I dhant Gil-galad

                                    

                                          
The Fall of Gil-galad, The Lord of the Rings, A knife in the dark, p. 185.

                          
Translated by Helmut W. Pesch, Sindarin.
                          
Be Gil-galad Eledharan
linnar i naergon telegain,
medui i ardh îm main a lhain
im Belegaer a Hithaeglir.
                          
Megil dîn ann ar eth dîm maeg.
Palan i thôl dîs silivren
tinnant, thand dîn en-thiliant
in elenath arnediad.
                          
Dan anann io o-norant,
ar ú-ben ista i mbar dîn.
An elen dîn 'ni fuin dant
vi Mordor, innas guruthos.
                          
Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
                          
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
                          
the last whose realm was fair and free
                          
between the Mountains and the Sea.
                          
His sword was long, his lance was keen,
                          
his shining helm afar was seen;
                          
the countless stars of heaven's field
                          
were mirrored in his silver shield.
                          
But long ago he rode away,
                          
and where he dwelleth none can say;
                          
for into darkness fell his star
                          
in Mordor where the shadows are.