"Rolandskvadet" - Medieval Song of Roland

This is just a small excerpt of the 4000 lines contained with in the ballad of Roland, a Frankish nobleman and army commander returning from Iberia, where he and his men were ambushed and killed. It is worth noting that this song was originally written in French and not Norwegian, where the first record of this song in French was in the 1100s, while the Norwegian translation sprung up in the late 19th century.