
Date of issue: 06.10.2017
Song language: Afrikaans
Hadagrims Fertriet(original) |
Ik bin Hadagrim, soan fan Egisgar |
Do bist Rêdbâd, soan fan Aldgillis kening |
Do, bist myn stalke |
In lang libben, it is my jûn |
Mar it lêste skoft bin ik oan fertriet ferbûn |
In soad ferlern, myn freon en wiif |
En stadichoan nim ik ôfskie fan myn liif |
En by jûntiid sjoch ik him al stean |
Ik fiel syn hân op myn skouder, kin him ferstean |
Hy komt my heljen, mar noch ien ding moat ik dwan |
It ferhaal fan kening Rêdbâd oan eltsenien trochjaan |
Besit stjert en sibben stjerre |
Dosels stjerst as harren |
Mar ien ding wit ik, dat ivich libbet |
De helderom fan ‘e deade |
Hy hie de wiisheid, hy hie it ferstân |
En wie de kening fan ús moaie Fryske lân |
Soan fan Aldgillis, no ûnder ‘t skyld |
Wie wiis as kening, en yn de striid sa wyld |
En dy namme sil nea fergean |
Want yn eltse Fries, sil in stik fan dy bestean |
En tûzen jier letter, sille se noch roppe |
Heil oan kening Rêdbâd, Fryslân boppe! |
Dit wie it ferhaal fan de kening, ik ha it skreaun |
Myn namme is Raven, my jûn troch myn bloedfreon |
En no’t ik dit folbrocht ha, Wêda nim my mei |
Bring my gau nei myn freonen, want dan pas bin ik frij |
(translation) |
I am Hadagrim, son of Egisgar |
You are Redbad, son of Aldgillis king |
You, you are my stalker |
A long life, it's given to me |
But lately I'm addicted to sadness |
Lost a lot, my friend and wife |
And slowly I say goodbye to my body |
And at night I already see him standing |
I feel his hand on my shoulder, can understand him |
He's coming to get me, but one more thing I have to do |
Tell the story of King Redbad to everyone |
Possession dies and relatives die |
Do you die like them |
But one thing I do know, that he lives forever. |
The brightness of the dead |
He had the wisdom, he had the understanding |
And was the king of our beautiful Frisian land |
Son of Aldgillis, now under the shield |
Was wise as king, and in battle so wild |
And that name will never go away |
Because in every Frisian, a piece of you will exist |
And a thousand years later, they will still cry |
Greetings to King Redbad, Friesland above! |
This was the story of the king, I wrote it |
My name is Raven, given to me by my blood friend |
And now that I've done this, Veda take me along |
Bring me soon to my friends, because only then will I be free |