Lyrics of Heidra - Windir

Heidra (original)

Ei likbør hadde han sett komma,
Sigande frå Trodladalen opp Lundamyri,
Audmjuk han i akttok synet,
Kven hadde dauden i teke,
Med otta han keik i kista,
Børi hadde med seg,
Daud, velstelt, Hvàllætti han var,
Etter dette han visste at Arntor aldri kom attende,
Ja, stolt han kunne møta dauden,
Gått viljugt i strid for å sikra ætti grid,
Gått mannadrap so ein krigar byrg,
Nekta trelldom, svik, ofra liv i grid,
Men so hemn for oppreisa og slag,
Ville svikarane setegarden ta,
Ein gard so store at den på ein dag ikkje kunne gå,
Tilmed heiden grunn garden er tufta på,
Ei nye ætt skulle setegarden rå,
Sette livet til for ætte og æra miste både setegarden og
sæla,
Men då dauden var nær vart han heidra likferd,
Ein tragedie for ætlingane dette var,
Skulle dei verkeleg missa slik ein gard,
Vreida hans Sverre ville ingen ende ta

(translation)

He had seen a corpse,
Telling from Trodladalen up Lundamyri,
Humble he heeded the sight,
Who had the death in mind,
With eight he keik in the coffin,
Børi had with him,
Daud, well-groomed, Hvàllætti he was,
After this he knew that Arntor never came eighteenth,
Yes, proud he could face death,
Went willingly to fight to secure the grid,
Gone was the murder of a warrior,
Deny bondage, betrayal, sacrifice lives in the grid,
But seek revenge for rebellion and battle,
Would the traitors take the seat guard,
A farm so big that in one day it could not walk,
Tilmed heiden grund garden is tufta på,
A new family should the seat guard raw,
Setting life for the clan and era lose both the seat guard and
bliss,
But when death was near, he was honored with mercy,
A tragedy for the descendants this was,
Should they really miss such a farm,
Vreida hans Sverre would not end