Foundations of Stone

Lyrics

(Quenya and Dwarvish) Mettanna(Q) Irkat-lukhud ma Katabrikihu Ulfat-atam ma Tanakhi uduhu Bin-n�t azn�n tarsisi Bazar udu ag�n�-furkh�n Gurd! Ma n�d sakhu! Ma satf unkhai! Atk�t zatagrafizu Zatablugi sulluzu(D) Mettanna N�rendur! An mauya mahtie Mettanna! (Q) ___ 'No shaft of light Can breach it No breath of air Comes from it Only an endless dark rises Deep from the beginnings Of the world Have fear Do not look down Nor step too close The silence will take you It will swallow you whole.' ============== Cuiva Olorin Narendur Tira nottolya Tulta tuolya An mauya mahtie Ter oiomornie Ter ondicilyar Mettanna Nurunna! 'Awake Olorin Servant of fire Face your foe Summon forth your strength For you must fight Through endless dark Through chasms of stone To the end To the death!' Word-for-word translation: 'Awake Olorin Fire-servant Look-at foe-your Summon strength-your For [you] compel to-fight Through ever-darkness Through stone-chasms End-towards Death-towards!