Song Of Durin - Alderon Tyran
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Second of the Fantasy-inspired songs on the channel, this song was originally written by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and can be found in Ch. IV ("A Journey in the Dark") of The Two Towers. The song is sung by Gimli as the fellowship journeyed through Moria. It was the second night of their trip through the mines, and Sam Gamgee had just referred to Moria as "darksome holes." And Gimli's response was to sing this song, extolling the history of Khazad-dûm, in response.
The Melody of the song I have stolen pretty shamelessly from Clamavi De Profundis so please, check their stuff out!
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Lyrics:
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 shadows 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.
This song was alot of fun to make especially as I got to learn a new language to make the video!😅 This is the second entry in the Fantasy Playlist, the first being "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher". The *next* one will harken back to video games and specifically one of the most re-released fantasy games I'm aware of. For those curious, I used DwarrowScholar to pick up the language and make the translations:
www.dwarrowscholar.com/library.html
Tragically I had neither the time nor energy to make a *proper* translation as the Dwarvish doesn't rhyme, but the translation is at least accurate in meaning!
As always I am very thankful for my Patreon supporters and I am stoked to have another Patreon! If you also want to contribute to keeping this channel going, please consider joining here:
www.patreon.com/AlderonTyran
For the love of god and all that is holy please don’t stop making fantasy songs I beg of you!! 🥹🥹🥹🙏🙏
This is awesome
Suggestion: Perhaps you could adopt Battle Cry of Freedom (Union or CS version) for your Civil War playlist
In some parts I noticed that you sang better than clamavi team . Don't be sad because your views are low because clamavi's 33 million views are not too high, so the follow-up versions of the others will also be much worse in terms of views.
I wish this version was on spotify😢
Wonderfully done thanks for everything you make for us
If you change the name Durin to Adam and maybe a few other parts it’s like a song about Adam in the Bible.
I was just thinking of that!
I first learned of Tolkien my first year in college. A friend had gifted me with a brown paper sack ( circa 1967) filled with paper back books. ALL of Tolkiens Lord of the Rings were in that sack, missing only The Hobbit. I waited until I could find the book before reading the others. After the Hobbit, I didn't read anything else until I completed the other three books. Over the years I read those books several times. In my third year of marriage I pulled the books from the book case and set them on my nightstand, to once again read them with no other books coming between. Tolkiens books were of the type to really get into. Literally! I dreamed certain passages, and was really involved in travelling, discovering new 'everything', meeting the Elves, Dwarves, and even Tom Bombadil. LOL But one night my friends and I were being chased by something really bad. It's been more than 50 years, so I don't recall, but it was probably the spiders. Yech!!! The thing is, I woke my husband, who usually thought my dreams were funny. But after that he suggested I read in the safety of the living room. Bedtime reading was no longer looked on as being 'cute'. I didn't think change of rooms would change my dreams. But it did. Sometimes I fall asleep on the couch after reading one of those treasured books, and I still travel the road with my Hobbit friends. Thanks for sharing this song. I think I'm ready to read those books again. Uh, but my daughter took them. LOL. She and my grandsons are Tolkien fans, too.
Excellent! I don't consider myself a guitar person, rarely enjoying any guitar music, much less in a folk sort of style like you played, but despite that this alone is the best version of the Song of Durin I have ever heard. It's so personal and moving, like if Gimli himself was singing it before my ears. Clamavi De Profundis' version is still excellent, mind you, but it's too composed and has too many people singing it for the context in which the song appears in the books. Maybe it's a case of excitement hearing a new take on one of my favourite Tolkien songs, but maybe this take just fits better.
Also props to you figuring out the Khuzdul for the song, you went above and beyond for the subtitles, haha!
Wonderful! Would love to here Misty Mountains Cold.
very nice! didnt expect this one but it sounds wonderful
A surprise, but a welcome one!
Another masterpiece
How have I not found this channel earlier
Thank you for such a beautiful version of this song! It's a joy to see that many people around the world have shared love for the Middle Earth...
Clamavi De Profundis and Tolkien would be proud. As a fan and nerd of Tolkien's world of Arda, I appreciate this a lot.
Guy with a guitar is my favorite style of music
A Fistful of Gemstones
Isnt durin thorens grandfather?
Nice
You should do Fei Korps Voran
Seconded