Arda
Laments of the Eldar, in the grey-elven tongue
Sindarin · Tengwar · three songs of fading light
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All lyrics & translations
Each song in full — the Tengwar script, the romanized Sindarin, and the English beneath. A songbook for reading with the sound off.
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On the tongue & the script
The words are Sindarin, the Grey-elven tongue — chosen over the high Quenya for its dimmer, fading register. The script is Tengwar, set in the general use mode of Sindarin (vowels carried as tehtar above the consonants that follow them).
Tengwar is transcribed with Glǽmscribe and rendered in Tengwar Annatar by Johan Winge. The writing systems are the invention of J.R.R. Tolkien. Verify any line against Tecendil in Sindarin mode.
Three songs: Gwannad i-Lû (the fading of time), I Dhae Odog (the seventh shadow), I Dann Haer (the long defeat).
The lyric videos are on YouTube — watch the playlist ↗.