Death of
Boromir, part 2
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FEATURED IN
REGULAR CD
COMPLETE RECORDINGS
The wounding of Boromir
(FOTR - Track 16)
The Departure of Boromir
The wounding of Boromir
(CR-FOTR Disc Three - Track 6)
Remembering Boromir's wounding
(ROTK - Track 4)
The Eyes Of
The White Tower
Remembering Boromir's wounding
Music by Howard Shore
Text
(English) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Lyrics and title from
FOTR & ROTK Annotated
Score. This
music is played while the wounded Boromir
fights the Uruk-hai. (And reprised as Pippin remembers this while in
front of Denethor.)
The music heard just before he is wounded and
just after he dies is The Death of
Boromir, part 1. (For a full accounting of Boromir's Amon Hen
music, go
HERE.)
Sung by
The London Oratory School Schola.
Accompaniment by
by
The London Voices, male choir.
Quenya
Original English Key:
Text in blue indicates language used
Text in green indicates (possible) lyrics used
Text in brown indicates lyrics not used Text in
black indicates English translation
I alda helda, i ehtele lína
The tree is bare, the fountain still.
Manna lelyalye Voromírë?
Whither goest thou Boromir?
Cánalya hlarula, la hirimmel
We heard your call but cannot find you.
Fuinë lanta Pelendoro nandesse
Darkness falls upon the vale of Pelennor
Sí massë i Anar?
Where now is the sun?
TTT, Book 4, Chapter V, The Window on the West
One of the lines above was spoken by
Faramir as he recounts his vision of Boromir floating in the Elven
boat on the Anduin. `A broken sword
was on his knee. I saw many wounds on him. It was Boromir, my
brother, dead. I knew his gear, his sword, his beloved face. One
thing only I missed: his horn. One thing only I knew not: a fair
belt, as it were of linked golden leaves, about his waist.
Boromir! I cried. Where is thy horn?
Whither goest thou? O Boromir!
But he was gone. The boat turned into the stream and passed
glimmering on into the night. Dreamlike it was. and yet no
dream, for there was no waking. And I do not doubt that he is
dead and has passed down the River to the Sea.'
Another line, "We heard your call but cannot find you."
probably refers to the fact that Faramir 'heard' the horn call
Boromir made on Amon Hen. I heard
the blowing of that horn: from the northward it seemed, but dim,
as if it were but an echo in the mind
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