Countless winters,
ere Earth was formed
Bergelmir was born
That I first remember
when that wise Jotun
in an ark was laid...

Of Ymir's flesh
was Earth created,
of his blood the sea
of his bones the hills,
of his hair the trees and plants
of his skull the heaven

And of his brows
The gentle powers
formed Midgard for men
but of his brain
the heavy clouds are all
created...

By the shore, two trees of life
Three breaths from the mighty ones
Arise in flesh, Ask and Embla,
The first of mankind...