I feel so enchanted and connected with my fellow middle earth fans ✨ 在@Lyra_在托爾希姆凌彈琴 老师家学习了有关poetic edda，做了晚饭，点上蜡烛，喝着红酒，看精灵宝钻剪辑视频。一次次心碎，一次次感叹这辈子跑不掉了。夜深了，听老师弹着琴唱gilgalad was an elven king，接着尝试弹了anglo saxon lyre，以非常拙劣的技巧和老师一起尝试了合奏，还尝试了一下竖琴。临走，老师给我弹了弦乐团版lotr主旋律…我开玩笑说这是“史诗般的离开”。坐大巴回oxford，脑子里浮现的是：

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back and home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

作为留学生已无数次体验到“there and back again”，“adventure”的感受。但最新的体验是“此心安处是吾乡”。我们痛骂这个cd的世界，但总有中土这片精神土壤。各种谢谢中土的老师，让我体验到这样的温馨感与安稳感。then to bed！今晚一定能睡个好觉。

最后，attach我受到今天只来得及读了两面纸的edda和莱拉老师的讲解，写的拙劣头韵诗（说是韵，根本就是一个词好吗）：

how might we remember the epics from the past, where all the glories far gone?

how would we understand those whispers, echoing in the northern wind?

how could we connect with those eyes, glittering like stars through darkness—once bright with hope and despair, now dim with fading light？

how would we imagine the unknown ladies, whose names are long forgotten, their murmuring lips in the darkness, hands tired of weaving, and longing, love, and grief, in their hymns?

how shall we peace minds and hearts in the ongoing political turmoil, a world marred？

how much, you wouldn’t believe, music, art, warm soup, quiet chatter, and a few cups of wine can do—for a soul haunted by such questions.