[A Long Time Ago]
[Lyrics by Grutle Kjellson 1995]
[Music by Ivar Bjrnson 1995]
Hymns were sung
In the times
when our people still were proud
In the long gone past
A long time ago
Then came the disease
The disease from
south
Deception and false knowledge
Infected our minds
Survival of the fittest was forgotten
But still it didn't
disappear
Beneath the layers of a thousand years of deception
Burns the ancient northern thoughts
Fight! Don't let your
powers disappear
Our sunset shall also be our dawn
They burned our temples
They killed our men
We shall take back
What
once were ours
Fight! Deny not your mind
Our sunset shall also be our dawn
We shall once again sing
Hymns from ancient
times
Like we did in those days
A long time ago
[Norwegian]
Lovsanger ble sunget
Den gang folket fremdeles var
stolt,
I de svundne tider,
For lenge siden
S kom pesten
Pesten fra sr
Svik og vranre
Forpestet vre sinn
Den
sterkes lov ble glemt
Men forsvant ei
Under et lag av tusen rs svik
Ulmer den norrne tanke
Kjemp! La ei din kraft
forg
Vr morgen skal ogs bli vr kveld
De brente vre hov
De drepte vre menn
Vi skal ta tilbake
Det som engang var
vrt
Kjemp! Fornekt et ditt sinn
Vr morgen skal ogs bli vr kveld
Vi skal igjen synge
Lovsanger fra fordums tid
Slik
vi gjorde i de dager
For pesten kom
FOR LENGE SIDEN
