An Tuagh - Snake Pit Poetry

Snake Pit Poetry from the album "Bard and Skald" by An Tuagh https://antuagh.bandcamp.com/ https://ffm.to/bardandskald (Song/Poem - Old Norse) “I did not look to a snake to be my bane, things happen very often to one that one thinks of the least.” A song loosely based on the Krákumál - The poem supposedly written by the ever famous Viking King, Ragnar Loðbrók, as he lay dying in a pit of snakes he was thrown into by the English King, Ælla. It foretells how Ragnar’s sons will take revenge for the deeds done to him here. lyrics Eigi hugðak orma at aldrlagi mínu; verðr mjök mörgu sinni þats minnst varir sjálfan Nú munk nár af bragði ok nær dýrum deyja Gnyðja mundu grísir ef galtar hag vissi mér er gnótt at grandi grafa inn rönum sínum ok harðliga hváta hafa mik sogit, ormar nú munk nár af bragði ok nær dýrum deyja (English) I did not look to a snake, to be my bane, Things happen very often to one, that one thinks of the least. Soon now will my body, die among the beasts. The young pigs would squeal, if they knew the state of the boar, of the injury done to me. Snakes dig in my flesh, stab at me harshly, and have sucked on me. soon now will my body, die among the beasts Original Composition - Einar Selvik (2017) Cover Arrangement - An Tuagh (2021) Photography by Andrew Rae Photographer