34. The Evening Star: featured in Twilight and Shadow
Words by Philippa Boyens, translated into Sindarin by David Salo, music by Howard Shore, performed by René Fleming and the choir.
Version from the sheet music and the article in Music from the Movies, number 42.
Sindarin
Ngîl cennin eriel vi
Menel aduial,
Glingant sui vîr
Síliel mae.
Ngîl cennin firiel vi
Menel aduial,
Dúr, dúr i fuin
Naenol mae.
Original English lyric by Ph. Boyens (from sheet music):
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
For the last stanza see here
* This element -gri- is probably transcribed in the sheet music as -cree-.
According to the sheet music it is as follows:
Ngil nin el nel [choir: 0.00]
Naun el kree [?] ú a mae [solo: 0.16]
ú el me Síli mae [solo: 0.32]
nin fi li na lo me le ne Menel aduial [solo: 0.48]
dúr i fuin i vah mae [solo: 1.06]
Ngil nin el nel [choir underneath: 0.16]
du Gli li mae [choir underneath: 0.32]
Ngil fi el me i [choir underneath: 0.48]
dúr fu Nae mae [choir underneath: 1.06]
Words by Philippa Boyens, translated into Sindarin by David Salo, music by Howard Shore, performed by René Fleming and the choir.
Version from the sheet music and the article in Music from the Movies, number 42.
Sindarin
Ngîl cennin eriel vi
Menel aduial,
Glingant sui vîr
Síliel mae.
Ngîl cennin firiel vi
Menel aduial,
Dúr, dúr i fuin
Naenol mae.
Original English lyric by Ph. Boyens (from sheet music):
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
For the last stanza see here
* This element -gri- is probably transcribed in the sheet music as -cree-.
According to the sheet music it is as follows:
Ngil nin el nel [choir: 0.00]
Naun el kree [?] ú a mae [solo: 0.16]
ú el me Síli mae [solo: 0.32]
nin fi li na lo me le ne Menel aduial [solo: 0.48]
dúr i fuin i vah mae [solo: 1.06]
Ngil nin el nel [choir underneath: 0.16]
du Gli li mae [choir underneath: 0.32]
Ngil fi el me i [choir underneath: 0.48]
dúr fu Nae mae [choir underneath: 1.06]