File:Song in Old Norse from a Medieval Manuscript

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Song in Old Norse from a Medieval Manuscript, the only manuscript written entirely in runes, performed by my classmates!

Lyrics (Old Norse):

Drøymde mik ein draum i nótt um silki ok ærlig pell, um hægindi svá djupt ok mjott, um rosemd með engan skell.

Ok i drauminom ek leit sem gegnom ein groman glugg þá helo feigo mennsko sveit, hver sjon ol sin eiginn ugg.

Talit þeira otta jok ok leysingar joko enn — en oft er svar eit þyngra ok, þó spurning at bera brenn.

Ek fekk sofa lika vel, ek truða þat væri best — at hvila mik á goðu þel´ ok gløyma svá folki flest´.

Friðinn, ef hann finzt, er hvar ein firrest þann mennska skell, fær veggja sik um, drøma þar um silki ok ærlig pell.

Lyrics (English translation):

I dreamed a dream last night of silk and fair furs, of a pillow so deep and soft, a peace with no disturbance.

And in the dream I saw as though through a dirty window the whole ill-fated human race, a different fear upon each face.

The number of their worries grow and with them the number of their solutions — but the answer is often a heavier burden, even when the question hurts to bear.

As I was able to sleep just as well, I thought that would be best — to rest myself here on fine fur, and forget everyone else.

Peace, if it is to be found, is where one is furthest from the human noise — and walling oneself around, can have a dream of silk and fine furs.