The Passing of the Elves (A Elbereth Gilthoniel) - 2 Version-Mix + Sindarin and English Lyrics

The Passing of the Elves + Sindarin and English Subtitles
The Lord of the Rings - soundtrack by Howard Shore, poem written by J. R. R. Tolkien
Both Versions:
A mix of the common version of the song that is heard in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" with a different version I found (Performed by Vineeta Moraes)
Some beautiful pictures selected for the video as well.
I OWN NOTHING Neither the music nor the pictures. I just mixed them all up.
All thanks to Tolkien, Howard Shore, and New Line Cinema (and Vineeta Moraes).
ENJOY!

[@kaoutherguelmame9572]

After I finished reading The Silmarillion, I can clearly understand the deep sadness behind this song

[@TheAndersDanilet]

#FëanorDidNothingWrong

[@kaboom138]

@@TheAndersDanilet #Fëanordidalotwrong

[@sparkius30]

Seriously, who dislikes this? This sounds like the choir of heaven itself.

[@OldWaysFollower]

Yep, even Morgoth enjoyed Elvish singing by Luthien Tinuviel. I smell an Orc here :)

[@fodilderdiche2723]

Its surly Carcharoth...bad wolfie xD

[@dreadfortserjeant-at-arms7955]

Its from Aman.

[@LouisPhung999]

Servants of Sauron may be the ones who dislike this song.

[@ChibiCosmos]

And 9 dislikes to the race of men

[@ilonapsiuk1078]

Everytime I listen to Mr Shore's music to this trilogy I simply think this man has seen things, or been to places beyond our understanding. This doesn't feel like a soundtrack or music, doesn't feel like it has been gnawed on, written, thougt of, it all feels like music of authentic people and cultures. Like a history that really existed. Wish prof .Tolkien lived to hear this.

[@arinotsorri872]

I just paused FOTR to listen to this song again. It makes me melt. Into a puddle of feels..

[@OldWaysFollower]

This is PURELY AMAZING. Not only the performance of the work, but also the fact they have translated the first verse of the poem - it was NOT in Sindarin in the original work by JRR Tolkien, it was in English. Regardless of what one thinks of Jackson's movies on JRR Tolkien books, this is a true contribution to the Tolkien community.

[@laabitres]

this is so beautiful yet so sad thank you Tolkein

[@LookAtThatBigNameYo]

i just close my eyes and it brings tears to my eyes...this is freaking magic...i cannot stress out enough how grateful i am to you.

[@themysticfedora]

I hope you're doing well, friend.

[@earendiltuorsson5394]

I'm glad I got wifi on The Vingilot to see this. It's touching that the second-comers try to keep this lore alive. Though it sounds not half so beautiful as it did through the throats of the Eldar.

[@roza1953]

Elrond: Hello, dad

[@SeamusOCleirigh2002]

this song is so touching, I'm in tears

[@lonesteelwolfjacksonlonewo3412]

This song gives me goosebumps and chills all the more each time I listen to this song I kind of feel like Sam kind of makes you sad but it's makes you happy at the same time

[@legion9259]

You can feel the wonder leaving the world...

[@deathOfTheWinterMoon]

This- this is TRUE music

[@NannyOggins]

Utterly exquisite, words, pictures, melody, voices i love it. So soothing to go to sleep to. Thank you for this.

[@gbronzich]

Beautiful rendition of this!

[@HaleLightning]

This is the song I want a chorus to sing in my memorial when I'm long gone

[@d.o.r.a.e.r.i]

Bless you. I've been looking for this.

[@FimbrethilEntwife]

Thank you so much. I have been looking for this beautiful song since I saw it in the movie many years ago.

[@deborahlynnepearson2483]

Fantastic! I've shared it on facebook a number of times already lol

[@biankamisenkova1714]

I´m reading silmarillion right now (specifically stories about Valar) and...this is...beautiful

[@joelmaster329]

easily one of the best remixes I've hear in awhile.

[@demirmerve]

Middle Earth Love. 😍

[@DEAD-V1U]

One Word: Beautiful!

[@eoppen]

Oh, the pain and loss in that singing!

[@redscarecomixx]

tears

[@idontcareaboutmyalias]

Musik zum träumen.....

[@GuillePuerto]

This song makes me want to establish Valar worship in real life.

[@noldorwarrior7791]

It would be more appropriate to worship Iluvatar.

[@Rebellescum]

Valar reverence

[@themysticfedora]

@@noldorwarrior7791 look into what the elves first saw when they awoke. They're singing about it in this song.

[@mrmdemeter1]

It technically already exists... It’s called Catholicism.

[@Winaska]

Considering Illuvatar is in Tolkien's mind the One God of the Abrahamic religions and the Valar are all based on archangels, saints, with Elbereth herself being very Marian and this song being heavily based on certain Catholic prayers to Mary, you'd simply end up converting to Catholicism, lol

[@MashedJoetatoes]

The time has come - the nine have shown their distaste within the dislikes.

[@Vargblod666]

a pefect lullaby for my son!!! very happy he's enjoying these songs to sleep instead of crappy Barney or Dora shit lol!!!

[@francoishainry8714]

Fanuilos heryn aglar Rîn athar annún-aearath, Calad ammen i reniar Mi 'aladhremmin ennorath! A Elbereth Gilthoniel I chîn a thûl lin míriel Fanuilos le linnathon Ne ndor haer thar i aearon. A elin na gaim eglerib Ned în ben-anor trerennin Si silivrin ne pherth 'waewib Cenim lyth thílyn thuiennin. A Elbereth Gilthoniel Men echenim sí derthiel Ne chaered hen nu 'aladhath Ngilith or annún-aearath.

[@menslady125eif2590]

Four dislikes. You drive me crazy, Morgoth and Sauron and the Witch King and Saruman!

[@menslady125eif2590]

Global Owl Rats!

[@NOVAExodus]

and a random 2 orc' s now

[@jopkoopman3669]

Watch out.. Maybe Lurtz will see this thread as well!

[@OldWaysFollower]

Let's hunt some orc!

[@menslady125eif2590]

Gimli: YES!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@Diarrea-c5w]

Se escucha tan majestuoso..

[@HyperCobaltMax]

To Varda Elentari.

[@13Naru13]

June 16, 2014 Namárië, Ireth Elmaiden. Today Kellie Rosenbaum left this world after only 29 years here. Her LotR friends from several online sites dedicate this song to her Passing. Colon cancer is an ugly foe.

[@jackmull4770]

it's 2021 and there are 10 dislikes on this vid. i take that to be Sauron and the nine ring-wraiths

[@sendanor]

Of unearthly beauty.....hantanyel a Tolkien!

[@joaovictorcabanas8519]

speechless song

[@ElisabethOrchard]

And the other lines: Sindarin is an existing language. It can be translated.

[@AgentOfFate]

Such a beautiful rendition of one of the most interesting parts of Tolkien's mythology. Is there anywhere I can get an mp3 of this version?

[@mercierclement1133]

Yes, this (amazing) song is one of the "lord of the ring, the complete recording" album. :)

[@rebeccamacdougall4469]

AgentOfFate If you're still looking for it. You can convert youtube videos to an mp3 music-only format by copying the video's URL into this website www.youtube-mp3.org/. It comes in really handy for songs like this that can be a little tougher to track down the cd's.

[@RafaelCavalcantePaulino]

Although this is very true I still find Sindarin more beautiful and charming =]

[@Tharanduil]

They're leaving us....

[@SivaprasadNair-Siva-]

6/9 Nazguls dislike this video !

[@isildurofnumenor777]

Sivaprasad Nair its just "Nazgûl"

[@thefunder1]

Now, all The Nine.

[@skjaldulfr]

1 dislike? Nice try Morgoth.

[@OldWaysFollower]

Morgoth actually enjoyed Elvish singing (ref. Luthien Tinuviel), though he hated Elves, captured them and tortured them. I'd rather smell an Orc here, somewhere :) Orcs don't feel the music.

[@JrokkuNoHime]

Quenya is more lyrical and open-sounded, and does not have many consonant clusters. Typical Quenya words are quessë, namárië, laurëa, alassë. Quenya was based on Finnish, a language that Tolkien considered the most beautiful language according to his taste. Sindarin is a "hard" language. Consonant clusters are favoured and are found at the beginning and end of words (which is not allowed in Quenya). Typical Sindarin words are genediad, morn, aglareb. Sindarin is more Gaelic based.

[@Extys]

"Finnish, a language that Tolkien considered the most beautiful language according to his taste" That's not true, that would be Welsh.

[@herrderklinge3404]

I think, it's a great song :) but doesn't "Gilthoniel" mean "Starkindler"?

[@luketarter9137]

Yes it does. Gilthoniel mean Starkindler.

[@steverahmooni4042]

HerrDerKlinge you guys are really experts,,wow!!

[@lotrbuilders5041]

+HerrDerKlinge yes,, but it's a name to

[@myriadd6272]

Yes it does but "Elbereth Gilthoniel" is her name and title so it's all in Elvish like "Arwen Undomiel". Also, you might be interested to know that the English translation in this video is actually Tolkien's own and it appears in the Fellowship of the Ring. It's not a completely literal translation as it's been versified so that it rhymes in English but it's still pretty good :)

[@lotrbuilders5041]

myriad d that's Always better then what they do here. in the Netherlands we jst get a quite litteral translation on another rythme or even worse on the same rhytm

[@laviebohemme]

Seven for the Dwarf Lords, who disliked this video.

[@i39darkblade]

Now nine for mortal men

[@menslady125eif2590]

No, the dislikers are as follows: 1. Morgoth 2. Sauron 3. The Witch King 4. Saruman 5. Durin's Bane 6. Ringwraith 7. Ringwraith 8. Orc 9. Orc

[@joaovictorcabanas8519]

dehydrating crying

[@ElisabethOrchard]

They were. In the last chapter of book six. I think it is named "The Grey Havens", but I am not sure.

[@Makkaru112]

Starkindler indeed! They prayed for light and there it came! But it was also to give light back to Middle Earth After the lamptowers were destroyed in the previous war of the Vala, against Melkor and his own host of transformed Vala...

[@frankynovotny2030]

Does anyone have any recommendations to any similar sounding type of chant music? Ethereal mystical quality...I love Sindarin. I'm wondering if there any bands or choirs that dedicate themselves to any elvish languages..

[@thtsmypurseidkyou]

A lot of pagan chant music sounds very similar

[@Winaska]

Pretty much any Latin or Greek Christian chant from the Middle Ages. this song itself is heavily based on prayers to the Virgin Mary from the early Church that Tolkien and other Catholics continues to use in worship.

[@Guy-Mann]

Both these guys are right. You can find stuff that sounds like this performed for just about any religious practice done by European peoples. Slow acapella chants are pretty much *the* mode of spiritual music for the Westman.

[@AloisWeimar]

Hildegard von bigen

[@efaristi9737]

it's a little strange to hear high-elves singing in Sindarin. I wonder what it gives in Quenya.

[@kzbmm-minecraftb.e.add-ons7126]

They officialy stopped speaking Quenya after the kinslaying. They were ashamed of what Feänorians did so the other Ñoldor stopped speaking their language.

[@efaristi9737]

@@kzbmm-minecraftb.e.add-ons7126 I thought it was Thingol who forbid it on his lands and that the Noldors still spoke it between them.

[@kzbmm-minecraftb.e.add-ons7126]

@@efaristi9737 Yes, Thingol did forbid the Quenya in his lands, but other Ñoldor (for example those in Hithlum) that did not necesearly agree with what were the Feänor’s sons doing, stopped speaking quenya because they were ashamed and they didn’t want to be anyhow associated with the Feänorians. And then it became tradition that lasted all the way to the third age and Quenya only became something like “elven latin”. Nobody spoke it in a normal conversation. It became language of books and official stuff like high councils and so on.

[@efaristi9737]

@@kzbmm-minecraftb.e.add-ons7126 Quenya isn't only Noldor language, is it? isn't it the language of all high elves?

[@Chi10786]

​@@efaristi9737 The Vanyar also speak Quenya, but the Falmari in Valinor speak Telerin (also called Lindalambë). In Middle-earth it would be only Noldorin elves speaking Quenya, though, and likely not very many by the Third Age. For sure Galadriel and Elrond are speaking Sindarin every day, though Galadriel would have been raised to speak Quenya and almost certainly Telerin, and Elrond to speak probably several elven and mannish languages by his half-elven parents and then the Noldorin Maedhros and Maglor.

[@ЕлизаветаПоваляева-й2э]

Прикрасная песня просто великолепно потресаюший ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ я думаю о леди Галадриэль эльфийской владычицы

[@usercomfy4552]

Мадам, вы не в состоянии отличить Варду от эльфийки, которая решала сородичей в Алквалондэ? Мои соболезнования. Учите матчасть.

[@turkan5293]

❤

[@KairisVardron]

He appears to be confused by the fact that the movie version differs notably from the poem as printed by Tolkien.

[@wolfeon6434]

Sounds wonderful... and a bit like swedish singing. Oh, of course, Sweden = Vikings, Vikings = Norse mythology, Norse mythology = the thing LotR is based on. So, that's a good theory! :)

[@jessicahakala3017]

Very true. I'll add that Elvish was very much based on the Finnish language, which Tolkien thought beautiful.

[@wolfeon6434]

Oh yes, Quenya was based on the Finnish language. So far I know, Sindarin was based on the Welsh language.

[@HamzehMalkawi1]

I would love to find sheet music for this!

[@Akiraspin]

Oh? On Eru Ilúvatar?

[@evalammers4914]

Does anyone know where to find the version by Vineeta Moreas? It used to be on here, but I cannot find it anywhere anymore.. I adored that version..

[@Aseratia]

How can you tell the difference between the Quenya and Sindarin languages?

[@thtsmypurseidkyou]

Sindarin sounds more like welsh i believe

[@davidwilliambarker]

That's a bit of a rip-snorter, now ain't it! Elsewhere on this site, there's a sea-shanty version of it!

[@Laura-vz3ts]

That there is parenting done right.

[@suranthiweerasinghe5503]

THe elves traveled to west, they found America

[@mprincess99]

how did u get the second verse translation? theres only the first in the book

[@Numbersofahn]

Hot.

[@majafluffy6733]

Isn't that quenya not sindarin?

[@elfearwinfandarwen6770]

Sindarin

[@NOVAExodus]

yea it quenya

[@名無し-q6g]

It's 100% Sindarin. Things like "calad-galad" are because of the lenition (a feature brought by Tolkien into Sindarin from the Celtic langueages). That being said, Quenya is absolutely different and bears more resemblance with Finnish. Btw all of that is easily googlable.

[@hanakoanamaria1400]

no....no Earendil..not here

[@joyatrikundu7543]

9 dislikes!... 9 Nazguls are coming...

[@TehCookieSpartan]

"Fanuilos" is to be pronounced "fahn-wee-los," not "fahn-noo-los."

[@tiagobatista3988]

+Paragon Josh , in fact, It should be "fahn-ooi-los", and this recording sound quite like that!

[@TehCookieSpartan]

+Tiago Batista Now that you say it I can sort of hear it. But Tolkien stated in his appendices on Elvish that "ui" should be pronounced like that in the French "oui." It's a diphthong so the sounds are to be run together.

[@tiagobatista3988]

+Paragon Josh , I thought it was a different diphthong... if Tolkien said it should sound like french "oui", I guess you were right: "fahn-wee-los", sorry :/

[@TehCookieSpartan]

***** It's aight. Good to meet a fellow Elvish scholar.

[@tiagobatista3988]

:very

[@samwisegamgee300]

Nine dislikes for the nine nazgul

[@Timur264]

And then i realized that elves do not exist... T_T

[@MilesTraveler]

WoW would rather tell stories about dumb orcs. Glad Tolkien was interested in the cool races and orcs were just baddies.

[@tiredraven4668]

Traveler I've come to feel sorry for the Orcs of Arda. Tortured Quendi, who had no will to be evil until Morgoth came along and really ruined them.

[@vincentwolf1456]

Middle-aged kids who work at Blizzard find horde to be "cool". Just pitiful, if you ask me...

[@OldWaysFollower]

Yep, the Orcs of Arda are just pitiful beings, not the true villains. Unlike Balrogs or Dragons, they never wanted to come into being to serve either Morgoth or Sauron or Saruman. They were enslaved and abused, which reminds us about brainwashing cults, totalitarian states (perverting the minds of the kids in Hitlerjugend or Komsomol, for example) or human traffickers, who force enslaved people to do various nasty things, eg. to serve as forced prostitutes. On the other hand, Orcs from World of Warcraft are another thing. They are something between a semi-intelligent Ape and the deamons from Hindu lore, Rakshasas. See how they are pictured: with long, disproportional fangs, overgrown lower jaws, long ears and green skin. It's a pity though that Tolkien didn't make use of original Goblins from English tales, who were some kind of local spirits, not purely evil, rather mischevious (if someone angered them) and beneficial at will (they could help humans as well). Tolkien's Orc is not a direct counterpart of English Goblin. A lot of creatures like those exist in various European mythologies, akin to Gnomes, Kobolds or the Skarbnicy (sing. form: Skarbnik), literally "The Treasure-Watchers" (in the miner myths from Polish, German and Czech parts of Silesia, for example)

[@OldWaysFollower]

While I've enjoyed playing the Warcraft games (usually on Humans' side), I consider the "World of Warcraft" movie to be one of the WORST movies ever. It seems to me that some directors and producers think that good effects make a good movie. Both the story, the acting, the dialogues and everything else in this movie is a CRAP. And not only Orcs are mindless in it, Humans seem to have no brains as well. I certainly do NOT advise anybody to watch this movie except for criticism.