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MÚSPELLSHEIMR · Track 8

Eldspa

Old Icelandic

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Eldurinn talar... Eldurinn talar... Eldspá sýnir, það sem koma skal Logar rita, örlög allra Enginn flýr, það sem eldurinn sér Framtíðin brennur, í hverjum neista Eldspá sýnir, það sem koma skal Logar rita, örlög allra Enginn flýr, það sem eldurinn sér Framtíðin brennur, í hverjum neista Völvan starir, í logandi glóð Myndir birtast, hverfa strax Guðin falla, einn af öðrum Hún sér það allt, hún þegir enn Eldspá sýnir, það sem koma skal Logar rita, örlög allra Enginn flýr, það sem eldurinn sér Framtíðin brennur, í hverjum neista Eldspá sýnir, það sem koma skal Logar rita, örlög allra Enginn flýr, það sem eldurinn sér Framtíðin brennur, í hverjum neista Sverð. Eldur. Himinn rifnar. Surtur gengur. Bifröst brennur. Allt fellur. Allt endar. Hún sér Ragnarök, hún sér endinn Hún sér nýjan heim, fæðast úr ösku En orðin hennar, enginn skilur Fyrr en dagurinn, sjálfur kemur Eldurinn þegir, sýnin dofnar Völvan lokar, brenndum augum Hún veit núna, hvað hún vissi alltaf Ekkert varir, nema eldurinn sjálfur Eldspá sýnir, það sem koma skal Logar rita, örlög allra Enginn flýr, það sem eldurinn sér Framtíðin brennur, í hverjum neista Eldspá sýnir, það sem koma skal Logar rita, örlög allra Enginn flýr, það sem eldurinn sér Framtíðin brennur, í hverjum neista Eldurinn talar... Eldurinn þegir...

The fire speaks... The fire speaks... The fire-prophecy shows what is to come Flames write the fate of all No one escapes what the fire sees The future burns, in every spark The fire-prophecy shows what is to come Flames write the fate of all No one escapes what the fire sees The future burns, in every spark The seeress stares into the burning embers Visions appear, vanish at once The gods fall, one by one She sees it all, she stays silent still The fire-prophecy shows what is to come Flames write the fate of all No one escapes what the fire sees The future burns, in every spark The fire-prophecy shows what is to come Flames write the fate of all No one escapes what the fire sees The future burns, in every spark Sword. Fire. The sky is torn. Surtr marches. Bifröst burns. All falls. All ends. She sees Ragnarök, she sees the end She sees a new world, born from ash But her words, no one understands Until the day itself arrives The fire falls silent, the vision fades The seeress closes her burned eyes She knows now what she always knew Nothing lasts, except fire itself The fire-prophecy shows what is to come Flames write the fate of all No one escapes what the fire sees The future burns, in every spark The fire-prophecy shows what is to come Flames write the fate of all No one escapes what the fire sees The future burns, in every spark The fire speaks... The fire falls silent...

Story Behind The Song

The Eddic poem Völuspá — "the prophecy of the seeress" — has a völva recount the whole span of Norse cosmology, from the world's creation to the fires of Ragnarök and the new world that rises after. This track reimagines that prophecy as fire itself, a vision read in flame and embers rather than words, seen fully by the seeress but understood by no one else until it comes to pass.