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Efter Elden

En tid jag såg till ända,
hur flammor for och solen dog.
Jag såg hur lågan tog all världen,
jag såg hur urhav svalde jord.
Höga himmel bränner elden,
djupt i vatten föll hon ned
Där gick Ulven så att ränna,
där flöt flott hon; Nagelfar
 
Men se! Balder, där och Höder...
Och se, Höne blotspån strör
En andra gång uppstiger hon
Moder jord ur havets djup.
 
Men se! Balder, där och Höder...
Och se, Höne blotspån strör
I Vindhem vakar gudarna
Nu när elden brunnit ut
 
Där var slut men också början,
ty lycktas strid skall komma frid
Vet det gyllenblankt som gräset dolt,
åter funnit vägen hit
Och där de fordom ägda bräden,
bådar ny och grönskön värld
Åter örnen vingfar fjället,
och kniper fisk i nyfödd sjö
 
Hör upp! Ni Heimdallsungar,
Hög som låg, likväl som kungar
Hör vad Valan vist förkunnar
Forntidsöde, Framtidsfrö
 
På osådd vall syns åter gro,
månget gräs där njuter sol
Nu vid Gimle rest ett salhus,
fagert solbelyst och grannt
Åter gudar gå i vihov,
nu allt illt skall bättre bli
Där gå redlig man och mänska,
lyckligt så i evig tid.
 
Translation

After the fire

I saw an era come to an end,
how flames moved and how the sun died
I saw how the fire devoured the whole world,
I saw how the ancient ocean swallowed the earth
High sky burning the fire,
she fell into deep water
Fenrir was running there,
she was floating there; Naglfar
 
But look! There's Balder and Höder
And look, Höne sprinkles sacrificial splinters1
She rises for a second time
From the depts of the oceans comes Mother Earth
 
But look! There's Balder and Höder
And look, Höne sprinkles sacrificial splinters
The gods are waking up in the heavens
As the fire has gone out
 
It was an ending but also a beginning,
for at the end of the battle there shall be peace
I know that the thing hidden by the grass,
shining of gold, has found its way back
And where the formerly owned planks forebodes
a new and beautiful green world
 
Listen up! Children of Heimdallr
Tall and short, as well as kings
Hear what the seeress wisely predicts
Prehistoric destiny, future seed
 
The desert mound can be seen growing again,
every blade of grass enjoys the sun
A great house has now been built at Gimlé,
fair and elegant, reflecting the sun
The Gods goes back to their halls,
everything that is ill shall be better now
Sound persons and men are here now,
happily ever after
 
  • 1. "Blotspån" (lit. sacrificial splinters) was in old scandinavian culture a kind of splinters that were thrown into a sacrificial bowl in memory of Brage and fallen chieftains
Comments
SaintMarkSaintMark    Thu, 27/04/2017 - 15:10

please post this:
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I saw an era come to an end,
how flames moved and how the sun died
I saw how the fire devoured the whole world,
I saw how the ancient ocean swallowed the earth
High sky burning the fire,
she fell into deep water
Fenrir was running there,
she was floating there; Naglfar

But look! There's Balder and Höder
And look, Höne sprinkles sacrificial splinters
She rises for a second time
From the depts of the oceans comes Mother Earth

But look! There's Balder and Höder
And look, Höne sprinkles sacrificial splinters
The gods are waking up in the heavens
As the fire has gone out

It was an ending but also a beginning,
for at the end of the battle there shall be peace
I know that the thing hidden by the grass,
shining of gold, has found its way back
And where the formerly owned planks forebodes
a new and beautiful green world

Listen up! Children of Heimdallr
Tall and short, as well as kings
Hear what the seeress wisely predicts
Prehistoric destiny, future seed

The desert mound can be seen growing again,
every blade of grass enjoys the sun
A great house has now been built at Gimlé,
fair and elegant, reflecting the sun
The Gods goes back to their halls,
everything that is ill shall be better now
Sound persons and men are here now,
happily ever after

SaintMarkSaintMark    Mon, 03/09/2018 - 06:30

please repost. you broke the meter in one stanza.

SaintMarkSaintMark    Wed, 20/02/2019 - 00:00

this translation appears to be incomplete