Elvish Song in Rivendell

The Elvish Song in Rivendell is a lullaby that was written by J.R.R. Tolkien before 1936. The poem was intended by Tolkien to represent the omitted song in the third chapter of The Hobbit, the Elves "went into another song as ridiculous as the one I have written down in full". That part of the poem exists in two versions. The latest version of that part was published for the first time by Douglas A. Anderson in The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition in 2002.The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume II: Reader's Guide, pgs. 243-4 (entry "Elvish Song in Rivendell")
==History==
During the Quest of Erebor, when Thorin and Company first entered Rivendell, the Elves were just finishing up one song before beginning "another song" that was just as ridiculous.The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition, pgs. 92-3
Between May 1 and May 2 of the year 2942, the Elves sung their Elvish Song "loud and clear on the banks of the stream" under the open window of Bilbo Baggins whom they woke up with their singing.The Hobbit, Chapter XIX: "The Last Stage"
==Poem==
Come home, come home, ye merry folk!
The sun is sinking, and the oak
 In gloom has wrapped his feet.
Come home! The shades of evening loom
Beneath the hills, and palely bloom
 Night-flowers white and sweet.
Come home! The birds have fled the dark,
And in the sky with silver spark
 The early stars now spring.
Come home! The bats begin to flit,
And by the hearth 'tis time to sit.
 Come home, come home and sing!
Sing merrily, sing merrily, sing all together!
 Let the song go! Let the sound ring!
The moon with his light, the bird with his feather:
 Let the moon sail, let the bird wing!
The flower with her honey, the tree with his weather:
 Let the flower blow, let the tree swing!
Sing merrily, sing merrily, sing all together!
Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together!
The wind's in the tree-top, the wind's in the heather;
The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower,
And bright are the windows of Night in her tower.
Dance all ye joyful, now dance all together!
Soft is the grass, and let foot be like feather!
The river is silver, the shadows are fleeting;
Merry is May-time, and merry our meeting.
Sing we now softly, and dreams let us weave him!
Wind him in slumber and there let us leave him!
The wanderer sleepeth. Now soft be his pillow!
Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
Sigh no more Pine, till the wind of the morn!
 Fall Moon! Dark be the land!
 Hush! Hush! Oak, Ash, and Thorn!
Hushed be all water, till dawn is at hand!
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Elwe Wiegelied
Albanian 	Kukudhët ninull
Arabic 	الجان تهويدة
Armenian 	Էլֆեր օրորոցի երգ
Azerbaijani 	Elflər layla
Basque 	Elfoak lo-kanta
Belarusian Cyrillic	Эльфы калыха́нка
Bengali 	এল্ভ লাল্যাবি
Bosnian 	Patuljak uspavanka
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Елфите приспивна песен
Catalan 	Els Elfs cançó de bressol
Chinese 	多精靈 搖籃曲
Croatian 	Vilenjacima uspavanka
Czech 	Elfové ukolébavky
Danish 	Elvere Vuggevise
Dutch 	Elfen Slaaplied
Esperanto 	Elfoj lulkanto
Estonian 	Elvesid hällilaul
Finnish 	Alfit kehtolaulu
French 	Elfes berceuse
Galician 	Elfos cantiga de berce
Georgian 	ელფები იავნანა
German 	Elfen Wiegenlied
Greek 	Ξωτικά Νανούρισμα
Gujarati 	ઝનુન લોલાબી
Hebrew 	אֶלפים שיר ערש
Hindi 	कल्पित बौने लोरी
Hungarian 	Tündék altató
Icelandic 	Álfar vögguvísa
Indonesian 	Peri-peri nina-bobok
Italian 	Elfi Ninna nanna
Japanese 	エルフ子守唄
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ವೆಸ್ ಲಾಲಿ
Kazakh 	Эльфтер Бесік жыры (Cyrillic) Élfter Besik jırı (Latin)
Korean 	엘프는 자장가
Latvian 	Elfiem šūpuļdziesma
Lithuanian 	Elfai lopšinė
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елфите приспивна песна
Marathi 	एल्व्स लोला
Nepalese 	एल्व्स पालना गीत
Norwegian 	Alver Bånsull
Persian 	الف ها لالایی
Polish 	Elfy kołysanka
Portuguese 	Elfos Cantiga de ninar
Romanian 	Elfii cântec de leagăn
Russian 	Эльфы Колыбельная
Serbian 	Вилењаци успаванка (Cyrillic) Vilenjaci uspavanka (Latin)
Sinhalese 	එල්ව්ස් ඉස්සර ?
Slovak 	Elfovia uspávanka
Slovenian 	Vilini uspavanka
Spanish 	Elfos Canción de cuna
Swedish 	Alver Vaggvisa
Tajik Cyrillic 	Элвф алла
Tamil 	எல்வ்ஸ் தாலாட்டு
Telugu 	దయ్యములు లాలి పాట
Thai 	เอลฟ์เพลงกล่อมเด็ก
Turkish 	Elfler ninni
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ельфи Колискові піс
Urdu 	یلوس لالچ
Uzbek 	Елфлар алла қўшиғи (Cyrillic) Elflar alla qo'shig'i (Latin)
Yiddish 	עלוועס וויגליד
==References==
Category:Poems in The Hobbit