Sinklars Vísa

Sinklars Ballad

Sinklars Vísa

The captain sailed over the salty seaHerr sinklar drog over salten hav
To Norway his course must holdTil norge hans kurs monne stande
Among Gudbrand's cliffs he found his graveBlant gudbrands klipper han fant sin grav
There wandered such a bloody foreheadDer vanked så blodig en pande
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

By the Romsdal coast he steered ashoreVed romsdals kyster han styred I land
Declared himself an enemyErklærete sig for en fjende
Fourteen hundred men followed himHannem fulgte efter fjortenhundrede mand
All with evil intentionsSom alle havde vondt I sinde
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

They desecrated and burned where they wentDe skændte og brændte, hvor de kom frem
All international law they may violateAll folkeret monne de krænke
The old man's weakness did not touch themOldingens avmagt rørte ei dem
They mocked the crying widowDe spotted den grædende enke
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

The soldier is out on the king's expeditionSoldaten er ude på kongens tog,
We must defend the land ourselvesVi selv må landet forsvare;
Cursed be the traitorous actForbandet være det niddingsdrog
That now wants to spare his bloodSom nu sit blod vil spare.
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

The farmers from Våge, Lesje, and LomDe bønder af våge, lesje og lom
With sharp axes on their necksMed skarpe økser på nakke
In a broad bow they came togetherI bredebøjg tilsammen kom
With the Scots they wanted to talkMed skotten så ville de snakke
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

Close under the hill runs a pathTæt under lide der løber en sti
Which one may call the circleSom man monne kringen kalde
The river rushes past thereLågen skynder sig der forbi
In it the enemy shall fallI den skal fienden falde
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

With dead bodies the circle was strewnMed døde kropper blev kringen strødd
The ravens got enough to eatDe ravner fikk nok at æde
The youth's blood, which flowed hereDet ungdoms blod, som her udflød
The Scottish girls lamentedDe skotske piger begræde
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede

Still stands a monument in the same placeEnd kneiser en støtte på samme sted
Which Norway's enemies may threatenSom norges uvenner monne true
Woe to every Norwegian who does not become warmVe hver en nordmand, som ei bliver hed
So often his eyes see itSå tidt hans øjne den skue
Well up before day, they will come well over the heathVel opp før dag, de kommer vel over den hede