Veranyn's Lament

Veranyn by DMFW with Art Breeder

Veranyn's Lament is a work of short, free form, poetry best known in a musical interpretation for the twelve stringed Lunar Harp, popular on the moon during the Long Northern Peace.
Veranyn, herself, is said to have been a technician who worked on the Ice Dams at Letronne City.
The first version of the poem was published in 2352 AF, but it has been reworked in multiple versions over the years, sometimes accompanied by lavish illustrations as in this famous and valuable commissioned manuscript dating from 2414 AF where the art work was created by Waldrin Sax.
In 2528 AF, over a hundred and fifty years after it first appeared, Taldyne Zinthrano was inspired by this piece to write his famous play, "Tinto and Veranyn" which can be found in The Collected Works of Zinthrano. Zinthrano invented a complex love triangle for which there is no real documentary evidence, but his story became so intimately connected with the poem and the song in the public imagination that many people in later years assumed it was true.

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Veranyn's Lament

Letronne Storm : Veranyn's Cry by DMFW with Disco Diffusion 5.3

Letronne Storm : The Tower of Release by DMFW with Disco Diffusion 5.3

Look for me in spring when the ice dams break and the ardent seas renew their passion.
Look for me where the waves shout to the sky and climb the cliffs over the Ocean of Storms.

Do not seek me in the bleak mists of Cape Mistle where the day hides in silent clouds.
Do not seek me in the desiccated libraries of Old Kerandia, where automata catalog the dead dreams of dusty men.
You will not find me there, so why must you go wandering?

Do not seek me in the sombre streets of the Covenant where the gelid ocean softly swells and the icebergs dutifully drift under the island bridges.
St. Sofia's tears fall in that cold dark mirror sea, but they do not move me.
You will not find me there, so why must you go wandering?

Do not seek me in the company of the men of Earth, the men the Grey Kings of Anoomenon send to our world.
They laugh only at their own heartless jokes and their clever politics, but they do not move me.
You will not find me there, so why must you go wandering?

Look for me in spring when the ice dams break and the ardent seas renew their passion.
Look for me where the waves shout to the sky and climb the cliffs over the Ocean of Storms.

Come fly with me in the foaming air, over the fighting tides and the singing water, just as we did once when we were young and can do once again!
And ever and again, my love!
And ever and again...

If only you still love me.

Letronne Storm : The Thirsty Sea by DMFW with Disco Diffusion 5.3

Letronne Storm : White Bell Watch by DMFW with Disco Diffusion 5.3

Letronne Storm : Island Watch by DMFW with Disco Diffusion 5.3

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Type

Text, Literary (Novel/Poetry)

Authoring Date

Originally 2352 AF : This Special Edition 2414 AF.

Location

Letronne City

Authors

• Veranyn
• Waldrin Sax