[Hermod:]
Ride Sleipner
Ride for all you're worth

Faster than lightning
To the dark realms of the world


Through valleys of darkness
On our way to Nifelheim
To the halls of Hel

Where my brother waits

Wailing voices on the wind

Urging me to turn
Distant tortured screams
Cold blue fires burn


I hear the sound of river Gjoll
Running cold and deep

It's a golden bridge shines in the dark
The bridge that Modgud keeps


Over the bridge on through the night
Hel is getting near
There are the gates towering high

Afflicting me with fear

In her hall at the honor seat

My brother sits in pain
Pale and tortured Balder great
Bound by invisible frozen chains


[Hermod:]
I have come to bring him back with me

The whole world mourns his death!
Please set Balder free
Give him back his breath!


[Hel:]
If it's true what you say to me

That the whole world mourns his death.
If the whole world will weep I'll give him back his breath!