Andvevarljod

Lyrics

[3x3 bell strikes] (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) Or vordehaugen (Vendum vendum) Drog eg ordi Leita songar Upp or jordi (Vendum vendum) Dreivp�vindar Vakre viser Lagnadsdiser Baud megvitje (Vendum vendum) Baud meg sj� Min eigen tr�d INornesp� (Vendum vendum) Rend er veven (Vendum vendum) Med �rlogstr�dar (Vendum vendum) Ramme rim (Vendum vendum) Magnar banda (Vendum_vendum) Kvervelvindar (Vendum_vendum) Hapt_i hugar (Vendum vendum) Liv_og lagnad (Vendum vendum) Ordi_avlar (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) Såg du din fyrste dag Drog fyrste andedrag Der omkring stod nornar ni Vinda vevja, vind til liv L�g du der i favn �t mor Knytta i ei navlesnor Bytte den med �ttarband Liv og lagnad, i det spann M�yer steig p� �ttarhaug Dansa yver alv og draug Vinden leiker, i m�yer dreg Vinden som vil fylgje deg Nornar nie steig fram Vov og bandt lagnad For min unge, eg g�ver baud Så ingen vov med ilske; naud Ved stokk ved stein ved trolletein Spinn ei lagnad utan mein Nornar nie, h�yr meg! Vord min veg F�r med lindrande hender I l�kjande fotspor (Andar inn Tankar svinn) (Andar ut Reidsle rinn) (Kvart eit drag Viljen veks) (Hjarte sler Vidt eg ser) (Vind i h�tt) Kom vind i h�tt (Vind i hugen) Kom vind i hug (I mitt mot) Vilje som veks (I min vilje) I temjande vers (Slepp det fri) Kveikjer ein storm (Lar det fara) Den kveler sott og sorg (Eg vert heil) Du vert heil (Eg er heil) Du er heil Eg vert heil Eg er heil (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) (Vendum vendum) No hev Nornar (Vendum vendum) Vevd si vise (Vendum vendum) Songen stillnar (Vendum vendum) Vinden med (Vendum vendum) Gåver gjevne (Vendum vendum) Til den som lytta (Vendum vendum) Her eg stende (Vendum vendum) I heilagt v� (Vendum vendum) Gamalt minne (Vendum vendum) Lemnar meg (Vendum vendum) Lemnar meg (Vendum vendum) Lemnar meg [Translation] **Song of the Spirit-weavers** Turn turn From the mound of my kin I pulled up the words Dug the songs Up from the earth Wondrous tunes Rode the winds Wardens of fate Bid me visit Bid me view My own thread In the web of Norns The loom is set With threats of fate Mighty rhymes Strengthen bonds Whirlwinds Bound into spirits Life and fortune Bred by their words As you saw your first day As you drew your first breath Gathered around, stood nine Norns They wound and weaved wind to life There you laid in your mother's arms Bonded by a navel-chord They switched it with a kind-thread And into it spun, life and fortune The maidens went upon the family-mound Danced over elves and dead The wind is pulling them playfully It's this wind that shall follow you Nine Norns rise up Wove and wound fate On behalf of my child, I offer gifts So none are weaving with ill will By stick, stone and sorcerous distaff They spin your fate without ill intent Nine Norns hear me Guard my path And lead with alleviating hands And in healing footsteps Breathe in Thoughts vanish Breathe out Release the fear In every breath The will grows The heart pounds I see wide and clear Wind in memory Wind in mind In my courage In my will Let it free Let it fly I become whole/healed I am whole/healed Come wind in memory Come wind in mind Into the growing will Into taming rhymes It kindles a storm That strangles illness and sorrow You become whole/healed You are whole/healed I become whole/healed I am whole/healed Now, the Norns Have weft their tune Their song stills And with it, the wind Gifts were given To those who listened Here I stand On holy grounds And this old memory Is leaving me