Lyrics of Sinklars Vísa - Týr

Sinklars Vísa (original)

Herr Sinklar drog over salten hav,
til Norge hans kurs monne stande;
blant Gudbrands klipper han fant sin grav,
der vanked så blodig en pande.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
Ved Romsdals kyster han styred i land,
erklærete sig for en fjende;
hannem fulgte efter fjortenhundrede mand
som alle havde vondt i sinde.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
De skændte og brændte, hvor de kom frem,
all folkeret monne de krænke,
oldingens avmagt rørte ei dem,
de spotted den grædende enke.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
Soldaten er ude på Kongens Tog,
Vi selv må Landet forsvare;
Forbandet være det niddingsdrog
Som nu sit Blod vil spare.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
De bønder af Våge, Lesje og Lom
med skarpe økser på nakke,
i Bredebøjg tilsammen kom
med skotten så ville de snakke.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
Tæt under lide der løber en Sti
som man monne Kringen kalde,
Lågen skynder sig der forbi,
i den skal fienden falde.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
Med døde kropper blev Kringen strødd,
de ravner fikk nok at æde;
det ungdoms blod, som her udflød,
de skotske piger begræde.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede
End kneiser en Støtte på samme Sted,
som Norges Uvenner monne true.
Ve hver en Nordmand, som ei bliver hed,
så tidt hans Øjne den skue.
— Vel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

(translation)

Mr. Sinklar crossed the salt sea,
to Norway his course monne stands;
among Gudbrand's rocks he found his grave,
there was a bloody forehead.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
At the shores of Romsdal he steered ashore,
declared himself an enemy;
hannem followed by fourteen hundred men
which all had pain in mind.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
They quarreled and burned where they came from,
all international law may be violated,
the power of old age did not touch them,
they spotted the weeping widow.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
The soldier is out on the King's Train,
We ourselves must defend the Land;
Cursed be the nidding drug
Who now his Blood will save.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
The farmers of Våge, Lesje and Lom
with sharp axes on neck,
in Bredebøjg together came
with the Scots they would talk.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
Close below like running a Path
as one might call Kringen,
The gate hurries past,
in it the enemy must fall.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
With dead bodies, Kringen was strewn,
the ravens got enough to eat;
the blood of the youth that flowed out here,
the scottish girls mourn.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath
Than kneels a Support in the same Place,
som Norges Uvenner monne true.
Woe to every Norwegian who does not become hot,
so often his eyes that sight.
- Well up before day, they will probably come over the heath