In its depth prestine and wild Mighty and free since all ages Defying all fury of storms Eternally sheltered in forest's heart The winding path, who know s to find Leading along to venerable gates Vast of time elapsed to past Yet in memory it still remains The elder once adored herein Gods and Spirits of forlorn worlds And not forgotten are their songs In trees and branches echoing forth Of valkyries and vanir, aesir and albs Conquered enemies and heroic deeds Within the year's shortest nights Tribes gathering at wellknown glade No iron shall break the ancient rules Yet curse desecrate the sacred place Strenghtened ground through foes' blood Dared to oppress the men of north Embraced by roots, sentenced their death Their corpses shall rot to ground