Windir — Heidra song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Heidra" by Windir.
Lyrics
Ei likbør hadde han sett komma,
Sigande frå Trodladalen opp Lundamyri,
Audmjuk han i akttok synet,
Kven hadde dauden i teke,
Med otta han keik i kista,
Børi hadde med seg,
Daud, velstelt, Hvàllætti han var,
Etter dette han visste at Arntor aldri kom attende,
Ja, stolt han kunne møta dauden,
Gått viljugt i strid for å sikra ætti grid,
Gått mannadrap so ein krigar byrg,
Nekta trelldom, svik, ofra liv i grid,
Men so hemn for oppreisa og slag,
Ville svikarane setegarden ta,
Ein gard so store at den på ein dag ikkje kunne gå,
Tilmed heiden grunn garden er tufta på,
Ei nye ætt skulle setegarden rå,
Sette livet til for ætte og æra miste både setegarden og sæla,
Men då dauden var nær vart han heidra likferd,
Ein tragedie for ætlingane dette var,
Skulle dei verkeleg missa slik ein gard,
Vreida hans Sverre ville ingen ende ta
Lyrics translation
A corpse had he seen commas,
Sigande from Trodladalen up Lundamyri,
Audmjuk he heeded the sight,
Who had deathen in teke,
With otta he keik in the coffin,
Børi brought with him,
Daud, well-groomed, Hvàllætti he was,
After this he knew that Arntor never came back,
Yes, proudly he could meet deathen,
Gone strong-willed in contention to secure seed grid,
Gone mannadrap so a warrior byrg,
Nekta bondage, betrayal, ofra life in grid,
But so hemn for erreisa and kind,
Would the deceivers setegarden take,
A farm so large that in one day it could not go,
With heiden shallow garden is tufta on,
A new seed should sitegarden raw,
Put your life to the seed and era lose both the seatyard and the sæla,
But when death was near, he hid the corpse,
A tragedy for the scions this was,
Should they really miss such a farm,
Vreida his Sverre would no end take