Wodan Heerst [English translation]

Wodan* knew where he would go, traveled through weather and wind

Past giant's mountain and shadow-filled valleys

To Mimir's spring, at the foot of Yggdrasil

Where Wodan came to get never ending wisdom

No other man would drink from the spring, so was fate

Only one prize/price* would reward the man

Wodan offered Mimir his eye, should he see better

What that is will yet come to us

Unending, your rage, your wisdom is great

Grant us your blessing, the enemy death

No fear of dying, your people fearless

The world will know that Wodan rules

Unending, your rage, your wisdom is great

Grant me your knowledge of life and death

Open my eyes, unshackle my spirit

And I will know that Wodan rules

Wodan hang in the tree, himself wounded with a spear

A sacrifice to receive the wisdom of the runes

Plagued by his hunger and thirst for nine nights long

So/in this way he made the runes his own

The runescript, the magic script, he gave to the people of Midgard

A gift to us who fight with his blessing

Now we carve the runes in our sword for victory in the battle

Valkyries we see riding through the heavens

From the heavens stare two ravens

They peer over our dark, flat land

And they see how Wodan's people awaken

With Wodan's blessing we go to battle

We reach for the sword, the spear and the seax

The enemy hears how our people yell a battlecry

From our throats sounds the songs

They sing of the Allfather's wisdom and power

And we see how the old god awakens

The cowardly enemy fears for our wrath

We fight for victory and otherwise death

And we see how Wodan lives in us

• Artist:Heidevolk
• Album:Wodan Heerst