Lyrics for the LOTR Soundtracks

The Fellowship of the Ring:

The Two Towers:

The Return of the King:

The Fellowship of the Ring

Yénillor morne

tulinte I quettar

tercáno nuruva

Hlasta! Qyetes

Hfirimain:

The Ringspell...

Out of the Black Years

come the words

the Hearld of Death

Listen --- it speaks to

those who were not born to die

The Ringspell...





Music by Howard Shore, lyrics by Phillipa Boyens

Translation by David Salo





The Hobbit Drinking Song

Hey, ho, to the bottle I go,

To heal my heart and drown my woe!

Rain may fall and wind may blow,

But there still be many miles to go!

Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain,

And stream that falls from hill to plain!

Better than rain or rippling brook,

Is a mug of beer inside this Took!



Tolkien's text that it was based off of:



Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go

To heal my heart and drown my woe,

Rain may fall and wind may blow,

And many miles be still to go,

But under a tall tree I will lie,

And let the clouds go sailing by.



O Queen Beyond the Western Seas



Sindarin:



A Bereth thar Ennui Aeair!

A Galad ven i reniar

hí 'aladhremmin ennorath.

A Elbereth Gilthoniel

i chin a thûl lîn i gelair...



Translation:



'O Queen beyond the Western Seas!

O light to us that wander

here amid the world of woven-trees.

O Gilthoniel! O Elbereth!

the eyes and breath your which are brilliant...'





Taken from the poem "Snow-white, snow-white..." in the 3rd chapter of FOTR.

Sung by the departing Elves seen by Frodo and Sam in the Shire.







Chorus in Adûnaic:

Nêbâbîtham Magânanê

Nêtabdam dâurad

Nêpâm nêd abârat-aglar

îdô Nidir nênâkham

Bârî 'n Katharâd



English translation:





'We deny our maker.

We cling to the darkness.

We grasp for ourselves power and glory.

Now we come, the Nine,

Lords of Eternal Life.'





Featured in The Black Rider, At the Sign of the Prancing Pony, A Knife in the Dark.

Lyrics by Philippa Boyens, translated into Adûnaic by David Salo.



Lay of Luthien (Song to Tinuviel)







Sindarin:





Tinúviel elvanui

Elleth alfirin edhelhael

O hon ring finnil fuinui

A renc gelebrin thiliol...



Translation:





'Tinúviel the elven-fair,

Immortal maiden elven-wise,

About him cast her night-dark hair,

And arms like silver glimmering...'

Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien, performed by Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), translated into Sindarin by David Salo

Tiro! Êl eria e môr.

I 'lîr en êl luitha 'uren

Ai! Aníron...

Look! A star rises out of the darkness

The song of the star enchants my heart

Ah! I desire...



Composed and performed by Enya

Lyrics by Roma Ryan





(sounds like TANI TARAHI, but there is no such text in the published poem)

(very unclear, working on that part momentarily)

(This is one of very problematic places because it sounds like ASKAKARE,

and also, in the movie, in this scene music is very loud, especially men's choir,

so you can hear lyrics better, and there is very clear that they pronounce ASKAKARE.

On the soundtrack it could also be URKHAS ARRÂS because it is very unclear,

but I don't think thats what they are singing.)

(not quite sure about this)

(I'm little puzzled about this, because GURD! [Have fear!] is part of

The Abyss poem, but it is possible that The Abyss was written earlier,

before Howard was composing for Two Towers,or it could be part of

the second poem in Khuzdul used in A Journey in the Dark.)





Many thanks to Danijel Legin, who put together this hypothetical reconstruction.

We can't know are the words correct. Translation is, of course, unknown because this is neo-Khuzdul

( David Salo's reconstruction of Khuzdul language)and until exact lyrics are published translation will remain unknown.



Update 12/03 Additional commentary by David Salo:

The language you heard is what I sometimes call "Neo-Khuzdul" or New Dwarvish. It's based on or inspired by the few Dwarvish words and names which Tolkien created and which have been published; but since Tolkien did not provide us anything regarding the grammar of Dwarvish (except a vague hint that it might be like Hebrew), and only gave us a very small vocabulary, something like 90% of this language is a new invention--by me. It sounds like Khuzdul, but I am sure that in structure and vocabulary it is much more different from what Tolkien would have created than any of the Elvish.



Part of what you hear goes like this:



Fire in the deep! Urus ni buzra!

Flames lick our skin! Arrâs talbabi fillumâ!

Fear rips our heart! Ugrûd tashniki kurdumâ!

No! No! No! Lu! Lu! Lu!

The demon comes! Urkhas tanakhi!



Some of the things you can see here are the construction of verbs with the prefix ta- (for third person): talbabi "lick", tashniki "rips", tanakhi "comes"; the suffix -mâ for "our": fillumâ "our skin", kurdumâ "our heart". We have some related words, like urus "fire", arrâs "flame"; and some words that should look familiar, e.g. buzra "deep" (cf. bizar "valley, deep place" in Azanul-bizar), and urkhas "demon, balrog", related to rukhs "orc" much as Quenya rauco "demon" is related to urco "orc". So there is real linguistic structure there, and an homage to Tolkien's languages; but very little of it is genuine Tolkien. - David Salo







Mithrandir, Mithrandir, A Randir Vithren

ú-reniathach i amar galen

I reniad lín ne mór, nuithannen

In gwidh ristennin, i fae narchannen

I lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen

Caled veleg, ethuiannen.



(English translation)

Olorin, who once was...

Sent by the Lords of the West

To guard the lands of the East

Wisest of all Maiar

What drove you to leave

That which you loved?



Mithrandir, Mithrandir O Pilgrim Grey

No more will you wander the green fields of this earth

Your journey has ended in darkness.

The bonds are cut, the spirit broken

The Flame of Anor has left this World

A great light, has gone out.



Words and music by Philippa Boyens and Howard Shore

Performed by Elizabeth Fraser





A Elbereth Gilthoniel (featured in Lothlórien.)

Chorus in Sindarin

A Elbereth Gilthoniel,

silivren penna miriel

o menel aglar elenath,

na-chaered palan diriel

o galadhremmin ennorath

nef aear, sí aearon,

Fanluilos, le linnathon

Nef aear, sí aearon!

Translation of the Sindarin text:

'O Elbereth Star-kindler,

(white) glittering slants-down sparkling-like-jewels

from firmament glory [of] the star-host,

to-remote-distance after-having-gazed

from tree-tangled middle-lands,

on-this-side [of] ocean, here [on this side of] the Great Ocean,

Fanuilos, to thee I will chant

on-this-side [of] ocean, here [on this side of] the Great Ocean!'



Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien, music by Howard Shore, performed by Elizabeth Fraser.







Namárie (featured in The Great River)

Chorus in Quenya

1.

Ai! laurie lantar lassi súrinen,

yéni únotime ve ramar aldaron!

yéni ve linte...



Translation:



Alas! golden leaves fall in the wind,

long years numberless as [the] wings of trees!

Long years like swift...

Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien.

Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!



Translation:



Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come.

In this place I will abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world





Verse 1 is a fragment of the Galadriel's Lament (FOTR text), verse 2 are Elendil's words when he came to Middle-earth after the Downfall of Númenor, repeated by Aragorn at his coronation (ROTK text). Verse 1 is sung during the Fellowship's departure from Lórien, verse 2 during the passing of Argonath.





May It Be



Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)

Believe and you will find your way

Mornie alantië (darkness has fallen)

A promise lives within you now

May it be shadows call

Will fly away

May it be your journey on

To light the day

When the night is overcome

You may rise to find the sun

Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)

Believe and you will find your way

Mornie alantië (darkness has fallen)

A promise lives within you now

A promise lives within you now



Composed and performed by Enya

Lyrics by Roma Ryan

In Dreams

But in dreams

I still hear your name

And in dreams

We will meet again

When the seas and mountains fall

And we come, to end of days

In the dark I hear a call

Calling me there

I will go there

And back again





Words and music by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore,

Based on the song for the Entwives by Tolkien.

Performed by Edward Ross

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