And the king stood on [the] gallery
he looked around far and wide.
close out on the green meadow
there he saw sjugur ride.
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.
I do have to say that the king must have been lost
for his daughter he lost to the mountain,
where jutuls* and trolls hold wedding games
but sjugur had his fists to defend himself.
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.
oh, listen now my sjugur, my daughter is yours,
for you are, in fact, a bold gentleman.
if you dare into the mountain walk
and retrieve your beloved one.
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.
and sjugur [he] invited to his wedding
as many as he could pick
thereafter he invited many a hulder
as thick as seven could count**
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.
you probably thought the bride was [a] delicious slut***
with breasts and hair like sofia.
no, she had a nose like [a] byre****
and eyes like ponds in the hillside.
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.
as the bestowing of the bride was over
and [the] people began to bicker.
sjur dangled with his club
and didn't strike any punches that missed.
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.
and home came sjugur with the fine princess
[it] suited the slut better than the trolls.
and the king said to his sjugur:
you have earned her, so keep her.
sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.