‘She’ (1995 Ukrainian rock band Plach Yeremii song) cover in Old Norse (Old Norse | English | Ukrainian subtitles)

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1. Lyrics:

   >Hindra dags í salinn munu

   >hinir fá vinir þínir kuma.

   >Munuð ér drekka sǿtan mjǫð.

    

   >Dýra gjǫf mun maðr fǿra,

   >”Líf er dýrð!”, – mun maðr mæla.

   >Líf er dýrð, ek játa, en hón…

    

   >En hón…

   >Eina hón…

   >mun sitja þar úglǫð.

   >Hón mun drekka, drykkju-lítil,

   >hennar sǿtligan mjǫð.

    

   >Ek skal syngva fyrir hana,

   >munu skálar reysta skjalt.

   >En kan raustin mína

   >sigra úgleðina þá?

    

   >Svá er ráðit í Miðgarði –

   >elska ek þat hárit hana,

   >elska ek ok þunnar varrar þǽr!

    

   >En mun várit kuma snemma –

   >skulum vér í víking fára

   >til kristinna borga ok landa.

    

   >En hón…

   >Eina hón…

   >mun sitja þar úglǫð.

   >Hón mun drekka, drykkju-lítil,

   >hennar sǿtligan mjǫð.

    

   >Ertu mín úglaða mærin!

   >Ertu gullin auðna!

   >Enn syngva ek ok kalla

   >í ofvægri auðri nátt.

    

   Please, take a note from the author (who makes a channel that is dedicated to various matters connected with linguistics, historical linguistics, mythology, and languages):

   >Dear friends! I should explain right away that I am not a professional singer, and this video aims to convey the spirit of the Old Norse language rather than singing beautifully. I hope this is clear.

   >Furthermore, it is actually not a translation, but rather an adaptation of the original song, because some lines of the lyrics would sound quite strange in Old Norse if they had been translated literally.

    

   NB I hope someone else here finds it interesting, as did I.

   Original author’s cover on YouTube:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCKpm2RzVWg

   Original Plach Yeremii’s song on YouTube (in Ukrainian):

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQEnpYoA2U&t=0s