Lyrics of Stien - Dimmu Borgir

Stien (original)

Svunne tider pajotuns vei
Der over hoye klipper og fjell
Har merket den med stov og aske
Fra dengang alders hirder
Vandret pa disse kanter
Her gandviks bergtroll trampet frem
I ondt og strrt et tussefolge
Hvor ferdafolk fant stor en visdom
Om landets skogsliv og morke sider
Her pa stien som bukter seg uendelig frem
Mellom berg hvor de vanskelig fremdeles
Kan oynes i horisonten
Sa storslatt det ma ha v?
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Og speide ut over alt dette
Og a vandre sa alene og fri
En hostkveld i en kald og lett take
Slik som mange for meg har opplevd
Og som mange for meg ha verdsatt
Men minner blir glemt av tidens gang
Og lite er her som det engang var
Her som ellers har blader visnet
Men falt ned pa en forfallen jord
Hvor drommer og liv har dodd ut
Men kanskje bak en stien
Eller bak en gammel busk
Sitter fortsatt… hmm
Og venter?

(translation)

Gone are the days of pajotun
There over high cliffs and mountains
Have marked it with dust and ash
From the shepherds of that age
Horizontal on these edges
Here Gandvik's mountain troll stepped forward
In evil and strutt a tussefolge
Where travelers found great wisdom
About the country's forest life and dark sides
Here on the path that meanders endlessly
Between mountains where they are still difficult
Can be seen on the horizon
So magnificent it ma ha v?
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And scouted out all this
And to walk so alone and free
A cough night in a cold and light take
As many for me have experienced
And as many for me have appreciated
But memories are forgotten by the passage of time
And little is here as it once was
Here, as elsewhere, leaves have withered
But fell on a dilapidated earth
Where dreams and life have died out
But maybe behind a stone
Or behind an old bush
Still sitting… hmm
And waiting?