Faun & Einar Selvik – Odin
Odin In eisiger Vorzeit hast du einst gewacht, Hast Gungnir geworfen, warst Speer in der Schlacht, Zogst durch die Neun Welten als Wandrer bei Nacht, Hast uns Mimirs heiligen Brunnen wieder gebracht. Neun Tage hingst du In Yggrasils Zweigen, Neun lange Nächte Für 16 magische Zeichen. Magische Zeichen um den Tod zu beschwören Um Kranke zu heilen und Feinde zu stören, Um Flammen zu halten, die Schwerter zu lenken, Um Geister zu fragen und die Speere zu senken. Neun Tage hingst du In Yggrasils Zweigen, Neun lange Nächte Für 16 magische Zeichen. Hávamál, verse 138, 139, 144 Veit ek, at ek hekk Vindga meiði á Nætr allar níu Geiri undaðr Ok gefinn Óðni Sjalfr sjalfum mér á þeim meiði Er manngi veit Hvers af rótum renn Við hleifi mik sældu Né við hornigi; Nýsta ek niðr Nam ek upp rúnar æpandi nam Fell ek aftr þaðan Veistu, hvé rísta skal? Veistu, hvé ráða skal? Veistu, hvé fáa skal? Veistu, hvé freista skal? Veistu, hvé biðja skal? Veistu, hvé blóta skal? Veistu, hvé senda skal? Veistu, hvé sóa skal? | Odin In icy past you once guarded You threw Gungnir, you were a spear in the battle You wandered the nine worlds as a wanderer at night You found Mimir's well again Nine days you hang From Yggrasil's twigs Nine long nights For 16 magical signs Magical sings to invoke death To heal the ill and disturb the enemies To hold flames, to control the swords To catch ghosts and to lower the spears Nine days you hang From Yggrasil's twigs Nine long nights For 16 magical signs Hávamál, verse 138, 139, 144 I know that I hung On a windy tree Nine long nights, Wounded with a spear, Dedicated to Odin, Myself to myself, On that tree Of which no man knows From where its roots run. No bread did they give me Nor a drink from a horn, Downwards I peered; I took up the runes, Screaming I took them, Then I fell back from there. Do you know how to write? Do you know how to interpret? Do you know how to color them? Do you know how to consider? Do you know how to consult? Do you know how to sacrifice? Do you know how to send? Do you know how to kill? |