The Fall of Gil-galad

The Fall of Gil-galad was a poem sung by Samwise Gamgee before he and the three other Hobbits, led by Strider, reached Weathertop. The lay known as "The Fall of Gil-galad" had been written in ancient times, and spoke of the death of the Elven High King Gil-galad, who battled Sauron during the War of the Last Alliance. Sometime during his stay in Rivendell, Bilbo translated it from an older tongue, probably Quenya. Sam's recitation of the poem is incomplete as he did not want to learn the rest, which dealt with Mordor and the War of the Last Alliance.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter XI: "A Knife in the Dark"
==Lyrics==
Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing;
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.
His sword was long, his lance was keen.
His shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his silver shield.
But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die einde van Gil-galad
Albanian 	Fundi i Gil-galadit
Arabic 	نهاية جيل جالادا
Azerbaijani 	Gil-galadın düşməsi
Basque 	Gil-galadren hondamena
Bengali 	গিল-গালাদ শেষ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Краят на Гил-галад
Catalan 	La caiguda de Gil-galad
Croatian 	Kraj Gila-galada
Czech 	Konec Gila-galadů
Danish 	Gil-galads fall
Dutch 	De val van Gil-galad
Esperanto 	La fino de Gil-galad
Estonian 	Gil-galadi lõpp
Faroese 	Gil-galads fall
Finnish 	Gil-galadin tuho
French 	La Chanson de Gil-galad
Galician 	A caída de Gil-galad
Georgian 	გილ-გალადის დასასრული
German 	Der Untergang von Gil-galad
Greek 	Το τέλος του Τζιλ-γαλαδ
Gujarati 	ગિલ-ગલાડનો અંત
Hebrew 	סופו של גיל-גלעד
Hindi 	गिल-गलाद का अंत
Hungarian 	A Gil-galad bukása
Italian 	La caduta di Gil-galad
Latvian 	Gil-galada beigas
Lithuanian 	Gil-galado kritimas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Крајот на Гил-Галад
Marathi 	गिल-गालाडचा शेवट
Norwegian 	Gil-galads fall
Polish 	Koniec Gil-galada
Portuguese 	A Queda de Gil-galad
Romanian 	Căderea Gil-galad
Russian 	Падение Гил-галада
Serbian 	Пад Гил-галад (Cyrillic) Pad Gil-galad (Latin)
Slovak 	Koniec Gil-galad
Slovenian 	Konec Gil-galada
Spanish 	La caída de Gil-galad
Swedish 	Gil-galads fall
Telugu 	గిల్-గాలాడా ముగింపు
Turkish 	Gil-galad'ın sonu
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Падіння Ґіл-ґалада
Vietnamese 	Sự sụp đổ của Gil-galad
==References==
Category:Poems in The Fellowship of the Ring
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fr:Chanson de Gil-galad
nl:De Val van Gil-galad
pl:Koniec Gil-galada