Crimson sunset is falling down
The ground where my days are gone.
In battle my falling was
A dignified death!
At the ocean shore
My drakkar is preparing for the last sail.
Countless trophies of war
We’re bringing on board.
As the prey incinerates with me,
What was got in the fight by life
Forever mine will be!
My body is entrusted to the stern –
Onwards to my worth.
All of it in Valhalla I shall have again –
In Midgard let it burn!
Let the wind chase away the clouds!
Let it fill the sails of my burial ship!
Let the smoke reach the sky
And the fire merge with the setting sun rays!
Excited crows above
Are circling in vain expectation of prey.
All I ever owned – with human blood
In Uppsala's Temple to Odin I gave!
Let the wind chase away the clouds!
Let it fill the sails of my burial ship!
Let the smoke reach the sky
And the fire merge with the setting sun rays!
As the prey incinerates with me,
What was got in the fight by life
Forever mine will be!
