Song of Durin (Complete Edition) - Clamavi De Profundis 

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Nostalgia for a place that doesn't exist, in a time that never was...

Gimli: Let them come. There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath. Chills.

The Story of the Elves being Forced to Leave Middle earth is sad... The Slow downfall of Man is sad.... But the dwarves slowly fading from the world after eventually taking their home back.. that's a tear jerker

For all those who have not read the Lord of the Rings this song is sung by Gimli in the Mines of Moria, when Sam mentions what it would have been like to see the city full of light

My wife says listening to classical music improves your mental health. So I listen to dwarven music to help my beard grow better. And it works...

“The shadow lies upon his tomb.......In Moria, in Khazad-dûm” always gives me goosebumps.

You know something brilliant I just noticed? The Song of Durin is structured in the book to have six stanzas, just as there have been six Durins in Dwarven history (Durin VI was the one felled by Durin's Bane). The sixth verse (just like the sixth Durin) end in a sad note about waiting for Durin to awaken from his sleep. Seven is the Dwarven holy number, and it is said the seventh Durin will be the prophetized Durin who will bring back all joy in the world and bring the Dwarves to their golden age. Perhaps when he comes, there'll be a seventh stanza?

"The world was young, the mountains green, No stain yet on the Moon was seen" Those are the words of a true poet. Imagine living in such a world.

The image of Durin looking into a lake and seeing himself crowned with stars is one of the best visual concepts in all of literature

Elves: we are the best at singing poems Dwarves: Hold our beards

“But still the sunken stars appear, in dark and windless Mirrormere” I don’t know why, but that particular part gives me chills

Imagine how happy Tolkien would have been to listen to this. Makes me sad he couldn't see what his life work would spark

homesick for places ill never see and people ill never meet...

Rest in peace, Cristopher Tolkien.

Gimli was so much more than just comic relief in this story. He beautifully honored and mourned his second cousin King Balin of Moria, and his uncle Óin with this song.

My older brother just passed away this saturday the 29th of june, his heart stopped beating at the age of 32. We sung this song together once in front of our family to show how much we loved it. We were really proud and we also have a video of this moment. Now i’m singing this song alone while remembering my loved brother, I miss him so much already. Thanks to Clamavi de Profundis for all their incredible song and for their work, it helps me go through this deep pain

This really makes me tear up. I really think that the dwarves, not the race of man, are the most human and deeply relate able characters in Tolkien. Unlike the elves, the dwarves are mortal. Their greatest kings and heroes do not remain in dwelling with them throughout the ages, so they have to pass on the legends of their great ancestors. There is no certainty that their greatest hero, Durin, will reawaken and bring about another age of gold for the dwarves. The last lines always get me, "the world is grey the mountains old, the forges fire is ashen-cold." The world which the dwarves loved so much is now fading, and with it so are the dwarves. The shadow lies upon Durin's grave, all hope seems lost. But still the sunken stars appear in dark and windless Mirrormere- there lies his crown in waters deep, till Durin Wakes again from sleep". There's just so much hope in these last lines, and so much love for the dwarven race. It is truly beautiful. I am a total nerd.

"These are no holes", said Gimly. "This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowelf. And of old it was no darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remebered in our songs." He rose and standing in the dark he began to chant in a deep voice, while the echoes ran away into the roof. "The world was young, the mountains green...."

The way they sing “The Earth was fair in Durin’s day” just gives me chills, it feels to me like they’re singing a comfortable sigh for some reason

"No harp is wrung, no hammer falls. The darkness dwells in Durins hall" 🤧

I love how the adjective "ashen cold" is used; an unmistakably dwarven word. An extremely specific type of cold, that only dwarven vocabulary would truly need. Just like the many words for snow in the inuit language, it just adds so much authenticity to the entire song. Just another testament to Tolkiens genious.

'There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time,' said Sam; 'and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too! What did they do it all for? They didn't live in these darksome holes surely?' 'These are not holes,' said Gimli. 'This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowdelf. And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.' He rose and standing in the dark he began to chant in a deep voice, while the echoes ran away into the roof.

You know, I think the line that really sticks with me is "beneath the mountains, music woke". It says that the Dwarves didn't just measure their glory by war or the construction of great monuments.....but also held precious their ability to create art and take joy in it. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." --Thorin Oakenshield

A few years ago, I memorized this song before my first son was born. I wanted a good masculine lullaby I could sing him and be consistent with for bedtimes. It's one of his favorite songs now, we sing it every night before bed, and I hope he never gets tired of it. Thank you so much for this song, it means a great deal to my little family.

My grandpa has passed away, almost everyday I sít on our garden, listening to this song, looking on stars and talking to him, this song always make me cry, when I heard it. I will always remember my grandpa through it. Thank you for this. And I wish good memories to everyone, who is listening this song.

The verses are proof of the genius that Tolkien was. The emotions that arise over an imaginary place are extraordinary. The rythm and singing do this great poem justice. Well done.

Tolkien's tale of the Dwarves is a deeply sad tale. But it holds in it a tiny light of hope. A beautiful light. Durin may yet awake...

“The world was young, the mountains green” at the beginning contrasted with “the world is grey, the mountains old” near the end is so beautiful

"There lies his crown in waters deep.Till Durin wakes again from sleep." I get chills & strangely hope everytime.

"Till Durin wakes again from sleep..." simply amazing

I work in a church, we have an amazing sound system... playing this in a dark church with a killer sound system is pretty awesome.

I sing this as a lullaby for my 5month old niece and she always goes to sleep. My sister would call me when she's having problems putting her to sleep and I go over there, rock her and sing this and she's out like a light!! When she's old enough she'll know the full story. I can't wait to be the one to show her.

This durin guy sounds pretty cool.

- Dad, why is my little sister is called Rose? - Because your mother loves roses. - Thank you Dad - You're welcome Song of Durin complete edition

Isn't it just amazing how one man can bring us all together though his writings. Fantasy really is something wonderful.

4:21 the way they sing "In Moria, In Khazad-dum" always somehow squeezes my heart.

"In Moria, in Khazad-Dûm" gives me the chills. Every time

"We may speak different language" "but music is a language that all people understand"

Doctor: You have 5 minutes to live Me: *plays Song of Durin* Doctor:... but it's 5:11... Eru Illuvatar: It's okay..

Tolkien as poet is underpraised, His stanzas strike like metal bright And to his verse voices are raised which wreath his words in song and light.

If there is an after life, I'm convinced Tolkien would hear this and smile.

"He stooped and looked in Mirrormere, and saw a crown of stars appear" love that bit.

“Who’s this person you pledged your service to- Thorin Oakenshield?” “He was my friend”

Why does this make me watery eyed. No matter how many times I listen. I'm an old man now and it still gets me.

I’ve always felt the dwarves are the underrated fantasy race. In most stories it’s either humans or elves who are the dominant people, with the other being the second most powerful. That’s one of the things I appreciated about The Witcher: while humans were the dominant force, it was the dwarves who adapted and became a powerful force in the world, becoming bankers and ore merchants and basically controlling the economy, while the elves regressed and became bandits and murderers.

There's just something strangely powerful about the name Khazad-dûm. Always makes me shiver when they sing it

I live in a mountain village. So any time I stumble back home from a night out in the nearby city, I pass a lot of hills and meadows. Faraway I see snowy mountain tops, the moonlight shining on them. And always I start to "sing" this beautiful song, which appears to describe (at the beginning) my home somehow. Thank you guys for an huge load of drunken sentimentality.

This alone is better than the Rings of Power series.

Got the chance to sing this in Carlsbad Caverns. Almost no one was in the caves cause it was a weekday. My sons started getting scared when it got dark and I told them about how even dwarves like Gimli got scared sometimes. This song is so well written that it gives dwarven courage even to little hearts. (Also, nothing sounds cooler than singing deep dwarven songs when you're hundreds of feet underground in huge halls).

1:51 "...The western seas have passed away, *the* *world* *was* *fair* *in* *Durin's* *day* ", those two verses just sound freaking perfect, the way they're melded together, It's just so epic and sombre!

"The darkness dwells in Durin's halls"...this made me want to enter the first movie and give Gimli a hug

I can see Gimli singing this walking through Khazad-dûm for the first time with the fellowship. Tolkien’s world is so deep

Wait a friggin- "My brother composed and arranged the song. My family and I sang it. One of my brothers drew the beginning cover art." You lot are seriously talented

If I ever have a son, this will be his bedtime song.

1.5k dislikes. "Let them come! There is one dwarf in Moria who still draws breath!!!"

This song should have definitely be in one of the movies. This is so beautiful

I looked upon a winding road Made not with mortar, brick or stone But wrought instead in wire wound Beset in waves of lightning bound A road that winds forever more Stoneless walls and woodless doors Lead to lands of empty plains Yet as I stumbled on my way I heard an ancient song did play The voice of long-past days gone by Aroused a tear to long dead eye For Durin's folk do sing once more Heart-grown seeds from ancient store A tale that long did fallow lie But cannot ever truly die

My brother and I drink together and listen to music from time to time. When this sing plays we both stand, hold each other around the shoulders and sing along, no matter how late in the night, it always brings us both to a hairs breadth from tears at the line "The forges fire lies ashen-cold"....It's a tragic picture in the halls of Khazad Dum

You can really feel the sadness and lament in their voices. The Dwarves, in my opinion, suffered some of the greatest tragedies out of all the races of middle earth. They went through several large scale population devastating events that dropped their numbers significantly, and eventually began to just fade from the world since they couldn’t reproduce their numbers as effectively, and this song clearly demonstrates their remembrance of Durins Day, when the world was good and life seemed to be peaceful and happy, until it began to fall.

The phrase "The Western Seas have passed away, the world was fair in Durin's day" just makes me want to cry. Same with "The darkness dwells in Durin's halls" The amount of sorrow fit into these few words is nothing short of magnificent. Tolkien man 👏🏼

I sing this to my daugther at least twice a week during bedtime :-). She calls it "the song in english" (french speaking).I'll soon start to read "The Hobbit" to her #TolkienFanInBecome

Khazad-Dûm such a goddamn powerful name

No offence to other singers .. everyone of you has qualities .. however that guy who sings 1:17 "As gems upon a silver thread above the shadows of his head" .. is just EPIC .. he absolutely suits this atmosphere

This whole song is epic, but my favorite stanza is the second one. It took me a bit to wrap my head around how it was meant to be read, but then I realized it was almost entirely one long sentence; "The world was fair, the mountains tall, in elder days before the fall of mighty Kings in Nargothrond and Gondolin, who now, beyond the western seas, have passed away."

The lord of the rings and the silmarillion are sad stories for me. The good guys win in the end of course. But the books are full of memories of so much great and beautiful things that are destroyed, forgotten and lost forever. Time cant heal all wounds in this world.

This song is one of the few things that will put my three week old son to sleep when he's fussy. He has great taste!

the reality of those “untasted wells”, that the dwarves woke first and new the beauty of the world untouched, just makes this so much more beautiful to me

I recently discovered this when reading The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. Now, I can't stop listening to it. It is absolutely beautiful and brings me to tears.

I literally cried. The melancholy and sense of having fallen from grace made me tear up like I haven't done in quite some time.

"And they call it a mine! A mine!"

Thank you, so much, for bringing the feeling of yorn to life through these pieces... This is what I'll show my children, and grandchildren, to let them feel what I felt when my mother read "The Hobbit" loud unto us. A lone mother of three, who'd fall asleep every chapter due to exhaustion. But she'd still do voices for every dwarf, she'd voice Gollum and Gandalf, she'd bring them all to life. She sung this song in other words and other ways, but this song sums it up... It captures the "Dwarf" of Lotr/Hobbit.. Something the movies failed miserable with. So thank you.

This song makes me feel nostalgic for a world that doesn't even exist

This song was sung in Moria by Gimli, when fellowship spent a night in a big city of The Dwarrow Delf.

I. CAN'T. STOP. LISTENING. TO. THIS.

3,8 k dislikes? What horrible creatures hide in the depths of this place?

As an American i feel i have no room to speak on this. But this is beautiful. And i have always loved the Scandinavian culture, Az well as wanting to visit maybe move, to Scandinavia. The lands are just absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. And so rich in history. I worship the Nordic pantheon, and wish to live amongst them in the lands of my ancestors. I recently found out 70% of my heritage comes from Sweden and Ireland.

By the Valar...Truly epic and Haunting!! My heart is awakened and my Soul is moved. Thank you for bringing Tolkiens song to life.

Me- "Just one more replay." Five replays later- "Okay...just one more replay."

3:31 "Unwearied then were Durin's folk. Beneath the mountains music woke" So beautifully sung...

I think the English language is at its most beautiful when the letter "R" gets proper attention.

My best friend....would have loved this. I was always more drawn to the Elves, he to the Dwarves. Since his passing I find my love for Durin's folk and all other dwarves grown greatly. Were Sir Tolkien's world real, my friend, my brother would rest in the halls of Aule. Bless those who posted this.

Tolkien had a beautiful mind

I love how Tolkien wrote this song. It shows the perfect curve of the rise and fall of Dwarven society in Middle-Earth. The language used is so evocative, you can seriously feel how powerful the Dwarves were at their height. And you know that the Dwarves, at the time this song is sung, are due one last hurrah before they fall once more. Durin wakes, leads the Dwarves back into a golden age, only for them to fail once again, to set the stage for Men to be the sole inheritors of Middle-Earth.

Mournful tears shed for an imaginary place and time. Making us reminisce for a never existed time of glory is the best an artist can do

When discussing fantasy fiction, Tolkein's achievements have been overshadowed somewhat by the many, many imitations, most of them quite shallow. Calling fantasy "Tolkeinesque" often carries an implied criticism that it's shallow and unoriginal. But works like this are the reason why LotR wasn't just a trendsetter, it's a legimitately great work even now. The poem sums up the character of the Dwarves perfectly, badly faded from what they were but refusing to be pitied or forget their old glories, preserving the dignity and pride of their ancient hero-god ancestors, even if everything else fades. Like an aged man who has seen so much of the world and people he grew up with fall away, while he can only endure and remember. Not only that, but it's just so evocative of Middle-Earth itself, covering a span from unutterably ancient history to the much-changed present and the hopes for the future.

For those who wonder what the song is about, The world was young, the mountains green, - The world has just been created by Aulë a Vala. everything was still young and pretty No stain yet on the Moon was seen, - the skies were clear No words were laid on stream or stone - No wars only peace When Durin woke and walked alone. - Aulë and Vala created the world and created Durin, he was asleep on mount Gundabad till the elves awoke. He then woke up and started walking (alone) south, at one point he saw 3 shinning beams beteween two mountains and trees, he walked that way. He named the nameless hills and dells; - When he arrived and saw that the three shinning beams he saw were mountain top and he named them (Barazinbar =the RedHorn, zirakzigil =The Silvertine and Bundushathûr =Cloudyhead) and saw a ice cold spring wich he named Kbil-nâla (The source of silverlode). The valley itself where he stood, was named Azanubizar =The Dimril Dale. there he began his stronghold He drank from yet untasted wells; - there was a lake in the middle and drank from it and saw He stooped and looked in Mirrormere, - He looked into the lake and saw shinny lighs above his head, he then saw that they were stars. It was daytime and so impossible to see the reflection of the stars, so he took this as a sign and settle here where later became the home of Durin's folk. He called the lake "Kheled-zâram =Mirrormere". After his death his folk build a monolith stone pilar where he first looked into mirrormere. Gimli stoped by during his journey with the fellowship of the ring, Frodo joined him after they move the continue their adventure. And saw a crown of stars appear, - When he looked he saw a crown of stars like I earlier on said and saw stars above his head and took it as a sign. As gems upon a silver thread, Above the shadows of his head. The world was fair, the mountains tall, - This is a few years later, the world had settled and Durin's folk were living under the mountain's mainly, they began to trade with men they gave them gems and metal for food. In Elder Days before the fall Of mighty kings in Nargothrond - Nargothrond was a elven undergrond city to hide from the Orcs of Morgoth, they were first aided by the dwarves of Norgod. Tùrin was the captain of the elven who lived in Nargothrond, and didn't wanted to hide anymore and instead fight against the Orcs of Nargothrond, this led them to their death and so the fall of Nargothrond And Gondolin, who now beyond - Gondolin was also a elven city that was hidden located right in the middle of Beleriand in Middle-Earth. Vala Ulmo (Lord of the waters) revealed the loaction of the Vale where Gondolin will be founded to Turgon in a dream. Under the guidance of Vala Ulmo, Turgon travelled from his kingdom to the valley and in the middle, Turgon decidec to found the great city wich would be protercted by the high mountains and be hidden from the Dark Lord. The city stood for nearly 4 centuries until it was betrayed to Morgoth by Maeglin (Turgon's nephew) The Western Seas have passed away: The world was fair in Durin's Day. A king he was on carven throne - He was the kinf under the mountain with a throne in carven stone In many-pillared halls of stone With golden roof and silver floor, And runes of power upon the door. The light of sun and star and moon In shining lamps of crystal hewn Undimmed by cloud or shade of night There shone for ever fair and bright. There hammer on the anvil smote, There chisel clove, and graver wrote; There forged was blade, and bound was hilt; The delver mined, the mason built. There beryl, pearl, and opal pale, And metal wrought like fishes' mail, Buckler and corslet, axe and sword, And shining spears were laid in hoard. Unwearied then were Durin's folk; - Durin's folk were happy and feast, but little did they know something was about to happen Beneath the mountains music woke: The harpers harped, the minstrels sang, And at the gates the trumpets rang. The world is grey, the mountains old, - This is theoretical, Morgoth's Orcs marched towards The misty mountains and defeated Durin's folk during the battle of Azanulbizar who took place during the Third Age, Azog was defeated by Dáin Ironfoot and Thorin son of Thrain. The forge's fire is ashen-cold; No harp is wrung, no hammer falls: The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; - After Smaug came the survivors flew and darkness settle in the halls The shadow lies upon his tomb - Durin then when to Khazad-Dûm which also is part of Azanulbizar and wich later on will be known as Moria (Black Pit) In Moria, in Khazad-dûm. - Durin the Deathless died and was buried in his tomb in Khazad-Dûm But still the sunken stars appear In dark and windless Mirrormere; There lies his crown in water deep, Till Durin wakes again from sleep.

I love how this song tells so much about dwarf and how they perceive their gold, metal and weapons. Durin became king as he saw a crown of stars by looking into the water. And even after all the great power of dwarves, all the weapon they forged, all their happiness, all that's left is their mightiest work : the crown in water awaiting the return of dwarves. The most important thing for them was something they couldn't reach, touch or hold. The very mountain is their home and that is the only thing they needed. And it's almost as if the mountain itself was waiting for dwarves to return...

'The world was fair, the mountains tall, 'In elder days before the fall.' That line makes me homesick for somewhere I've never yet been. If Heaven looks like the place you love most {who knows?}, then I'm going to end up in Middle-Earth.

phenomenal is the least i can say about this, just a masterpiece

In the name of Iluvatar! Your voices...you're really the Aulë's herlads! Thank you guys!

One of the greatest works of fantasy music. It stirs something deep within me that is of a foreign people yet so close and familiar at the same time.

If only Professor Tolkien could have heard this, I'm certain you've have brought tears to his eyes. This is magnificent. Thank you so much for the love you've given to this lore.

I have this mental picture listening to this of Balin and his company first entering Moria, crossing the bridge and seeing the old halls, slowly stopping, then one by one starting this song has a homage to their most revered ancestor and as a mark of hope that their re-colonisation effort will bring back all this old glory.

I can’t tell you guys how many times I’ve listened too this. Perfection! If Tolkien was still with us it would put tears in his eyes.

I sang this at my friends place just the other day, and she was saying that when she closed her eyes when I started to sing and as the song progressed she could actually see the images in her head. Almost like memories that were never there. I get the same feeling whenever I close my eyes and just listen. It feels like home.

The 1st singer's voice blends so well in the chorus it's unbelievable.

Durin and the Dwarven Fathers would be filled with pride to hear you guys sing this in their many-pillared halls of stone. Thank you for this beautiful gem!

As a dwarf fan, my heart is going to burst. After so many years, of loving these awesome underdogs in the tolkien mythos, I get to hear this. You made my day. No, week. Month. I love you. I love Clamavi de Profundis. I love Tolkien.

I Listened to this near a bonfire, under the stars, far from any city, surrounded by old mountains. Best thing ever.