Song of Durin (Complete Edition) - Clamavi De Profundis
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As many of you have requested, here is our original composition of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Song of Durin" Complete Edition! Sorry it took a while, but that is the nature of art.
My brother composed and arranged the song. My family and I sang it. One of my brothers drew the beginning cover art.
We hope you enjoy it!
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. 
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Nostalgia for a place that doesn't exist, in a time that never was...
Embraced by ghosts...
And kept alive only in the strong hearts of those who wish it were otherwise.
Maybe... someday...somewhere...
@@anumai1 Indeed.
Like all utopias.
Gimli: Let them come. There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.
Chills.
They have a cave trool
- boromere the tall
*gimli son of gloin
Agreed. I still remember that line when I first heard it in 2001. Such a powerful moment of valor and defiance!
Replace "breath" with "blood" and it will be accurate to the Jackson film. Unless you were quoting the book, in which case I am too lazy to verify it and will trust you :)
Both Trump and Biden are losers.
The Story of the Elves being Forced to Leave Middle earth is sad... The Slow downfall of Man is sad.... But the dwarves slowly fading from the world after eventually taking their home back.. that's a tear jerker
They are not the only dwarves in middle earth.. yet they took the biggest punches
@@maxoforce2920 the Firebeards and Broadbeams had to abandon their homes at the end of the First Age and never truly recovered. Many of them joined the Longbeards and suffered alongside them.
I agree. The Durin's are the greatest of all the Dwarves yet they suffered the most. But when it comes to the suffering of these dwarves nobody can match the blows that fell on Thorin who lived most of his life far from his kingdom and when it is his time to prosper in his hard-earned throne, alas he was killed along with his nephews who only knew of the greatness of their kingdom from stories. Fili and Kili never lived to experience being a royalty.
Yeah. I didn't know how sad it actually was. The other day I got bored and did a little research on it, Durin the Last's story is awfully sad. If you didn't know, Durin was believed by the dwarves to be reincarnated. It ended at Durin VII, or the seventh. He stayed as the last dwarf king till the last of the dwarves died off of middle earth, ruling in Moria. It is, indeed, really, really cry-worthy.
@@chiefbennywawa1333 I may very well be wrong, but Durin's Folk did not end with Thorin II at Erebor, or even in Khazad-dûm with the death of Balin and Óin.
For Thorin Stonehelm, son of Dáin Ironfoot would live on as king of Erebor, and together with Gimli, would go on to live beyond what Tolkien had written in the Fourth Age.
And while they may not have succeeded in retaking Khazad-dûm, Erebor and the dwarves of Durin's Folk continued to thrive well into the Fourth Age.
And succeeding Thorin Stonehelm was his son Durin, known Durin as the Last (As he was the last reincarnation of Durin the Deathless) and he would succeed in leading Durin's folk back to Khazad-dûm, to rule over both Erebor and Khazad-dûm, restoring the kingdom of Durin's folk, where he would rule "till the world grew old"
The Dwarves, including Durin's Folk, prospered during the Fourth Age, at the time where the elves faded from Middle Earth. And they would live on for many more ages until they eventually too faded from Middle Earth, perhaps in the 6th age.
But the fading of dwarves is perhaps meant more that the dwarves hid in the mountains, while the dominion of man reigned.
"These were the fading years of the Eldar. [...] they attempted nothing new, living in memory of the past. The Dwarves hid themselves in deep places, guarding their hoards."
― The Tale of Years: The Third Age
For all those who have not read the Lord of the Rings this song is sung by Gimli in the Mines of Moria, when Sam mentions what it would have been like to see the city full of light
Not sung but read as a poem if I'm not mistaken.
@@emregeylani I think it was read that way, but I like to imagine it sung like this.
Thank you for giving me the inspiration to read The Lord of The Rings, my dear friend 🙏🙏
This is the soundtrack for the book. 😉😆
Thank you for the insight
Elves: we are the best at singing poems
Dwarves: Hold our beards
👍
Not the beard!
but seriously though have you tried singing along to this song? I am constantly running out of breath and it doesnt help that the lower octave singing requires more hot air and breathing. This song is perfect for someone trying to strengthen their lungs lmao
@@zacharyjackson1829 I'm a bass, no problem for me ;)
@@marinusvanzoggel6941 even with my voice being pretty low it still seems like a struggle, especially with the very little pauses in the song. Im not an experienced singer though so i may just not be adapted to it yet
My wife says listening to classical music improves your mental health.
So I listen to dwarven music to help my beard grow better. And it works...
OMG, I would prefer my beard NOT to grow as I am a woman... I need to stop listening :D
@@KaryRaven you could be a Dwarven woman. According to Gimli they're so much alike in voice and appearance that they're often mistaken for dwarf men
@@treyb387 so you're a good dwarf cosplayer?
@@treyb387 oh I remember this scene! He was telling Eowyn about them and it was the first time I saw her so happy.
@@fandomhoe2285 yes. That scene lol
This alone is better than the Rings of Power series.
Quite true, my friend. They had everything to make RoP an amazing show, faithful to Tolkien.
I will never understand why people would intentionally attack the fan base.
I will never understand why people act so sensitively about each and every comment nowadays. As a fan of Tolkien, I feel entitled to evaluate products claimed to be based on his work. My assessment is simply that this song, which remains faithful to Tolkien's story, is much better than the TV series that cost hundreds of millions of dollars.@@matthewvanburen6415
Agreed my friend
Teu cu, mas é perfeito sim.
"No harp is wrung, no hammer falls.
The darkness dwells in Durins hall"
🤧
🥲
😔
"The shadow lies upon his tomb, in Moria, in Khazad-Dum,"
😔
@@idontknoq4813 So sad bro
@@lraoasisbottle3052 Never forget;
There lies crown in water-deep.
Till Durin wakes again from sleep.
Rest in peace, Cristopher Tolkien.
The king has come unto his own,
under mountain, under stone.
Send him out, unto the deep
unto earth, eternal sleep
,
under mountain, under stone
through all the lands, let it be known.
The king is dead!
Namárië. Farewell.
🙏
I hope his children carry on his and his father legacy. I do know Cristopher's oldest son is a novelist so there is hope. But if they are not to continue the beautiful tale that is Middle Earth then I won't mid. I'm just happy I was here to experience what many people after me may not be able to.
Sad...
homesick for places ill never see and people ill never meet...
fuckin true
The Welsh have a beautiful word for that - hiraeth; the yearning for places and people that never were, that live only in our hearts.
You will, I mean you will find us all, and please take care you know.
Imagine reading the books? And getting so...utterly immersed in it that you long to live in that world? I feel you..
That's "FERNWEH", my friend...
Imagine how happy Tolkien would have been to listen to this. Makes me sad he couldn't see what his life work would spark
Maybe that’s why he wrote.
I'm not trying to be that guy and be all negative, but I think Tolkien woudn't like LOTR and Hobbit triologies.
@@joco8290 Why not?
@@joco8290 I'm sure he would be proud to see how deep hes work arrived. And there is no greater gift for a writer thsn see those characteres that he created turn into life
@@joco8290 He might dislike the Hobbit, but why would he dislike the original trilogy?
- Dad, why is my little sister is called Rose?
- Because your mother loves roses.
- Thank you Dad
- You're welcome Song of Durin complete edition
Calling your son Durin must be enough, I think
@@josesoria2072 I agree.
@@josesoria2072 Or maybe as a middle name or something, having a first name as Durin, or even Durin VIII would be awesome, though.
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I don't get it. This makes no sense
“The shadow lies upon his tomb.......In Moria, in Khazad-dûm” always gives me goosebumps.
When i read that the part started.
@@EgoTheDeranged same
Same, it's my favourite line because the harmonies at this part in this song are just *chefs kiss*
@@EgoTheDeranged same
That part melts my heart. I love you all sons of Durin❤️
You know something brilliant I just noticed? The Song of Durin is structured in the book to have six stanzas, just as there have been six Durins in Dwarven history (Durin VI was the one felled by Durin's Bane). The sixth verse (just like the sixth Durin) end in a sad note about waiting for Durin to awaken from his sleep. Seven is the Dwarven holy number, and it is said the seventh Durin will be the prophetized Durin who will bring back all joy in the world and bring the Dwarves to their golden age. Perhaps when he comes, there'll be a seventh stanza?
Wow, yet another testament to the brilliance of Tolkien
Durin the 7th. Durin the deathless as he became known, restored moria to it's previous glory
I would not consider the final bit of stanza 6 to be sad. If anything, it's a last bit of hope after the extreme darkness the dwarves are going through. Even though they have gone through all this tragedy, still Durin's Crown(the stars) lie in Mirrormere, promising the return of the King of Khazad Dum.
Declan Corry
The Deathless was the first Durin.
I hope so!
“Who’s this person you pledged your service to- Thorin Oakenshield?”
“He was my friend”
F
F
F is for Friends who do stuff together
U is for you and me crying
F, Rest in Peace Thorin Oakenshield
EDIT: Spelling Mistake
F :(
Gimli was so much more than just comic relief in this story.
He beautifully honored and mourned his second cousin King Balin of Moria, and his uncle Óin with this song.
any link to him sing? i couldnt find any video
@@mhm7135 He didn't in the movie. You need to read the books instead.
The books are full of songs. Only a handful of songs made it into the movies.
@@Thor.Jorgensen ooh i remember.i thought it was added to the movies though
Yea he is more than comic relief, just remember his Helm cave description speech
What about Ori?
The image of Durin looking into a lake and seeing himself crowned with stars is one of the best visual concepts in all of literature
Durin was clearly on drugs if it was daytime.
The light of the sun was to far in Durin's day
Preda Y. Also went insane with power .... lmao wake da fck up
There was no sun in the beginnings of Middle Earth.
Who went insane with power? Df you on abo3t.
Doctor: You have 5 minutes to live
Me: *plays Song of Durin*
Doctor:... but it's 5:11...
Eru Illuvatar: It's okay..
AHAHAHAHAHAHA BRAVO BRT
😅😅😅
Mandos: * hums along *
Skip 11 seconds in and you still have 1-2 seconds before the singing starts.
Is it? Is it okay my child?
"The world was young, the mountains green,
No stain yet on the Moon was seen"
Those are the words of a true poet. Imagine living in such a world.
We once did, well except for the stailless moon part
@@Stellarheim Oh I know, it's just we weren't around back then
We could have had it in the Garden of Eden,
It is funny that "unstained" by asteroids moon is scientifically correct. It is hypothesized that sometime early in moon's history a a resonance if the orbits of jupiter and saturn caused a bit of mayhem in the inner solar system and at that time the moon got bombarded by asteroirds quite a lot. So before the so called late bombardment of the moon event one could argue that with a poetic figure of speech "no stain yet on the moon was seen".
@@bulldogsbob Religion is irrelevant here.
'There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time,' said Sam; 'and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too! What did they do it all for? They didn't live in these darksome holes surely?'
'These are not holes,' said Gimli. 'This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowdelf. And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.'
He rose and standing in the dark he began to chant in a deep voice, while the echoes ran away into the roof.
Let's just appreciate the Hobbit wondering about people living in holes ;)
@@DarkTider That's the point, though. Samwise compares it to what he knows, hobbit holes. Warm and snug, homely places that are easy to heat and easy to light. He couldn't imagine someone being able to heat and light such an expansive, frankly gigantic space.
What's even more amazing is that this vivid landscape, peopled with fantastic characters singing the great deeds of their forebears out of a rich and complex history, all of it sprang in its entirety from the genius mind of a humble Oxford professor, whilst sitting and pondering and puffing thoughtfully on his old thick-bowl billiard.
“But still the sunken stars appear, in dark and windless Mirrormere”
I don’t know why, but that particular part gives me chills
It's because it's the glimmer of hope behind the sadness of the last stanza. Despite the world being gray and old and shadows living where light once was, there are still powers high above that they can never touch, and Durin is still sleeping somewhere, waiting for the time when they wake him again.
The whole song gives me chills
same
@@Ruiluth especially when you think that this song was probably written at a time when the Dwarfs were at their lowest. They have lost their oldest city (Kaza-dum also known as Moria) and probably Erabor. A lot of Dwarf strongholds are being destroyed or occupied by dragons due to the Dwarfs greed they are close to being a broken people yet there is that one glimmer of hope Durin's crown is still there and one day he will wake again to lead the Dwarfs
@@gonnaflynow2009 *Erebor
Tolkien's tale of the Dwarves is a deeply sad tale. But it holds in it a tiny light of hope. A beautiful light.
Durin may yet awake...
He will, the seventh reincarnation of Durin is born into the Fourth Age. The downside is, however that it is written that the race of Dwarves will fail and all the ages of Arda until the ending of the world (after the Fourth) are those of men. We are currently at the end of the Sixth or beginning of the Seventh.
@@bezukaking6860, maybe they failed in Middle-Earth but I bet now they're having great time with Mahal in the lands where the Mountains are still green
Not may. Durin one day WILL Rise from sleep, and lead the Dwarves into retaking Khazad Dum, and waking its ancient glory once again, bringing life and light to its dark halls once more.
The Dwarves are not singing about a tiny light of hope here. They are remembering a promise of what WILL come, which makes it all the sadder to me knowing it'll never happen. Durin the Deathless did die that day...even more, they've lost his Tomb to the Shadow.
Like king Arthur for British
He will awake when Dagor Dagorath(the end of all,the last battle of Light and Shadow) comes
The way they sing “The Earth was fair in Durin’s day” just gives me chills, it feels to me like they’re singing a comfortable sigh for some reason
It was so much better, once.
4:21 the way they sing "In Moria, In Khazad-dum" always somehow squeezes my heart.
that makes three of us: you, me, and samwise gamgee
@@imawaffle148 make that 4
@@bloodangel19 make that 5
@@bloodangel19 Let's say 6 then...
7!
This durin guy sounds pretty cool.
Guilherme Sousa, I know right XD
he was alright i guess
sounds like a dwarf Rasputin
@@ThePalatineHill he was a great dwarven man
Durin was the first from seven Dwarfs Fathers created by Aule, one from Valars the servants of Iluvatar. I recommend the Silmarillion (a full story about the begginnings of Midleearth😁)
I work in a church, we have an amazing sound system... playing this in a dark church with a killer sound system is pretty awesome.
That sounds amazing! My church is in the main hall of a high school, so it would be slightly less awesome, but I can imagine it would be awesome to hear this projected through the acoustics of a large (catholic) church, imagining teh architecture around me to be ten times more impressive again, like it would be in the actual Dwarven halls!
@@mennoltvanalten7260
How about a cathedral? That would be nice! xD
If it is 1,000 years old, it is Catholic, or at least it was when it was built. However I meant the Catholic bit more like one of those old, large churchs with good acoustics. Just happens to be that where I live that coincides with Catholic.
Dude you have to record it and show us all :p I would LOVE to hear this song bouncing off the vast acoustic halls, it seems like a song made for it
... Now play 'when the hammer falls'
Tolkien as poet is underpraised,
His stanzas strike like metal bright
And to his verse voices are raised
which wreath his words in song and light.
Hey, that rhymes!
Nice
This really makes me tear up. I really think that the dwarves, not the race of man, are the most human and deeply relate able characters in Tolkien. Unlike the elves, the dwarves are mortal. Their greatest kings and heroes do not remain in dwelling with them throughout the ages, so they have to pass on the legends of their great ancestors. There is no certainty that their greatest hero, Durin, will reawaken and bring about another age of gold for the dwarves. The last lines always get me, "the world is grey the mountains old, the forges fire is ashen-cold." The world which the dwarves loved so much is now fading, and with it so are the dwarves. The shadow lies upon Durin's grave, all hope seems lost. But still the sunken stars appear in dark and windless Mirrormere- there lies his crown in waters deep, till Durin Wakes again from sleep". There's just so much hope in these last lines, and so much love for the dwarven race. It is truly beautiful.
I am a total nerd.
Lump lumpson true and i think that its also really beatiful to think of the mighty halls of the dwarves that were build in first age
This song always mirrors the world depicted in the books and movies. While there is still wonder and magic to be found in the world it has become rare and the great wonders of the past lie in ruins. The world is fading the landscape scattered with the ruins of once great citys and kingdoms. The world is becoming "grey" as more and more of the past greens drains.
Actually the dwarves live longer then humans Google it
Tactical Bacon oh sorry I missed read
Forgive me for not having much knowledge on the lore(I haven't read any of the books and haven't watched the films for a long time). But are you implying the elves are immortal?
"We may speak different language" "but music is a language that all people understand"
The song is in English though
@@makqa6675 Not everyone speaks english
Not if it's in Chinese
Well, that depends...
then why is it that people immediately bash k pop fans?
My grandpa has passed away, almost everyday I sít on our garden, listening to this song, looking on stars and talking to him, this song always make me cry, when I heard it. I will always remember my grandpa through it. Thank you for this. And I wish good memories to everyone, who is listening this song.
Your Grandfather was a King in his own rite
I'm sorry for your loss. May God keep your grandfather.
I’m very sorry for your loss. He will be remembered.
A person dies when they are physically dead but only when their memory is forgotten do they truly die
May your grandfather rest in peace.
I sing this as a lullaby for my 5month old niece and she always goes to sleep. My sister would call me when she's having problems putting her to sleep and I go over there, rock her and sing this and she's out like a light!! When she's old enough she'll know the full story. I can't wait to be the one to show her.
That is so awesome!❤️
When I read “rock her and…” my mind immediately jumped to “ROCK AND STONE”
That's so beautiful. Tolkien would absolutely love that. This is exactly what these stories are meant for. An English mythology to be told like the German Brothers Grim.
This is the song that would without fail get my baby to sleep too. She listened to it every night for like 6 months.
@@TheFoolish727 Did I hear a ROCK AND STONE!?!
"In Moria, in Khazad-Dûm" gives me the chills. Every time
Senna Asad well it’s sad because Moria means ‘Black Pit’ in Sindarin speech,due to the infamous awakening of a Balrog (Durin’s Bane).From black pit to the dwarf mansions that will stride again in glory
@@laststandinstalingrad5162 Sindarin, not Black Speech
amkju oh yeah my bad, bad memory. I never liked it called Moria, thus I only called it Khazad Dum
@William Lacy It's a powerful name, meaning 'Delving of the Dwarves' in Dwarvish. Dwarvish name for a Dwarvish place.
"In Black Pit, in Dwarven Mansion..." the former carries a weight of sorrow, but the latter a ringing of glory!
"Till Durin wakes again from sleep..." simply amazing
I looked upon a winding road
Made not with mortar, brick or stone
But wrought instead in wire wound
Beset in waves of lightning bound
A road that winds forever more
Stoneless walls and woodless doors
Lead to lands of empty plains
Yet as I stumbled on my way
I heard an ancient song did play
The voice of long-past days gone by
Aroused a tear to long dead eye
For Durin's folk do sing once more
Heart-grown seeds from ancient store
A tale that long did fallow lie
But cannot ever truly die
Is this from the books?
Or are you one of the two blue wizards, come back with ancient magic to weave us such fine art, and great poems?
That was beautiful, I actually sang this in tune with the video and it ended when the video did I guess I have great timing.
That second verse is incomplete. It's a shame.
I can see Gimli singing this walking through Khazad-dûm for the first time with the fellowship. Tolkien’s world is so deep
What about Thorin's gang as well? 😂Bofur and the others sing good lol
He did in the book.
@@bulldogsbob that’s what I’m referring to, gimili doesn’t sing in the movies
The actor who played Gimli did a reading (not singing) of this poem with an orchestral accompaniment of the song.
@@stuartclements6243my personal favorite version fs
If there is an after life, I'm convinced Tolkien would hear this and smile.
Trust to Allah, :)
Dude, he is Eru Illuvatar.
@@sargeyoukai6860 well said.
I will trust Jesus, He saved me often times
@@owrah2198 great for you. Hail Óðinn.
If I ever have a son, this will be his bedtime song.
He'll grow a beard once he wakes up
same ill sing this to him every night or ill play it from my phone for him/her
Can confirm this works.
Ill sing this to my DAUGHTER and i bet shell grow a beard XD
@@driamhane She'll grow a beard, a big nose, armor and axe and she will ask you to go in an adventure to claim moria back
Why does this make me watery eyed. No matter how many times I listen. I'm an old man now and it still gets me.
I feel the same way, it gives me a longing of a place and home I know only exists in my heart and imagination. But that's just me....
This song should have definitely be in one of the movies. This is so beautiful
"These are no holes", said Gimly. "This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowelf. And of old it was no darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remebered in our songs."
He rose and standing in the dark he began to chant in a deep voice, while the echoes ran away into the roof.
"The world was young, the mountains green...."
Yesss! Reading this was amazing! How incredibly immersive can Tolkien's writing be.
No stain yet on the moon was seen...
@@gabriel-de8yv No words were laid on stream or stone...
@@93Crash101 when Durin woke and walked alone
*Gimli
You know, I think the line that really sticks with me is "beneath the mountains, music woke". It says that the Dwarves didn't just measure their glory by war or the construction of great monuments.....but also held precious their ability to create art and take joy in it.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
--Thorin Oakenshield
See that's the thing dwarves are some of the best Craftsmen the Middle Earth had besides the elves if you wanted a good weapon something that was strong was going to last you went to a Dwarven Smith they took pride in their craftsmanship whether it be jewelry with gold and silver or mithril being is Mithra was so expensive the chainmail shirt that Bilbo has was so expensive he could buy the entire Shire
"...
There lay they long,
And many a song
was sung unheard by men or elves.
..."
Saddly its impposable for humans to do.
We where created to war and suffer so we are sad and angry due to that. One tries to save us but its near imposable.
It is also quite interesting to note that the creation myth of Middle-Earth is strongly linked to music, and the appreciation of art and culture is a recurring theme in the conflict of good vs. evil, since the "evil" cultures in Lord of the Rings are often said to produce no art except for skillfully made weapons of destruction, and no culture except for bastardized versions of existing languages and mocking, often crude songs (e.g. the Goblin King).
Fits with their maker Aule.
He was a man of thought, a man who wanted to create beautiful and great things. To create things to bring joy to others. At their best, the dwarves reflect this.
This whole song is epic, but my favorite stanza is the second one. It took me a bit to wrap my head around how it was meant to be read, but then I realized it was almost entirely one long sentence; "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."
A few years ago, I memorized this song before my first son was born. I wanted a good masculine lullaby I could sing him and be consistent with for bedtimes. It's one of his favorite songs now, we sing it every night before bed, and I hope he never gets tired of it. Thank you so much for this song, it means a great deal to my little family.
I love how the adjective "ashen cold" is used; an unmistakably dwarven word. An extremely specific type of cold, that only dwarven vocabulary would truly need. Just like the many words for snow in the inuit language, it just adds so much authenticity to the entire song. Just another testament to Tolkiens genious.
'Ascen' (of ash) is Old English. JRRT knew the old words are best.
@@harbl99 Sorry lad, I had to say this: *ashen, not ascen
@@harbl99 But you're right
Feanor doesn't like this element, Noldor would use it too
😂😂
To be fair, the many word snow in inuit language mainly come from the fact that you can combine words together like in german. Soft snow becomes "softsnow".
Khazad-Dûm
such a goddamn powerful name
learning khuzdul (language of tolkiens dwarves) is hard but so worth it
@@taronmalicos3638 IIRC, Tolkein "finished" Sindarin and Quenya (the two Elvish dialects) to the point that they're essentially fully functional languages - though they lack a lot of modern vocabulary so aren't suited for discussing modern topics. But he never finished Khuzdul, the entire point being that the Dwarves guard it jealously. Unlike the Elves, a Dwarf will rarely if ever even speak Khuzdul in front of any other race, much less teach anyone to speak it.
@@rollingthunder1043 My parents named me Aldar (Which means "forest" in Quenya).😀
Indeed. I refuse to call the realm by it's Shadowed name. It is and always will be Khazad-dum in my heart.
I can barely pronounce
You can really feel the sadness and lament in their voices. The Dwarves, in my opinion, suffered some of the greatest tragedies out of all the races of middle earth. They went through several large scale population devastating events that dropped their numbers significantly, and eventually began to just fade from the world since they couldn’t reproduce their numbers as effectively, and this song clearly demonstrates their remembrance of Durins Day, when the world was good and life seemed to be peaceful and happy, until it began to fall.
_And the line of Dain prospered, and the wealth and renown of the kingship was renewed, until there arose again for the last time an heir of that House that bore the name of Durin, and he returned to Moria; and there was light again in deep places, and the ringing of hammers and the harping of harps, until the world grew old and the Dwarves failed and the days of Durin's race were ended._
It's even sadder when you see the extra story from the rings of power series
@@cameronlane3567 do not speak blasphemy
This song consists of
50% epicness
50% goosebumps
and 100% bawling my eyes out
"There lies his crown in waters deep.Till Durin wakes again from sleep."
I get chills & strangely hope everytime.
Tolkien hit his mark once again.
Durin will awake again. He will awake one final time. Sadly it will also mark the final march of doom for his people, until the ending of the world.
The Eldar pass on to the Halls of Mandos, and the Gift of Men is eternity beyond death...but the final fate of Durin's Folk is forever unknown...even to them.
The verses are proof of the genius that Tolkien was. The emotions that arise over an imaginary place are extraordinary. The rythm and singing do this great poem justice. Well done.
YES.
Yes, his books have made me feel like nool other. So many great authors since have tried to imitate it but just can't be repeated
Wait, Tolkien didn't write the song tho right?
@@FixTheDisc he did. He wrote soo many songs in his books. The lyrics anyway. Gimli sang the song in the first book if I remember correctly
@@spacewinter Fun to hear! Have read most of the books but that was ages sice. I think few authors spend time writing songs into their lore/books.
the reality of those “untasted wells”, that the dwarves woke first and new the beauty of the world untouched, just makes this so much more beautiful to me
With runes of power upon the door!
God, I love that line.
Their prosperity had grown so large, they could enchant their written script with Precious Metals, and lay magic upon entrances for their own protection.
Also Bone Chilling how POWERFUL they BECOME as TRAILBLAZERS
1.5k dislikes. "Let them come! There is one dwarf in Moria who still draws breath!!!"
never trust an elf.
Now 1.8k dislikes. We must sharpen our axes, swords, and spears fellow son's of Durin. For the fell servants of Morgoth are amongst us! TO BATTLE SON'S OF DURIN!!!
TO BATTLE, TO BATTLE, SONS OF DURIN BARUK KHÂZAD KHÂZAD AI MENU!
@@j.t.7553 To The King! To The King!
Baruk-Khazad! Khazad-i-menu!
Is it possible to me nostalgic for a fictional place? Because I am.
I do not think it was a fictional place, I think it was what JR Tolkien witnessed in the Black Country My Grand father Ben Bilboe was a friend of Tolkien. You can Google his name.
black country?
You could google it. I did. It's a region in England.
If its not possible I've achieved the impossible.
Black country? As far as i have red there is/ was a lot of industry in that erea and it was named black country because of the smoke of the factories in older days? Not sure how this place can stand for middle earth. Or do you reffer to something related to war? Cause i have red that he might have used his fiction to get over something he expirienced in the war. And I have red that tolkien was an expert for germanic languages and germanic mythologie and that he took a lot of inspiration for the lord of the rings from acient germanic legends (Elven and dwarfs for example are figures from the germanic mythologie. even some of the dwarf names he used apear in some of the legends, also the Runs were an "alphabet" used by germanic priests they were said to be given by the gods and considered holy and powerfull so they were only used for religious reasons) And that he knew old languages like old german and gothic of course old english but also ice landic? My brother said that in his opinion middle earth is symbolic for europe i think so too actually. Sorry for grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. English is not my first language.
'The world was fair, the mountains tall,
'In elder days before the fall.'
That line makes me homesick for somewhere I've never yet been. If Heaven looks like the place you love most {who knows?}, then I'm going to end up in Middle-Earth.
A song which makes you want to be a dwarf instead of some thin and pale immortal creature.
Regardless of this song, I crave to be free of this pale, skeleton body. I wish to feel wild wind in my hair and the earth beneath me. I wish to see sights teh like of which haven’t been seen in centuries. I want to ride upon the back of the wind and lift my wings into the sky and just fly. Fly from my life of boring and misery. To a world far, far away from my own. I want to touch clouds and jump off cliffs. I want to wield daggers and magic with equal skill. I want so much. Alas, I am a pale, mortal sack of flesh and bones. I am bound to this earth and my wings have been cut. I have no magic and I have no daggers. I am just me. Human. And painfully so.
@@ameenahansari1709 where did you read this? If it is your own, its beautiful
@@key2laif Aww!! Really?! Thank you!! 🥰Yeah I did write it on my own.
@@ameenahansari1709 "I am bound to this world and my wings have been cut. I have no magic and I have no daggers."
What a profoundly poetic statement. Spoken like the voice of someone who has fallen from steep greatness
It is the collective subconscious. The exact reason why Tolkien wrote his mythology.
Got the chance to sing this in Carlsbad Caverns. Almost no one was in the caves cause it was a weekday. My sons started getting scared when it got dark and I told them about how even dwarves like Gimli got scared sometimes.
This song is so well written that it gives dwarven courage even to little hearts. (Also, nothing sounds cooler than singing deep dwarven songs when you're hundreds of feet underground in huge halls).
Did you wake the dwarves sleeping in stone? Did they rise and sing along, their voices ringing off the vaults of stone?
The reverber....echos must have been nice!
I loved this, Sir! They surely must have found comfort in your singing. 😄
I'd pay to hear that!
You sir, have peaked in a life I wish I had and I applaud you
Isn't it just amazing how one man can bring us all together though his writings.
Fantasy really is something wonderful.
@Space Vatnik This is no bedtime story...it's an epic!
Very true, he was a great writer as well as a man of God
Well, according to the woke left, Tolkien is a dirty racist.
Indeed sir.
The phrase "The Western Seas have passed away, the world was fair in Durin's day" just makes me want to cry. Same with "The darkness dwells in Durin's halls" The amount of sorrow fit into these few words is nothing short of magnificent. Tolkien man 👏🏼
Mournful tears shed for an imaginary place and time. Making us reminisce for a never existed time of glory is the best an artist can do
Boy's Bathroom: Halo theme.
Men's bathroom: Song of Durin.
@kian henninger No. The plural possessive is men's.
A Sigma Male it is
Aye.
Let me kindly fix that
Mens bathroom: Halo Theme
God's Bathroom: Song of Durin
@@AllGamingStarred 😂
"And they call it a mine! A mine!"
I used to work in a salt mine that looked like Khazad-dûm.
That's cool!
@@tork9646 Was it ruled by a mighty gnome?
@@tork9646 Not prying, but Poland, right?
"This is no mine! It is a tomb!"
I'm so proud that this song made it into Return To Moria game. It makes my heart dance.
Had this playing in the background as my dwarfs were fighting off a goblin siege. No darkness dwells over my halls, though.
There's just something strangely powerful about the name Khazad-dûm. Always makes me shiver when they sing it
It´s because is the home of legendary dwarves :)
Probably because Tolkein made an actual language and used it to name places, kinda makes it feel authentic when compared to a place named from random 'cool sounds'.
Being myself a choir singer, I really feel something strangely powerful destabilizing my voice when I sing this verse one octave lower.
yeah. you right
Because it takes a special kind of gift to create a place that invokes power just by whispering its name.
"He stooped and looked in Mirrormere, and saw a crown of stars appear" love that bit.
ABKMorgan u and me both I cry ever time. "And runes of power upon the door"
I got goosebumps.
I recently discovered this when reading The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. Now, I can't stop listening to it. It is absolutely beautiful and brings me to tears.
I have nostalgia for a place that doesn’t exist in a time that never was
I sing this to my daugther at least twice a week during bedtime :-). She calls it "the song in english" (french speaking).I'll soon start to read "The Hobbit" to her #TolkienFanInBecome
That is respectable.
Good parenting right here
Definitely a great choice. There's a lot of trash out there in the world, but this is some of the best literature. Tolkien was a genius. Your daughter will love it.
We just read the Trolls episode, she was so glad that they encounter the first fight and dangerous part of the story! She can't wait to hear about the dragon though... This will teach her patience as well I guess ;-)
u have a rly rly lucky daughter dude
I’ve always felt the dwarves are the underrated fantasy race. In most stories it’s either humans or elves who are the dominant people, with the other being the second most powerful. That’s one of the things I appreciated about The Witcher: while humans were the dominant force, it was the dwarves who adapted and became a powerful force in the world, becoming bankers and ore merchants and basically controlling the economy, while the elves regressed and became bandits and murderers.
Dwarves have always been my favorite fantasy race hands down. Ever since I was a little kid, I remember playing Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes on the OG X-Box with my siblings and I was always the Dwarf.
I think there are some fantasies where dwarves are the only Industrial race, sure everyone else has magic but much like harry potter and the reason wizards hide, is cuz a gun beats all. And if its not enough theres also nukes
Dwarves usually fit best as a silent power. Like you mention with Witcher, they control the economy. They don't lord their position but know exactly where they stand and will defend it at all costs if threatened.
I could Recommend a Novelle from Markus Heitz called "The Dwarfes".
In that book-series, the main focus is on Dwarfs.
@@Star-Blink or anythink from warhammer lore, dwarves are very much the force of old world, even razed whole elven colony in old world for shaving beard from envoy of High king.
War of Beard for elves and for dwarves War of Vengeance
The way you sing "mirrormere" is simply angelic.
Nobody:
My brain randomly at 5 AM: Remember the song of Durin?
Me- "Just one more replay."
Five replays later- "Okay...just one more replay."
right click on the video, then vortex it. your welcome :v
LOL same here. wonderful song!
I've had it on endless repeat for weeks. It makes me want to fire up the forge.
Five years later...
same
3,8 k dislikes? What horrible creatures hide in the depths of this place?
J M golem
Now we know the evil of orcs firsthand
Elves.
Goblins, of course.
Only an elf could dislike a dwarven masterpiece such as this.
If this isn't played at my funeral, then I'm not leaving to the white shores
We don't get to go to the white shores. We receive The Gift of Man. What that may be no tale tells.
Hahahahahahahaha hahahahaha, It's bittersweet painful, to Love Middle Earth Music...I put this and Into the West on...doing the dishes, and then have a full blown meltdown...regain my composure...and then resume dishes... LMFAO!!!
This song really tells the tale of tolkiens world in a suttle way. Aswell as his fantastic writing skills one can only dream of. The dwarfs in my opinion is the coolest of creatures in tolkiens work. Their bravery , honor and brothership probably what I long for. Either way this song captures what makes tolkiens world so good. Its creates a longing and nostalgic for a world that doesnt exist and a time that never was. Unlike other franchises which people want to live in. Everyone who wants to live in middle earth have different opinions. Creating ones own adventure, living calmly as a hobbit or as an adventourus man.
And through this tells the tale of our world. It is human mythology.
Wait a friggin-
"My brother composed and arranged the song. My family and I sang it. One of my brothers drew the beginning cover art."
You lot are seriously talented
@@osakarose5612 I know they didn't necessarily "create" it-the lyrics are written in Fellowship of the Ring. But to take the time to string a melody for it...! It's still so impressive
This song is one of the few things that will put my three week old son to sleep when he's fussy. He has great taste!
Did he grow a beard?
Are you sworn to carry his burdens
Lucky kid
A few months later on r/parenting: "Baby won't stop smithing and hewing mighty halls beneath the earth. Please advise."
he shall be the chosen one
The 1st singer's voice blends so well in the chorus it's unbelievable.
If you don't shed a tear at this part : "In Moria, In Khazad-Dûm" then you're not Dwarf
The lord of the rings and the silmarillion are sad stories for me. The good guys win in the end of course. But the books are full of memories of so much great and beautiful things that are destroyed, forgotten and lost forever. Time cant heal all wounds in this world.
Stories of heroes fighting for a scarred world
Most of the cosmological physicists who have ever existed might have some pertinent commentary affecting you assessment. Penrose's phase change does notsound promising as an end of time, either
That's exactly what JRR Tolkien had on his mind when he wrote the stories. When he was young Victorian England ruled the world and the country was proud and self-confident.
Then came World War I and II. He never forgot this.
@@billmiller4972 Maybe. The mighty kingdoms in his stories always became lazy, arrogant or greedy and so the evil could take them.
And even the good guys winning in the end has a bitter aftertaste.. because only the race of men is thriving, and magic fades from the world regardless, as elves leave middle-earth to go to their own form of afterlife, hobbits stay rather isolated and oblivious of the world around them and dwarves are a dying civilization desperately hanging onto their past.
*laying in bed*
Wife: He’s probably thinking of other women.
Husband:
also wife thinking another man.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Ikr
I would be the wife thinking about this.
With my wife on the other side , ofc
@@calenielthranduillion5134 you meant husband on the other side, right?
@@monstrousdream no. She is lesbian
What kind of empty soul could dislike this beautiful masterpiece?
Trolls simply detest the sight of Dwarves (uncooked).
@@MazNator Hmm... yeah, that would explain those dislikes
The Balrog of Khazad-dum, I guess.
"Mordor in our midst", as the man himself said.
Smaug
I love how in the two stanzas talking about the glory days of Moria, the rhythm resembles the sound of a blacksmith, hammering the metal.
I can imagine that a folk, centred mostly, if not entirely around mining and smithery would have that reflected in their music, especially since probably a lot of it would've been created as working songs, sung to pass the time during heavy work and to make the work more efficient and enjoyable - kind of like shanties were originally used to keep the crew working in a single rhythm, like a well-oiled machine.
One of the reason why I treat this as "THE" version, the one that would've been sung by the dwarves, whereas others sound like interpretations by other folk, trying to make it pretty, but ultimately not understanding why dwarven music was structured the way it was... Again, kind of like melodic versions of shanties. Pretty, but ultimately lacking the original soul.
This is a wonderful thesis!
Tolkien had a beautiful mind
Aidan Suess the fact that he got his inspiration for Lotr by fighting in ww1 and at the Somme, is also a mahor factor to how beautiful his mind is
a catholic patriarchal mind...
@@davidcabreonmunoz6258 lol, get fucked
Aidan Madiba Suess Nice Suchomimus
@@davidcabreonmunoz6258 Yes, in other words the kind of mind that shaped the modern world, and gave you the electricity and internet to bitch about it. Beautiful isn't it? Why don't you adopt one such mindset, and achieve something yourself?
"The darkness dwells in Durin's halls"...this made me want to enter the first movie and give Gimli a hug
Massimiliano Zogno But Remember, “ But still the sunken stars appear, in dark and windless mirrormere!”
@@jsmoothd654 yeah, you just have to evict Sauron's pet to see or fetch it...
They did
“ he named the nameless hills and dells.”
god dam goblins and black uruk's ( powerfull batsards arnt theyn)
I can't explain, but I love so much dwarve's songs. And it's awesome. Three days I listen this music and "When the hammers falls", and full "Far over the Misty Mountains cold". Thanks for this treasures.
Remember Lads, the world was fair in Durin's day.
Durin's day being the First Age, Khazad-Dum was rather far from Beleriand but the wars with Morgoth were not exactly a happy time for anyone outside of Valinor.
Durin's Day is actually on the 19th of October, Tolkien made it that day specifically. Don't forget to celebrate that day fair, fellows!
@@chiefbennywawa1333 and how do you celebrate it?
@@rekostarr7149 sing song of durin.
@@chiefbennywawa1333 Not far off from Rosh Hashanah.
i bet Tolkien wold be proud
Songs and music are one of the most important elements of Tolkien's fantasy world. Eru Ilúvatar, the creator basically sang the world into existence and shaped it with music. Tolkien wrote many songs and poems for his books. Tolkien would clap and sing along with probably the widest smile ever.
@@sajisama24 Eru did not sang the world. The Great Music was created by Ainur, his children who later become Valar and Maia :)
Urururuut
Literally Tolkien 's imagination is beyound this world
A great mind
phenomenal is the least i can say about this, just a masterpiece
I like their tune for the middle verses. It feels feels like a regimental march, to the beat of drums. Very Imperial and proud, yet I can also see dwarves singing this, beating on their tables in sync to that folk melody.
If only Professor Tolkien could have heard this, I'm certain you've have brought tears to his eyes. This is magnificent. Thank you so much for the love you've given to this lore.
People at church: “what’s your favorite psalm?”
Me: *sings this song with tears in my eyes*
Thanks for the idea
@@arizonaranger8939 you’re most welcome! ^^
Nice
@@arizonaranger8939 The ranger got a big longbow on his hip
Considering that Tolkien was inspired by the 12 apostles for the 12 dwarfs, this is hilarious
Rest In Peace, Bilbo Baggins
Ians holms
Rest in peace indeed
Personally, I think Ian Holmes did a *SPECTACULAR* job with Bilbo, I will mourn his loss for quite some time, Rest in Peace.
Both Trump and Biden are losers.
May the great Kings return to their kin before the world of dwarves end
I. CAN'T. STOP. LISTENING. TO. THIS.
Nor me
Something to live up to, ain't it?
Me too
you say that like it's a problem :P
Durin VII (the Last), retook and brought Khazad-dûm back to its original splendour, and the Longbeards lived there till the "world grew old and the days of Durin's race ended". As told in "Of Dwarves and Men"
I have listened to this many times. Every single time it climaxes with the naming of Moria, I get chills. It's as if the very name itself has power.
It's a name that shall outlive all of us.
Its story, its meaning.
I live in a mountain village. So any time I stumble back home from a night out in the nearby city, I pass a lot of hills and meadows. Faraway I see snowy mountain tops, the moonlight shining on them. And always I start to "sing" this beautiful song, which appears to describe (at the beginning) my home somehow. Thank you guys for an huge load of drunken sentimentality.
This sort of thought hits me a lot. I live in one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world (that are still "mountains" anyways, and not ground to dust), and though they are young in terms of human interaction with them, this poem often comes to my mind when I think of how ancient the towering giants around me are.
We were born in the wrong century bro
You must be Welsh.
@@sarahgray430 I'd say hungarian (maybe living in Romania)
@@prikuu I have seen pictures of Hungary and yes, that would fit what you describe very well...but for some reason your description made me think of Wales, which I have visited, and this song is in a style very much like traditional Welsh choir music. I myself live at the edge of Ottawa, which has its own slightly Middle Earthly quality though the area I live in was built in the 1970s. I do live in a basement whose windows are overgrown with rose bushes and I like to imagine that it is a hobbit hole.
This song was sung in Moria by Gimli, when fellowship spent a night in a big city of The Dwarrow Delf.
I wish it was sang in the movie
@@valentinlaszlosimon2846 Dude wtf
@@Brick_One_A_Lego_Story it is sung by tolkien himself in one of the first audiobook versions of the lord of the rings. very different but also quite moving. I cannot quite determine which I like best honestly.
He missed his Uncle Thorin :(
@@Ardelanin pretty sure this is an original composition...
"farewell, good thief, I go now to the halls of waiting to sit beside my fathers, until the world is renewed" - Thorin Oakenshield
Has anyone else ever been insanely homesick for an unfamiliar place -- that you know perfectly?
Yes!!
If you like the Lord of the rings, Dudes from Middle Earth is a great place to start
@@SnkrPrince Is that music?
@@SnkrPrince Or something else?