The White Rider

Lim-strang w? s geboren
Bearn leod-cyninga
Magorinc Mearces
Bunden in byrde to laedenne
Bunden in lufe to? egnunge
Lang beadugear cy? a?
Lic onginne? bugan
Swift deadlic gear Stieppa? geond willan
Ac eagan giet locia? Beorhtre gesih? e
Heorte giet beate?

'Strong-limbed he was born
This son of Kings
This warrior of Rohan
Bound by birth to lead
Bound by love to serve
Long years of war begin to show
The body has begun to bend
Swift mortal years outpace the will
But the eyes still watch clear-sighted
The great heart is beating still.'