"Her eyes grey as the sea, were hard and fell and yet tears were
on her checks. A sword was in her hand and she raised her
shield against the horror of her enemies eyes"

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The Return of the King

Sound clip included

The Retreat from Osgiliath~Aragorn's Coronation~The Grey Havens

The Edge of Night~Song to Tinúviel~The Eagles~Into The West

Andúril~The Destruction of the Ring~The Last Son~The Way is Shut

The Dimholt Road~Angmar~Nazgûl~White Rider~The Evening Star

Into the West

words and music by
Fran Walsh,Howard Shore
performed by Annie Lennox

Lay down
Your Sweet and weary head

Night is falling,
You have come to journey's end

Sleep now
Dream of the ones that came before

They are calling,
From across the distant shore

Why do you weep
What are those tears apon 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

And all 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

The Edge of Night

Featured in The Steward of Gondor
Billy Boyd

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

The Last Son

featured in The Steward of Gondor
Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
adapted by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore

Boe le henio
E sí câr athad iyn
Ane ah a phen
I ú athelitha
~
You must understand
He does the duty of two sons now
For himself; and for the one
who will not return

The Eagles

featured in The End of All Things
Words by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore
performed by Renée Fleming

Orthannen im vi ól
Coll e dû Or hiriath naur
Na rovail mae sui 'waew
Man prestant i ardhon?
Cerithar aen illiad dim úthenin?
~
In a dream I was lifted up
Borne from the darkness
Above the rivers of fire
On wings doft as the wind
What's happened to the world?
Is everything sad going to come untrue?

The Retreat from Osgiliath

featured in Minas Tirith
Words by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore
performed by Ben Del Maestro

Revail vyrn dan minuial
ú galad, ú vin anor hen
Cano an dregad
ú natha ored
Gwanwen ost in giliath
Dannen Osgiliath
~
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

Andúril

music by Howard shore
text by J.R.R. Tolkien
adapted by Philippa Boyens
translation by David salo

Elo! Andúril
Lach en Annún
I chathol asgannen
Ad echannen
~
Behold! Andúril;
Flame of the West
The blade that was broken
Has been remade!

Aragorn's Coronation

melody by Viggo mortensen
words by J.R.R. Tolkien

"Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien.
Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn'Ambar-metta!
~
"Out of the Great Sea to Middle-Earth I am come.
In this place will I abide, and my heirs,
unto the ending of the world"

Song to Tinúviel

featured in The Return of the King
Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
Translated into Sindarin by David Salo.
It's also sung by Aragorn in the beginning
of Flight to the Ford in FotR

Tinúviel elvanui
Elleth alfirin edhelhael
O hon ring finnil fuinui A renc
gelebrin thiliol...
~
Tinúviel [the] elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise, About him cast
[her] night-dark hair,
And arms [like] silver glimmering...

The Grey Havens

Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore
performed by James Galway

Dartha o nas a thar emyn
Men 'wain egor annon thurin
Ah ae anann erphennin hain
Na vedui cenithon aur wain
I badathon raid yriel
Amrûn n'Anor, Annûn n'Ithil.
~
Still round a corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun

The Dimholt Road

featured in Ash And Smoke
Words by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore

Go vegil tolo hi Egor íriel firi
'Ni men hen ú veth 'war
~
Come armed,
or prepared to die
There is no other end to this road

The Way is Shut

Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
adapted by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore
performed by Renee Fleming

Hollen i ven
In gyrth han agorer
a han beriar in gyrth
Hollen i ven
~
The way is shut.
It was made by those who are dead
and the Dead keep it.
The way is shut.

Angmar

featured in The Fields of Pelennor
Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
adapted by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore

Sindarin

Dollost - dîr cuiol [choir: 1.47]
ú-'ar nin degi!

Le echelithar aen
Athar fuin ban
Rhaw lîn mannen
Ind tham lîn
Lanc na chen be-thobas.

Anant i vaethor ú-ritha
Hên Rohan
Fim sui anghathel
Bain a goeol.

Na vedui istant
Na vedui cenn
Dîr ú-naun hon...
Vess e tiriant.
~
You fool - no living man
Can kill me!

You will be borne away
Beyond all darkness;
Your flesh devoured;
Your shriveled mind
Left naked to the lidless eye.

But still the soldier did not move,
Child of Rohan,
Slender as a steel-blade,
Fair yet terrible.

Too late he knew,
Too late saw,
This was no man...
He looked upon a woman

Nazgûl

featured in The Fields of Pelennor
Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
adapted by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore

Sindarin

Ristais dúath
Nerchennin o chuil
Coll am
na waewath goeyl

Tellin i Neder
Gurth renia

Meditha han phan
Meditha ardhon
~
Shreds of shadow
Torn from life
Borne aloft
By fell winds.

The Nine have come
Death has taken wing.

He will eat it all
Eat all the world.

The Destruction of the Ring

featured in The End of All Things
Words by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore
performed by Renée Fleming.
Version published in the CD booklet

Sindarin

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


sheet music The End of All Things is as follows

(chorus)
Sin eriol natha túr
in úgarnen Mi naurath
Oroin Boe hedi i Vín
Han i vangad i moe ben
túr in úgarnen Sin eriol 
cili 'war boe min mebi Boe min bango
(solo - Renee Fleming)
Sin eriol 
úm beleg úgannen
Ú cilith 'war Boe min mebi boe min bango
 
(chorus)

Boe hedi i Vín. Sin eriol úm
beleg úgannen
Si na vethed bain i wilith 
úria I ardhon ban lacha
Nu da naid bain úe
rin le regi erin le na
thi úeri o nin gwanno

"The Eagles Song" Renee Fleming

(solo)
Orthannen im vi ôl Coll e dú
Or hiriath naur Na rovail mae sui
Man prestant i ardhon Cerithar
aen dim úthenin.

White Rider

featured in Minas Tirith
Words by Philippa Boyens
translated into Sindarin by David Salo
music by Howard Shore
performed by Ben Del Maestro and the choir
Version from the sheet music

Sindarin

Mennen nored dîn
Gwanwen i 'ûr bân
Sílant calad Dûn
Tollen Rochon 'Lân 

Their race was over;
All courage gone.
A light shone in the west -
The White Rider had come.

Word-for-word translation

Finished race their
Gone courage all
Shone-white [the] light [of] in West
[have] come Rider White.

The Evening Star

featured in Twilight and Shadow
Adapted by Philippa Boyens
Music by Howard Shore
Translated into Sindarin by David Salo
featuring Renee Fleming

Ngîl cennin eriel vi
Menel aduial,
Glingant sui vîr
Síliel mae
Ngîl cennin firiel vi
Menel aduial,
Dúr, dúr i fuin
Naenol mae
An i ú nathant
An i naun ului
. A chuil, anann cuiannen
A meleth, perónen

~
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