Svunne tider på Jotuns vei
Der over høye klipper og fjell
Har merket den med støv og aske
Fra dengang alders hirder
Vandret på disse kanter

Her Gandviks bergtroll trampet frem
I ondt og stort et tussefølge
Hvor ferdafolk fant stor en visdom
Om landets skogsliv og mørke sider
Her på stien som bukter seg uendelig frem
Mellom berg hvor de vanskelig fremdeles
Kan øynes i horisonten

Så storslått det må ha vært
Og speide ut over alt dette
Og å vandre så alene og fri
En høstkveld i en kald og lett tåke
Slik som mange før meg har opplevd
Og som mange før meg har verdsatt

Men minner blir glemt av tidens gang
Og lite er her som det engang var
Her som ellers har blader visnet
Men falt ned på en forfallen jord
Hvor drømmer og liv har dødd ut

Men kanskje bak en stien
Eller bak en gammel busk
Sitter fortsatt.....hmm
Og venter?


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Stien Lyrics as written by Sven Atle Kopperud Bjoern Denker

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    Forgotten times on Jotuns path There over high cliffs and mountains Has marked it with dust and ashes From when Alders' herds wandered these grounds. Here Gandviks Cave trolls stamped forth In an evil and large goblin-herd Where rangers found a big wisdom About the lands forest-life and dark sides Here on the path who creeps eternally forth Between banks where they difficult still Can be seen in the horizon So great it must have been To look out over all this And to wander so alone and free An autumn evening in cold and light mist Like many before me have experienced And many before me have appreciated But memories are forgotten as time passes by And little is here that once were Here like elsewhere leaves have wizened But fallen down on a collapsed earth Where dreams and lives have passed away But maybe between a rock Or behind an old buch Sits still... And waiting

    TheDirgeon January 11, 2010   Link

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