Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
These lyrics are an excerpt from the source text “The Call”, published on the website accessible with TTT Limited Edition Soundtrack CD and in The Annotated Score of TTT.
It entirely recites:
Hwær cwóm helm? Hwær cwóm byrne?
Hwær cwóm feax flówende?
Hwær cwóm hand on hearpestrenge?
Hwær cwóm scir fýr scinende?
Hwær cwóm lencten and hærfest?
Hwær cwóm héah corn weaxende?
Hwá gegaderath wuduréc of
Wealdholte byrnende?
Oththe gesiehth of gársecge
Thá géar gewendende?
That is in old english (rohirric):
Where is the helm and the hauberk,
and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harp string,
And the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest
And the tall corn growing?
Who shall gather the smoke of
The dead wood burning?
Or behold the flowing years
From the Sea returning?
They are inspired by TTT, Book 3, Chapter 6, “King of the Golden Hall”, when Aragorn chant in ‘Common Speechs’ the Rohirric version of this poem to Gandalf, Legolas and Gimli. It is a tribute to a past King of Rohan, Eorl the Young.
Thus spoke a forgotten poet long ago in Rohan, recalling how tall and fair was Eorl the Young, who rode down out of the North; and there were wings upon the feet of his steed, Felaróf, father of horses. So men still sing in the evening.
These lyrics are used in multiple scenes with different melodies, except when associated with Gandalf the White, where each syllable is one beat of a triplet sung by The London Voices as primary voice, overlaying with the lyrics from “The Fight” (noted in italic) as secondary voice.
These lyrics are an excerpt from the source text “The Call”, published on the website accessible with TTT Limited Edition Soundtrack CD and in The Annotated Score of TTT.
It entirely recites:
Hwær cwóm helm? Hwær cwóm byrne?
Hwær cwóm feax flówende?
Hwær cwóm hand on hearpestrenge?
Hwær cwóm scir fýr scinende?
Hwær cwóm lencten and hærfest?
Hwær cwóm héah corn weaxende?
Hwá gegaderath wuduréc of
Wealdholte byrnende?
Oththe gesiehth of gársecge
Thá géar gewendende?
That is in old english (rohirric):
Where is the helm and the hauberk,
and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harp string,
And the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest
And the tall corn growing?
Who shall gather the smoke of
The dead wood burning?
Or behold the flowing years
From the Sea returning?
They are inspired by TTT, Book 3, Chapter 6, “King of the Golden Hall”, when Aragorn chant in ‘Common Speechs’ the Rohirric version of this poem to Gandalf, Legolas and Gimli. It is a tribute to a past King of Rohan, Eorl the Young.
Thus spoke a forgotten poet long ago in Rohan, recalling how tall and fair was Eorl the Young, who rode down out of the North; and there were wings upon the feet of his steed, Felaróf, father of horses. So men still sing in the evening.
These lyrics are used in multiple scenes with different melodies, except when associated with Gandalf the White, where each syllable is one beat of a triplet sung by The London Voices as primary voice, overlaying with the lyrics from “The Fight” (noted in italic) as secondary voice.
