Hypothetical translation of Tolkien's poem and song The King Beneath the Mountains, which appears in The Hobbit and represents a certain prophecy about the return of the dwarven king to the Lonely Mountain (Erebor), into the Kingdom Under the Mountain.
This song is sung by the people of Lake-town and its surrounding area, but for them, it no longer represents anything other than a certain folktale. Let's look at what it could, theoretically, sound like in reconstructed, P-AdW Westron.
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The King beneath the mountains,
The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
Shall come into his own!
His crown shall be upholden,
His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden
To songs of yore re-sung.
The woods shall wave on mountains
And grass beneath the sun;
His wealth shall flow in fountains
And the rivers golden run.
The streams shall run in gladness,
The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king's return!
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Ârû dalad urîdit,
Ârû an bora pelgin,
Bâr an gimil banad-khibîl
Inda-nakha imab uryu thâni* !
Uryu grine inda-târkunada,
Uryu dandal inda-dârsarma,
Uryu hîl inda-rînlamba pharazla
Lînthmâ an-zarûrepûhî dârlînthin.
Terzâinit inda-parava urîdzê
Ka salêg dalad ûret;
Uryu âuza inda-phursa imi banad-khibîl
Ka nîrit yaphursa pharazmâ.
Sirîrit inda-phursa imi phârdêth,
Lônit inda-hine ka (inda-)nita,
Kâth nûrêth kwêla ka dâurêth
Urdu-aru rinkontze !
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Related articles
Slovak language version of this article
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External links
Tolkien Gateway: Lyrics of the song The King Beneath the Mountains
Adaptation of the song by the ensemble Clamavi de Profundis
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