>>4554
Or at least that's the official translation but now I think about it, it's steering the interpretation away from what was intended. It's not that man has no control over it but that man cannot be free with it. More accurate translation of last two lines would be this:
Even when it comes to one's own will
Man cannot do as he pleases/Man is not at liberty

>>4553
I'm not familiar with the context as far as Tolkien's work but what you've written shows a larger misunderstanding. When you put it like that it's counter intuitive but if you reframe it and consider that being led by your ambitions or passions is not freedom then maybe the idea of servility for the right cause won't offend you anymore.