Song of Durin: Difference between revisions
m (Fixed link) |
|||
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
There beryl, pearl, and opal pale, | There beryl, pearl, and opal pale, | ||
And metal wrought like fishes' mail, | And metal wrought like fishes' mail, | ||
Buckler and corslet, axe and | Buckler and corslet, axe and sword, | ||
And shining spears were laid in hoard. | And shining spears were laid in hoard. | ||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
Beneath the mountains [[music]] woke: | Beneath the mountains [[music]] woke: | ||
The harpers harped, the minstrels sang, | The harpers harped, the minstrels sang, | ||
And at the [[ | And at the [[Great Gates|gates]] the trumpets rang. | ||
The world is grey, the mountains old, | The world is grey, the mountains old, | ||
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; | The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; | ||
The shadow lies upon his tomb | The shadow lies upon his tomb | ||
In Moria, in [[ | In Moria, in [[Khazad-dûm]]. | ||
But still the sunken stars appear | But still the sunken stars appear | ||
In dark and windless Mirrormere; | In dark and windless Mirrormere; | ||
| Line 58: | Line 58: | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfoa23skHg | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfoa23skHg Rendition by Clamavi De Profundis] | ||
* [[Colin Rudd#Song of Durin | * [[Colin Rudd#Song of Durin|Rendition by Colin Rudd]] | ||
* [ | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn1oeEmzFhQ Rendition by Adele McCallister] | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Poems in The Fellowship of the Ring]] | [[Category:Poems in The Fellowship of the Ring]] | ||
[[fi:Maa nuori oli ja keväinen]] | [[fi:Maa nuori oli ja keväinen]] | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 25 May 2020
The World was Young, the Mountains Green, more commonly known as the Song of Durin, was a poem sung by Gimli when the Fellowship of the Ring traveled through Moria. Gimli stood up and sang this song when recalling the splendour of Dwarrowdelf. Sam Gamgee liked the song so much he wanted to learn it.[1]
The poem
The world was young, the mountains green,
No stain yet on the Moon was seen,
No words were laid on stream or stone
When Durin woke and walked alone.
He named the nameless hills and dells;
He drank from yet untasted wells;
He stooped and looked in Mirrormere,
And saw a crown of stars appear,
As gems upon a silver thread,
Above the shadow of his head.
The world was fair, the mountains tall,
In Elder Days before the fall
Of mighty kings in Nargothrond
And Gondolin, who now beyond
The Western Seas have passed away:
The world was fair in Durin's Day.
A king he was on carven throne
In many-pillared halls of stone
With golden roof and silver floor,
And runes of power upon the door.
The light of sun and star and moon
In shining lamps of crystal hewn
Undimmed by cloud or shade of night
There shone for ever fair and bright.
There hammer on the anvil smote,
There chisel clove, and graver wrote;
There forged was blade, and bound was hilt;
The delver mined, the mason built.
There beryl, pearl, and opal pale,
And metal wrought like fishes' mail,
Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,
And shining spears were laid in hoard.
Unwearied then were Durin's folk;
Beneath the mountains music woke:
The harpers harped, the minstrels sang,
And at the gates the trumpets rang.
The world is grey, the mountains old,
The forge's fire is ashen-cold;
No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;
The shadow lies upon his tomb
In Moria, in Khazad-dûm.
But still the sunken stars appear
In dark and windless Mirrormere;
There lies his crown in water deep,
Till Durin wakes again from sleep.
See also
External links
