Elvish song lyrics

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Prophecy

Hlasta!
Quetis Ilfirimain:
Corma turien te
Corma tuvien
Corma tultien te
Huines se nutien.
Tercáno Nuruva.
Tuvien Corma tultien te
Huinesse nutien
Corma turien te Corma.

Lah-stah!
Kweh-tees Eel-fear-ee-mine
Kore-mah too-ree-enn tay
Kore-mah too-vee-enn
Kore-mah tool-tee-enn
Hoo-ee-nays say noo-tee-enn
Tare-KAH-noh noo-ROO-vah
Too-vee-enn Kore-mah tool-tee-enn tay
Hoo-een-ess-ay noo-tee-enn
Kore-mah too-ree-enn tay Kore-mah.

Listen!
It speaks to those who were not born to die:
[One] Ring to rule them [all]
[One] Ring to find [them]
[One] Ring to bring them [all]
[And] in the Darkness bind them
[The] Herald of Death
To find [One] Ring, to bring them [all]
[And] in the Darkness bind them
[One] Ring to rule them [all], [One] Ring

Aníron

O môr henion i dhû:
Ely siriar, êl síla.
Ai! Aníron Undómiel.

Tiro! Él eria e môr.
I 'lîr en êl luitha 'úren.
Ai! Aníron...

Oh more hen-ee-on ee thoo
Ell-ee see-ree-are ell see-lah
Eye! Ah-near-on Oon-doh-mee-ell.

Tear-oh! Ell air-ee-ah ay more
Ee lear ehn ell loo-ih-thah oo-renn
Eye! Ah-near-on...

From darkness I understand the night:
Dreams flow, a star shines
Ah! I desire Evenstar.

Look! A star rises out of the darkness
The song of the star enchants my heart.
Ah! I desire...

Lament for Gandalf (solo)

In gwidh ristennin,
I fae narchannen
I Lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen

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

Een gweeth rees-ten-neen
ee fie nar-hahn-nehn
Ee Lakh Ah-nore ehd ar-thohn gwah-nehn

Mee-thrahn-dear, Mee-thrahn-dear! Ah Rahn-dear Vee-threhn!
Oo-reh-nee-ah-thakh ee ah-mar gall-ehn
Ee reh-nee-ahd leen nay more, noo-eeth-ahn-nehn

The bonds cut,
The spirit broken
The Flame of Anor has left this World

Mithrandir, Mithrandir, O Pilgrim Grey!
No more you will wander the Orange world
Your journey has ended in darkness.

Lament for Gandalf (chorus)

Ilfirin nairelma nauva i nauva
Ilfirin nairelma ar ullume nucuvalme
Nauva i nauva melme nóren sina nairelma

Eel-fear-een nire-ell-mah now-vah ee now-vah
Eel-fear-een nire-ell-mah ool-loo-may noo-coo-vahl-may
Now-vah ee now-vah mell-may nore-ehn see-nah nire-ell-mah

Undying [is] our regret, what should be shall be
Undying [is] our regret and yet we will cast all away,
What should be shall be, [our] love for this land [is] our regret.

O Queen Beyond the Western Seas (song of the Wood Elves)

A Bereth thar Ennui Aeair!
Calad ammen i reniar
Mi 'aladhremmin ennorath.
A Elbereth Gilthoniel
I chin a thûl lín míriel...

Ah Bare-ehth thar ehn-noo-ee eye-are
Kahl-ahd ahm-men ee rehn-ee-are
Mee ahl-ahth-rehm-meen ehn-nore-ahth
Ah Ell-bare-ehth geel-tho-nee-el
ee heen ah thool leen mere-ee-ell

O Queen beyond the Western Seas!
O light to us that wander
Amid the tree-woven lands of Middle-earth.
O Elbereth Star-kindler
Your eyes and breath [are] like shining jewels...

Song to Tinúviel (sung by Aragorn)

Tinúviel elvanui
Elleth alfirin edhelhael
O hon ring finnil fuinui
A renc gelebrin thiliol...

Tin-oo-vee-ell ell-vah-noo-ee
Ell-ehth ahl-fear-een eth-ell-hyle
Oh hon ring feen-neel foo-ee-noo-ee
Ah rehnk gehl-ehb-reen theel-ee-ole

Tinúviel [the] elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast [her] night-dark hair,
And arms [like] silver glimmering...

In Dreams (featured in The Breaking of the Fellowship)

When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I can 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

May It Be

May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh how far you are from home

Mornië utúlië [darkness has come]
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië [darkness has fallen]
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornië utúlië [darkness has come]
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië [darkness has fallen]
A promise lives within you now

A promise lives within you now

The Two Towers

The Fight (featured in Foundations of Stone)

Cuiva Olórin
Nárendur
Tira nottolya
Tulta tuolya
An mauya mahtie
Ter oiomornie
Ter ondicilyar.
Mettanna.
Nurunna!

Koo-ee-vah Oh-lore-inNar-ehn-dur
Tear-ah not-tole-yah
Tool-tah too-ole-yah
Ahn mow-ya mah-tee-ay
Tare oy-oh-more-nee-ay
Tare on-deek-eel-yar.
Meht-tahn-nah.
Noo-roon-nah!

Awake Olórin
Servant of fire
Face your foe
Summon forth your strength
For you must fight
Through endless dark
Through chasms of stone.
To the end.
To the death!

Evenstar (solo)

Ú i vethed nâ i onnad. Si boe ú-dhanna. Ae ú-esteli, esteliach nad.

Estelio han, estelio han, estelio, estelio han, estelio veleth.

Oo ee veh-thehd nah ee ohn-nahd.
See boh oo-thahn-nah
Eye oo-ess-tell-ee, ess-tell-ee-akh nahd.

Ess-tell-ee-oh hahn, ess-tell-ee-oh hahn, ess-tell-ee-oh,
Ess-tell-ee-oh hahn, ess-tell-ee-oh vehl-ehth.

This is not the end...it is the beginning.
You cannot falter now.
If you don't trust [this], trust nothing else.

Trust this, trust this, trust,
Trust this, trust love.

Evenstar (chorus)

Ú i vethed nâ i onnad. Nâ boe ú i. [Es]teliach nad, estelio han.

Oo ee veh-thehd nah ee ohn-nahd.
Nah boh oo ee.
[Ess]tell-ee-akh nahd, ess-tell-ee-oh hahn.

This is not the end...it is the beginning.
You should not do this.
If you trust anything, trust this.

Entmoot (featured in Treebeard)

Naur vi eryn,
lanc i dalaf.
Mathach vi geven?
Nostach vi 'wilith?
Máb le i nagor,
Bád gurth vi ngalad firiel.
Dorthach vi mar han?
Dagrathach go hain?

Nowr vee air-in,
lahnk ee dahl-ahf.
Mah-thahkh vee geh-vehn?
Noh-stahkh vee wee-leeth?
Mahb lay ee nah-gore
Bahd gurth vee gah-lahd fear-ee-ell.
Dore-thahkh vee mar hahn?
Dahg-rah-thahkh go hine?

The woods are burning,
the ground lies bare.
Do you feel it in the earth?
Can you smell it in the air?
The war is upon you,
Death moves in the fading light.
Are you part of this world?
Will you join their fight?

Breath of Life

Uich gwennen na 'wanath ah na dhín.
An uich gwennen na ringyrn ambar hen.
Boe naid bain gwannathar,
Boe cuil ban firitha.

Boe naer gwannathach, [...]

Oo-eekh gwehn-nehn nah wah-nahth ah nah theen.
Ahn oo-eekh gwehn-nehn nah ring-ern ahm-bar hen.
Boh nide bine gwahn-nah-thar,
Boh koo-eel bahn fear-ee-thah.

Boh nire gwahn-nah-thakh, [...]

You are not bound to loss and silence.
For you are not bound to the circles of this world.
All things must pass away,
All life is doomed to fade...

Sorrowing you must go, [and yet you are not without hope]
[Note: section in brackets is part of the poem on which the song is based, but does not appear in the actual song].

The Ents (featured in Isengard Unleashed)

Rithannen i geven
Thangen i harn
Na fennas i daur
Ôl dûr ristannen
Eryn echuiannen
I ngelaidh dagrar
Ristar thynd, cúa tawar
Dambedir enyd i ganed
Si linna i 'waew trin 'ylf
Isto i dur i chuiyl
I ngelaidh dagrar

Ree-thahn-nehn ee geh-vehn
Thahn-gehn ee harn
Nah fehn-nahs ee dowr
Ole dur rees-tahn-nehn
Air-in ay-hoo-ee-ahn-nehn
Ee gell-ithe dahg-rar
Rees-tar thind, koo-ah ta-war
Dahm-beh-dear eh-nid ee gah-nehd
See leen-nah ee 'why treen ilf
Ees-toe ee dur ee hoo-eel
Ee gell-ithe dahg-rar

Earth shakes
Stone breaks
The forest [is] at [your] door
The dark sleep is broken
The woods have awoken
The trees have gone to war
Roots rend, wood bends
The Ents have answered the call
Through branches now the wind sings
Feel the power of living things
The trees have gone to war

Haldir's Lament (featured in Isengard Unleashed)

Ar sindarnóriello caita mornië,
Ar ilye tier unduláve lumbule...

Are seen-dar-noh-ree-ell-oh kay-ee-tah more-nee-ah,
Are eel-yay tee-air oon-dool-ah-vay loom-bool-ay...

And out of a grey country darkness lies,
And all paths are drowned deep in shadow...

Gollum's Song

Where once was light
Now darkness falls
Where once was love
Love is no more

Don't say -- goodbye
Don't say -- I didn't try...

These tears we cry
Are falling rain
For all the lies
You told us
The hurt, the blame!

And we will weep
To be so alone
We are lost!
We can never go home

So in the end
I will be -- what I will be
No loyal friend
Was ever there for me

Now we say -- goodbye
We say -- you didn't try...

These tears you cry
Have come too late
Take back the lies
The hurt, the blame!

And you will weep
When you face the end alone
You are lost!
You can never go home

The Return of the King

The Retreat from Osgiliath (featured in Minas Tirith)

Revaíl vyrn dan mínuíal
Ú galad, ú vín anor hen
Cano an dregad
Ú natha ored
Gwanwen ost in giliath
Dannen Osgiliath

Reh-vile vern dahn meen-oo-ee-al
Oo gah-lahd, oo veen ah-nore hen
Kah-no ahn dreh-gahd
Oo nah-thah ore-ehd
Gwahn-wehn ost een geel-ee-ahth
Dahn-nehn Os-geel-ee-ahth

Black wings against a pale morning
There is no more light, not in this sun
Call the retreat
There will be no warning
The citadel of the stars is gone
Osgiliath is fallen

Mithrandir's Song (featured in Minas Tirith)

Sílant calad Dûn Tollen Rochon 'Lân
Mennen nored dîn

SEE-lahnt KAH-lahd doon tole-ehn rokh-on lahn
Men-nehn nore-ehd deen

The white rider had come and light of the West shone white His weary ride.

The Last Son (featured in The Steward of Gondor)

Boe le henio
E sí câr athad iyn
Ane ah a phen
I ú athelitha.

Boh lay heh-nee-oh
Ay see kar ah-thahd een
Ah-nay ah ah fehn
Oo nah-thah ore-ehd
Ee oo ah-thel-ee-thah

You must understand.
He does the duty of two sons now.
For himself; and for the one
Who will not return.

Twilight and Shadow (featured in Twilight and Shadow)

I ngîl cennin erthiel
Ne menel aduial,
Ha glingant be vîr
Síliel moe.

I ngîl cennin firiel
Ne menel aduial,
And-dúr naun i fuin a galad firn
Naegriel moe.

An i natha
An i naun ului
A chuil, ann-cuiannen
Am meleth, perónen.

Ee geel [hard G] ken-neen air-thee-ell
Nay men-ell ah-dwee-all
Hah glin-gahnt bay veer
Seel-ee-ell moe.

Ee geel ken-neen fear-ee-ell
Nay men-ell ah-dwee-all
Ahnd-dure noun ee foo-een ah gah-lahd feern
Nigh-gree-ell moe.

Ahn ee nah-thah
Ahn ee noun oo-lwee
Ah hweel, ahn-koo-ee-ahn-nehn
Ahm mel-ehth, pair-oh-nehn.

I saw a star rise high in the
Evening sky,
It hung like a jewel,
Softly shining.

I saw a star fade in the
Evening sky,
The dark was too deep and so light died,
Softly pining.

For what might have been,
For what never was.
For a life, long lived
For a love half given

Andúril

Elo! Andúril;
Lach en Annûn
I chatho asgannen,
Ad echannen!

Ay-loh! Ahn-doo-reel
lahkh ehn Ahn-noon
Ah-nay ah ah fehn
Ee hah-tho ahs-gahn-nehn
Ahd eh-hahn-nehn

Behold! Andúril;
Flame of the West
The blade [that was] broken,
[has been] remade!

The Dimholt Road (featured in Ash and Smoke)

Go vegil tolo hi
Egor íriel firi
'Ni men hen ú veth 'war.

Go veh-geel toe-loe hee
Ay-gore ear-ee-ell fee-ree
Nee menn hehn oo vehth war.

Come armed,
Or prepared to die.
There is no other end to this road.

The Destruction of the Ring (featured in The End of All Things)

Mi naurath Orodruin
Boe hedi i Vin.
Han i vangad i moe ben bango.
Sin eriol natha tûr în úgarnen
Sin eriol um beleg úgannen
Ú cilith 'war
Ú men 'war
Boe vin mebi
Boe vin bango

Me now-rahth Oh-roh-droo-een
Boh hay-dee ee Veen.
Hahn ee vahn-gahd ee moh behn bahn-goh.
Seen air-ee-ole nah-thah toor een oo-gar-nehn
Seen air-ee-ole oom behl-egg oo-gahn-nehn
Oo keel-eeth war
Oo mehn war
Boh veen may-bee
Boh veen bahn-go

Into the fires of Orodruin
The One must be cast.
This [is] the price that must be paid.
Only thus its power will be undone,
Only thus a great evil unmade.
There is no other choice,
There is no other way.
One of you must take it,
One of you must pay.

Not Once, Not Ever (featured in The End of All Things)

Dannen le
A ú-erin le regi
Rang ail le iestannen
Lû ail le tegin na hen.
Gwannach o innen ului
Ú lû erui, ului.

Dah-nehn lay
Ah oo-air-een lay ray-gee [hard G]
Rahng ile lay yest-ahn-nehn
Loo ile lay tay-geen [hard G] nah hehn
Gwahn-nahkh oh een-nehn oo-loo-ee
Oo loo air-oo-ee, oo-loo-ee

You have fallen.
And I cannot reach you.
Every step I willed you on,
Every moment I lead you to this.
You never left my mind,
Not once, not ever.

Don't Let Go (featured in The End of All Things)

Anírach únad
Egor gurth hen
Han cenin vi chen lín
Egor ú-erin le devi
Tellin men achae
Brennin men anann
Rago! Ú-erich leithio,
Ú-erich o nin gwanno.

Ah-near-ahkh oo-nahd
Ay-gore gerth hehn
Hahn keh-neen vee hen leen
Ay-gore oo-air-een lay day-vee
Tell-leen mehn ah-high
Brehn-neen mehn ah-nahn
Rah-goh! Oo-air-eekh lay-thee-oh,
Oo-air-eekh oh neen gwahn-noh.

You want nothing more
Than this death.
I see it in your eye.
But I cannot let you
We have come too far
We have held on too long.
Reach! You cannot let go,
You cannot leave me.

The Mountain of Fire (featured in The End of All Things)

Nu dalav
Úrui tuiannen na ruith
Leithia Orodruin oe in phan.
Ristannen i geven,
Danna eliad morn.
Si, na vethed
Meth i naid bain
I wilith úria
I ardhon ban lacha!

Noo dah-lahv
Oo-roo-ee too-ee-ahn-nehn nah roo-eeth
Lay-thee-ah oh-roh-droo-een oh een fahn.
Rees-tahn-nehn ee geh-vehn,
Dahn-nah ay-lee-ahd morn.
See, nah veh-thehd
Mehth ee nide bine
Ee wee-leeth oo-ree-ah
Ee ar-thon bahn lakh-ee-ah!

Beneath the ground
Swollen hot with anger
Orodruin releases all its ruin.
Earth rips asunder
Black rain falls.
Here at the end;
The end of all things.
The air is aflame,
All the world is on fire!

The Eagles (featured in The End of All Things)

Orthannen im vi ól
Coll e dû
Or hiriath naur
Na rovail mae sui 'waew
Man prestant i ardhon?
Cerithar aen illiad dim úthenin?

Ore-thahn-nehn eem vee ole
Kole ay doo
Ore here-ee-ahth nowr
Nah roh-vile my soo-ee why
Mahn press-tahnt ee ar-thon?
Care-ee-thar ine ill-ee-ahd deem oo-theh-neen?

In a dream I was lifted up.
Borne from the darkness
Above the rivers of fire.
On wings soft as the wind.
What's happened to the world?
Is everything sad going to come untrue?

Aragorn's Coronation (featured in The Return of the King)

Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien
Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta

Eht Ay-are-ell-loh ehn-dore-ehn-nah oo-tool-ee-ehn
See-no-may mar-oo-vahn are Heel-deen-yar tehn Ahm-bar meht-tah.

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.

Pippin's Song (featured in The Steward of Gondor)

Home is behind
The world ahead
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow
To the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
All shall fade

Note: in the movie, the second-to-last line is definitely "All shall fade." In the soundtrack, it may be "Hope shall fail."

Into the West

Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You have come to journey's end

Sleep now
Dream -- of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across a distant shore

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away

Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?

Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come
To carry you home

Dawn will turn to silver glass
A light on the water
All souls pass

Hope fades
Into the world of night
Through shadows falling
Out of memory and time

Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again

And you'll be here in my arms
Just sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?

Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come
To carry you home

And all will turn to silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the west