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As a hungry wolf with an old man's teeth I run |
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Freezing cold in caves, forever crushing the sun |
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The daylight and all time when the weather is clear |
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I live in night and darkness, that's why I'm still here |
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Iceland was my home with seals in the fjords |
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My winter's only thought is fleeing from the hordes |
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They may come anytime to kill me like a dog |
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Always on guard I pray for another day of fog |
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As the outlaw am I shout at the mighty Thor |
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Greatest god of thunder I can't take it anymore |
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Take me home where smoke rises from the halls |
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Make me welcome again within the Chieftain's walls |
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Drown his treacherous wife the adulterous Queen |
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Who told the King what a rapist I had been |
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She lied she was wrong she asked me to seduce her |
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In her games of sex I was bound to be the loser |
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She harmed her husband's skald, caused the poet's disgrace |
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Outlawed at Althingi, I can never show my face |
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At Reykjanes again, lest I want to endure |
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All the evils she accused me of doing to her |
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More bone than man, I hail the gods of the North |
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Avenge my injustices, I beg you to come forth |
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Misfortune loves both fool and wise |
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For seven winters I have strayed the land of ice |
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A master of the word and a man of the sword |
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Of tongue and steel many times I proved to be lord |
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Gods of the North, I beg you come forth |
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More bone than man Odin I hail you |
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As a slave on the run I must stay out of sight |
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Allfather make my destiny right |
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That in none of the worlds whose number is nine |
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Another innocent must suffer a fate like mine |
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As the outlaw I am I shout at might Thor |
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Great god of thunder I can't take it anymore |
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Take me to Reykjavik where smoke rises from the halls |
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Make me welcome again within my Chieftain's walls |
