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 Sam's invocation of Elbereth at Cirith Ungol, preparatory version

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O Elbereth Gilthoniel
silevrin pennar óriel
hîr avas-eithen míriel
a tíro 'men Gilthoniel!

 


This first version of Sam's invocation comes from drafts for The Lord of the Rings. Many words can be recognised, but the global meaning is difficult to get; no full and satisfactory interpretation has been published till now.



Quotations of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Édouard Kloczko, Christopher Gilson, Patrick Wynne, Rhona Beare, Thomas Alan Shippey, Charles Kennedy, Elaine Treharne, André Crépin, Régis Boyer, François-Xavier Dillmann, Gabriel Rebourcet, Keith Bosley, Pierre-Yves Lambert, Gwyn Jones, Thomas Jones are under the copyright of their publishers.


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