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    Vikings - Helvegen

    Helvegen

    Kven skal synge meg
    i daudsvevna slynge meg
    når eg helvegen går
    og dei spora eg trår
    er kalde, så kalde
    Eg songane søkte
    Eg songane sende
    då den djupaste brunni
    gav meg dråpar så ramme
    av Valfaders pant
    Alt veit eg Odin
    kvar du auge løynde
    Kven skal synge meg
    i daudsvevna slynge meg
    når eg helvegen går
    og dei spora eg trår
    er kalde, så kalde
    Årle ell i dagars hell
    enn veit ravnen om eg fell
    Når du ved helgrindi står
    og når laus deg må rive
    skal eg fylgje deg
    yver gjallarbrui med min song
    Du blir laust frå banda som bind deg
    Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg
    Deyr fé,
    deyja frændr,
    deyr sjalfr it sama,
    en orðstírr
    deyr aldregi,
    hveim er sér góðan getr.
    Deyr fé,
    deyja frændr,
    deyr sjalfr it sama,
    ek veit einn,
    at aldrei deyr:
    dómr um dauðan hvern.

    The path to Hel

    Who shall sing me,
    Into deathsleep sling me,
    When I on the path to Hel go,
    And this track I tread
    Is cold, so cold, so cold.
    I sought the songs,
    I sent the songs.
    Then the deepest well
    Gave me tears so harsh
    From the Slain-father's pledge.
    I know everything, Odin,
    To whom you gave your eye.
    Who shall sing me,
    Into deathsleep sling me,
    Whence I on the path to Hel go,
    And this track I tread
    Is cold, so cold, so cold.
    Early or in the day's end,
    The raven still knows if I fall.
    Once you stand at the gate to Hel
    And when you have to tear free,
    I shall follow you
    Over Gjallarbrú with my song.
    You will be free from the bonds that bind you,
    You are free from the bonds that bound you!
    "Cattle die,
    Friends die,
    So, too, must you die.
    Though one thing
    Never dies;
    The fair fame one has earned.
    Cattle die,
    Friends die,
    So, too, must you die.
    I know one,
    That never dies;
    Judgement of a dead man's life."
 
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