Hanen fall om p tunet

Fr han rakk gala

-Men eg kjende tida



Hesten hang i slitte taumar

Med utakk piska inn i augo

-Men eg makta trekke plogen



Bonden la seg til marka

Grdelaus og ufri

-Men eg rydda nye hov



Vekstane visna, evige lovnadar brast

Fargane falma, hjarta fraus fast

Styen stilna, men sigeren var tatt

Strre enn tid, tyngre enn natt!



Fjella fall, og skogen brann

Tida teia, vatn vart sand

Sola slokna, men deg hadde eg att

Strre enn tid, tyngre enn natt!



Lyset tok slutt, og stjernene slokna ;

Fr fylgjet ndde fram til gards

-Men eg hussa vegen



Skipa sank med krigar og skald;

I botnlaus avgrunn lagt til kvile

-Men eg rka nye ukjende strender



Gudane vart alle brtt gamle

D dei gyldne veggane fall

-Men eg gav dei ny kraft



[English translation:]



[LARGER THAN TIME, HEAVIER THAN NIGHT]



The rooster fell dead in the dust

Before the break of dawn

But I knew time



The horse hung from worn out straps

With ungreatfulness

Wipped into his eyes

But I pulled the plow myself



The peasant laid himself down on the fields

Neither plenty nor free - but I cleared new land



Growths withered, eternal oaths shattered

Colours faded, hearts froze cold

The noise silenced, but mine was victory and might

Larger than time - heavier than night



Mountains fell, forestgreen to black

Time turned to silence, water to sand

The sun went cold, gone all but one light

Larger than time - heavier than night



Days ended, and the stars died

Before the wanderers reached home

But I knew the way



Ships sunk with all warriors and heralds

Laid to rest