Paroles et traduction SKÁLD - Sækonungar

Sækonungar

Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
Vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
Vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?

Skipa, bátar, knörir, langskip, hélugbarði.
Skipa, bátar, knörir, langskip, hélugbarði.

Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
Vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
Vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?

Sær, sílægja, straumförð, furdustrandir.
Sær, sílægja, straumförð, furdustrandir.

Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
Vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?

Jörð, fjörn ok gyma, hvammr ok tunga,
út fyrir jarðar skauti.
Jörð, fjörn ok gyma, hvammr ok tunga,
út fyrir jarðar skauti.

"Þar munu eftir undrsamligar,
Gullnar töflur í grasi finnask,
þærs í árdaga áttar höfðu,
þærs í árdaga áttar höfðu."

Sea Kings

Why should I stay put, with my arm under my head,
When I ought to be a famous man, and follow you to other lands?
Why should I stay put, with my arm under my head,
When I ought to be a famous man, and follow you to other lands?

Ships, boats, merchantmen, longships, high-prowed vessels.
Ships, boats, merchantmen, longships, high-prowed vessels.

Why should I stay put, with my arm under my head,
When I ought to be a famous man, and follow you to other lands?
Why should I stay put, with my arm under my head,
When I ought to be a famous man, and follow you to other lands?

Sea, surge, swift current, paradise shores.
Sea, surge, swift current, paradise shores.

Why should I stay put, with my arm under my head,
When I ought to be a famous man, and follow you to other lands?

Land, far and wide, sound and tongue,
outside the limits of the Earth.
Land, far and wide, sound and tongue,
outside the limits of the Earth.

"Then will be found marvelous things,
Tablets of gold in the grass,
which The Eight had once owned,
which The Eight had once owned."