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Songs of Skyrim

Compiled by Giraud Gemane


Historian of the Bards College Solitude
Ragnar the Red is a traditional song of Whiterun. Despite the grim final image, the song is generally
regarded as light and rollicking and a faorite in inns across Skyrim.
Ragnar !he Red
!here once "as a hero named Ragnar the Red,
Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead#
$nd the braggart did s"agger and brandish his blade,
$s he told of bold battles and gold he had made#
But then he "ent %uiet, did Ragnar the Red,
When he met the shieldmaiden &atilda "ho said...
'(h, you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead#
)o" * think it+s high time that you lie do"n and bleed#'
$nd so then came the clashing and slashing of steel,
$s the brae lass &atilda charged in full of ,eal#
$nd the braggart named Ragnar "as boastful no moooooree...
When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor#
!he Dragonborn Comes has been handed do"n from generation to generation of bards. !he
Dragonborn in )ord culture is the archetype of "hat a )ord should be. !he song itself has been used to
rally soldiers and to bring hope.
!he Dragonborn Comes
(ur hero, our hero, claims a "arrior+s heart.
* tell you, * tell you, the Dragonborn comes.
With a -oice "ielding po"er of the ancient )ord art.
Beliee, beliee, the Dragonborn comes.
*t+s an end to the eil, of all Skyrim+s foes.
Be"are, be"are, the Dragonborn comes.
.or the darkness has passed, and the legend yet gro"s.
/ou+ll kno", you+ll kno" the Dragonborn+s come.
!he $ge of (ppression and !he $ge of $ggression are ariants of one song. *t isn+t kno"n "hich of the
t"o "as "ritten first but the tune, "ith loyalty appropriate lyrics, is %uite popular on both sides of the
"ar.
!he $ge of (ppression
We drink to our youth, and to days come and gone.
.or the age of oppression is no" nearly done.
We+ll drie out the 0mpire from this land that "e o"n.
With our blood and our steel "e "ill take back our home.
$ll hail to 1lfric# /ou are the High 2ing#
*n your great honor "e drink and "e sing.
We+re the children of Skyrim, and "e fight all our lies.
$nd "hen Songarde beckons, eery one of us dies#
But this land is ours and "e+ll see it "iped clean.
(f the scourge that has sullied our hopes and our dreams.
!he $ge of $ggression
We drink to our youth, to days come and gone.
.or the age of aggression is 3ust about done.
We+ll drie out the Stormcloaks and restore "hat "e o"n.
With our blood and our steel "e+ll take back our home.
Do"n "ith 1lfric# !he killer of kings#
(n the day of your death "e+ll drink and "e+ll sing.
We+re the children of Skyrim, and "e fight all our lies.
$nd "hen Songarde beckons, eery one of us dies#
But this land is ours and "e+ll see it "iped clean.
(f the scourge that has sullied our hopes and our dreams.
!he follo"ing is an ancient song "e+e only recently been able to translate. Without a tune or a sure
pronunciation the song is lost to time. *t+s included here to sho" the deep history of song here in
Skyrim. !he original ersion...
Doahkiin, Doahkiin,
)aal ok ,in los ahriin,
Wah dein okul mahfaeraak ahst aal#
$hrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon ,indro ,aan,
Doahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal#
Hu,rah nu, kul do od, "ah aan bok lingrah od,
$hrk fin tey, bo,iik fun, do fin gein#
Wo lost fron "ah ney do, ahrk fin reyliik do 3ul,
-oth aan suleyk "ah ronit faal 2rein#
$hrk fin ,ul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei frod,
Rul lot !aa,okaan motaad oth kein#
Sahrot !hu+um, med aan tu,, ey ,eim hokoron pah,
(l fin Doahkiin komeyt ok rein#
$hrk fin 2el lost prodah, do ed iing ko fin krah,
!ol fod ,eymah "in kein mey, fundein#
$lduin, .eyn do 4un, kru,iik okun staadnau,
-oth aan bahlok "ah diion fin lein#
)u, aan sul, fent alok, fod fin ul doah nok,
.en kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ru,#
5aa, 2ei,aal fen kos stin nol bein $lduin 3ot,
Doahkiin kos fin saiik do mu,#
$nd the translation...
Dragonborn, Dragonborn,
By his honor is s"orn,
!o keep eil foreer at bay#
$nd the fiercest foes rout "hen they hear triumph+s shout,
Dragonborn, for your blessing "e pray#
Hearken no", sons of sno", to an age, long ago,
$nd the tale, boldly told, of the one#
Who "as kin to both "yrm, and the races of man,
With a po"er to rial the Sun#
$nd the -oice, he did "ield, on that glorious field
When great !amriel shuddered "ith "ar#
&ighty !hu+um, like a blade, cut through enemies all,
$s the Dragonborn issued his roar#
$nd the Scrolls hae foretold, of black "ings in the cold
!hat "hen brothers "age "ar come unfurled#
$lduin, Bane of 2ings, ancient shado" unbound,
With a hunger to s"allo" the "orld#
But a day, shall arise, "hen the dark dragon+s lies,
Will be silenced foreer and then#
.air Skyrim "ill be free from foul $lduin+s ma",
Dragonborn be the saior of men#

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