Lyrics of Gravbakkjen - Wardruna

Gravbakkjen (original)

Høyr det let
Tonar gret
Her eg svartormen rir
Yver sorgtunge steg,
er eg på veg
Til mi moders favn
Til mi kvile
For jordi er mi mor
og mi grav
Tonar det let
Einkvan gret
Og tvifelt svir dei sår
som ingen andre kan sjå
Høyr det let
Tonar gret
Høyr det let
Når eg eingong ligg i jord
Lev eg framleis i dei ord
I visune eg kver
Og i tonane som bér
Lev eg kvar
Lev eg kvar
Lev eg kvar
Hear the sound
Weeping tunes
Here the black snake I ride
Over steps laden with sorrow
I am on my way
To my mother’s embrace
To my rest
For the earth is my mother
And my grave
Tunes they sound
Some are weeping
And twofold is burn of wounds
Which no other sees
Hear the sound
Weeping tunes
When I eventually lie in the ground
Still I will live in the words
Of the verses that I chant
And the tunes which carry
I yet live

(translation)

Hear it easily
Tones gret
Here I ride the black snake
Yver sorrowful rose,
I'm on my way
To my mother's arms
To my rest
For jordi is my mother
and my grave
Tones it easily
Einkvan gret
And doubtless they burn wounds
that no one else can see
Hear it easily
Tones gret
Hear it easily
When I eingong lie in the ground
I live forever in those words
I visune eg kver
And in the tones that bear
I live
I live
I live
Hear the sound
Weeping tunes
Here the black snake I ride
Over steps laden with sorrow
I am on my way
To my mother’s embrace
To my rest
For the earth is my mother
And my grave
Tunes they sound
Some are weeping
And twofold is burn of wounds
Which no other sees
Hear the sound
Weeping tunes
When I eventually lie in the ground
Still I will live in the words
Of the verses that I chant
And the tunes which carry
I still live