Norðrljós [English translation]

There were northward, on the seashore, they

by salty rocks covered in rime.

There were northward, on the seashore, they

a light was born in the dark.

In that land, where I know it lies,

there was an island nearby.

In that land, where I know it lies,

the rime giants carry out destiny.

What comes from afar keeps me awake,

every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.1

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

from Earth?

Rainbow, Bifröst,2Aurora,

I greet the Northern lights, Baldr’s lights.

You should have seen them, do you call them “rainbow”?

They have three colours, they’re called “northern lights”.

The bridge between heaven and Earth, they’re those they once owned,

above the sea blue as flames, they’re called “northern lights”.

What comes from afar keeps me awake,

every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

from Earth?

What comes from afar keeps me awake,

every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.

What comes from afar keeps me awake,

every morning, I greet the light of Baldr.

What’s the path to the sky

What’s the path to the sky

from Earth?

1. Baldr was a god often associated with the sun, albeit not being the Sun god.2. The rainbow, which Norse mythology believed to be a bridge between the human world (Midgard) and the world of the gods (Asgard).