| This article is about the bridge itself. For the chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, see The Bridge of Khazad-dûm. |
- "Suddenly Frodo saw before him a black chasm. At the end of the hall, the floor vanished and fell to an unknown depth. The outer door could only be reached by a slender bridge of stone, without kerb or rail, that spanned the chasm with one curving spring of fifty feet....They could only pass across it single file. At the brink Gandalf halted and the others came up in a pack behind."
- —The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm"
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm, also known as Durin's Bridge, traversed an enormous delved pit of Khazad-dûm.
The Bridge was located nearby the East-gate of Moria, fifty feet long, narrow with no railing, and curved slightly upward at the center. It was an ancient defense against any enemy who might get past the East-gate and capture the First Hall and outer passages; walkers on the bridge could only cross it in single-file.[1]
History[]
- "You cannot pass," he said. The Orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass."
- —Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm"
On January 15, 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring came to the Bridge of Khazad-dûm pursued by Orcs and a Balrog of Morgoth. Gandalf stopped on the Bridge, standing in the middle of the span, allowing the others to escape. He leaned on the staff in his left hand and held the sword Glamdring, gleaming cold and white, in his right. The Balrog stepped onto the Bridge, facing Gandalf, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings. It raised its whip, and the thongs whined and cracked. Fire came from its nostrils. But Gandalf stood firm and declared that the Balrog could not pass. They fought, and the Balrog's sword was destroyed. Then the Balrog leaped full upon the Bridge, and Gandalf lifted his staff and smote it upon the bridge directly over the keystone. His staff shattered, but the Bridge cracked at the Balrog's feet. The stone broke and fell, taking the Balrog with it into the abyss, but the thongs of its whip snared Gandalf about his knees, and he too plummeted with the Balrog into the depths of the mountain. Gandalf had cried to the Fellowship, "Fly, you fools!", and was gone.[2] It is unknown whether the Bridge was later rebuilt.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Brug van Khazad-dûm |
| Albanian | Ura e Khazad-dûm |
| Amharic | ኽሃዛድ፡ዱም መካከል ድልድይ |
| Arabic | جسر خزاد-دوم |
| Armenian | Կամուրջ Խազադ-դւմ |
| Azerbaijani | Khazad-dûm körpü |
| Basque | Khazad-dûm zubia |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Мост Khazad-dûm |
| Bengali | খাহ্জাদ-দুম সেতু |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | на моста на Хазад-дум |
| Catalan | Pont de Khazad-dûm |
| Cebuano | Tulay sa Khazad-dûm |
| Chichewa | Mlatho wa Khazad-dûm |
| Corsican | Libri di Khazad-dûm |
| Croatian | Most Khazad-duma |
| Czech | Most Khazad-dûm |
| Danish | Broen ved Khazad-dûm |
| Dutch | Brug van Khazad-dûm |
| Esperanto | Ponto de Khazad-dûm |
| Estonian | Khazad-dûmi sild |
| Faroese | Brúgv av Khazad-dûm |
| Finnish | Khazad-dûmin silta |
| Filipino | Tulay ng Khazad-dûm |
| French | Pont de Khazad-dûm |
| Frisian | Brêge fan Khazad-dûm (Western) Khazad-dûm Brääch (Saterland) |
| Galician | Ponte do Khazad-dûm |
| Georgian | ხჰაზად-დუმ ხიდი |
| German | Brücke von Khazad-dûm |
| Greek | Γεφύρι της Χαζαδ-δυμ |
| Gujarati | ક્હઝદ્-દુમ ના બ્રિજ |
| Haitian Creole | Pon de Khazad-dûm |
| Hausa | Gada na Khazad-dûm |
| Hawaiian | Alahaka o Khazad-dûm |
| Hebrew | גשר קהזד-דום |
| Hindi | खजद-दुम का पुल |
| Hmong | Choj ntawm Khazad-dûm |
| Hungarian | Khazad-dûm-hídja |
| Icelandic | Khazad-dûm-brúin |
| Indonesian | Jembatan Khazad-dûm |
| Irish Gaelic | Drochaid Khazad-dûm |
| Italian | Ponte di Khazad-dûm |
| Japanese | カザド＝ドゥーム橋 |
| Javanese | Kreteg Khazad-dûm |
| Kannada | ಖಾಝಡ್-ಡುಂ ಸೇತುವೆ |
| Kazakh | Кһазад-дoм көпірі (Cyrillic) Khazad-dom köpiri (Latin) |
| Korean | 크하잣둠의 다리 |
| Kurdish | Pira Khazad-dûm (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кhазад-дум көпүрө |
| Latin | Khazad-dûm de ponte |
| Latvian | Tilts no Khazad-dum |
| Lithuanian | Tiltas Khazad-dûm |
| Lombard | Put de Khazad-dûm (Eastern) |
| Luxembourgish | Bréck vu Khazad-dûm |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Мостот на Кхазад-дум |
| Malagasy | Tetezana ny Khazad-dûm |
| Malaysian | Jambatan Khazad-dûm |
| Malayalam | ഖജദ്-ഡും എന്ന പാലം |
| Maltese | Pont ta 'Khazad-dûm |
| Maori | Piriti o Khazad-dûm |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Кhазад-дум гүүр |
| Nepalese | क्हज़द्-दउम पुल |
| Norwegian | Broen av Khazad-dûm |
| Pashto | د پل خهازاد-دوم |
| Persian | پل خهازادءدوم |
| Polish | Most Khazad-dûmu |
| Portuguese | Ponte de Khazad-dûm |
| Romanian | Podul de Khazad-dûm |
| Romansh | Khazad-dûm Punt |
| Russian | Мост Хазад-дûм |
| Samoan | Alalaupapa o Khazad-dûm |
| Scots | Brig o Khazad-dûm |
| Scottish Gaelic | Drochaid Khazad-Dum |
| Serbian | Мост Кхазад-Дум (Cyrillic) Most Khazad-dûm (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Borokho ba Khazad-dûm |
| Shona | Bhiriji pamusoro Khazad-dûm |
| Sicilian | Ponti di Khazad-dûm |
| Sinhalese | ඛජද්-දුම් පාලම |
| Slovak | Most Khazad-dûm |
| Slovenian | Most Khazad-dûm |
| Somalian | Buundada ee Khazad-dûm |
| Spanish | Puente de Khazad-dûm |
| Sundanese | Sasak Khazad-dûm |
| Swahili | Daraja la Khazad-dûm |
| Swedish | Bron vid Khazad-Dûm - from Tolkiens Arda (a Swedish Tolkien Society) |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Пулҳо аз Кҳазад-дум |
| Tamil | காசட்-தும் பாலம் |
| Telugu | ఖాజాద్-డం వంతెన |
| Thai | สะพานคาซัด-ดูม |
| Turkish | Khazad-dûm Köprüsü |
| Turkmen | Khazad-dûm Köpri |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Міст Кгазад-дум |
| Urdu | پل خهازادءدوم |
| Uzbek | Кҳазад-дум кўприк (Cyrillic) Khazad-dûm ko'prik (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Cầu Khazad-dûm |
| Welsh | Pont Khazad-dûm |
| Yiddish | בריק פון כאַזאַד-דומ |
| Yoruba | Afara ti Khazad-dûm |
| Zazaki | Khazad-dûm Pırd |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Moria"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter V: "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm"