SKÁLD - Norðrljós

Stóð fyr norðan, þær á sævarströnd,
hrímsteinana er saltir voru.
Stóð fyr norðan, þær á sævarströnd,
ljós fæðist í myrkrinu.

Á því landi, er ek liggja veit,
ein ey lá þar skammt.
Á því landi, er ek liggja veit,
hrímþursar örlög drýgja.

Sá mik vekr, er af víði kemr,
morgin hverjan eg helsar baldrljós.

Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
af jörðu?

Regnbogi, Bifröst, Norðrljós,
eg helsar Norðrljós Baldrljós.

Hana muntu séð hafa, vera kallir þú regnboga?
Hún er með þrem litum, Norðrljós heitir.
Brú til himins af jörðu, þærs í árdaga áttar höfðu,
yfir hafi sem var blár sem logi, Norðrljós heitir.

Sá mik vekr, er af víði kemr,
morgin hverjan eg helsar baldrljós.

Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
af jörðu?

Sá mik vekr, er af víði kemr,
morgin hverjan eg helsar baldrljós.
Sá mik vekr, er af víði kemr,
morgin hverjan eg helsar baldrljós.

Hver er leið til himins
Hver er leið til himins
af jörðu?
There were fires northward, on the seashore, they
by salty rocks covered in rime.
There were fires 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 comes from afar keeps me awake,
every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.1

What’s the path to the sky
What’s the path to the sky
from Earth?

Rainbow, Bifröst,2Aurora,
I greet the Northern lights, Baldr’s lights.

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?