Two Towers (film).
 * Ent When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough;
 * When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow;
 * When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the
 * mountain-air,
 * Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!
 * Entwife When Spring is come to garth and field, and corn is in the blade;
 * When blossom like a shining snow is on the orchard ladi;
 * When shower and Sun upon the Earth with fragrance fill the
 * air,
 * I'll linger here, and will not come, because my land is fair.
 * Ent When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold
 * Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold;
 * When woodland halls arae green and cool, and wind is in the
 * West,
 * Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!
 * Entwife When Summer warms the hanging fruit and burns the berry
 * brown;
 * When Straw is gold, and ear is white, and harvest comest ot
 * town;
 * When honey spills, and apple swells, though wind be in the
 * West,
 * I'll linger here beneath the Sun, because my land is best!
 * Ent When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall
 * slay;
 * When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day;
 * When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain
 * I'll look for thee, and call to thee; I'll come to thee again!
 * Entwife When Winter comes, and singing ends; when darkness falls at
 * last;
 * When broken is the barren bough, and light and labour past;
 * I'll look for thee, and wait for thee, until we meet again:
 * Together we will take the road beneath the bitter rain!
 * Both Together we will take the road that leads into the West,
 * And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.