Ragnarok

"Dark days among men Many a life lost An axe-age, a sword-age Shields shall be cloven A wind-age, a wolf-age Ere the world falls" "And no man shall have mercy on another" Winter thrice at once has passed And bereft of summer's warmth and sun Come, twilight of the Gods at last ShiningHeimdall has sounded Gjallarhorn! Yggdrasil trembles, mountains roar Once bright stars have lost their silver light Fathers, brothers come to war Day descends to ever-night From his bonds Fenrir has broke And has swallowed whole the noble sun Muna has died; a blackened cloak The ending of all has thus begun Awake! Arise Aesir and men Who dwell in Asgard's golden halls Come to the field ye Gods and men Darkness reigns, the world shall fall! Serpent slithers from sea-borne lair Jormungandr unfurls his coil Spitting venom through poisoned air Dark oceans heave, the billows roil A rift has opened in the sky Surtur rising, sword in flame The Sons of Muspell forth now fly Across the Rainbow Bridge left lame The trickster Loki, Hordes of Hel And Hrym with many giants of frost Join the fray, oh creatures fell! Mortal men are stricken, lost! Awake! Arise ye brave men slain Who dwell in mighty Valhalla Ride with Odin lest in vain The world will fall, ye Einherjer! Allfather, old and wise By the wolf Fenrir he dies But Fenrir's life is also done Slain by Vidar, Odin's son Lord Tyr, loyal and true Garmr the hound he bravely slew Alas the battle His life claimed His glory once forever famed Mighty Thor, He without fear Slays the Serpent with Mjolnir Alas the venom His life claimed The Thunderer forever famed Lord Heimdall, of watchful eyes Battles Loki, both will die Alas the battle His life claimed His wisdom once forever famed Frey, the Lord of sea-faring Slain by Surtur's sword flaming Alas the world has come to naught Alas the earth in fire wrought And yet the Earth shall rise anew From blissful oceans pure and blue The daughter of the sun shall fly Far green land will bloom in golden light "Baldr, the lord of glistening light will return from Helheim to rule And there too will be the sons of Odin and of Thor In a field of heavenly green they shall recount memories long past Midgard shall bear mortal men once more The first of them nourished by the morning dew"