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~ Enable subtitles for the English translation! Both the translation to English and the transliteration to runes made by me, but since I cannot call myself an expert either in Old Norse and runes, any correction and/or suggestion is warmly appreciated. The lyrics are composed of lines from “Gylfaginning” (stanzas 51 and 18), “Vafþrúðnismál” (only the line “hann er a hverian veg”) and “Völuspá” (stanza 59). The song starts by describing Fimbulwinter, the three-years long winter which will announce the forthcoming of Ragnarök, then it talks about Hræsvelgr, the giant who creates the wind, and finally it finishes with a description of the post-Ragnarök world, in its new golden age. In Norse mythology, Fimbulwinter is an event yet to come, but as the lyrics were changed to “I remember Fimbulwinter” and “the sun darkening” instead of the original “the sun will darken”, it is possible that the intent was to portray Fimbulwinter and Ragnarök itse
