SONG: Name That Tune

Summary:
The members of the Fellowship amuse themselves with a guessing game while journeying through Eregion.

Characters:
Pippin

Merry

Frodo

Aragorn

Legolas

Gimli

Gandalf

Sam

Boromir

Eru Ilúvatar (mentioned)

Mahal (mentioned)

Notes:
Alcarë Ardahínion, elen morniessë, mirë andúnessë, alcarinqu’ arinessë!: (Quenya) "Splendour of the Children of Earth, star in the darkness, jewel in the sunset, radiant in the morning!"

Sië Eärendil attullë metimav’ Eärenna: (Quenya) "Therefore Eärendil turned back at last towards the sea."

The line that Legolas gives are the words spoken by Eönwë to Eärendil at the coming of Eärendil to Valinor, as recorded in the Silmarillion. The line that Gandalf speaks is also from the Silmarillion. The full text can be found in Chapter 24, ‘Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath’. We don’t know how the Narn en-Êl went but I am assuming that Eönwë’s greeting to Eärendil would be part of it. The Quenya translation is my own.

Mahal: The Dwarves' name for the Vala Aulë who created them.