ulver - wolf & man lyrics

da trolddomen bleff h ved - & need
paa jorden han sv ved: da som nu
vaer jaget ved at lefve, ved at aande,
ved hver bev gelse saa stoor at n sten
dend vaer smerte

medens han gik omkring
blandt mennisker, vaer han skuffed ferst:
i liivets ydre vaer der intet skifte
lig det han hafvde felt i ulvens liiv

de tr ller under ham
med at troskyldig sind
fryckter ham,
een krafft aff sand natur,
som sanser uden selfbedrag

han gliider useet blandt dem, streifer i sit jag
lig kv ldens farver, nattens aandedrag

for ingen guderest hafver nogensinde
git mennisket svar paa hvem han skiulede
d mon, phantom & varulv
vaer kund naffn paa det de aldrig kunde finde

end han -
i hans hi rte: een affgrund tung
som det sorte hav
der eldsker sine dyb

der -
sammenkreget
i vintrens bund
f lder han al deris gl de,
liiv, mod & haab

maanen, stiigende paanye,
hilser ham fra en sunken himmel

...oc ved den lydende midnattssalme
som fryckt i natten v ver
skald de ffromme atter falme

the spell did breake and gave release
to hours amongst mankynde
but then, as now, the strayn
of living, breathing, yea ev'rie move
a burden approaching payn

dishearten'd he was
as he wander'd with men
on the surface of life - no change
no change as the beast within

they fear him, these fooles
a power pure, nature unveil'd
perception sans delusion

amongst them he walks unseen
like a tint if twilight
the breath of night

no voice of god did tell
man what he did hide
werewolf & phantom, daemon & beast -
mere names given to what they fear'd

but he -
in his heart: an abyss unfathomable
as teh blacken'd sea
which loves its deeps

there -
an animal shadow crawling
o'er the wintry soil
all hope, joie & life he slayes

the moone, rising anew,
bids him welcome from a waning sky

... and by the sounding
of his midnight psalme
feare shall be harvest agayn
from the pious hearts of men