Old Tom Bombadil was a merry fellow;
bright blue his jacket was and his boots were yellow,
green were his girdle and his breeches all of leather;
he wore in his tall hat a swan-wing feather.
He lived up under Hill, where the Withywindle
ran from a grassy well down into the dingle.
Old Tom in summertime walked about the meadows
gathering the buttercups, running after shadows,
tickling the bumblebees that buzzed among the flowers,
sitting by the waterside for hours upon hours.
{J. R. R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, ArtStation – The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by Pavel Filippov}
Il vecchio Bombadil era un tipo assai allegro;
stivali gialli aveva e la giacca color cielo,
cinture e brache in cuoio, colore verde prato;
sul cappello una piuma che a un cigno avea strappato.
Viveva sotto il Colle, ove da fonte erbosa
scendeva il Sinuosalice alla valle boscosa.
Il vecchio Tom d’estate sui verdi prati andava
cogliendo dei ranuncoli, le ombre rincorreva,
solleticava i bombi che ronzavan di fiore in fiore,
sulla sponda del fiume sedea per ore ed ore.
-Ancalagon
Brano tratto da: Le Avventure di Tom Bombadil, “Le Avventure di Tom Bombadil”
Illustrazione: ArtStation – The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by Pavel Filippov
