The bleak fimbul winter arrived
   Raging across the world
   With a fury that defied the memory of man
   Terrible wars where fought,
   the like had never been seen
   Men slew without a thought
   The ties of kinship were no more
  
   Skoll and Hati, the ravenous wolves
   Arose and devoured the sun and the moon
   Darkness descended upon the earth
   And the stars fell from the skies
   Loud blows heimdall the horne's in the air
   Odin quests the head of Mim
   Now shakes the holy ash where it stands
   The ancient tree moans, Fenris breaks free
  
   How are the Aesir?
   How are the Alves?
   Loud sounds Joutunheim
   Aesir comprise
   By the stonedoors dwarfs are moaning
   The mountains wise men
   Know you now or not?
  
   With his shield at hand
   Hrym travels from the east
   The serpant is turning, enormous in rage
  
   The serpant breaks the waves
   The eagle screams
   Nidhoggs tearing corpses
   Free comes Nagelfar
  
   Loke leads the legions of the dead
   In holy war
   Against the justice made by Aesir