Aldudénië

The Aldudénië was an Elven poem composed by the Vanyarin Elf Elemmírë lamenting the death of the Two Trees in the Darkening of Valinor. The sad tale soon became known to all of the Eldar though their grief could never be told fully in any song.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, Part Three: "The Later Quenta Silmarillion", (II) "The Second Phase", "Of the Darkening of Valinor", pg. 288
==Etymology==
Aldudénië is a Quenya name meaning "Lament for the Two Trees". It contains aldu ("two trees"), a duel form of alda ("tree")The Lord of the Rings, "Appendix E", "The Fëanorian Letters", and dénie ("lament"), a possible variant of nainië ("lament")The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle, "Namárië (Farewell)", subtitle, pg. 58.
==Speculation==
Given that many of the Eldar left Aman almost immediately after the destruction of the Trees , it is not entirely clear how they could all know of Elemmírë's work: the Exiles must surely have left before it was complete. Perhaps Tolkien simply means that all the Eldar who remained in Aman knew of the lament, or perhaps it later found its way across the Great Sea by some other means - for example, with the armies of the Valar at the in the War of Wrath.
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