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Freyr (Prayer of Uppsala)
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I stand in Uppsala tonight
O Freyr, hear me by firelight
I bring you grain, I bring you mead
Grant what I ask, fulfill our need
They told your name in elder days
The Vanir lord of sunlit ways
From Vanaheim you crossed the sea
To make the hard land breathe and be
You touched the soil, the frost withdrew
The black earth drank, then living grew
So I ask now, as they once prayed
Let green return where hunger stayed
I lift my hands, I speak it plain
Send timely sun, send gentle rain
Freyr heyr mik nú
Gef oss frið ok frjósemi
Verndað akra, verndað leið
Ljósið leiði oss heim
They say you traded blade for love
Gave up your sword to rise above
For Gerðr, you chose a calmer fate
And paid your price, yet did not hate
So teach my heart to yield its pride
To choose the peace, to stand beside
To keep my oaths when nights are long
And hold my kin with steady song
If anger comes like splitting steel
O Freyr, show me what is real
Freyr heyr mik nú
Gef oss frið ok frjósemi
Verndað akra, verndað leið
Ljósið leiði oss heim
In Uppsala my offering lies
O Freyr, look with kindly eyes
Let story live, let silence end
My harvest lord, my summer friend