
R.U.N.O.Y.A. - 🌲 “Þyrnjǫrð Ljóð: The Spine of the Earth”
🌲 “Þyrnjǫrð Ljóð: The Spine of the Earth” (The Sigil-Tree’s Poem) Language: Álfar-Ritualic Nordic with poetic English mirror 🔸 I. Undir Þyrnjǫrð (Beneath the Thorned Pine) Ek stendr undir Þyrnjǫrð — (I stand beneath the Thorned Pine) Náttúra andar í mér. (Nature exhales into me) Græn greinar syngja rúnr, (Green branches sing in runes) ok frost himins kyssir hörð jarð. (and frost of the sky kisses the hard earth) Ljós fellr í nár mitt, (Light falls into my roots) eins ok eldþyrnir á snjó. (Like fire-thorns on snow) Ek tala við trjá — (I speak with the tree) rúnir svara í skugga. (The runes answer in shadow) 🔸 II. Greinasár (Wounds of the Branch) Sár greina glóa, grænt ok svart — (The branch’s wounds glow, green and black) með vind, en orðin eru frosin. (With wind, yet words are frozen) Rödd mín er barr. (My voice is needles) Það fellr, það brennr, (It falls, it burns) en hjarta Þyrnjǫrðar minnsk. (But the tree’s heart remembers) Þyrnjǫrð brennr í miðju skógr. (The Spine of the Earth burns in the forest’s center) Hún syng — með rótum, ekki rökum. (She sings — with roots, not reason) Andardráttur minn er ljóð hennar. (My breath is her poem) 🔸 III. Þokugreinar (Fogged Branches) Úr munni Þyrnjǫrðar, þokuljóð — (From the tree’s mouth, fog-poem) ljósstrik, orð sem lífa ekki lengr. (Light-strokes, words that no longer live) Þau dansa, örsmá ljós (They dance, tiny lights) inn í barr, (into the needles) hverfa eins ok draumar. (vanish like dreams) Vér erum orðlaus trjá. (We are wordless trees) Sár og ljós, í sama viði. (Wound and light in the same wood) Kyrrð mín — grær í fegurð. (My stillness — heals in beauty) 🔸 IV. Endrminni (Remembrance) Ek drakk úr þoku Þyrnjǫrðar, (I drank from the fog of the Thorned Pine) og fann nafn mitt í rótum hennar. (And found my name in her roots) Ek tala við engi — (I speak to no one) en náttúran hlýðir. (Yet nature obeys) Hún, sem glóar með eldrin í barr, (She, who glows with fire in her needles) er ek. (is me) Ek er rún — (I am rune) ek er söngur án orð. (I am song without words) 🔸 V. Loka-Koss (Final Kiss) Kyssir Þyrnjǫrð mitt, (My Thorned Pine kisses me) mjúkt, eins ok jörð. (Soft, like the earth) Sál mín fellr í barrin — (My soul falls into the needles) hún glitrar í ís morguns. (It glitters in morning ice) “Vér syngjum… ok heimrinn vaknar.” (We sing… and the world awakens.) “Orðs þarf ekki til að skapa rúnir.” (No word is needed to create runes.) 🌀 Optional Sound Cues for Ambient Track (Live Performance) (wind sigh through needles) (low taiga drone in Dm, 55 BPM) (frost-crackling hum) (whispers in Álfar tongue looped) (distant wolf call + soft snowfall) (celestial chime in B minor) (pulse of tree-heart drum, subtle) (final exhale dissolving into mist)

