"Det Som Var Haukareid" lyrics

[Norwegian:]

Håyrde nåke so i skogen va, ondra meg pao kå ditta va
I skjine ao maon va ra nåke eg saog, nåke so leea seg i skogen vaor
Traska ondrande opp fø å sjao ken da va
Da vakkje nåken, men nåke ra va

Eg kjende ri va rar, men utn å kjenna
Eg håyrde ri va rar, men utn å håyra
Eg saog ri sto rar, men utn å sjao
Eg følde instinkte å innøve eg for
Ke konne ra vera, Haukarei va vaor?

Kår ai gran va so sjeli ti førfedredn (mi føle kårt ait skritt du teke)
Kårt ait kratt va so ai prøva (tanke å sinn e dá ain ao vinne)
Kårt ait glimt ao maon va so nye visdåm (visdåm e makt)
Kårt ait bøks va so å utvia herredøme å maira ska ru fao

Itte ai stond eg stågga fø å sjao, her va alt eg konde dråyma om å fao
Ditta vakkje Haukarei eg va vande me å sjao, men ait rike eg no skolde fao

[English translation:]

[That Which Was Haukareid]

I heard something in the forest, pondered on what it could be
By the light of the moon something I saw, someone in our forest
Wondrously I approached it, to see whom it was
Nobody was there, but something it was

I felt they were there, without feeling
I heard they were there, without hearing
I saw them stand there, without seeing
I followed the instinct, and inwards I went
Where could it be, Haukarei was ours?

Every spruce felt like our ancestors' souls (we feel every step you take)
Every thicket felt like a challenge (thought and mind are one to win)
Every glimpse of the moon felt like new wisdom (wisdom is power)
Every leap felt like expanding the kingdom, and more should we get

After a while, I stopped to gaze, here was everything I could ever dream of possessing
This was not the Haukarei I was used to see, but a kingdom I now should possess