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Translation
Northern lights
There were northward, on the seashore, they
by salty rocks covered in rime.
There were northward, on the seashore, they
a light was born in the dark.
In that land, where I know it lies,
there was an island nearby.
In that land, where I know it lies,
the rime giants carry out destiny.
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
from Earth?
You should have seen them, do you call them “rainbow”?
They have three colours, they’re called “northern lights”.
The bridge between heaven and Earth, they’re those they once owned,
above the sea blue as flames, they’re called “northern lights”.
What comes from afar keeps me awake,
every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
from Earth?
What comes from afar keeps me awake,
every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.
What comes from afar keeps me awake,
every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.
What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
from Earth?
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Submitted by Icey on 2020-10-02
Added in reply to request by Torsteim
Last edited by Icey on 2020-10-05
Author's comments:
The lyrics are a big patchwork of bits taken from Völundarkviða, Gylfaginning, Grímnismál, Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa hans, Völuspá, and Hemings þáttr Áslákssonar. In several lines the passage from an extract to another isn't very fluid and the resulting meaning is pretty broken, if not meaningless.
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