J.R.R. Tolkien, Choir Music, Oilima Markirya

[@jackcoleman1222]

Who shall see a white ship leave the last shore, the pale phantoms in her cold bosom like gulls wailing? Who shall heed a white ship, vague as a butterfly, in the flowing sea on starlike wings, the sea surging, the foam blowing, the wings shining, the light fading? Who shall hear the wind roaring like forest leaves; the white rocks snarling in the moon gleaming, in the moon waning, in the moon falling a corpse-candle; the storm mumbling, the abyss moving? Who shall see the clouds gather, the heavens bending upon crumbling hills, the sea heaving, the abyss yawning, the old darkness beyond the stars falling upon fallen towers? Who shall heed a broken ship on the black rocks under broken skies, a bleared sun blinking on bones gleaming in the last morning? Who shall see the last evening?

[@Aldam25]

Men cenuva fánë cirya métima hrestallo círa, i fairi nécë ringa súmaryassë ve maiwi yaimië? Man tiruva fána cirya, wilwarin wilwa, ëar-celumessen rámainen elvië ëar falastala, winga hlápula rámar sisílala, cálë fifírula? Man hlaruva rávëa súrë ve tauri lillassië, ninqui carcar yarra isilmë ilcalassë, isilmë pícalassë, isilmë lantalassë ve loicolícuma; raumo nurrua, undumë rúma?

[@melbsvicaus8163]

Again, wonderful!

[@JeremyWiebeComposer]

Wonderful. At one I feel as if I've been transported to a faraway and deathless realm

[@АлісаБондар]

Дуже гарно

[@Богдан-Шляхтіч_Міжморія]

⚡лава Україні!💛🔱💙 Героям ⚡лава!⚔️ ⚡лава Nації!🦅 Смерть в0р0гам!💀 Бог й Україна понад усе!🌀 Радіймо, Ельфо-Арії!🧝🏻‍♂️ Хай живе вольне ельфійське світле Міжмор'я!🌳 Хай зійде Солце над Морем!🌅 Хай буде Щазтя!☀️

[@jackcoleman1222]

Men kenuva fánë kirya métima hrestallo kíra, i fairi nékë ringa súmaryassë ve maiwi yaimië? Man tiruva fána kirya, wilwarin wilwa, ëar-kelumessen rámainen elvië ëar falastala, winga hlápula rámar sisílala, kálë fifírula? Man hlaruva rávëa súrë ve tauri lillassië, ninqui karkar yarra isilmë ilkalassë, isilmë píkalassë, isilmë lantalassë ve loikolíkuma; raumo nurrua, undumë rúma? Man kenuva lumbor ahosta Menel akúna ruxal’ ambonnar, ëar amortala, undumë hákala, enwina lúmë elenillor pella talta-taltala atalantië mindonnar? Man tiruva rákina kirya ondolissë mornë nu fanyarë rúkina, anar púrëa tihta axor ilkalannar métim’ auressë? Man kenuva métim’ andúnë?

[@MalaMare2010]

Thank you so much!🥰 the girls are amazing, the harph, the entire piece. Just meditating here❤

[@TulierSailon]

Where can i get this music? i love it :)

[@laughy38247357075834]

This is the closest thing to the sound of heaven

[@Carakav]

Is this still available for purchase somewhere?

[@MartinRomberg]

Write a mail to [e-mail]

[@ScottRory]

Who wrote the lyrics to this song? Is this Tolkien’s words? And whether yes or no, to whom is the song referring? I almost feel like it’s what Saruman was essentially saying to Galadriel at the end of the Lord of the Rings (the book of course): “It will be a gray ship, and full of ghosts..”. I see it as a song about the Elves who have lived long enough to last till the end of the world.

[@Deinareia]

I think it comes from Tolkien's essay Monsters and Critics and other essays (The Secret Vice part, if I recall correctly).

[@fey2577]

Tolkien never specified what the poem referred to, iirc, but I always imagined it referring to either Earendil's Voyage or the Downfall of Numenor/the Faithful arriving in Middle-Earth.

[@julianshi8893]

Dang that person who disliked this!

[@caesar1680]

morgoth and sauron disliked it.

[@Makkaru112]

And now guyladriel