Under Isen - Vreid

No er me under isen

No er me underlagt

Den gr og skitne isen

Av framand overmakt

Tungt kviler den på landet

Men høyr i fjellet vatnet

Det sender bod med bekkane

Som kviskrar nedad brekkane

Snart skiner våren leande

I breane

No er me under isen

Og den er grå og våt

Det strøymer under isen

Så mang ein stille gråt

No er me under isen

Av ufridom og tvang

No er me under isen

Og vinteren blir lang

Men høyr det susar og straumar

Av ville vårnattsdraumar

Så levande og skjelvande

Ein uro gjennom elvane

Det susar under isen av eining tru og tross

Ein dag skal alle bekkar små gå saman og bli foss

Det lever under isen der tusen hjartar slår

Det innestengte Noregs udrepelege vår

Now I'm under the ice

Now I am subject

The gray and dirty ice

By forward superiority

It rests heavily in the countryside

But right in the mountains the lake

It sends penance with the streams

Whispering down the brekkane

Soon spring will shine

I breane

Now I'm under the ice

And it is gray and wet

It flows under the ice

So many a quiet cry

Now I'm under the ice

Of impunity and coercion

Now I'm under the ice

And the winter will be long

But hear the rustling and currents

Of wild spring night dreams

So alive and trembling

A turmoil through the rivers

It whizzes under the ice of unity of faith and defiance

One day, all the small streams will go together and become waterfalls

It lives under the ice where a thousand hearts beat

The confined Norway's unbearable spring