Fire over midwinter night

Verse 1)

Snow falls quiet on the frozen land,

Moonlight gleams on shield and brand,

The hearth-fire roars where the kin stand tight,

For Yule has come in the midwinter night.

(Chorus)

Hail and rejoice in the turning of fate,

Skål! Skål! Let the storm winds wait!

Raise your horn and let voices unite,

For Yule is here on the longest night!

(Old Norse Refrain)

Jól koma nú, eldrennir brenn,

Odin veitir styrk, til ættir igjen,

Hrafnar syngja i stormens skjel,

Skål til alle! Skål til vel!

(Verse 2)

We carve our runes and we sing our praise,

For gods and ghosts of the ancient days,

Freyja’s blessing and Thor’s great might,

Keep safe our hearths through coldest night.

(Bridge)

Eldur dansar, vindur syng,

Heilir goðar, heilir þing,

Let the feast be wide and the mead horns swing,

For winter bows to returning spring.

Skål to the brave, skål to the free,

Skål to the past and what’s yet to be!

Raise your horn high where the firelight gleams,

For Yule is the promise at the heart of our dreams.