Moddi - Mannen i ausa

^EmOut on the utmost tip of ^Em/CSenja ^Dlived fisherman brothers ^Emtwo. ^EmThey had a helper in their ^Em/Cboat, he was ^Dblind, but wary and ^Emshrewd. One ^Amday as they ^Empulled their ^Amfishing ^Emnets on the ^Ambanks outside ^Bsus3Gryllefjord, the ^Emblind man heard, through the ^Cbawl of birds, something ^Amheavy ^Dthump to the ^Emfloor.

^EmIt was a dead man they had ^Em/Ccaught, ^Dsou’wester and boots still ^Emon. But the ^Embrothers lied to the ^Em/Cblind, they said “^Dit was just a seal, now it’s ^Emgone”. Then they s^Amteered their ^Emboat not ^Amhome like they ^Emought but to ^AmAusa, a cave at the ^Bsus3ness, and ^Emhid the corpse ^Cbetween boulders and rocks, with a ^Amview to the ^Dbanks in the ^EmWest.

^CHo-^Dhey, ^Clook the other ^Dway, ^Emblack seas are chewing and ^Amswaying. ^CThe man in ^DAusa is ^Empaying.

Then they ^Emsevered pieces off the ^Em/Cdead man’s flesh and ^Dhitched onto every ^Emhook And ^Emwhere they’d been rowing through ^Em/Cbarren sea, there was ^Dfish everywhere they’d ^Emlook Now ^Amthey had ^Embait which ^Amas if by ^Emfate gave them ^Ammore fish than they could ^Bsus3pull, and with ^Emevery throw, their ^Ccatch would grow, and ^Amsoon their ^Dwhole boat was ^Emfull.

^CHo-^Dhey, ^Clook the other ^Dway, ^Emblack seas are chewing and ^Amswaying. ^CThe man in ^DAusa is ^Empaying.

In the ^Emevenings the brothers were ^Em/Cbuying rounds, and the ^Dglasses were filled to the ^Embrim, but when ^Empeople asked how they ^Em/Cpaid for their pints, the ^Dtwo wouldn’t say a ^Emthing. But the ^Amvillag^Emers were ^Amdying to ^Emknow, would ^Amnot let the blind one ^Bsus3be. He whispered “^EmRight, come tomorrow ^Cnight

So ^Empeople set off through the ^Em/Cdark and ^Dhid among Ausa’s ^Emstones and ^Emwatched as the brothers ^Em/Csheared and tore off ^Dflesh from the dead man’s ^Embones. Then they ^Amplunged into ^Emsight with ^Amaxes and ^Emscythes, drove the ^Amtwo into their boat ^Bsus3again, ^Emtied them down, pulled the ^Cboat around and set ^Amfire to ^Dboth boat and ^Emmen.

^CHo-^Dhey, ^Clook the other ^Dway, ^Emblack seas are chewing and ^Amswaying. ^CThe man in ^DAusa is ^Empaying.

To^Emday they call it the ^Em/CBleak Hill. You can ^Dsee that it’s grassless from ^Emfar. And ^Emall the fish that the ^E/Cbrothers caught turned ^Dharsh and black as ^Emtar. And ^Amthere, out ^Emon the ^Amtip of ^EmSenja, ^Amweather and winds still ^Bsus3whine of ^Embrothers who dwell in the ^Chot pools of Hell because ^Amthey were the ^Dones who were ^Emblind.”