Heim til Yggdrasil (acoustic) by Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik

Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik with band, performing an acoustic version of the Enslaved song "Return to Yggdrasill", with lyrics in Norwegian translated by Einar Selvik as "Heim til Yggdrasil".

Einar Selvik - Vocals
Ivar Bjørnson - Guitar, vocals
Silje Solberg - Hardanger-fiddle
Håkon Vinje - Piano, vocals
Iver Sandøy - Percussion, vocals

Filmed and Recorded by Bright Norway AS
Mixed by Iver Sandøy, Solslottet Studio

LYRICS:

Heim Til Yggdrasil
(Music: I. Peersen / Lyrics: K. Grutle / Translation: E. Selvik)

I eit åndsforlatt land
Gjallar horn på ny
ljomar mot dei alle
som trur dei sanninga eig,
som fører blinde i vilse.
Deg sjølv gjeven deg sjølv

Lat oss fara heim,
under lauvets ly
Samlas heime på ny,
Hugse netter ni

All tid - me har vandra
under vinger - av vilse
All tid - me har venta
på at vinteren - slepp grepet

Lat oss fara heim,
under lauvets ly
Samlast heime på ny,
Hugse netter ni

ORIGINAL LYRICS (ENGLISH):

Return to Yggdrasill
(Music: I. Peersen / Lyrics: K. Grutle)

A new sound heard throughout the land
From which the spirits had left ages ago
Sacrifice and honour replaced by betrayal and usurpers
A trail of sweat and blood, a gathering to the pagan
outer worlds

For ages we have wandered
Under the wings of deception
Too long have we been waiting
For the long winter to end

An uprising by those that claim the Supremacy of One
Against the misleaders of the blind, deceivers of the Masses
Man can no longer claim ignorance as reason for waiting
It is all for the taking, the world for their making

We will gather again
Under the leaves
We will gather again
In honour of the nine nights

For ages we have wandered
Under the wings of deception
Too long have we been waiting
For the long winter to end

We will gather again
To praise the courage
We will gather again
To watch the harvest

[tessan]

In my toughest period in my life Einars music saved my life ❤. I listened to Wardruna and this and got a new strength in my life 😊. Thank you Einar with friends for your music ❤

[camillaGorilla]

I always get blown away by Einar's voice. I can not describe how listening to him and Wardruna feels ❤🇳🇴

[easttennesseelife]

I don't have much life left in me and Einar Selvik has been an appreciated experience. Thank you.

[bishop]

Sun cames out right as I started the video... Started raining again 10 seconds after it ended... goosebumps

[BigD]

Fantastic. Words can not express the emotion I feel with this song. Einar is at a higher level of consciousness.

[iampurplefly]

Whenever you question the meaning of life, turn on Ivar's and Einar's holy songs.
Eargasm, soulgasm, idk how to describe this...

[rustedshut]

This is one of my favorite Enslaved songs. To hear Einar’s version is like a dream come true.

[karenlong]

I have no idea, the meaning of the words to this song, but the beauty of it comforts me when I am troubled. Many thanks, Ivar, Einar and band!

[sukritisingh]

My main problem with Einar is that I want to listen to everything single goddamn millisecond of music that he creates, and that he somehow makes THAT hairstyle attractive....

[Luxelock]

The gods surely work through Einar. Whether he wants to believe it or not. Everything he is in is amazing.

[wilddoguk]

Ivar and Einar sing with the story of the eldar. They bring the stories of old to the now. I can't always know what they're singing, but I feel it. From the north of

[asrais]

I dont understand the language now, but it sounds so beautiful to me, that i started to repeat the words over and over again, it fills me with energy and somehow i feel happy inside. Tears start to come and i "zoom out" of my position. I cant really describe this pleasure im getting from the language and this music. Im so thankful and respectful for the artists.

[PKovar]

Last Vikings on the Midgard! Cheers from Czech republic!

[hartwarg]

I want an Enslaved/Wardruna tour with a set of this in the middle

[NinaNiterose]

Songs like this make me feel proud of my origin again....and a little less alone. <3

[paulfny]

The original album version is incredibly transcendent, but this is stunning, too.

[mezidvemastromy]

Want to cry, smile and dance on this sacred soil beneath our foots.

[gst]

What a beautiful version of an amazing song...both Einar and Ivar are god-tier musicians 💕

[Prameses]

Thank you ancestors for this beautiful culture ❤️❤️❤️

[omarazami]

This hits different in its Native Tongue. It's more beautiful than I could ever imagine.