Ravnene [English translation]

As I had to go alone in the march

I heard two ravens hold council

one addressed the other:

Where shall we fetch our food today?

Where shall we fetch our food today?

Over there behind the old grass-peat dyke

there surely lies a new-slain knight

and none knows that he lies there

but his hawk, his hound and his heart's dearest

His hound is hunting in the wild woods

his hawk is looking for his prey beyond the clouds

his woman has given another her loyalty

so we can eat our meal in peace

On his white collarbone you can sit

so I hack out his blue eyes

and with a lock of his yellow hair

we'll thatch our nest next spring.