Andvevarljod Lyrics English Translation – Wardruna

Andvevarljod Lyrics – Wardruna

(Vendum, vendum)

Or vordehaugen
Drog eg ordi
Leita songar
Upp or jordi
Dreiv på vindar
Vakre viser
Lagnadsviser
Baud meg vitje
Baud meg sjå
Min eigen tråd
I Nornespå

Rend er veven
Med ørlogstrådar
Ramme rim
Magnar banda
Kvervelvindar
Hapti hugar
Liv og lagnad
Ordi avlar

Såg du din fyrste dag
Drog fyrste andedrag
Der omkring stod nornar ni
Vinda vevja, vind til liv

Låg du der i favn åt mor
Knytta i ei navlesnor
Bytte den med ættarband
Liv og lagnad, i det spann

Møyer steig på ættarhaug
Dansa yver alv og draug
Vinden leiker, i møyer dreg
Vinden som vil fylgje deg

Nornar nie steig fram
Vov og bandt lagnad

For min unge, eg gåver baud
Så ingen vov med ilske naud
Ved stokk ved stein ved trolletein
Spinn ei lagnad utan mein

Nornar nie, høyr meg
Vord min veg
Før med lindrande hender
I lækjande fotspor

Andar inn, tankar svinn
Andar ut, reidsle rinn
Kvart eit drag, viljen veks
Hjarte sler, vidt eg ser

(Vind i hått)
Kom vind i hått
(Vind i hugen)
Kom vind i hug

(I mitt mot)
Vilje som veks
(I min vilje)
I temjande vers
(Slepp det fri)
Kveikjer ein storm
(Lar det fara)
Den kveler sott og sorg

(Eg vert heil)
Du vert heil
(Eg er heil)
Du er heil

Eg vert heil
Eg er heil

(Vendum, vendum)

No hev Nornar
Vevd si vise
Songen stillnar
Vinden med
Gåver gjevne
Til den som lytta
Her eg stende
I heilagt vé
Gamalt minne
Lemnar meg

Lemnar meg
Lemnar meg

Andvevarljod Lyrics English Translation Meaning

From the mound of my kin¹,
I pulled up the words
Dug the songs
up from the earth
Wondrous tunes
rode the winds
Wardens of fate
bid me visit,
bid me view,
my own thread,
in the web of Norns

The loom is set
with threats of fate
Mighty rhymes,
strengthen bonds
Whirlwinds,
bound into spirits
Life and fortune
bred by their words

As you saw your first day
As you drew your first breath
Gathered around, stood nine Norns
They wound and weaved wind to life

There you laid in your mother’s arms,
bonded by a navel-chord
They switched it with a kind-thread
And into it spun, life and fortune

The maidens went upon the family-mound
Danced over elves and dead
The wind is pulling them playfully
It‘s this wind that shall follow you

Nine Norns – rise up
wove and wound – fate

On behalf of my child, I offer gifts
So none are weaving with ill will
By stick, stone and sorcerous distaff
They spin your fate without ill intent

Nine Norns – hear me
guard my path
and lead with alleviating hands
and in healing footsteps

Breathe in,
thoughts vanish
Breathe out,
release the fear
In every breath,
the will grows
The heart pounds
I see wide and clear

(Wind in memory)
Come wind in memory
(Wind in mind)
Come wind in mind

(In my courage)
Into the growing will
(In my will)
Into taming rhymes
(Let it free)
It kindles a storm,
(Let it fly)
that strangles illness and sorrow

(I become whole/healed)
You become whole/healed
(I am whole/healed)
You are whole/healed

I become whole/healed
I am whole/healed

(Turn, turn)

Now, the Norns
have weft their tune
Their song stills,
and with it, the wind
Gifts were given
to those who listened
Here I stand
on holy grounds
and this old memory
is leaving me

Leaving me
Leaving me