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The Pyre of Denethor

by Howard Shore

on The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings (Limited Edition) (2003)

ON THE FIELDS OF PELENNOR
Text from J.R.R. TOLKIEN, adapted by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO
( SINDARIN )

Edrochant e
Na nagor
Ed nan gurth
A e gladhant
An e naun ad neth

(( Forth he rode
Into battle
Forth into death
And he laughed
For he was young again. ))

A naun aran
Hir gwaith beleg
Elo!
Sui orthant vegil ín
Vi'las beleg
Ortholl gurth

(( And he was King
The Lord of a great people
And lo!
Even as raised his sword
In great joy
Death came on. ))

Anann si lostar
Nu lae vi Ngondor
Sí lostar na hír veleg
Mithrin sui nîr, thiliol celebren
Ta geliant caran
Púrinnen na hereg

(( Long now they sleep
Under grass in Gondor
Sleep now by the great river
Grey as tears, gleaming silver
Red then it rolled
Dyed with their blood. ))

Lachant ned annûn
Úrianner i eryd
Sui ros garan dannant
Or pheli Pelennor

(( Flamed at sunset;
The mountains burned;
As red dew fell
On the fields of Pelennor. ))