Paroles et traduction Einar Selvik - Vegurinn til Valhallar - The Way to Valhöll

Vegurinn til Valhallar - The Way to Valhöll

Svá beit þá sverð
ór siklings hendi
váðir Váfaðar,
sem í vatn brygði;
brǫkuðu broddar,
brotnuðu skildir,
glumruðu gylfringar
í gotna hausum.
Trǫddusk tǫrgur
fyr Týs ok bauga
hjalta harðfótum
hausar Norðmanna;
róma varð í eyju,
ruðu konungar
skírar skjaldborgir
í skatna blóði.
Blendusk við roðnum
und randar himni,
Skǫglar veðr léku
við ský of bauga,
umðu oddláar
í Óðins veðri,
hné mart manna
fyr mækis straumi.
Sǫ́tu þá dǫglingar
með sverð of togin,
með skarða skjǫldu
ok skotnar brynjur,
vasa sá herr
í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.

Vegurinn til Valhallar - The Way to Valhöll

So bit the swords
from the hands of the sons of the family
Waders of Vafþrúðnir
as if forging in water
Spears broke
Shields shattered
Helmets thundered
on the heads of the Goths.
Platforms were trodden
around Týr's and Baugi's
hilt-hardened
the skulls of the Northmen
Red it became on the island
Kings dyed
shining warrior-castles
in the blood of the slain.
They shone red
under the edge of the sky
The battle-witches played
in the sky of swords
Arrow-throwers screamed
in Óðinn's storm
Many a man bent
before the sword-stream.
Then the heroes fell
with swords drawn
with notched shields
and broken mail-coats
Bold was that host
in thought and had
the way to Valhall.