Lyrics of Nidingsdåd - Iskald

Nidingsdåd (original)

Nå er det tid for å minnes de glemte
En kriger dro på tokt, med sitt sverd for å kjempe
Han kjempet i striden til sverdet rant rødt
Alt på hans vei var å regne som dødt
Tor fant sin hammer og pansret sitt bryst
Lokes gamle jotner satt å manet til dyst
Alle var klare for å kjempe et slag
Men Odin satte stopper for det blodtørste lag
For dette var en kamp mellom hardbarka menn
Og ingen skulle støtte sin dødelige venn
For her skulle helter få ærefull død
Å gjeste Odin i Valhall og drikke hans mjød
Og helten han trådte så frem for sin hær
Mens over han dalte valkyriens fjær
For skjebnen var satt, hans lik skulle brenne
Ikke Odin kunne spå hvordan dette ville ende
For dolken i ryggen, den fikk han i kne
Når han vendte seg rundt var der hans far han fikk se
Nå som han trodde at de kjempet ilag
Men ingen kunne se at det var Lokes bedrag
Tilbake på sletten lå et iskaldt lik
Mitt liv det ble tatt i en verden av svik
Men nå er jeg klar for å hevne min bane
Vi rir inn til enden med gudenes fane
Når Loke og sin hær har heist opp sitt anker
Rir jeg ut på sletten med hevnfulle tanker
For han skal jeg ende og han skal jeg ta
For sviket var større enn nornene sa

(translation)

Now is the time to remember the forgotten
A warrior went on a expedition, with his sword to fight
He fought in the battle until the sword ran red
Everything in his path was considered dead
Thor found his hammer and armored his chest
Loke's old jotner sat urging to compete
Everyone was ready to fight a battle
But Odin put an end to the bloodthirsty layer
For this was a battle between hardy men
And no one should support his mortal friend
For here heroes were to receive honorable death
To visit Odin in Valhall and drink his mead
And the hero he stepped forward in front of his army
While above him the feather of the Valkyrie fell
For destiny was set, his body was to burn
Odin could not predict how this would end
For the dagger in the back, he got it on his knees
When he turned around, there was his father he saw
Now that he thought they were fighting together
But no one could see that it was Loke's deception
Back on the plain lay an icy corpse
My life it was taken in a world of betrayal
But now I'm ready to avenge my path
We ride in to the end with the flag of the gods
When Loki and his army have hoisted their anchor
I ride out on the plain with vengeful thoughts
For him I will end and he I will take
For the betrayal was greater than the Norns said