Beneath its roots Along its branches Life blooms Linked by the Bifröst Nine worlds endure Yggdrasil stands By Urd's well gods gather daily Not too far from Asgaard beholding their realm Meanwhile Nidhogg gnaws the roots of all extent Adverse is the eagle on top of the mighty tree Ratatosk the squirrel hastes up and down Through all the length of the colossal ash tree Bearing words of spiteful nature Between the eagle and Nidhogg the snake Beneath its roots Along its branches Life blooms Linked by the Bifröst Nine worlds endure Yggdrasil stands Hanging on a branch through nine days and nights Oden took his life for death does not fright Wind blows the leaves for the eagle flaps his wings The Aesir feel their grief for Allfather's death As the leaves hold the power to restore all life Oden rises from the dead gaining holy wisdom "An ash I know there stands Yggdrasil is its name A tall tree showered with shining loam From there come the dews that drop in the valleys It stands forever green over Urd's well" Beneath its roots Along its branches Life blooms Linked by the Bifröst Nine worlds endure Yggdrasil stands