Lyrics Foundations of Stone - Howard Shore

Foundations of Stone

Irkat-lukhud ma
Katabrikihu
Ulfat-atam ma
Tanakhi uduhu
Bin-nât aznân tarsisi
Bazar udu agânî-furkhîn
Gurd!
Ma nîd sakhu!
Ma satf unkhai!
Atkât zatagrafizu
Zatablugi sulluzu (D)
Mettanna
Nárendur!
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 compel to-fight
Through ever-darkness
Through stone-chasms
End-towards
Death-towards!