Varangian Guard Ballad - Old Norse (with subtitles)

A song and melody I wrote in Old Norse from the perspective of a Varangian Guard in the service of the Emperor in Constantinople. He has fallen in love with a Byzantine woman, but laments being unable to stay with her due to commitments abroad. The instrument I am playing is a simple lyre. Pictures used in the video: 1) The Invitation of the Varangians: Rurik and his brothers arrive in Staraya Ladoga, before 1912. Artist: Viktor Vasnetsov 2) Varangian&Homecoming. Artist: Mark Beerdom 3) Artist: Steven Durant 4) AI generated image 5) Image from Strategos History. 6) Leif Erikson’s voyage to North America, 1893. Artist: Christian Krogh No infringement is intended by any means in the use of these images. Please let me know if you own the rights to any of them and would like me to remove them.