Glittertind — Landkjenning song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Landkjenning" by Glittertind.
Lyrics
Og det var olav trygvason,
Stævned over nordsjø fram
Op mod sit unge kongerige,
Som ikke vented ham,
Fik han så første synet:
«hvad er dette for mur i havbrynet?»
Og det var olav trygvason,
Landet syntes ganske stængt,
Alle hans unge kongelængsler
Føltes mod klippen sprængt,
Indtil en skald opdaged
Hvide kupler og spir i skylaget.
Og det var olav trygvason,
Syntes, han med engang så
Gråsprængte gamle tempelmure,
Snehvide hvælv derpå.
Længtes han da så såre
Med sin unge tro stå indenfore.
Landet sig åbned, vår der var,
Durende af fossebrus,
Stormveir og havdøn rundt omkring dem
Sælsom var skogens sus.
Orgler og klokker hørtes,
Kongen så sig om,
Kongen henførtes:
«her er grunden funden, funden,
Tempelhvælvet trodser helved!
Ånden bæver, hjertet fyldes,
Her den største kun kan hyldes!
Gid min tro stå stærk som grunden,
Stige ren som jøkelrunden,
Ånden nå naturens højde,
Fyldt af ham, som sammenføjde."
Olavs bøn vi alle tage,
Nu som da og alle dage:
Ånden bæver, hjertet fyldes,
Her den største kun kan hyldes!
Gid min tro stå stærk som grunden,
Stige ren som jøkelrunden,
Ånden nå naturens højde,
Fyldt af ham, som sammenføjde!
Fyldt af ham! fyldt af ham!
Lyrics translation
And it was olav trygvason,
Assembly over nordsjø fram
Against his young Kingdom,
Who didn't wait for him,
Did he get the first sight:
"what is this wall in the sea bream?»
And it was olav trygvason,
The country seemed quite sprawling,
All his young royal longings
Felt toward the rock blasted,
Until a shell discovered
White domes and spires in the cloud layer.
And it was olav trygvason,
Thought he with once saw
Grizzled old temple walls,
Snow-White vault thereon.
Did he long so badly
With his young Faith stand withinfore.
The land itself opened up, spring there was,
Durende of fossebrus,
Stormveir and havdøn all around them
Strange was the rush of the shoe.
Organs and bells were heard,
The King looked around,
The King was appointed:
"here's why the find, the find,
The temple vault defies hell!
The spirit trembles, the heart fills,
Here the biggest can only be paid tribute!
May my faith be strong as the cause,
Ladder clean as jøkelrunden,
The spirit reaches the height of nature,
Filled by him, as join."
Olav's prayer we all take,
Now as then and all days:
The spirit trembles, the heart fills,
Here the biggest can only be paid tribute!
May my faith be strong as the cause,
Ladder clean as jøkelrunden,
The spirit reaches the height of nature,
Filled by him, as join together!
Full of him! full of him!