Heidra : Ask og Embla song translated to English

Words : Official English translations
Song : Ask og Embla (Ask and Embla)
Release : Northern Tales
Thanks to the band for the sharing.

Ask and Embla

Hail to you, father of men

Who was created by gods

Hail to you, mother of all tribes

All kin were born by you

The myth of our origin

Is carved in stone eternally

Before sky and earth

Were ice and fire

Before man and woman

Were god and jotun

Hail to you, father of men

Who was created by gods

Hail to you, mother of all tribes

All kin were born by you

“Then from the throng

did three come forth,

From the home of the gods,

the mighty and gracious;

Two without fate

on the land they found,

Ask and Embla,

empty of might.

Soul they had not,

sense they had not,

Heat nor motion,

nor goodly hue;

Soul gave Othin,

sense gave Hönir,

Heat gave Lothur

and goodly hue.”*

Tribes were born, grew strong in number

Midgard became their home

Before sky and earth

Were ice and fire

Before man and woman

Were god and jotun

* From Völuspa – English translation by Henry Adams Bellows