Sjugur Og Trollbrura [English translation]

And the king stood on [the] gallery

he looked around far and wide.

close out on the green meadow

there he saw sjugur ride.

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

I do have to say that the king must have been lost

for his daughter he lost to the mountain,

where jutuls* and trolls hold wedding games

but sjugur had his fists to defend himself.

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

oh, listen now my sjugur, my daughter is yours,

for you are, in fact, a bold gentleman.

if you dare into the mountain walk

and retrieve your beloved one.

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

and sjugur [he] invited to his wedding

as many as he could pick

thereafter he invited many a hulder

as thick as seven could count**

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

you probably thought the bride was [a] delicious slut***

with breasts and hair like sofia.

no, she had a nose like [a] byre****

and eyes like ponds in the hillside.

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

as the bestowing of the bride was over

and [the] people began to bicker.

sjur dangled with his club

and didn't strike any punches that missed.

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

and home came sjugur with the fine princess

[it] suited the slut better than the trolls.

and the king said to his sjugur:

you have earned her, so keep her.

sjugur risked his life for the young maiden.

• Artist:Folque
• Album:Folque