Náttmál [English translation]

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

I've fed this bastard in me since I was a child

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

it's not my best moment, I drank the poison so fast

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

The eastfog moves slowly now from far away, like giants in the sky.

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

Exhausted, I run home again, like the sun sets in the sea.

The new ways come soon, the awful path behind.

The disgrace gave me freedom, I no longer bear cold chains

My father brought me up, but I went another way.

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

I drew back, paralyzed with fear, but smiled to myself

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

Friendship has a price, I never saw this in play.

Ay, how it hurts, oh, this is so painful

A little boy flees now to the mountains, where the clock of fear does not chime.