Сильмариллион
Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth
ThelightofthedrawingoftheswordsoftheNoldorwaslikeafireinafieldofreeds;andsofellandswiftwastheironsetthatalmostthedesignsofMorgothwentastray.Beforethearmythathesentwestwardcouldbestrengtheneditwassweptaway,andthebannersofFingonpassedoverAnfauglithandwereraisedbeforethewallsofAngband.EverintheforefrontofthatbattlewentGwindorandtheElvesofNargothrond,andevennowtheycouldnotberestrained;andtheyburstthroughtheGateandslewtheguardsupontheverystairsofAngband,andMorgothtrembleduponhisdeepthrone,hearingthembeatuponhisdoors.Buttheyweretrappedthere,andallwereslainsaveGwindoronly,whomtheytookalive;forFingoncouldnotcometotheiraid.BymanysecretdoorsinThangorodrimMorgothhadletissueforthhismainhostthatheheldinwaiting,andFingonwasbeatenbackwithgreatlossfromthewalls.
ThenintheplainofAnfauglith,onthefourthdayofthewar,therebeganNirnaethArnoediad,UnnumberedTears,fornosongortalecancontainallitsgrief.ThehostofFingonretreatedoverthesands,andHaldirlordoftheHaladinwasslainintherearguard;withhimfellmostoftheMenofBrethil,andcameneverbacktotheirwoods.Butonthefifthdayasnightfell,andtheywerestillfarfromEredWethrin,theOrcssurroundedthehostofHithlum,andtheyfoughtuntilday,pressedevercloser.
