Sometimes we make goals and they fall by the wayside… sometimes we get oh so close and have to remind ourselves that we have made progress… and sometimes we succeed! Here’s to seven months of lyric videos! 🤩 I’ve enjoyed the process of learning to bring what is in my mind to life. This is my favorite animation so far, even though there were times I was nervous about the results.
Notes from the YouTube Description:
Here in the US, we have just passed a holiday taking time to be grateful for all the blessings in our lives. It is a fitting month to release this song which, more than any other, has required the help of a community. Thank you to @totalspiffage for permission to use your tune to “Mir Dalen Somniar” for this expanded Quenya edition. No melody I could have written would have been so captivating and well-fit to the piece. Thank you to Röandil for your translation of the original lyrics, and to Luisa Rother for translating all I wished to portray into the second verse, this song would not exist without you. Lastly thank you to Orondil for your input and corrections on pronunciation as I recorded the track. It truly feels as though I am among the elves when I am with the VinyĂ« Lambengolmor. Lastly thank you to the friends and strangers who again stepped up to aid my sanity when the animation went awry, gave tips and advice when I was uncertain of the artistic direction to take, and simply lent eyeballs so I could see the video with fresh eyes. đź’–
And so we come to the seventh song in Ganneldor’s story: On many a quiet night, the air scented with flowers, Ganneldor played the harp and sang this old Noldo lullaby with his wife Liraewenel. For they had at last become a family of three. 2923 Third Age
*Linguistic note: Ăľ was originally pronounced like “th” in English. However, during the time of Feanor it began morphing to the “s” sound, to Feanor’s great displeasure. Due to my own story taking place in the third age, it made sense that Liraewenel, and thus Ganneldor, would use the more modern pronunciation. (Please don’t smite me, Youtube Feanorians!)
Look up the “Shibboleth of Feanor” to learn more!