omg me singing in Elvish

[claudia603]

Because baranduin couldn't do it, I substituted her part in the LOTR read aloud. Oh, boy! It certainly took me a few times and I have a bit of a voice glitch a few times, so please be kind! Also I had to whisper-sing because I have neighbors and I would be mortified if they could hear me, LOL! I just sort of put in a mournful tune that came to my head. 0_0!





"Yet as is the way of Elvish words, they remained graven in his memory, and long afterwards he interpreted them, as well as he could: the language was that of Elven-song and spoke of things little known on Middle-earth.

Ai! lauriÎ lantar lassi s˙rinen,
YÈni ˙nÛtimÎ ve r·mar aldaron!
YÈni ve lintÎ yuldar av·nier
mi oromardi lisse-miruvÛreva
And˙nÎ pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
Ûmaryo airet·ri-lÌrinen.

SÌ man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An sÌ TintallÎ Varda OiolossÎo
ve fanyar m·ryat Elent·ri ortanÎ
ar ilyÎ tier undul·vÎ lumbulÎ;
ar sindanÛriello caita morniÎ
i falmalinnar imbÎ met, ar hÌsiÎ
unt˙pa Calaciryo mÌri oialÎ.
Si vanwa n·, RÛmello vanwa, Valimar!
Nam·riÎ! Nai hiruvalyÎ Valimar.
Nai elyÎ hiruva. Nam·riÎ!

`Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless as the wings of trees! The long years have passed like swift draughts of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda wherein the stars tremble in the song of her voice, holy and queenly. Who now shall refill the cup for me? For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars, from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds, and all paths are drowned deep in shadow; and out of a grey country darkness lies on the foaming waves between us, and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever. Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar! Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar. Maybe even thou shalt find it. Farewell! ' Varda is the name of that Lady whom the Elves in these lands of exile name Elbereth."

Comments

[ink-gypsy.livejournal.com]

Brava! What an incredible job you did with the elvish.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

aww..Thank you!! It was kind of fun! :D

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this is fabulous!! Brava, Claudia! Well done, indeed!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh wow, thank you! <3 I really just had to take the plunge with it and not think too hard about it! ;)

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that was so beautiful! I am so glad I gave up in frustration. You were meant to record this piece!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

awww....Thank you!!! Like I said to belle, I just had to sort of take the plunge and do it and not think too hard about it or I might have shared your fate! ;) Helo was going nuts while I was singing.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

That was amazing, Claudia! You did a fantastic job with this, and on short notice too.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I always do like to jump right into challenges! :)

[berreh.livejournal.com]

You are so adorable! And brave to sing on the internets.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

*grin* Thank you! :D I love a challenge...lol!

[lovethosehobbit.livejournal.com]

I would love to do read aloud but have a horrible scratchy voice from all my smoking...so never.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

naw...I'd love to hear your voice talking/singing/whatever! :))

[lovethosehobbit.livejournal.com]

HAHHHHH...you are a masochist!

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

Oh please join in! I've heard your voice and you'd do great!! Don't be shy!!!

[lovethosehobbit.livejournal.com]

I'll think about it. Hey, I really missed you this weekend. I thought you were going to be there.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

That was so lovely, Claudia. You did a wonderful job with the Elvish.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

aww...Thanks! I had a good time with it!

[shirebound]

You're so courageous! This was great.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :))) It was a fun challenge to tackle!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

That's AMAZING, Claudia. You've a wonderful singing voice ( first time I'm hearing it ) and I love the tune that you put to it. Very, very lovely!!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

aww...Thank you!!!! <3 <3 That was my whisper-sing voice since I was so afraid of the neighbors hearing, lol! :)

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! If I didn't know otherwise, I'd think you were an Elf. Lovely job on a very difficult portion of the book.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

aww...That's such a sweet thing to say! I would certianly love to be a Liv look-alike! :)

[hildigard-brown.livejournal.com]

Wow!! Claudia, that was amazing!!! This had such a lovely flow to it, and you never even hesitated on any of the words! A beautiful reading, and even more beautiful singing! Absolutely incredible!! Bravo!!!!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh wow *blush* Thank you so much! You're so sweet to leave such nice fb! Thank you!!

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

Oh Claudia, that was just beautiful! ♥♥♥♥♥ You were definitely meant to read and sing this part. :)))) Thank you so much!! *hugs*

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

aww...Thank you!!! I really actually enjoyed that! ♥

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

This was lovely! I enjoyed it.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

aww...Thank you! :)) That was a fun challenge!

[arcadiaego.livejournal.com]

Well done you! I always chicken out of even reading elvish bits let alone singing then. And you did it so well!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Thank you so much! I just took a huge breath and just did it without letting myself think too much! :D