Song for Odin (A Cappella)
I sing of the tales of the wanderer
The rider of Yggdrasill
He gave up an eye into Mimir's well
Where deeply, he drank his fill
For nine long nights, old Hárr,
hung he In search of the spoken spell
The runes that he found drew sounds for man
And down, from the tree, he fell
A snake, he slid through Gunnloð's court
The mead of poetry sought
Three sips, and he fled as eagle's wing
By Suttung, was never caught
Two sticks on a beach Hárbarð had found
His brothers heard his call
He gave his own breath and his blood to the wood
And told them of his Hall
Valhalla holds the Einherjar
Who'll fight on Vigrið plain.
As fenrir sinks his fangs to the bone
The life of Odin will wane
Fear not, my kin, of the Ragnarók
For Fimbultýr truly has won
He saw his own death at the end of time
And whispered this to his son
Völuspá - Die Weissagung aus der Lieder - Edda
Duivelspack
Album: Mythos Hildebrandslied
Lyrics (Old Norse and English)
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Ask veit ek standa,
heitir Yggdrasill
hár baðmr, ausinn
hvíta auri;
þaðan koma döggvar
þærs í dala falla;
stendr æ yfir grœnn
Urðar brunni.
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Þaðan koma meyjar
margs vitandi
þrjár, ór þeim sal
er und þolli stendr;
Urð hétu eina,
aðra Verðandi,
skáru á skíði,
Skuld ina þriðju;
þær lög lögðu,
þær líf kuru
alda börnum,
örlög seggja.
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An ash I know it stands-
It is named Yggdrasill.
High tree, sprinkled,
With white mud;
There from come the dews-
That fall on the dale!
It stands always green, above-
The source of Urdhr.
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There from come the maids,
Much knowing;
Three, their dwelling,
Stands under the tree;
Urdh is named one,
The other Verdhandi,
- They notched (scored) wood -
Skuld is the third.
They set up the laws,
They decided on the lives,
Of the children of time ('the children of man').
They promulgate fate.
If I Had a Heart | Fever Ray
Cover by Aries
Cover by Aries
