The bleak fimbul winter arrived Raging across the world With a fury that defied the memory of man Terrible wars were fought, The like has never been seen Men slew without a thought The ties of kinship were no more Skoll and Hati, the ravenous wolves Arose and devoured the son and the moon Darkness descended upon the earth And the stars fell from the skies Loud blows Heimdall's horne in the air Odin quests the head of Mim Now shakes the holy ash where it stands The ancient tree moans, Fenris breaks free How are the Aesir? How are the Alves? Loud sounds Jotunheim Aesir comspire By the stonedoors dwarves are moaning The mountains wise men Know you now or not? With his shield in hand Hrym travels from the east The serpent is turning, enormous in rage The serpent breakes the waves The eagle screams Nidhogg's tearing corpses Free comes Naglfar Loke leads the legions of the dead In holy war Aesir