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Upon the windswept tree hung He

Nine nights and nine whole days

To Himself given by His spear

Down infinite depths did he gaze

Upon the tree with roots unknown

Knowledge of the runes did He learn

Screaming loud He seized the staves

And from the depths did return

Beneath the eye of wisdom

The might of the runes strengthens our souls

Beneath the eye of wisdom

All-Father's knowledge guides us to our goals

Beneath one of the great tree’s roots

To wisdom's well He made His way

For a draught from the sacred source

With one of His eyes he had to pay

He drank much knowledge from the well

Into the hallowed water sunk His eye

Still way up high His one eye glows

And looks upon us from the sky

Beneath the eye of wisdom

We shall return to the glorious ways of yore

Beneath the eye of wisdom

Ancient powers awake when we wage a holy war

Beneath the eye of wisdom

Age-old words of great power are spoken out loud

Beneath the eye of wisdom

Behind the banner of the gods we ride strong and proud