Helvegen

Wardruna

Tłumaczenie (angielski)

52 przekłady

Utwór wykonywany również przez:

AURORA (Norway) Kalandra

+3 więcej

Album:

Runaljod - Yggdrasil (2013)

Oryginalne teksty (piosenek)

Old Norse, norweski

Przekład

angielski

Helvegen

The path to Hel

Who shall sing me,

Into deathsleep sling me,

When I on the path to Hel go,

And this track I tread

Is cold, so cold, so cold.

I sought the songs,

I sent the songs.

Then the deepest well

Gave me tears so harsh

From the Slain-father's1 pledge.

I know everything, Odin,

To whom you gave your eye.

Who shall sing me,

Into deathsleep sling me,

Whence I on the path to Hel go,

And this track I tread

Is cold, so cold, so cold.

Early or in the day's end,

The raven still knows if I fall.

Once you stand at the gate to Hel

And when you have to tear free,

I shall follow you

Over Gjallarbrú2 with my song.

You will be free from the bonds that bind you,

You are free from the bonds that bound you!

"Cattle die,

Friends die,

So, too, must you die.

Though one thing

Never dies;

The fair fame one has earned.

Cattle die,

Friends die,

So, too, must you die.

I know one,

That never dies;

Judgement of a dead man's life."3

1. "Father of the slain"
2. Gjallarbrú (literally "Gjöll Bridge") is a bridge spanning the river Gjöll ("Resounding") in the underworld, which must be crossed in order to reach Hel.
3. Verses from Hávamál, 76-77.

Song details

Translation details

vaevictius

submitted on 15 czerw. 2014 - 10:32

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Komentarz autora:

As the commenter said, the lyrics and the translation are in the video, but if you're too lazy to look, here you go! Changed a tad bit to be a bit more literal, but nothing major.

Source is just the same video that's already there, but hey, rules are rules.

Komentarze 7

TrampGuy M

18 czerw. 2014, 13:11

please add the source you used for this translation.

vaevictius A

19 czerw. 2014, 16:56

Will do

Frisian

10 lip. 2015, 09:03

Thank you for the translation. I wanted to note that "Allfather" would be 'Alfa∂ir'.
"Valfader" means "Slainfather", i.e., father of the slain, also referring to Odin.

Solvinter

4 czerw. 2020, 19:15

Also interpreted by Kalandra. Please add this! <3

Icey M

13 czerw. 2020, 11:35

The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation.

One "så kalde" in "er kalde så kalde, så kalde" removed.

EgSkal

14 czerw. 2020, 23:20

For grammatical reasons, the chorus lines for the English translation should be changed to
"Who shall sing for me,"
"When on the path to Hel I go,"

gardvord

4 lut. 2024, 17:17

Please note that Wardruna's original lyrics is in Norwegian Nynorsk, not Old Norse. The two stanzas at the end, taken from the Hávamál, is in Old Norse language.