"Beren, Barahir's søn, var et dødeligt menneske, men Lúthien var datter af Thingol, en elverkonge i Midgård, dengang verden endnu var ung. Og hun var den fagreste pige, der nogen sinde har færdedes her på Jorden. Som stjernerne over Nordlandet's tåger var hendes dejlighed, og hendes ansigt var som et strålende lys. Dengang boede Den Store Fjende, hos hvem Sauron i Mordor kun var en træl, i Angband oppe mod nord, og elverfolk fra vest, der vendte tilbage til Midgård, erklærede ham krig for at genvinde de silmariler, som han havde stjålet, og menneskeheden's fædre hjalp elverfolkene. Men Fjenden sejrede, Barahir blev dræbt, og Beren, der undslap efter efter at have udstået mange farer, kom over Rædselsbjergene ind i Thingol's skjulte kongerige i Neldorethskoven. Dér så han Lúthien synge og danse i en lysning ved bredden af den fortryllede flod Esgalduin, og han kaldte Tinúviel, det betyder nattergal på Det Gamle Sprog. Dette første møde huskes i sangen om Beren og Lúthien. Senere blev de ramt af mange sorger, og længe måtte de leve langt fra hinanden. Tinúviel befriede Beren fra Sauron's fangekældre, og sammen måtte de udstå store farer. Ja, de styrtede Den Store Fjende fra hans trone, og fra hans jernkrone tog de en af de tre silmariler, den skønneste af alle ædelstene. Den skulle være Lúthien's brudegave til hendes far Thingol. Til sidst blev Beren dræbt af Ulven, som kom fra Angband's porte, Karcharoth, og han døde i Tinúviel's arme. Men hun valgte selv dødeligheden, at kunne dø bort fra denne verden for at kunne følge ham. Sangen om dem beretter, at de mødtes igen hinsides havet, der skilte dem, de fik lov at vågne til liv igen og gik ind i de grønne skove, og sammen har de for længe siden overskredet denne verden's grænser. Således er Lúthien Tinúviel den eneste af elverslægt, der virkelig er død og har forladt verden, og elverfolket har mistet hende, de elskede højere end nogen anden."

-- Frit efter Aragorn [Tolkien].

"Beren, son of Barahir, was a mortal man, but Luthien was the daughter of Thingol, a King of Elves upon middle-earth when the world was young; and she was the fairest maiden that has ever been among the children of this world. As the stars above the mists of the lands was her lovliness, and in her face was a shining light. In those days the Great Enemy, of whom Sauron of Mordor was but a servant, dwelt in Angband in the North, and the Elves of the West coming back to the Middle-earth made war upon him to regain the Silmarils which he had stolen; and the fathers of Men aided the Elves. But the Enemy was victorious and Barahir was slain, and Beren escaping through great peril came over the Mountains of Terror into the hidden Kingdom of Thingol in the forest of Neldoreth. There he beheld Luthien singing and dancing in a glade beside the enchanted river Esgalduin; and he named her Tinuviel, that is the Nightingale in the language of old. Many sorrows befell them afterwards, and they were parted long. Tinuviel rescued Beren from the dungeons of Sauron, and together they passed through great dangers, and cast down even the Great Enemy from his throne, and took from his iron crown one of the three Silmarils, brightest of all jewels, to be the bride-piece of Luthien to Thingol her father. Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, Karcharoth, and he died in the arms of Tinuviel. But she chose mortality, and to die from the world, so that she might follow him; and it is sung that they met again beyond the Sundering Seas, and after a brief time walking alive once more in green woods, together they passed, long ago, beyond the confines og this world. So it is that Luthien Tinuviel alone of the Elf-kindred has died and indeed left the world, and they have lost her who they most loved."

-- Told by Aragorn [Tolkien].