Talking About Tolkien

下載聲音：Tolkien 朗讀 One Ring (51秒，680kb，MP3)

'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice.

'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this is the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

It is only two lines of a verse long known in Elven-lore:

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

下載聲音：語言的藝術...Tolkien 說精靈語!! (47秒，377kb，MP3)

Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen!
Yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron,
yéni ve lintë yuldar vánier
mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tinitilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lirinen.

Si man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An si Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
ar sindanoriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbe met, ar hisië
untúpa Calaciryo miri oialë.
Si vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!

Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar.
Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

Tolkien Drawings

Tolkien Quotes

"I think if a jinn came and gave me a wish -- what would you really like? -- I should reply: Nothing. Go away!"

"I have done some touches to my nonsense fairy language...it does seem such a mad hobby!"

"I am in fact a Hobbit, in all but size...I like gardens, trees...I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking..."

"My friends at school...called me John, or occasionally...J.R²."

Hmmmmmm

"When is Vol. III [Return of the King] likely now to appear? I shall be murdered if something does not happen soon."

"To ask if the Orcs 'are' Communists is to me as sensible as asking if Communists are Orcs."

"Do you think Shelob is a good name for a monstrous spider creature?...it seems to be quite noisome..."

"I have always found cricket a bore: chiefly, though, because I was not good at it."

"Remember your guardian angel. Not a plump lady with swan-wings!"

"I met the Lúthien Tinúviel of my own personal 'romance' with her long dark hair, fair face and starry eyes, and beautiful voice..."

"I do not dislike spiders particulary, and have no urge to kill them. I usually rescue those whom I find in the bath!"

Reflection

任何人都會寫書，任何人也會創作，但是有多少的作者還能夠*同時*擁有專業的語言知識與深厚的文學背景，*同時*也了解多種現代與古老的語言，*並且*還能創造出多種新的語言(而且還不是亂編的)，*同時*也能寫出難度極高的美麗詩句(更將語言的藝術發展到最高境界)，*而且*自己還是一位相當有智慧的人，*而且*自己還會提筆繪畫腦海裡的影像?

目前為止能符合這種高標準規格的人大概只有一位：

J.R.R. Tolkien