Upon the windswept tree hung He Nine nights and nine whole days To Himself given by His spear Down infinite depths did he gaze Upon the tree with roots unknown Knowledge of the runes did He learn Screaming loud He seized the staves And from the depths did return ♪ Beneath the eye of wisdom The might of the runes strengthens our souls Beneath the eye of wisdom All-Father's knowledge guides us to our goals ♪ Beneath one of the great tree's roots To wisdom's well He made His way For a draught from the sacred source With one of His eyes he had to pay He drank much knowledge from the well Into the hallowed water sunk His eye Still way up high His one eye glows And looks upon us from the sky ♪ Beneath the eye of wisdom We shall return to the glorious ways of yore Beneath the eye of wisdom Ancient powers awake when we wage a holy war ♪ Beneath the eye of wisdom Age-old words of great power are spoken out loud Beneath the eye of wisdom Behind the banner of the gods we ride strong and proud