| I was standing on Mont one morning.
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| Then I remembered how much one
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| shields at the castles were split,
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| and side armor was blown.
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| I remembered him as the kingdom
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| advised at first so pleased.
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| Thord, my father, the wise,
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| before the king served.
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| A man wants death
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| when he loses the maiden's embrace.
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| Too expensive bought is lovemaking
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| when afterwards one must cry.
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| But bitter tears fall
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| for his lord fleeing fearful giving.
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| The sorrow we suffered, we kings,
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| is greater than grief for women.
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| Ravens fly to the harbor,
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| remember corpses there are,
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| where the ship formerly
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| led Norwegian descendant.
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| Every day at Hillar screams
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| loud the voracious eagles,
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| those like Olav before
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| gave food many times.
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| From play among the King's herdsmen
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| I quickly turn away.
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| My grief will burst my chest,
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| and pale as bast I go here.
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| I have to remember those days
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| then my praised lord
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| with us so often played
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| around on odelsgårder.
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| I wish Kvitekrist judged me
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| to hot fire in Hell
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| if I've had that thought
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| to get away from Olav.
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| In that I am innocent
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| To Rome I went, witnesses ask,
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| to free my soul from danger;
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| I truth do not hide.
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| Then creaks carried me around the country
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| as long as Olav lived,
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| smiled all over Norway
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| steep mountains and cliffs.
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| But from I got the sadness in my heart
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| and missed the King's friendship,
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| I found that they were rude,
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| all lier in the country. |