"Djákninn" lyrics

"Djákninn"

[Icelandic:]

Ég hef gengið langan veg
Ég hef margan djáknann séð
Sopið seyði af hans reiði
Mikið reynt en get ei gleymt

Þokan geymir gamlar syndir
Hvítir hrafnar, svartir sandar
Sligað stolt fjarri heimahögum

Blóðböndin steyttä skeri
Brenndar brýr að baki mér
Langt er síðan módinn missti ég

Gamlir draugar hanga yfir
Skarttans sálmar glymja ótt
Óttinn boðar sortans endalok

[English translation:]

I have walked a long road
I have seen many deacons
I've drunk magic from his fear
Tried so hard but can't forget

The fog holds old visions
White ravens, black sands
Over-strained pride parts me from home

Blood ties crash against the rocks
Burned bridges behind me
It's been a while since I lost my mind

Old ghosts hang around
The Devil's psalms thunder deep
Dread prays for the end of darkness


Writer(s): Svavar Austmann, Gudmundur Oli Palmason, Saethor Marius Saethorsson, Adalbjorn Tryggvason