Thyrfing — Dryckeskväde song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Dryckeskväde" by Thyrfing.
Lyrics
Nar stormen som knackte draken ven
den piskande blast som pryglat askens gren
Allfader da fran hogsatet sig reste
«Mer dryck i hornet"han ilsket vreste
Langt bortom Midgards berg och dalar
skyddade fran stormen i gyllene salar
Allfader plotsligt tommer valfyllt krus
tvinnar skagget fundersamt i behagligt rus
Lat dryckeskvadet eka i forna gudars ara
Drick ur, inte tveka, i minnet jag er bara
Bortom langbank, i guldsmyckat sate
hors korpakrax och ett mullrande late
Av vakna ogon fem blott fyra skarpt nu ser
Allfader i dromvarlden jattar hugger ner
Tystnaden nu harskar i druckna hjaltars hem
gryningen och slaget ger dod, sen liv igen
Nar afton ater stundat och striden den ar slut
Allfader for sina kampar utbringar en salut
Lyrics translation
Nar storm that knocked Dragon vein
the whipping blast that flogged the branch of ash
All Father da fran hogsatet himself traveled
"More drink in the horn" he angrily vreste
Far beyond Midgard's mountains and valleys
protected from the storm in golden halls
All Father plotslig tommer valfyllt krus
twirls skagget musing in Pleasant rus
Lat dryckeskvadet echo in the ara of ancient gods
Drink out, do not hesitate, in memory I just er
Beyond langbank, in gold-plated sate
hors korpakrax and a rumbling late
By awake ogon five only four sharply now look
All Father in the dromvarlden jattar cuts down
The silence now harshens in drunken hjaltars home
the dawn and the Battle give dod, then life again
When evening comes and the battle is over
All Father for his struggles uttering a salute