Skugge (Shadow) Lyrics – Wardruna
Eismal sat eg ute
Ved fot av fjell
Ved dagsvinn vitja meg
Skugge heitir
Eg stirde rakt
Skugge, rakt attende
I mitt innerste indre
I mitt ytterste ytre
Båe held blikket
Med skriande tagnad
eg spurde vegen
Men skugge tagde
Med skriande tagnad
eg spurde meiningi
Men Skugge tagde
Alt ljos rann
Skugge inn
i bjarget svann
Med hamrande hjarte
gol eg mot hjell
Med dvergtungetale
mol Skugge or fjell
Elden tvingar deg or meg
Sporlaus inn i notti fér
Enn du vakar djupt i meg
Vilt du dansar, tveim blir ein
Skugge, kan du svara? – Svara
Som heile sanning eig! – Eig
Når eg fyl, kvi hastar du? – Du
Finn eg deg, eg finn meg sjølv – Sjølv
Svara eig du sjølv
English Lyrics:
Alone, I sat outside
At the foot of the mountain
As the daylight was fading, a visitor came
Shadow was the name
I stared straight towards
Shadow straight in return
In my innermost inside
At my outermost outside
We both held the gaze
With howling silence
I asked the way
Shadow gave no answer
With howling silence
I asked the way
Shadow gave no answer
As the sunlight leaves
Shadow slips away
Into the stonewall
As my heart was hammering
I croaked at the rock
With a dwarven tongue (echoes)
Shadow replied
The fire force you from within
without a trace, slips into darkness
Still you slumber deep inside
wildly dancing, two becomes one
Shadow, give me answers
The truth is known to you
I feel your haste when I try to find
In searching you I find within
Answers you find within
