Northwards and netherwards Where towered a dreary place She , the ruler of misty Hel Are waiting for you in the hall of death Hoarfrosted sick-bed hordes trudge Murderers and oathbreakers On a crowded path of death Yes , to Hel comes the most
Betrayal be her father her mother be distress Mournful beauty her face half black half flesh Tears of sorrow falls like pearls onto the ground Odin : Send her far away and let her evil do no harm Send her to Nivlhel to the uttermost peak Her blood can never in this hall of honour reek
Far far north North of Ginnungagap Where she rules supreme In lonely majesty Soak shall be her home In death's eternal winter she atone Welcome to her frosty home Far far north
On the ness I now stand Death would be so sweet But my fate was rusty sealed My vengance comes wrapped in sleet My powers but grow and grow Come to me come to me Ragnar?kkr I shall sow When all chains break I'll be free
Children red with weeping and a howling bloodsmeared hound Wrapped in Bedridden Saved a place for the weak Across the burning bridge And through the gate of Hel Horrid visions the prophetess saw from where the dead from Hel descend Many men entombed in frost in the ninth realm Into the deepest pit she saw
A hall she saw stand Far from the sun It's doors facing north On Corpse Strand Drops of poisen Dripped through the smoke-hole The hall is wattled With serpents back She saw there wading Through turbulent waters Men forsworn And murderers Far Far North