NÍUNDI LYRICS

1. Útiseta

Win sat hon úti, þá er inn aldni kom,
Yggiungr ása,oc í augo leit:
'Hvers fregnit mic, Hví freistið mín?
Olt veit eg, Óðinn, Hvar þú auga falt:
í inom mæra Mímis brunni.'
Dreccr miöð Mímir. Morgin hverian af veði Valföðrs –
Vitoð ér enn, eða hvat?

[English translation:]

Alone she sat outside when you came,
Terror of the gods, and gazed in her eyes.
What do you ask of me? Why taunt me?
Óðinn, I know where your eye is hidden,
Hidden away in the well of Mimir.
Mimir each morning his mead drinks mead in Valföðr's pledge.
Well would you know more?

2. Opna

[English translation:]

Open darkness
Blood open Heath and gravemound.
Become my servant, give me the knowledge you hold

Open darkness, past the draugr, past the Gods.
Open darkness, lead me servant, blood and darkness

Neither sun, nor moon, nor even stars,
Neither sunset nor sunrise will stop us

Past the wasteland to Ginnungagap, to Ymir,
To flesh and blood and darkness
Show me all you know

Now return us!

3. Ræða

[English translation:]

[Volva:]
Awaken ice-blue corpse.
I rise you.

From under root
And under mound
With sound of staff
I rise you.

Aroused and wrapped in sheets of flame
Awaken corpse

Drawing in breath
Rune upon bone!

What comes blue corpse?
Speak now
Speak.

[Corpse:]
I see all
And warn you now.

The first wave comes:
You open arms in the name of compassion; they trample our graves.

Then the second wave comes:
You avert your eyes; they made you ashamed of your ancestors
And you threw away our culture

Third wave comes:
Your children bend their knee in supplication;
Now the adversary own our future.

Blood is weakened.
Orlog broken.
Threads no longer
Wryd undone

I say to you!
Arise Northman, Northwoman and child.
Arise King, farmer, thrall.
Feel your cheek burn in the northern wind
Feel the ice freeze in your veins
Let this warning burn your soul
Awaken, harken these words!
Turn to Thule for strength.







NÍUNDI LYRICS