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Note: some recent editions of The Fellowship of the Ringaccidentally omit the first two clauses of this phrase from Chapter 2. One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them One ring to bring them all Spoken out loud the words sound as follows:Īsh nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul The inscription uses the Fëanorian characters ( Tengwar) because all forms of writing Tolkien describes at that time were invented by the Elves. These words, in the Black Speech of Mordor, sound sufficiently evil that during the Council of Elrond, the elves present stopped their ears upon hearing the inscription spoken in that tongue. A transliteration appears in Book II, Chapter 2, " The Council of Elrond", where the inscription is read by Gandalf ( listen to the inscription). A drawing of the Inscription appears in Book I, Chapter 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring, " The Shadow of the Past". Normally, the One Ring appeared perfectly plain and featureless, but when heated in a fire the inscription appeared in fiery letters inside and outside the Ring. The Ring-inscription was a Black Speech inscription in Tengwar script upon the One Ring, symbolizing the Ring's power to control the other Rings of Power. " Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul" - The translated inscription upon the One Ring, in the Black Speech of Mordor