Miðgarður [English translation]

Do you remember what was done on Midgard?1

I saw, I saw.

A very long time ago, a song was created,

the poem so ornately written.

Of a hero who battled against a winged danger?

I saw, I saw.

Baldur2 who battled with honour that day,

and died that we may live.

Still wandering over frozen lava,

an outcast spectre makes a face [at someone].

The heat from the bonfire comforts our distress,

men sleep in huts here.

Evening, from the north, cold in the hills,

knocks on the door of darkness, black.

So we wait patiently

for it to become bright again.

The reliable power of the right runes

calms the mind when the wind blows.

Everyone's sorrows are soothed now,

sleep, my young love.

1. Midgard was the name given to the Earth in the context of the nine worlds in Norse mythology.2. I see this as a clever self-reference by Skálmöld to their first album, Baldur, which tells the story of a farmer who seeks to avenge his family after they are killed by evil spirits.

• Artist:Skálmöld
• Album:Vögguvísur Yggdrasils