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May It Be
Composed & performed by Enya

AlbumThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Credits
Composed byEnya, Nicky Ryan, Roma Ryan
Performed byLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Enya
Track Info
Duration4:17
Track No.18
PreviousThe Breaking of the Fellowship
Media

May It Be is a song composed and sung by Enya for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with English and Quenya lyrics written by longtime Enya collaborator Roma Ryan.[1] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song in 2002.

It is the final track of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the eighth track of the third disc of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings.

Lyrics

May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home

Mornië utúlië (Quenya for "Darkness has come" mornië=darkness, utúlië=has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya for "Darkness has fallen" mornië=darkness, alantië=has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornië utúlië (Quenya for "Darkness has come")
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya for "Darkness has fallen")
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now

References

  1. Doug Adams (2006), The Annotated Score (Part I: The Fellowship of the Ring), p. 23
The Lord of the Rings film series
Source material: The Hobbit · The Lord of the Rings
Films The Fellowship of the Ring (extended editionThe Two Towers (extended edition) · The Return of the King (extended edition)
Music The Fellowship of the Ring (The Complete Recordings) · The Two Towers (The Complete Recordings) · The Return of the King (The Complete Recordings) · "May It Be" · "Gollum's Song" · "Into the West"
Tie-in books Official Movie Guide · The Making of the Movie Trilogy · Complete Visual Companion · Photo Guide · Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic · There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale · Weapons and Warfare · The Art of The Lord of the Rings · The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films · The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook · Travel Diary · Sketchbook
The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion · Photo Guide · Insiders' Guide · The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers Visual Companion · Photo Guide · Creatures · The Art of The Two Towers
The Return of the King Visual Companion · Photo Guide · The Art of The Return of the King
Video games The Two Towers · The Return of the King · The Third Age · Tactics · Conquest · Aragorn's Quest · Lego The Lord of the Rings
Characters Frodo · Bilbo · Sam · Merry · Pippin · Gandalf · Aragorn · Boromir · Legolas · Gimli · Elrond · Galadriel · Théoden · Éomer · Éowyn · Saruman · Sauron · Witch-king · Denethor · Faramir · Gollum · Gríma · Treebeard · Celeborn · Haldir · Lurtz · Sharku · Grishnákh