作曲 : Almqvist, Grawsi? ...
Eldens starka ljus br?nner i mina ?gon,
likt t?rnets sting en g?ng br?nt.
Svett t?cker en tr?tt och sargad kropp,
tomhet fyller ett sk?ndat sinne … en sj?l itu.
Likt tusen ?r i d?dens kalla s?mn,
v?nder jag ?ter ur … sj?lslig d?d.
Ett valv av l?v ovan tr?dens stam,
denna plats f?r mig s? bekant.
Likt den pelarsal i norr,
som jag l?mnade en g?ng.
Likt tusen ?r i d?dens kalla s?mn,
v?nder jag ?ter ur … sj?lslig d?d.
Ur sj?lslig d?d!
Svaga bilder av dr?mmar,
vindlande djup, dunkla ord.
Vansinnets s?mn,
som f?rgiftad ?terigen …
"Minns min r?st, du son av Norden …
en g?ng stungen av t?rnets tand.
D?mt var blodet, d?md var sj?len;
du kom till mig i vargt?rnets namn."
En m?rk skepnad bortom eldens sken,
stilla vakande i sin vargahamn.
Efter sin l?nga hemf?rd,
den gamle var ?ter h?r igen …
Likt tusen ?r i d?dens kalla s?mn,
v?nder jag ?ter ur … sj?lslig d?d.
(Translate to English:)
The bright light of the fire burns my eyes
Like the sting of the thorn once burned
Sweat covers a lacerated and tired body
Emptiness fills a desecrated mind, a soul torn in two...
Like a thousand years, in the cold sleep of death
I return from... Soul Death
A vault of leaves above the tree trunks
This place, so well-known to me
Like the pillared hall of the North
That I once left
Like a thousand years, in the cold sleep of death
I return from... Soul Death
Vague images of dreams
Winding depths, obscure words
The sleep of insanity
As if poisoned once again...
Do you remember my voice, you son of the North...
Once stung by the thorn's tooth
Doomed was the blood, doomed was the soul...
You came to me in the name of the wolf thorn
A dark phantom beyond the light of the fire
Quietly watching in its wolf guise
After his long journey home
The Old One was here once more
Like a thousand years, in the cold sleep of death
I return from... Soul Death