In ancient times, music survived mostly for as long as people could remember it. With no easy way to commit melodies, especially those of folk songs and skaldic ballads, to paper – or parchment, animal skin, or canvas – music could change beyond recognition as it travelled through the ages, passed down and held in memory.?

在遠古時代，音樂在人們記憶中的大部分時間里一直存活下來。 沒有簡單的方法可以將旋律，特別是民間歌曲和斯卡拉德民謠的旋律，投遞到紙張（或羊皮紙，動物皮或帆布）上，隨著音樂的流傳，傳承并保存在記憶中，音樂可能會發(fā)生變化而變得面目全非。

Various stringed instruments, pipes, and flutes from the Viking Age have been discovered on archaeological digs, and upon visiting Hedeby, Denmark in the 10th century, the Arab merchant Al-Tartushi wincingly?described?Vikings’ singing abilities as “a rumbling emanating from their throats, similar to that of a dog but even more bestial”. So, while there were no Lady Gagas or Justin Timberlakes climbing the charts in ancient Scandinavia, we know for a fact that they liked a bit of a singsong. Speaking of!

在考古挖掘中發(fā)現(xiàn)了維京時代的各種弦樂器，管子和長笛。10世紀，阿拉伯商人Al-Tartushi在訪問丹麥的Hedeby時冷嘲熱諷地將維京人的歌唱能力描述為“從喉嚨里發(fā)出的隆隆聲”。 ，類似于狗，但具有更高的野獸性。” 因此，雖然在古代的斯堪的納維亞半島上沒有Lady Gagas女士或Justin Timberlakes在攀登排行榜，但我們知道他們喜歡一點點歌唱這一事實。 說起！

Far removed from the Vikings’ throaty vocals, the silky tones and strumming you can hear in the above video belong to Kristoffer “Juriel” Bailey, our North American Community Manager who can tear up the stage just as well as the battlefield in Conqueror’s Blade. He’s singing?Dr?mde mik en dr?m i nat?– which translates into English as ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ – a secular song written in Old Norse sometime before 1300 AD. It’s one of the oldest known songs from its time, and it’s likely that its origins can be traced back even further to Scandinavia during the Viking Age.

在上面的視頻中您可以聽到，柔滑的音調(diào)與維京人的嗓音并沒有什么區(qū)別，屬于我們北美社區(qū)經(jīng)理Kristoffer“ Juriel” Bailey，他可以撕開舞臺以及征服者之刃的戰(zhàn)場。 他在唱歌Dr?mdemik endr?mnat-譯成英文為“ I Dreamed A Dream”，這是一首在公元1300年以前用北歐語寫的世俗歌曲。 它是當時最古老的歌曲之一，在維京時代，它的起源很可能可以追溯到斯堪的納維亞半島。

這種音樂是在《手抄本符尼古斯》中發(fā)現(xiàn)的，該手稿詳細描述了丹麥歷史，君主制和用牛皮紙（小牛皮羊皮紙）寫成的符文（與拉丁字母中的字母相對應(yīng)）的法律。 食品法典委員會的最后一頁以著名的民歌的前兩行以及四行工作人員的音符為特色，令人透徹地瞥見古代斯堪的納維亞音樂可能聽起來像什么。

Fancy yourself as the next ABBA? Here are the lyrics to?Dr?mde mik en dr?m i nat?(thanks?Realm of History):

想成為下一個ABBA嗎？ 這是Dr?mdemik endr?mi nat的歌詞（感謝歷史王國）：

Old Norse

Dr?ymde mik ein draum i nótt

um silki ok ?rlig pell,

um h?gindi svá djupt ok mjott,

um rosemd mee engan skell.

?

Ok i drauminom ek leit

sem gegnom ein groman glugg

tá helo feigo mennsko sveit,

hver sjon ol sin eiginn ugg.

?

Talit teira otta jok

ok leysingar joko enn —

en oft er svar eit tyngra ok,

tó spurning at bera brenn.

?

Ek fekk sofa lika vel,

ek truea tat v?ri best —

at hvila mik á goeu tel′

ok gl?yma svá folki flest′.

?

Frieinn, ef hann finzt, er hvar

ein firrest tann mennska skell,

f?r veggja sik um, dr?ma tar

um silki ok ?rlig pell.

English

I dreamed a dream last night

of silk and fair furs,

of a pillow so deep and soft,

a peace with no disturbance.

?

And in the dream I saw

as though through a dirty window

the whole ill-fated human race,

a different fear upon each face.

?

The number of their worries grow

and with them the number of their solutions —

but the answer is often a heavier burden,

even when the question hurts to bear.

?

As I was able to sleep just as well,

I thought that would be best —

to rest myself here on fine fur,

and forget everyone else.

?

Peace, if it is to be found, is where

one is furthest from the human noise —

and walling oneself around, can have a dream

of silk and fine furs.

我昨晚做夢

絲綢和漂亮的皮毛，

如此深而柔軟的枕頭

沒有干擾的和平。

?

在夢中，我看到了

仿佛是透過骯臟的窗戶

整個不幸的人類

每張臉都有不同的恐懼。

?

他們的憂慮越來越多

以及他們的解決方案數(shù)量-

但是答案通常是較重的負擔，

即使這個問題讓人難以忍受。

?

因為我也能入睡

我認為那將是最好的-

讓自己在這里穿上精美的皮草，

忘了別人

?

如果要找到和平，這里就是和平

一個離人的聲音最遠的地方-

圍著自己，可以有一個夢想

絲綢和精美皮草。