May It Be : Soundtrack from the 2001 Peter Jackson film "The Lord of the Rings"

Quenya  and  Sindarin

 

Tolkien was interested in languages from an early age, and developed several constructed languages while still a teen. Eventually, as a young adult, he created an entire family of constructed languages spoken by Elves and a secondary world where these could evolve.

 

One of these languages was created in around 1915, inspired by the Celtic languages, particularly Literary Welsh. Tolkien called it Goldogrin or "Gnomish" in English. He wrote a substantial dictionary of Gnomish and a grammar.

 

Quenya

Quenya is an artificial language developed by the English philologist & author of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, etc., J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). The native language of the High Elves, Quenya was inspired by Finnish, Latin, Greek & some smaller elements from other European languages.

 

Quenya (pronounced [ˈkʷwɛɲja]) is a constructed language, one of those devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elves in his Middle-earth fiction.

 

Tolkien began devising the language around 1910, and restructured its grammar several times until it reached its final state. The vocabulary remained relatively stable throughout the creation process. He successively changed the language's name from Elfin and Qenya to the eventual Quenya. Finnish had been a major source of inspiration, but Tolkien was also fluent in Latin and Old English, and was familiar with Greek, Welsh (the latter being the primary inspiration for Sindarin, Tolkien's other major Elvish language), and other ancient Germanic languages, particularly Gothic, during his development of Quenya.

 

Within Tolkien's legendarium, Quenya is one of the many Elvish languages spoken by the immortal Elves, called Quendi ('speakers') in Quenya.

 

Sindarin

Tolkien created Sindarin in around 1944.

Sindarin is one of the constructed languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth. Sindarin is one of the many languages spoken by the Elves. The word Sindarin is a Quenya word.

 

존 로널드 로얼 톨킨(John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, J. R. R. 톨킨, /ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn/, CBE, 1892년 1월 3일~1973년 9월 2일)은 영국의 영어학 교수, 언어학자이자 작가이다. 그는 옥스퍼드 대학교 펨브룩 칼리지에서 1925년부터 1945년까지 고대영어학 교수로, 1945년에서 1959년 사이에는 같은 대학 머튼 칼리지의 영어영문학 교수로 재직했다.

 

(*가운데땅(영어: the Middle Earth 꿰냐: endor (엔도르) 신다린: ennor (엔노르)) 또는 중간계(中間界)는 작가 J.R.R.톨킨의 소설에 등장하는 허구의 공간이다.)

 

그는 평생 써 온 소설을 통해 인생 후반에 큰 명성을 얻었는데, 이것에는 《반지의 제왕》과 《호빗》 등의 가운데땅 관련 세계관 책이 있다. 톨킨은 옥스퍼드 영어사전 편찬과 관련한 일을 하기도 했으며, 언어학 교수로도 재직했다. 톨킨은 언어학에 대해 관심이 많아서 그의 작품 내에 인공적인 언어를 만들어 사용하기도 하였는데, 그러한 언어들 중, 퀘냐와 신다린 등이 대표적이다.

 

 

In Tolkien's words:

 

"Sindarin (Grey-elven) is properly the name of the languages of the Elvish inhabitants of Beleriand, the later almost drowned land west of the Blue Mountains.

Quenya was the language of the Exiled High-Elves returning to Middle-earth. The Exiles, being relatively few in number, eventually adopted a form of Sindarin: a southern dialect (of which the purest and most archaic variety was used in Doriath ruled by Thingol). This they used in daily speech, and even adapted their own personal names to its form.

 

But the Sindarin of the High-elves was (naturally) somewhat affected by Quenya, and contained some Quenya elements. Sindarin is also loosely applied to the related languages of the Elves of the same origin as the Grey Elves of Beleriand, who lived in Eriador and further East."

 

Sindarin and Quenya are different Elvish languages

 

Quenya is the high elven speech of the West.

Quenya is the High Speech of the Valinorean elves. 

Quenya is what’s known as a “High Elvish” language, meaning that it was spoken by the elves who lived in Valinor, the Western Paradise.

 

Sindarin is spoken by elves who remained in Middle-earth.

Sindarin is sort of the 'lower' form of Quenya used by the Grey Elves that didn't leave Middle-Earth to go to Valinor.

Sindarin,  was spoken by the elves who remained in Middle Earth after being exiled from Valinor.

 

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 아일랜드의 뉴에이지 음악가인 엔야는 1991년에 〈로스로리엔〉(Lothlórien)이라는 곡을 지었고, 피터 잭슨이 감독한 동명의 영화를 위해 〈메이 잇 비〉(May It Be-영어와 꿰냐로 불림)와 〈나는 원한다〉(Aníron-신다린으로 불림)를 작곡하고 불렀다.

 

Quenya is what’s known as a “High Elvish” language, meaning that it was spoken by the elves who lived in Valinor, the Western Paradise.

Enya - May It Be (Official Lyric Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt3Ggo1CE3g 

"May it be an evening star, Shines down upon you..." Sing along with the brand new May It Be lyric video.

 

Lyrics:

 

May it be an evening star

Shines down upon you

May it be when darkness falls

Your heart will be true

You walk a lonely road

Oh, how far you are from home

 

Mornië utúlië ((darkness has come))

Believe and you will find your way

Mornië alantië ((darkness has fallen))

 

A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadows call

Will fly away May it be your journey on

To light the day

When the night is overcome

You may rise to find the sun

 

Mornië utúlië ((darkness has come))

Believe and you will find your way

Mornië alantië ((darkness has fallen))

A promise lives within you now

 

A promise lives within you now

 

 

♫ Enya - May it be ( lyrics ) ♫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8u4VLk0iTI 

 

Enya - May It Be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7MLT4MmAK8 

 

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• May It Be • Enya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJVxEaGrHS4 

Soundtrack from the 2001 Peter Jackson film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm & Andy Serkis.

 

Based on the novel by JRR Tolkien.

• May It Be •

May it be an evening star

저녁별이 되게 하소서

Shines down upon you

그대 가는 길 밝히는 

 

May it be when darkness falls

어둠이 내리면

Your heart will be true

그대 마음 진실되게 하소서

 

You walk a lonely road

그대 외로운 길을 걸어

Oh, how far you are from home

고향 떠나 얼마나 먼길을 왔던가

 

Mornie utulie (Darkness has come)

암흑이 다가와도

Believe and you will find your way

믿으면 그대 길을 찾으리라

 

Mornie alantie (Darkness has fallen)

암흑이 드리워져도

A promise lives within you now

 약속은 지금 그대안에 살아있으리

 

 

May it be the shadow's call 

어둠 속 망령들의 외침을 

will fly away

떨쳐버리게 하소서

 

May it be your journey on 

낮과 같이 불 밝히는 

to light the day

그대의 여정이 되게 하소서

 

When the night is overcome

암흑이 압도할지라도

You may rise to find the sun

 태양을  찾아서 그대 일어서게 하소서

 

Mornie utulie (Darkness has come)

암흑이 다가와도

Believe and you will find your way

믿으면 그대 길을 찾으리라

 

Mornie alantie (Darkness has fallen)

암흑이 드리워져도

A promise lives within you now

 약속은 지금 그대안에 살아있으리

 

A promise lives within you now

 약속은 지금 그대안에 살아있으리