The Land Lyrics - Nordland Ii - Bathory

This land is mine to the end of time 

None it shall claim or conquer 

The mountains high : the endless sky 

The forests and the sea 

Oh land rejoice : your son has sailed 

Beyond the seas : adventurous trail 

Now heading north : to Asa Bay 

My place of birth : home of the brave 

A man he may wither away 

Or die in battle with sword in hand 

But the river will flow and the wind will blow 

Forever across my northern land 

This land is mine to the end of time 

None it shall claim or conquer 

The mountains high : the endless sky 

The forests and the sea 

Oh fatherland : oh Northstar high 

Two hundred days and night have I 

Been away from you my hearts most dear 

Returning home : great wealth to share 

Work those oars : the wind is still 

No southern breeze our sail to fill 

The dusk is here and our bay is far 

The Dragon soon to sweep the night 

So work these oars an Sorsemen : brother's row 

The land where deep in heavy turf the bones and crushed skulls testify 

The violent times and troubled days when land was claimed 

And paid for in blood and human lives 

The land where gold of star will glow in silvery water 

And on black wings high the ravens soar above 

The glade where as child I was baptized in fire and ice