Et blekt avdagsleite Famler hen, til nattvart himmel Vandring hjem, til nattsvart himmel Vandring hjem I eismal Under skumringens tidligste stjerne Tusm?rket dypner I det fjerne
Du nordavind, jeg speider fjern og n?r Kommer du igjen fra de ?e land hvor ingen mann er?
Tilsammen - vi to. over beksvart hav
Enn om du aldri hit vil komme Jeg tilbyi deg mitt kj?lnende blod Evig vil min sjel skue mot nord Stundom mitt sinn skal reise Til tid tar slutt paa jord
Hver en j?vel vill Som sank I vann f?r tid var til... Jeg drev forlatt og vandret vill Ennu har du ikke h?rt mitt hill I tomme natten skimjet jeg Et glimt av land, en evig ild
[English translation:]
[You Notherwind]
A pale hour of the day Grope away, to the night-black sky Wandering home, to the night-black sky Wandering home alone Under evening's earliest star Twilight sinks in the distance
You northern wind, I'm looking far and near Will you come again from the wasteland where there is no one?
Together - we two over black pitch sea
Even if you'll never come here I can give you my chilling blood Forever will my soul look at the north Often my soul shall journey Until time ends on earth
As wild as a devil That sank in the water before time was I walked alone and wandered in the wilderness Still you didn't hear my call In the empty night I can see A glare in the land, an eternal fire