Jardar Johansen "Nordnorsk julesalme"

Here's Jardar Johansen singing "Nordnorsk julesalme" (Arctic Prayer) by Trygve Hoff - with Hanne-Sofie Akslesen on flute, Robert Frantzen on keyboards and Jørgen Ytreberg on bass.
From a concert at Mindekirken (The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church - http://www.mindekirken.net/ ) in cooperation with Norway House (http://norwayhouse.org/) on November 27, 2016. Video posted with the explicit permission of Jardar Johansen.
Here are the lyrics with an English translation, taken from   / translation_help_nordnorsk_julesalme  

Verse 1
Velsigna du dag over fjordan. Velsigna du lys over land.
Velsigna de evige ordan om håp og ei utstrakt hand.
Verg dette lille (likkje) du ga oss den dagen du fløtta oss hit.
Så vi kjenne du aldri vil la oss forkomme i armod og slit.

Bless this day over the fjord. Bless this light over the land*
Bless those eternal words about hope and an outstretched hand
Ward this little you've given us this day you moved us here
So we will feel that you not let us pass away in poverty and travail
Verse 2
Vi levde med hua i handa men hadde så sterk ei tru.
Og ett har vi visserlig sanna: Vi e hardhausa vi, som du.
Nå har vi den hardaste ria, vi slit med å karre oss frem
mot lyset og adventstida, d’e langt sør te Betlehem.

We lived with our hats in our hands but we had so strong a faith
And one thing is certainly true: We are hardy we, like you
Now comes the hardest time, we struggle to crawl ourselves forward
Towards the light and advent-time, Betlehem is far south
Verse 3
Guds fred over fjellet og åsen. La det gro der vi bygge og bor.
Guds fred over dyran på båsen og ei frossen og karrig jord.
Du ser oss i mørketids landet, du signe med evige ord.
Husan og fjellet og vannet og folket som leve her nord.

God's peace over the mountain and hill. Let it grow where we live and build
God's peace over the animals in the barn and a frozen and difficult earth
You see us in the land of dark times, you bless us with the eternal word
The houses and mountain and water and people who live up here north