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To: Overtaxed; Corin Stormhands; g'nad; ksen; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; RosieCotton; Sam Cree; ...
I forget who are the dwarves here and who are elves, but I figured I'd show you all the transcriptions that I found on this site - http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie_soundtrack.htm

This one is from The Two Towers soundtrack - Gandalf's fight with the Balrog:

(Khuzdul)

Irkat-lukhud ma
katabrikihu
Ulfat-atam ma
tanakhi uduhu
bin-nât aznân tarsisi

Bazar udu agânî-furkhîn
Gurd!
Ma nîd sakhu!
Ma satf unkhai!
Atkât zatagrafizu
Zatablugi sulluzu

Translation:

'No shaft of light
Can breach it
No breath of air
Comes from it
Only an endless dark rises


Deep from the beginnings of the world
Have fear.
Do not look down
Nor step too close
The silence will take you.
It will swallow you whole.'




This is the Lorien elves lament for Gandalf from FotR. I've been looking for this for a while, and finally found it!

Verse 1

(Quenya)

A Olórin i yáresse
Mentaner i Númeherui
Tírien i Rómenóri,
Maiaron i oiosaila
Manan elye etevanne
Nórie i malanelye?

Verse 2 and 3

(Sindarin)

Mithrandir, Mithrandir! A Randir Vithren!
Ú-reniathach i amar galen
I reniad lín ne môr, nuithannen

In gwidh ristennin, i fae narchannen
I Lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen
Calad veleg, ethuiannen.


Quenya text:

'Olórin whom long ago
sent the Lords of the West
to guard the Lands of the East,
ever-wise of the Maiar
what drove you to leave
land which you loved?'


Sindarin text:

'Mithrandir, Mithrandir, O Pilgrim Grey
No more you will wander the world green
Your journey in darkness stopped

The bonds cut, the spirit broken
The Flame of Anor has left this World
Great light has gone out.'




And, some good-old Rohirric from the "Helm's Deep" score

Héo naefre wacode dægréd
Tó bisig mid dægeweorcum
Ac oft héo wacode sunnanwanung
Ðonne nihtciele créap geond móras
And on ðaere hwile
Héo dréag ðá losinga
Earla ðinga ðe héo forléas.
Héo swá oft dréag hire sáwle sincende
Héo ne cúðe hire heortan lust.

Translation:

'She never watched the morning rising,
Too busy with the day's first chores,
But oft she would watch the sun's fading,
As the cold of night crept across the moors.
And in that moment
She felt the loss
Of everything that had been missed.
So used to feeling the spirit sink,
She had not felt her own heart's wish.'




Brilliant, brilliant stuff. My esteem, not only for Tolkien, but for PJ's vision, and Phillipa's dedication to Tolkien's linguistics, has increased tenfold.



9,151 posted on 01/25/2003 9:04:39 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow (Tangado haid! Leithio i philinn!)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
Ahhhh Beautiful!

Thanks for bringing that to us!

And thanks for stopping by!

Hullo! - Good Morning!
9,153 posted on 01/25/2003 9:06:45 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
That's wonderful! Thanks for the info and link!
9,209 posted on 01/25/2003 12:03:24 PM PST by Dawntreader (HHD)
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