Golden Leaves

Golden Leaves
Album	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season Two: Amazon Original Series Soundtrack)
Credits
Composed by	Bear McCreary
Performed by	Benjamin Walker, Synchron Stage Choir
Track Info
Duration	3:18
Track No.	4

Golden Leaves is a song composed by Bear McCreary for the first episode of the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It features lyrics sung in Quenya by Benjamin Walker, who plays Gil-galad on the show. Accordings to Bear McCreary, the lyrics were crafted by John D. Payne, inspired in part by the lyrics Tolkien wrote for Galadriel's Song in The Fellowship of the Ring.

Poem

Sís laurië lassi taiter,
yénin linwavandië.
Anpalla Vai Ahtalëa,
sí lantar Eldaniër.

Eldalié! Eldalié!
Hrívë túla helda ré úlassëa.
Eldalié! Eldalié!
I lassi lantar celumenna.

(children’s choir:) Cormar nelde aranin Eldaron

Eldalié and’ amárielvë
ambena solor.
Sí néca riëmancan,
viliën an Valinor

Eldalié! Eldalié!
Hrívë túla helda ré úlassëa.
Eldalié! Eldalié!
I lassi lantar celumenna.

Translation

The Quenya text above along with its following translation were published by Amazon's composer Bear McCreary on his personal website.

Here long the golden leaves grew,
on years branching.
For beyond the Sundering Seas,
now fall Elven-tears.

O’ Elven-kind! O’ Elven-kind!
Winter is coming, bare leafless day.
O’ Elven-kind! O’ Elven-kind!
The leaves are falling in the stream.
 
(children's choir:) Three rings for the Elven kings
 
Elven-kind long have we dwelt
upon this hither shore.
Now fading crown I trade,
to sail to Valinor.

O’ Elven-kind! O’ Elven-kind!
Winter is coming, bare leafless day.
O’ Elven-kind! O’ Elven-kind!
The leaves are falling in the stream.

The series scene actually features only the two last stanzas, however the full song does play during the credits.

External links

• Golden Leaves (feat. Benjamin Walker) on YouTube
• Inside The Rings of Power S2, E1 (BTS featurette of the episode)
• Bear McCreary's blog post about the song.