Pērkoņkalve - Skyforger traduction en anglais

Pērkoņkalve

Tris dienas gaju caur dzilu mezu,
Caur dzilu mezu, caur mezu svetu;
Ceturta diena uzgaju vienu
Dievaju setu, nekad neredzetu.
Tek upe strauja garam tai setai,
Sidraba vilnus ta upe meta.

Simtgadu ozols aug upes mala,
Uzkaru zobenu zeltzaru gala,
Zeltitie zari lidz debesim sniedzas,
Visgaram baltiem makoniem liecas;
Pats pa tiem zariem augsup es kapu,
Caur zvaigznu laukiem nu debesis trapu.

Es redzeju debesis vienu augstu kalnu,
Ta kalna gala staveja smede;
Ta tik bij' viena varena smede,
Zalvara durvim, sidraba kedem.

Debesu smede kalejs kala, dzirksteles skida;
Nokal, kalej, mums sauli,
Sauli, ko redzet pie debesim spidam.

Milzu amurs kalejam rokas,
Dzelzs zem ta amura ka cuska lokas,
Melns pukis ogles dzesa,
Par visu pasauli zibeni leca.

The Forge of Thunder

Three days I wandered through the deep forest,
Through the deep forest, through the holy forest;
On the fourth day I found a
Holy place, never seen before.
A rapid river flows past that place,
The river throws silver waves.

A century-old oak tree grows by the river,
I hang my golden-hilted sword on it,
The golden branches reach up to the sky,
They bend all the way to the white clouds;
I myself climb up those branches,
And now I wander through the heavenly fields.

I saw a high mountain in the sky,
A forge stood on the top of that mountain;
It was such a mighty forge,
With brazen doors and silver thresholds.

The heavenly blacksmith forges, sparks fly;
Forge, blacksmith, forge us a sun,
A sun that we can see shining in the sky.

A giant hammer in the blacksmith's hands,
Iron bends like a pig under that hammer,
A black billy goat quenches the coals,
Lightning leaps across the world.