Here’s another song I wrote and performed, this time about the Second Swedish Crusade in Early Old Swedish (klassisk fornsvenska) during the middle of the 13th century. The song is based loosely on the Erikskrönikan (Eric Chronicle) which details some of the events during the Northern Crusades. According to the Chronicle, King Erik XI sent his men into battle against the Tavastians, a sub-group of the Fins, who were pagan at the time. The Crusade was an extension of the ongoing strife which saw Finland become part of the growing Swedish state.
The song is in a slightly different style; it’s actually an adaptation of a metal song I wrote with my brother quite some time ago.
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Lyrics:
Swænskt blōþ spillis alltof længi.
Heþnir stø̄flar skæmma wār ængi.
Þēr heþnu kænna ej Guþ.
Pavin til orostu kræwir oss
Wæstan havum wīr mæþ oss kors,
Erīker konungher lēþir.
Oss blæsti bø̄r, wīr sighldum þæþan.
Þēr heþnu ræddu sik ok mæþan.
Þēr witu at skaþi komber!
Rīþa fram swænskir korsfarar!
Wīr farum pilagrimbsfærþ wāra!
Al knǣ bø̄ghias ok tungur hylla
Krist, ær rēnsar alt hit īlla!
Ø̄ster korsit bærum wīr hø̄ght
Striþit havir trū wāra ø̄kt.
Til dø̄þa haldum wīr ēþ þæn:
at skīra alla heþna mæn.
Wīr tōkum baner, gengum ā land.
Oss kristnu gik þær wæl i hand.
Wāra skioldi lǣtum skina.
Uppā þā heþna Tavesta
wīr wildum swærþ wár fresta.
Orosta skarp tōk þā til.
Wīr þēr kristnu mæn unnum!
Þēr Tavesta undan runnu!
Dȳrþ sē Guþi æwærþelika!
Rīþa fram swænskir korsfarar!
Wīr farum pilagrimbsfærþ wāra!
Al knǣ bø̄ghias ok tungur hylla
Krist, ær rēnsar alt hit īlla!
Ø̄ster korsit bærum wīr hø̄ght
Striþit havir trū wāra ø̄kt.
Til dø̄þa haldum wīr ēþ þæn:
at skīra alla heþna mæn.
Hwar þēm wildi til handa gā
ok kristin wærþa ok dōp fā,
honom lǣtu þēr gotz ok līf
ok friþ at liva ūtan kīf.
Rīþa fram swænskir korsfarar!
Wīr farum pilagrimbsfærþ wāra!
Al knǣ bø̄ghias ok tungur hylla
Krist, ær rēnsar alt hit īlla!
25 окт 2023
