Seduction of the
Ring
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FEATURED IN
REGULAR CD
COMPLETE RECORDINGS
Gandalf reads Isildur's Account of the Ring
(CR-FOTR Disc One - Track 7)
Boromir's Seduction
(CR-FOTR Disc Two - Track 10)
Aragorn's Seduction
(FOTR - Track 16)
Aragorn's Seduction
(CR-FOTR Disc Three - Track 5)
Faramir's Seduction
(TTT - Track 13)
Faramir's Seduction
(CR-TTT Disc Two - Track 15)
closing credits
(CR-TTT Disc Three - Track 14)
Sméagol's and Déagol's Seduction
(CR-TTT Disc One - Track 1)
Music
by Howard Shore
Quenya Translation by David Salo
Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien
FOTR, Book 2, Chapter 2, The Council of
Elrond
These lyrics, found in the
FOTR Annotated
Score, are sung by a boy's choir. In almost every iteration, the
melody is the Seduction of the
Ring Theme. The exception is when Gandalf reads Isildur's account of the
Ring in the libraries of Minas Tirith. The melody here is a not the
Seduction Theme. In fact, there's not really a melody. The chanting
voices just slowly rise in pitch. Thanks to Incanus for identifying
the lyrics for this scene.
Seduction Theme sung by
The London Oratory School Schola.
Quenya
Original English
I tuo, i macil
The strength,
The weapon Key:
Text in blue indicates language used
Text in green indicates lyrics used
Text in brown indicates lyrics not used Text in black
indicates English translation
Astaldoron mauri
The needs of the valiant
nai Corma macilya
Be the Ring your
weapon
I tuo, i macil
The strength,
The weapon (repeated in the singing)
Á lelyat túrenna!
Go to victory!
FOTR, Book 2, Chapter 2, The Council of Elrond
Boromir is arguing
for using the Ring against Sauron instead of hiding it or destroying
it. 'I do not understand all this,' he said.
`Saruman is a traitor, but did he not have a glimpse of wisdom?
Why do you speak ever of hiding and destroying? Why should we
not think that the Great Ring has come into our hands to serve
us in the very hour of need? Wielding it the Free Lords of the
Free may surely defeat the Enemy. That is what he most fears, I
deem. 'The Men of Gondor are
valiant, and they will never
submit; but they may be beaten down. Valour needs first
strength, and then a
weapon. Let
the Ring be your weapon, if it has such power as you say.
Take it and go forth
to victory!'
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