Seks mine sveinar heime vera og gjyøme det gullet balde

Six men stayed behind to guard their gold


Dei andre seks på heidningslando gjøyme dei jarni kalde

The other six in heathen lands brandished cold steel


Ría de ut or franklandet med dyre dros i sadel

They rode out of Frankish lands with spoils in their saddles


Blæs i luren, Olifant på ronsarvollen

Blow your horn, Olifant, at Roncevaux


Slogest dei ut på ronsarvollen i dagane två og trio

They fought at Roncevaux for two days, if not three.


Så fekk'kje soli skine bjart for røykjen av manneblodet

And the sun could not shine clear through the stretch of men’s blood.


Ria de ut or franklandet med dyre dros i sadel

they rode out of Frankish lands with spoils in their saddle


Blæs i luren, Olifant på ronsarvollen

Blow your horn, Olifant, at Roncevaux


Roland sette luren for blogida mundi blæs han i med ureide

Roland placed the horn to his bloodied mouth and blew in it with wrath.


Så rivna jord og jardarstein i trio døger av leide

That shake earth and mountain for three days and night.


Ria de ut or franklandet med dyre dros i sadel

they rode out of Frankish lands with spoils in their saddle


Blæs i luren, Olifant på ronsarvollen

Blow your horn, Olifant, at Roncevaux