tirsdag 20. desember 2011

THE NEW SONG: Pray for the first time


Soda Fountain Rag - Pray for the first time by sodafountainrag

Rest in your arms tonight
The wind is cold and I forgot how to fight
Close the door then throw the key
I got food to keep me going in eternity

Stay inside
Stare out of the window
Run and hide from the cold eyes
Whisper low
No-one will come
Then you pray for the first time in years

Get lost, go on, be gone!
The thoughts you fear
The silence alone
Stretch your arms and legs out now
This was how they would be saved
A thousand years ago

Stay inside
Stare out of the window
Run and hide from the cold eyes
Whisper low
No-one will come
Then you pray for the first time

This is a song related to an old Nordic myth: From the night before the 13. of December and all through the Christmas holiday one had to be careful not to run into Åsgårdsreien (the Wild Hunt). This was a travelling group of witches and bad spirits, led by Guro Rysserova and Lussi. You were in big trouble if everything wasn’t ready for Christmas. If you were outside when Åsgårdsreien came, they would take your soul for a ride, and you would never be yourself again. A way to be saved was to lie down, and stretch your arms and legs out to shape a cross with your body.

Lussi and the saint Lucia has actually been mixed together to create the Nordic Lucia-celebration on the 13 (en artikkel på norsk). 

Here is the old photo of the kindergarden Lucia from 1987

Is it too sad if I say that this is one of the very great moments in my life?

Welhaven had some words to say about Åsgårdsreien also (maybe there's a translation somewhere out there?)

Lydt gjennem Luften i Natten farer
et Tog paa skummende sorte Heste.
I Stormgang drage de vilde Skarer.
de have kun Skyer til Fodefæste.
Det gaaer over Dal, over Vang og Hei,
gjennem Mulm og Veir; de endse det ei.
Vandreren kaster sig ræd paa Veien.
Hør hvilket Gny - det er Asgaardsreien! 



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