Völuspá [English translation]

1

Silence I beg of all holy races

more and less, the sons of Heimdallr;

You want, Valföðr, that I tell well

old tales about men, the first one I remember.

3

The years flowed, there Ymir settled,

There were neither sand nor sea nor cool waves;

Neither earth nor sky,

But a gaping abyss, nowhere grass.

57

The sun grows dark, the world sinks into the sea,

Bright stars disappear from the sky;

fire and smoke rage,

the heat plays high with the sky itself.

45/47

Brothers wil fight and kill each other,

cousins (sisters' sons) will betray their kinship;

Standing, Yggdrasil's ash shakes,

the ancient tree groans, a giant becomes loose.

44

Now Garm howls greatly before Gnipahellir,

the rope will break, Freki will run,

Of wisdom I know much, I see further ahead

Ragnarok of the gods of victory.

59

She sees rise up a second time

the green earth from the sea.

Waterfalls fall, the eagle flies above,

he who on the mountains catches fish.

64

She sees a room standing more beautiful than the sun,

covered in gold in Gimle.

There the faithful will dwell

and enjoy pleasures forever.

65

Then comes a mighty one into the ruler's seat,

powerful from above, he who rules over all.