A keresés eredménye

Northward of Trondheim

Northward of Trondheim there is an orchard,
its glow seen for fifteen miles around,
upon a small land.
 
Northward of Trondheim there lies a valley,
where my dearest sits, clear she is as a crystal.
 
And in that same valley there stands a small abode,
where my dearest sits, so pure she is as a light.
 
And down in that same house there sits a small chair,
where my dearest sits, so bright she is as the sun.
 
And under that same chair, there runs a river,
each night I visit my dearest in a dream.
 
And in that same river there float two vessels,
the one carries mead and the other holds wine.
 
I bestowed upon my dearest a drink,
certainly you've never had a better glass.
 
So my most dearest of all, she drinks and she drinks
certainly you've never had a better glass.
 
She has two seabirds which lay cover on her table,
which the third laid gold knives thereupon.
 
She has two seabirds, and they combed straight her hair,
the third holding up her golden mirror.
 
She has two seabirds which set and tidied her bed,
which the third laid a golden quilt upon.
 
Then I'd wish my dearest so many a good day,
like sand in the sea and grass in the grove.
 
Then I'd wish my dearest so many a good night,
as stars inhabit the darkened sky.
 
And if only I were home and home were here,
and the porridge boiled and laid in butter.
 

Sidsel Videlvand

There lives a maiden in our land
In trim trimmelim1
Her name is Sidsel Videlvand
Sku lu
She said she would a winter night
Sku lu leia
 
She said she would a winter night
Sleep with a boastful knight
She said she would in the morning
 
She said she would in the morning
Stand in the square still a virgin
And the king had five sons
 
And the king had five sons
Soon one of them rode to her
'Good evening, good evening, my fair maiden'
 
'Good evening, good evening, dear fair maiden
I have come to test your great dare!'
'Then bind your horse by the saddle's girth'
 
'And bind your horse by the saddle's girth
While I go ahead and ready the bed'
And Sidsel speaks to her servant
 
And Sidsel speaks to her servant:
'Fetch me five duvets
No, fetch me nine duvets'
 
'Fetch me nine duvets
And write in sleep in each of them2
Shall we drink beer and brandy first?'
 
'We shall drink beer and brandy first
Then we shall sleep in ermine pelt'
He slept for days, he slept for two
 
He slept for days, he slept for two
And he slept for the third one as well
And he slept for the fourth one as well
 
And he slept for the fourth one as well
Until Sidsel woke him in the evening
'Wake up, wake up, my fair knight'
 
'500 rixdollar I will give you
To say you didn't escape me still a virgin'
'500 rigsdaler I will not take'
 
'500 rixdollar I will not take
And shame over the one who lies so
And when I am with other maidens'
 
'And when I am with other maidens
I will mock you most of all
Yes, I will mock you most of all!'
 

• 1. Nonsense words that carry the melody and are repeated throughout the soung
• 2. Unsure what this means but one assumes something supernatural.