I have it on tape, but cd would be nice. My hubby told me he would transfer it for me, but he is a lazy bum, and trying to get him to do things takes forever
lol

I would love to learn Sindarin Sepdet, maybe you could start some lessons, with the approval of the council, after the Quenya course has finished. This may be some time, however, since Cano_Yavanna, our usual teacher, has not been here for a couple of weeks. I rea;;y think we need to decide whether to discontinue the course until Cano returns, or to carry on, as I would be happy to teach.

I need to finish the Sindarin course on CoE; I'm only about halfway finished. Also I have this Latin PhD comp coming up in a few weeks. But maybe after that.

In the meantime, has anyone here heard the BBC radio dramatization of LOTR, which in my opinion is actually the best attempt anyone's ever made? (It sticks almost word for word to Tolkien, somewhat abridged, although alas as usual Bombadil got the axe).

The reason I ask is because they set m ost of the poems to music, and in particular, I utterly and completely adore the tune they gave "in western lands". Therefore one of my early goals in learning Sindarin, right after figuring out Legolas' prayer in TTT which was unsubtitled, was to translate this poem.

So, for what it's worth, here's In Western Lands in Sindarin. I occasionally sacrifice literal wording to keep the meter, so that it can be sung.


Vi d’yr ennui nu Anor
Ned echuir lyth eriar
I yrn ethuiwar, nin nurar
Ar aew verin linnar.

In western lands beneath [the] Sun
In spring, flowers rise,
The trees bud, waters run,
And the (small) joyous birds sing.

Ennas d’ alfanui
A ferin 'irith gerir
I elenath, viriath fain,
Vi finnel gelfib d’n.

There it is cloudless night
And shuddering beeches hold
The starry host*, jewels white,
On their branching hair.

*the word for "star" incorporates the word for "elf" so I didn't bother to add the adjective for "elvish"

S’ na veth b’den im derel
Vi d’ath dofn tummen.
Atham meraid velig a tynd
Athan eryd bain beraidh

Here at my path's end I am lingering
In deep darkness buried.
Beyond towers strong and high
Beyond all mountains steep

Or 'waith bain nura Anor
A panl’ elin cuinar
’-pedithon 'i-aur gwann'
Egor nan elin 'navaer'.

Above all shadows rides the Sun
And stars always dwell.
I will not say 'The day is done'
Or to the stars 'farewell'.

Grondy, I'm pretty sure they already do, I'll check later. I've got it on CD, but only cos my Radio is hooked up to my PC.....

I've seen them on CD in our local bookshop. From what I remember, they were being sold in sets of either three or four CDs. I cannot remember how much they were, but I remember thinking that I wouldn't be able to afford them for a while.

Okay, email plasticsquirrel@planet-tolkien.com and we'll have a bit of a chat about how it might just be possible for you to get your hands on CD copies of BBC Lotr...

I would love to learn Sindarin, I always prefered it to Quenya it's the true language of the elves of middle earth. Non of this poncy latin type langauges (No offence sedepet!)