The warming sun returns again   And melts away the snow   The sea is freed from icy chains   Winter is letting go      Standing on the ocean side   We can hear the waves   Calling us out with tide   To sail into our fate      Oden! Guide our ships   Our axes, spears and swords   Guide us through storms that whip   And in brutal war      Our ships await us by the shore   Time has come to leave   Our country, family and homes   For riches in the east      Some of us won’t return   But that won’t bring us down   Our fate is written in the web   Woven by the Norns      A ram is sacrificed   Across the longship’s bow   And as we set our sails   A strong breeze starts to blow      It carries us out to sea   With hope of fame and pride   And glorious all will be   That with sword in hand will die      Oden! Guide our ships   Our axes, spears and swords   Guide us through storms that whip   And in brutal war      Oden! Guide our ships   Our axes, spears and swords   Guide us through storms that whip   And in brutal war