[Act I: The Death of Balder]



Autumn came to an end

And the first snow began to fall

Balder's face was clouded

The dreams of warning had called

His mother sought oaths

From all this below the sky

To not to hurt her son

To not to let him die



Balder stood there encircled by gods

Thrown with stones, spears and hit

With sword

No damage they had caused, not a wound

In jealousy Loki disguised to find

Why there was no harm

The mother told him that all the things

On the earth

Had sworn an oath not to harm nor

Kill her son

'All? ', he asked and then she told him

That only one was too young to swear

And mistletoe was the one



So Loki went across the frosted land

To an ancient tree where mistletoe grew

He cut off a piece and

Returned to the plain

Where gods were still enjoying their game



Loki saw Hodur the Blind sitting

Outside the ring watching

The god's game

Loki gave him the twig and offered

To guide his hand

Pleased Hodur stepped forth

And threw the twig across the plain

It hit Balder's chest piercing

His bright body and he fell

Onto the ground in blood

The laughter and the joy ceased

When Balder's blood spilled

On the pure snow of Asgrd



[Act II: A Farewell to the Son of Odin]



Balder was set into his ship

And there he laid cold

With his wife beside him

On his breast were all his possessions

Placed carefully

As the ceremony began

The sun sank low over the icy sea

Two ravens circled

In the clear blue sky

Singing their sadness

Thor raised his hammer

And blessed the pyre

Waves carried the ship far to the sea

There it burnt bri