O filme

De acordo com o roteiro da Irmandade do Anel no Conselho de Elrond , no filme Gandalf primeiro tenta :

Annon Edhellen, edro hi ammen! (Gate of the Elves, open now for me!)

Então:

Fennas Nogothrim, lasto beth lammen. (Doorway of the Dwarf-folk, listen to the word of my tongue.)

Seguido por:

Ando Eldarinwa…a lasta quettanya, Fenda Casarinwa… (Gate of Elves…listen to my word, Threshold of Dwarves…)

O livro

No livro, Gandalf primeiro tenta:

Annon edhellen, edro hi ammen!

Fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen!

Tentativas posteriores:

Many times he repeated these words in different order, or varied them. Then he tried other spells, one after another, speaking now faster and louder, now soft and slow. Then he spoke many single words of Elvish speech. Nothing happened. The cliff towered into the night, the countless stars were kindled, the wind blew cold, and the doors stood fast.

Again Gandalf approached the wall, and lifting up his arms he spoke in tones of command and rising wrath. Edro, edro! he cried, and struck the rock with his staff. Open, open! he shouted, and followed it with the same command in every language that had ever been spoken in the West of Middle-earth. Then he threw his staff on the ground, and sat down in silence.

Deve ser mencionado que no livro, 'Mellon' é a ideia de Gandalf (inspirada em algo que Merry disse) enquanto no filme 'Mellon' é a ideia de Frodo.