Into the West - Quenya

[Ilovecaptainjack224]

This is actually kinda creepy.

Hria cuilë

[momentianist]

Thank you so much.

[freshD1806]

So... you made me learning Quenya with this song.....

[NotOnlySelfLover]

A very beautiful and moving song about facing death and the Departure in the Reality Beyond Life. Or do I misunderstand something?

[Caldwelhax]

@NotOnlySelfLover yes - elves are immortal - they not dying ;]

[Caldwelhax]

@NotOnlySelfLover and this song should be understand -in some parts- literatly

[Gnosticman00]

Mae carnen, mellon nin!

[CrazyRandomVids01]

That is so cool!

[Eliana1181]

THE BEST!!

[esser326]

Lovely work! I have always been moved to tears by this song & even more so in teh Quenya tongue. Thank you so very much for taking the time to create & share this with us all.

[alisonappleby30]

Well, several, really.

[alisonappleby30]

Perhaps propose inclusion as one of the language options in Google Translate?

[balalayker]

Zagurrg Agrazz Grhhroogh Gargh Zuggz!.... Sorry, I sing it in Mordorian....

[Galdrielelf]

hello ... I speak quenya, but not very well ... there are people who want to chat with me in quenya? giraffachanty@yahoo.it ... love 

[rojdragon]

can you make a rap?

[Neo587]

Tolkien did a great job but unfortunately it is uncomplete because it was too long for one man. We should finish his work for him and in his memory...

what a genius he was!

[viharsarok]

@Neo587 Not really a genius. There are much better artificial languages out there.

[Shurikhein]

@viharsarok Some example? I would know some. :)

[viharsarok]

@Shurikhein Esperanto, Interlingua etc.

[Turukano7]

Come on: You aren't a genius singer. But:

THIS SONG JUST FREAKED OUT MY MIND!!! Those words are inside my head for years!!! And now I found this video again. I think, I'll pray to Manwe today...

Please, keep it on.

I also noticed your perfect translation. Very good!!

[knightofavalon86]

WHY DON'T THEY MAKE ROSETTA STONE FOR QUENYA AND SINDARIN?! WHY!?

[AegeanKing]

lightning bolt! lightning bolt! lightning bolt!

[xAxSxYxLxUxMx]

If Rosetta Stone made a CD for Quenya... I'd buy it so fast...

and that's coming from a broke college student XD

[alealgethi]

lovely!

[thiagodunadan]

Although the record is horrible, the song itself is amazing! Congratulations!

[1000aladino]

esta cancion es realmente hermosa espero que sigan subiendo mas videos asi de buenos

[calliesaiyan]

meh, my Quenya is REALLY scratchy. I'm better in Sindarin... this is beautiful!

[PANLORD98]

6 people are dwarfs LOL

[andrew5200]

Brilliant! Thanks for this.

[jediking12]

sounds great!

[bowenaanddraco]

this will be a giant aid for pronounciation, great video

[MrsShaskaWhitlock]

I would love to learn Elvish but I need to find a teacher first to help me out some

[CloudWatcherX]

ok i want to learn this language. i have never tried to learn another language before, how hard is it? which is easier Quenya or Sindarin?i think more people should learn this language and maybe it should become official.

[LarryisSara]

This song just made my life a lot better. You, sir, get the biggest gold star there is.

[Serena2009ification]

Aww, I love it! :) Thanks for posting!

[Nazgul3811]

Very nice! Can we hope for Sindarin translation too?

[JorEl7771]

Very nice! I love Quenya. Are there any good sites or CDs that teach Quenya? Quenya made easy? This language is truly angelic!

[nanarosemay]

@JorEl7771 my friend is learning tenwar and tetar (written version?? idk) from online dictionaries and tutorials.

[xAxSxYxLxUxMx]

@nanarosemay Tengwar. I've already leaned it. It's pretty simple and looks really nice ^.^

[xAxSxYxLxUxMx]

@nanarosemay Tengwar. And I've already learned the sindarin mode. It's pretty easy and simple to learn and it looks really pretty. Specially when written with a calligraphy pen ^.^

[nanarosemay]

@xAxSxYxLxUxMx ikr? my friend whos learning wrote all over my bookbag with my art pens in elvish. ive no idea what it says, but it looks gorgeous next to my latin <3

[Serena2009ification]

@nanarosemay

Lucky! :) That sounds like it must be the coolest-looking bookbag ever!

[nanarosemay]

@Serena2009ification lolz, thanks XD good luck with the elvish!

[karkrashful]

@JorEl7771 call up rosetta stone and ask them to make it! hahaha

[Ebillan]

@JorEl7771 If someone hasn't replied to this already; folk.uib.no/hnohf/qcourse.htm

[grndorange]

Nice idea. Execution is awful. Couldn't you have gotten somebody who can actually sing to sing this? It sounds like you recorded it by leaving a voicemail message on your cell phone.

[lotrhpnmask]

it should have been in the film this way, it is amazing. i am learning it aswell. i love bringing up any elvish video's i can find.elvish is just so beautiful.

[TheRomulan]

I love this, its so beautiful. Is there any way I can get a copy?

[PKmattPK]

outstanding, any chance of a sindarin one as well?

[sylvanitoo]

@PKmattPK truly amazing song indeed, though in Sindarin it might be more challenging since Sindarin is less complete than Quenya, it might still be possible...and i would definitely love to hear it in Sindarin as well

[ChannelUmptyThree]

very interesting I like

[SENNINHAxr]

Espectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EstelTelcon]

Wow good work.

[cuchulain55]

I actuallly like this song now. This is the way it should of been in the movie.:)

[cheesecheesecheesey]

i have read all books on arda and i study quenya too any questions just be my friend and send them via message and i WILL answer them. this is truely brilliant and very Elvish you should be proud of yourself. the other version is amazin also try it lol!!!! i say farewell as Gandalf said to the hobbits at the Grey Havens. therefore i say to you: Namárië. Hantalyë, á Valar manyantë mana carnaryë site vanessë. Farewell. Thank you , may the Valar bless the one who wrought such beauty !

[TheK38]

FANTASTIC!

[dairuin01]

epic fantastic to those who made this

[Aquithania]

BEAUTIFUL

[michaelsvesta]

I wanted to say thank you for this. I wish I had seen it several years ago. My mother fell in love with LOTR after I got her into it. When she heard it, she had a special request. So not only did I officiate her funeral, but I sang Into the West, acapella for her. If I had known the translation, I would have done both Quenya and English, she would have loved it! Kudos!

Love, Light and Laughter,

Vesta

[AxNto]

Ufffff Que traduccion tan buena, se puede sentir el cantico Elfo

Algo que nos hce sentir que quiza los elfos existieron. muy buen video.

Namarie a tos los fans de LOTR.

[MaBu888]

Polish accent adds to it. Can't agree with ä as ya, though.

[NutsAboutLeft4Dead]

You could be a very good at speaking finnish; Elvish words spell like the finnish words :)

[17Lonewulf]

@NutsAboutLeft4Dead I think that's what he based Quenya off of, Finnish

[wannabedesi]

@17Lonewulf It is. The names within the Volsungs and Quenyan are VERY similar, and just gorgeous.

[zairuku]

When the world needs one single language to look to when another race comes here. Even though it probably would be english, it SHOULD be elvish! XD Cause the other race will be like...OMFG, it sounds so enchanting and slightly attractive? XD

[MaBu888]

@zairuku

Slightly attractive?.,, yo:oy

[zairuku]

@MaBu888 From an Aliens perspective XD

[MaBu888]

@zairuku

Good enough. :)

[A251plus]

I never have time to study quenya. But is is nice to see the language is not being static

[jappieman12345]

you are a good singer, man!! have you really translated the whole text?

[meleeman90]

If i would have enough patience to learn this beautiful language, i would! Perhaps someday... Beautiful!

[jepa33]

lol was about to cry...

[xxxseeker1]

A really great job.Congratulations.

[LordVallakas]

Hi, I am realy like to hear this song. Quenya is very beautyfull.

You shoul make a video with a translation for portuguese?

If not, my I use your video for to put one translation to portuguese?

Response please.

Thank you

[Sanyhte]

Very Good!!- Friend For Tucson,Az

[midnightwolf2937]

I'm in the midst of learning this language, it's so beautiful and flowing

[subkontrabasklarinet]

Beautiful!

[DLAbaoaqu]

Beautiful, simply beautiful

[clairenunavut]

wonderful job! thnks!!

[cheesecheesecheesey]

I can speak quenya well obviously not fully but this is brilliant

[xAnGeLMiRaHx]

elvish woooo!

[sayul0veme]

Polish elf-lover here! Well done Rysiu!

[inferidamus]

It's really good :-)

(though it would've benefited from eliding some of the final vowels to make it sound less fast in certain places like "Art' i Eär Isil néc' amorta" for "Arta i Eär Isil néca amorta")

Speaking of Quenya poetry why hasn't someone made a recording of the Markirya poem? (I would, but computer related things generally work against me.) I mean it's one of Tolkiens poems after all.

[XxchimpanzeexX]

So beautiful!

[sugarmakesmesmile]

Brilliantly done! =]

[Orome73]

bella :)

[TsarMihail]

Very neat translation, good interpretation. Bravo!

[radikian]

congrats on a great interpretation. : D

[travelerman3]

Awesome.

@veryboredpug

I Agree

Lle quena i'lambe tel' Eldalie?

[Finnduil]

Beautiful! As a Finn this sounds familiar.

[chocolytesprynkles]

how do you create a language that other people can actually learn it. believe it or not i've actually tried this... i dont know what to call it, though

[aurielMoon]

this is wonderful, but i think that a higher pitched voice would match better. can't you just imagine it soaring on teh high notes, clear and sweet? still, kudos for all your hard work

[veryboredpug]

it's such a freaking pretty language, i wish it were real D:>

well, it is "real" but i mean, an official language of some amazing country where everyone speaks lord of the rings-ish and klingon xD

[RPtheTruth]

that was intense. i liked it. Lots. But the guys' voice bothered me; he kept going flat on the high notes and holding his rolled Rs instead of holding the vowel before them. I noticed a few language discrepancies, but still, that is pretty amazing.

[Blowe250]

Guys, don't be mean. I for one, liked it. Nice voice.

[Rafalskimi]

I think it is time for me to learn Elvish, both Quenya and Sindarin.

[akumie]

would be fun if someone actually made a micronations with real land and all but official language un quenya or sindarin

[Rafalskimi]

Eh, too far.

[akumie]

not really

[Rafalskimi]

No, no, that's not what I meant. You know, people may think that we may be starting some new cults or something.

[akumie]

maybe we are but just trying to confuse people here so our cult wont get revealed :)

[IndyCovaHart]

lol

Dude, for all that is holy.  Please do NOT waste your time doing this.

[IPlayWithFire135]

What??

[iiCloudsx3]

@Rafalskimi Where did you learn how to? Im really interested but have no idea where to learn it.

[nanarosemay]

@Rafalskimi O MY FREAKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODD!!!!!!! this is sooooo cool! :D

[FallenRingbearer]

This will be sung at my funeral. Nothing can stop this.

[TerinsDerio]

I love this! I'm practicing my pronounciations and this really helped.

But for the sake of flow in the language, wouldn't one normally cut off one of the a's in "Isil néca amorta" so it said "Isil néc'amorta".

Or is it in sindarin you would do that? Nevermind, great vid really enjoyed it!

[emergencyCALL911]

Yes, it is in Quenya that you do that. I think he did it when he sung it though.

[MrMormonboy99]

i think its sydarin but im not 100% sure

[Martyriumz]

It's Quenya... Can't you read.

[peacecanhappen27]

hey hey, no need to be mean just because someone doesn't perhaps know as much of the High Tongue as you.

[Anenomie123]

wow good. im trying to learn Quenya nd the Tengwar runes are easy but the pronunciation and words are like "Ahhhh"

[Daibanjo47]

This is beautiful. Thank you.

[K2dy]

mhh, to me it sounds like Estonian, just the way its spelled. kuuuul:]

[Joonavainio]

No wonder, as Tolkien based Quenya on Finnish, Estonian's sister language. They have the same grammar and so many almost identical words they are almost mutually understandable. I don't consider them different languages but soewhat distant dialects of the same language that separated only 1000-2000 years ago or so. As for pronounciation, Estonian is a bit softer. Just FYI for others. As a fellow Finn you know this already.

[Joonavainio]

I might add that in the movies Quenya was pronounced a bit more Finnish-like with the characteristic sharper R and more open A and harder K.

I always laughed when Aragorn said "Mordor". Like "WTF, the guy is speaking Finnish" :)

[Joonavainio]

And thanks to the singer and poster of this, Very beautifully sung, but with all due respect Uncle Talk himself reciting Quenya uses Finnish pronounciation rather than Estonian. Not that I didn't like the somewhat faster singsong flow of Estonian speech.

Sharper, more ponderous Finnish is better for cursing, though, perrrkele ;) But of course Finnish varies too depending on local accent. Especially Karelians and Helsinki metropolitan area people speak at a pretty fast pace.

[Thynga3006]

Now I wish I could Finnish xD

[Joonavainio]

Easy, my Danish friend. Just take the hot potato off your mouth (for non Scandinavians - a common friendly joke among related Scandinavian languages) and learn a language completely unrelated to Germanic Scandinavian that will drive you totally nuts with its 20+ agglutinative cases.

Even Sanskrit will cringe in terror before Finnish.

:P

[chocolytesprynkles]

@Joonavainio lol

[ExadusX]

He based the phonology upon Finnish, not the entire language.

[Joonavainio]

Correct. My bad, was a bit too broadly defined. But Quenya is highly agglutinative just like Finnish. And agglutination is an integral part of grammar structure. Now, the words per se have nothing to do with Finnish, although they sound pretty much like it.

Better now?

[ExadusX]

@Joonavainio

I didn't mean no offense. :)

[Joonavainio]

@ExadusX

Nor did I :) I was the less than precise there.

[LadyAelys]

To be honest, I have always found Quenya easier accessible than Sindarin - Quenya is easier not only in its grammar but also in its pronounciation.

[ducksocks]

This is really, really, good. Where did you learn Quenya? I know there's lots of places with resources on Sindarin but Quenya's more difficult...

[westtam]

Did not know that there was a course on elfven linqustics. where? Good job on the vid.

[zoeylatino]

i should be a national language for people who feel elf!

[bleujae1]

@zoeylatino have u heard the Na'vi language?

[Ephira19]

@zoeylatino

I would go for live and talk like al elvish woman.

[zoeylatino]

@Ephira19 i found that realy sexy;)

[Ephira19]

@zoeylatino *Hussy smile* I don't believe you....

[Astronema7]

@zoeylatino It should be. I love Elves. :-)

[cuchulain55]

@zoeylatino i agree:)

[EviLiLf]

im learning quenya 2 and i ♥ it sooo much...

good work 5*****

[frinadis]

I do not know quenya but I LOVE this song.

[Huargo]

Nice. At first sounds weird, but is one of my favourite songs. And..well, congratulations.

Auta i lóme!

[Miria1995]

I have a question. The verb caita-, is it intransitive (it could only mean lie) or is it also transitive (able to take an object), like orta-, which can mean both rise and raise? Because from your translation it turns out it can take an object.

[theBRAVEreepicheep]

I'm such a Tolkien nerd! I'm glad to know i'm not the only one who studies elvish. My friends just don't understand me

[clairenunavut]

@theBRAVEreepicheep dont feel alone! tons of people learn it :) go on!

[NoldorianKnight]

@theBRAVEreepicheep i know what you mean :P. Actually define nerd plz :P(in this situation.) i do have a lexicon and q grammar/syntax book. Is there anything more i can get?

[LickUpTheRainbow]

@theBRAVEreepicheep You speak my mind

[51erik]

@theBRAVEreepicheep Elvish is pro our friends are too weak to realize this :P

[TheRomulan]

@theBRAVEreepicheep You're not alone, my friend. Far from it.

[kenmordeno]

Alcarinqua carmalya! Sina i tyarwë mélanyë quenya!

[Ithilfey]

Mae gowannen! I feel like much less of a geek knowing that I'm not the only person who studies elvish. My friends seem to think it is amusing. Fabulous job by the way.

[MarilleAilinel]

This video was a major encouragement in my undertaking the study of Quenya.

[Laurifindil]

Nice try. Stillmany errors, like maiwë means gull in Quenya, not bird, so this one is right. ;) Helge Kåre Fauskanger's Quenya course is not accurate and has many errors. If you want to learn try Tolkien's onw, like his appendix E in LOTR, it has every explantion you need and 100% accurate. ;)

[dexateu]

The person who translated this didn't study Quenya from Fauskanger's course

[Lippi022]

great!!!

[Booshibonton]

Ugh, really?

[LordSimon69]

Mae gowannen!

It's beautiful. I've just downloaded this video. You should create an mp3 file - it would be awesome.

[AlasseaTelrunya]

haha...we're such Lord of the Rings/Elvish nerds. :) But this was awesome. Thanks so much! I'm going to go learn this. :)

[joiss90]

i cant understand anything in elvish but i still think it sound beautiful

[selracheu]

sorry but i couldnt understand some sentences, like " varna mi inya ranqui" shouldn't it be " inya rancor" ?

[TheDarkPan]

Concerning selracheu's comment: I think the acceptable (separate) possessive pronoun or adjective would be _ninya_. _Inya_ (= "female"!) is probably a lapse by mr. Derdzinski; the Fíriel's Song text from 1940 actually has _indo-ninya_ "my heart". Furthermore, one probably ought to pluralize it here, leaving _ninyë ranqui_.

[stormcloud7]

one word....AMAZING!

that was seriously cool, lol

great work =)

[MyBooh15]

So freaking awesome this is! One of the best movies I ever saw on youtube, and I've seen a lot of 'em! 0.o

[xrailing]

how do you learn it? cuz I know a place on the internet but it only says common phrases not words.

[Picmeo]

wow! great!!!!

[John19962008]

Gut gemacht

[John19962008]

Klingt wie Elbisch!

[pianino08]

omg!

es ist elbisch! :D

[QuendeVanyar]

Super :)!!! So beautiful ;)

[Animagicfreak]

That's amazing!

[Ruca77]

Congratulations ;) Very good ;)

[GnR87Chris]

great!

[valadhiel7744]

Fantastic

[Vanwestel]

That was beautiful, my friend...<3

[Isyeldar]

Its very amazing. The world is better for having such a song in it.

[lmjbeal]

oh my god this is brilliant!

[MattTheSinger1]

Dude, this is awesome. I'm just learning quenya, and this has taught me some things.