VETURNÆTUR

Verse 1

The autumn leaves lie cold beneath us,

The northern winds have claimed the trees.

A thousand winters sleep in silence,

Beneath the frost, beneath the leaves.

The hearth is lit, the doors stand open,

A place is kept for those unseen.

Heilir æsir, heilar ásynjur,

We call upon the ancient unseen.

For death may silence mortal voices,

But never what their lives have been.

The blood of those who came before us,

Still flows beneath our winter skin.

Pre-Chorus

And somewhere beyond the veil,

Where mortal eyes have never gazed,

Forfeður, heyrið kall mitt!

Ancient fathers, hear our praise!

Chorus

Veturnætur! Nóttin rís!

The ancient spirits come alive!

Through fire and frost, through blood and bone,

Við köllum yður heim!

We call the lost ones home!

Veturnætur! Hrafnar fljúga!

The ravens circle through the sky!

Raise up the flame, remember the fallen,

Þeir lifa í minni!

They live within our memory!

Verse 2

There is a silence in the forest,

A sacred stillness in the snow.

The stars bear witness to our stories,

Of all the things the years have known.

Við eldinn sitjum saman,

With ancient songs upon our tongues.

We pour the mead for those departed,

And honor all the battles won.

The wolves are calling through the darkness,

The mountains echo with their cries.

Óðinn horfir ofan af himni,

As northern lights illuminate the skies.

Pre-Chorus

No crown can conquer time,

No kingdom stands forever.

En minning lifir,

And we shall leave them never.

Chorus

Veturnætur! Nóttin rís!

The ancient spirits come alive!

Through fire and frost, through blood and bone,

Við köllum yður heim!

We call the lost ones home!

Veturnætur! Hrafnar fljúga!

The ravens circle through the sky!

Raise up the flame, remember the fallen,

Þeir lifa í minni!

They live within our memory!

Bridge

Heilir æsir!

Heilar ásynjur!

Heil sjá in fjölnýta fold!

Deyr fé...

Deyja frændr...

Deyr sjálfr it sama...

Ek veit einn...

At aldri deyr...

Dómr um dauðan hvern...

Hail the gods!

Hail the goddesses!

Hail the fruitful earth!

Cattle perish...

Kinsmen perish...

And we ourselves shall perish...

But one thing never dies...

The judgment and memory

Of those who have passed.

Instrumental – Tagelharpa, Throat Chanting, War Drums

Verse 3

And when the final fire dwindles,

When even embers turn to grey,

Mun minning yðar lifa,

Your memory shall never fade.

For we are more than flesh and fleeting,

More than the years that slip away.

Við erum börn norðursins,

We are the children of the North.

We carry all who came before us,

In every breath, in every day.

And when the final night surrounds us,

May our names live on the same.

Final Chorus

Veturnætur! Nóttin rís!

Let ancient voices fill the skies!

Through endless winters, we remain,

Blóð og heiður, eilíf minning!

Veturnætur! Eldrinn brennr!

The sacred fire shall never end!

Raise your horns beneath the moon,

The ancestors shall return!

Veturnætur! Hrafnar vaka!

The ravens watch until the dawn!

Enginn gleymist!

No soul forgotten!

Enginn einn!

No one alone!

Outro

Heilir forfeður...

Heilir forfeðr várir...

Vér munum yðr...

We shall remember you...

Vetur kemr...

Nóttin lifir...

Eldrinn brennr...

Winter comes...

The night lives on...

The fire still burns...

VETURNÆTUR...

The old ways never die.