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Translation
The Rootless Tree Falls
Come Easter,
Come dawning day,
Come, fathers and mothers of
High lineages,
Come roosters into the three worlds.
Come all-father Odin,
Come Frigg, my mother
Come, wise vanar
Come ancient thurses.
If the seeds are fruit,
Sing the song
That once gave life.
Standing ash tree
Is called Yggdrasil.
Enthroned evergreen
Over Urd's well
Hear me all
Sons of Heimdall!
Stand up from your sleep,
Give strength to the roots!
Sharpen the oldest
Of serpents that
Gnaw in the ground.
Three norns I bid,
that you shall spin life.
Three norns I bid,
that you shall twine life.
Three norns I bid,
that you shall bind life
... bind to the roots...
Æsir, norns,
wise vanirs,
thurse maidens,
yearning Valkyries,
Elves, dwarves,
Goddesses and witches.
High protectors
of Yggdrasil.
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Submitted by 
vaevictius on 2014-04-23
vaevictius on 2014-04-23Added in reply to request by 
kaimiloa
kaimiloa Last edited by vaevictius on 2016-02-07
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Comments
Aernath 
Sciera 
Andreven
Sun, 28/10/2018 - 21:08
A couple of corrections are needed. First and foremost "kvast den eldest" actually means "sharply it ages". So the line is more like "sharply it ages / from serpents who / gnaw in the ground". Secondly, "som i fordum liv avla" is closer to "which long ago grew life".
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I took most of the translations from the link below, but I made some adjustments so that it's more fluent and "poetic" in English.