Arkona, “In My Land“ (English)

English translation of “На моей земле“ (“Na Moey Zemle“) by Аркона, from the album “Гой, Роде, Гой!“ (2009). A man leaves his home in Russia and travels through Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, and the Netherlands, searching for happiness. Notes: * Nerthus: Germanic Earth-goddess * Svitjod: An Old Norse name for Sweden or its people * Sunna: Germanic Sun-goddess * Veles: a major Slavic god * The One-Eyed: Odin, the chief Norse god * Žemyna: Lithuanian earth-goddess * Velinas: Lithuanian creator-god, represented as a blacksmith * Ąžuoliniai mounds: earth mounds in the village of Ąžuoliniai * Thuringia: a German state, renowned for its natural beauty.