Lyrics: ( Old Norse and English ). ------------------- Ask veit ek standa, heitir Yggdrasill hár baðmr, ausinn hvíta auri; þaðan koma döggvar þærs í dala falla; stendr æ yfir grœnn Urðar brunni. --------- Þaðan koma meyjar margs vitandi þrjár, ór þeim sal er und þolli stendr; Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, skáru á skíði, Skuld ina þriðju; þær lög lögðu, þær líf kuru alda börnum, örlög seggja. ------------------- An ash I know it stands- It is named Yggdrasill. High tree, sprinkled, With white mud; There from come the dews- That fall on the dale! It stands always green, above- The source of Urdhr. --------- There from come the maids, Much knowing; Three, their dwelling, Stands under the tree; Urdh is named one, The other Verdhandi, - They notched (scored) wood - Skuld is the third. They set up the laws, They decided on the lives, Of the children of time ('the children of man'). They promulgate fate.