For Lenge Siden - Enslaved

[Norwegian]

Lovsanger ble sunget
Den gang folket fremdeles var stolt,
I de svundne tider,
For lenge siden

Sĺ kom pesten
Pesten fra sřr
Svik og vranćre
Forpestet vĺre sinn

Den sterkes lov ble glemt
Men forsvant ei
Under et lag av tusen ĺrs svik
Ulmer den norrřne tanke

Kjemp! La ei din kraft forgĺ
Vĺr morgen skal ogsĺ bli vĺr kveld

De brente vĺre hov
De drepte vĺre menn
Vi skal ta tilbake
Det som engang var vĺrt

Kjemp! Fornekt et ditt sinn
Vĺr morgen skal ogsĺ bli vĺr kveld

Vi skal igjen synge
Lovsanger fra fordums tid
Slik vi gjorde i de dager
For pesten kom
FOR LENGE SIDEN

[A Long Time Ago]

[Lyrics by Grutle Kjellson 1995]
[Music by Ivar Bjřrnson 1995]

Hymns were sung
In the times when our people still were proud
In the long gone past
A long time ago

Then came the disease
The disease from south
Deception and false knowledge
Infected our minds

Survival of the fittest was forgotten
But still it didn't disappear
Beneath the layers of a thousand years of deception
Burns the ancient northern thoughts

Fight! Don't let your powers disappear
Our sunset shall also be our dawn

They burned our temples
They killed our men
We shall take back
What once were ours

Fight! Deny not your mind
Our sunset shall also be our dawn

We shall once again sing
Hymns from ancient times
Like we did in those days
A long time ago