Hermod:

 "Ride, Sleipner!

 Ride for all you're worth

 Faster than lightning

 To the dark realms of the world"

 

Through valley's of darkness

 On our way to Nifelheim

 To the halls of Hel

 Where my brother awaits

 

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

 Its golden bridge shines in the dark

 The bridge 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 honoured seat

 My brother sits in pain

 Pale and tortured Balder greats

 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 will give him back his breath."