Aldun Linde

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Written by Chaered in 2025.

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A little Valinorian folksong, purely coincidentally using the same tune as "O Tannenbaum". The latter song first appeared around the mid-1500s. The most common modern version is from 1824 by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780-1861).

Text by Chaered, first posted to VL on 2025-01-07.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
2	San malca olassesta!	  	How great/wonderful is your foliage!
3	Formessë síla satw' ela,	    	In the north the one shines [white/silver], behold,
4	Hyarmessë cála ary' etwa;	    	In the south, also shines [yellow/golden] the other one;
5	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
6	San malca olassesta!	  	How great/wonderful is your foliage!
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8	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
9	Cólastë estelelma!	 	You [both] carry our hope/trust/faith!
10	Ep' Illuin lanta, Ormal-qua,	     	After Illuin's fall, and Ormal,
11	Afainiëstë elmenna;	  	You [both] have shined light on us;
12	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
13	Cólastë estelelma!	 	You [both] carry our hope/trust/faith!
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15	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
16	Þundollo menelenna!	 	From roots up to the heavens!
17	Estë Yavanno lindinen	  	You, by means of Yavanna's song
18	Men tuller, quantail' ilya hen;	      	came to us, filling every eye;
19	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
20	Þundollo menelenna!	 	From roots up to the heavens!
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22	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
23	Valatë Valinóro!	 	Pride of Valinor!
24	Aláreälmë mannë i	  	We rejoice, blessed, that
25	Um-Melcor vanwa oio sí;	    	Nasty Melkor is gone forever now;
26	Telperion ar Laurelin,	   	Telperion and Laurelin,
27	Valatë Valinóro!	 	Pride of Valinor!

Extra

German version (one variant):

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum
Wie treu sind deine Blätter
Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit
Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum
Wie treu sind deine Blätter

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen
Wie oft hat nicht zur Weihnachtszeit
Ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Beständigkeit
Gibt Trost und Kraft zu jeder Zeit
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Das soll dein Kleid mich lehren

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