| Ravnestrupe (original) | Ravnestrupe (translation) |
|---|---|
| Jeg kaster min skygge | I cast my shadow |
| over verden i argskap. | over the world in anger. |
| Jeg kommer over skogen | I come across the forest |
| i tordnende hot. | in thundering hot. |
| Jeg farer som aske | I're like ashes |
| og svartlegger tiden. | and blackens the time. |
| Jeg brer meg i harme | I spread in anger |
| i kvelende sot. | in suffocating soot. |
| Kast deg ned, | Throw yourself down, |
| vern ditt leven, | protect your life, |
| vit det blir | know it will be |
| i fåfeng streven. | in vain striving. |
| Ravnestrupens tunge toner | Ravnestrupen's heavy tones |
| bærer i det stille, sorte, | wears in the quiet, black, |
| over høye furukroner, | over high pine crowns, |
| klagende, blir langsomt borte. | complaining, is slowly disappearing. |
