This version was taken from the Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry and is freely distributable . Verse Indeterminate Saxon |
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šęt gelimpan sceal, | žętte lagu floweš, | ||||
flod ofer foldan; | feores biš ęt ende | ||||
anra gehwylcum. | Oft męg se že wile | ||||
in his sylfes sefan | soš gežencan. | ||||
5 | Hafaš him gežinged hider | žeoden user | |||
on žam męstan dęge, | męgencyninga hyhst, | ||||
wile žonne forbęrnan | brego moncynnes | ||||
lond mid lige. | Nis žęt lytulu spręc | ||||
to geheganne. | Hat biš onęled, | ||||
10 | sižžan fyr nimeš | foldan sceatas, | |||
byrnende lig | beorhte gesceafte; | ||||
biš eal žes ginna grund | gleda gefylled, | ||||
režra bronda, | swa nu rixiaš | ||||
gromhydge guman, | gylpe strynaš, | ||||
15 | hyra hlaforde | gehlęges tilgaš, | |||
ožžęt hy beswicaš | synna weardas, | ||||
žęt hi mid žy heape | helle secaš, | ||||
fleogaš mid žam feondum. | Him biž fyr ongean, | ||||
droflic wite, | žęr nęfre dęg scineš | ||||
20 | leohte of lyfte, | ac a bilocen stondeš, | |||
sižžan žęs gęstes gryre | agiefen weoržeš. | ||||
Ufan hit is enge | ond hit is innan hat; | ||||
nis žęt betlic bold, | ac žęr is brogna hyhst, | ||||
ne noht hyhtlic ham, | ac žęr is helle grund, | ||||
25 | sarlic sišfęt | žam že sibbe ful oft | |||
tomęldeš mid his muže. | Ne con he ža mircan gesceaft, | ||||
hu hi butan ende | ece stondeš | ||||
žam že žęr for his synnum | onsęgd weoržeš, | ||||
ond žonne a to ealdre | orleg dreogeš. | ||||
30 | Hwa is žonne žęs feršgleaw, | ožže žęs fela cunne, | |||
žęt ęfre męge heofona | heahžu gereccan, | ||||
swa georne žone godes dęl, | swa he gearo stondeš | ||||
clęnum heortum, | žam že žisne cwide willaš | ||||
ondrędan žus deopne? | Sceal se dęg weoržan | ||||
35 | žęt we forš beraš | firena gehwylce, | |||
žeawas ond gežohtas; | žęt biš žearlic gemot, | ||||
heardlic heremęgen. | Hat biž acolod. | ||||
Ne biž žonne on žisse worulde | nymže wętres sweg | ||||
fisces ežel; | |||||
40 | ne biž her ban ne blod, | ac sceal bearna gehwylc | |||
mid lice ond mid sawle | leanes fricgan | ||||
ealles žęs že we on eoržan | ęr geworhtan | ||||
godes ožže yfles. | Ne męg nęnig gryre mare | ||||
geweoržan ęfter worulde, | ond se biš wide cuš. | ||||
45 | Ne tytaž her tungul, | ac biž tyr scęcen, | |||
eoržan blędas. | Foržon ic a wille | ||||
leode lęran | žęt hi lof godes | ||||
hergan on heahžu, | hyhtum to wuldre | ||||
lifgen on geleafan, | ond a lufan dryhtnes | ||||
50 | wyrcan in žisse worulde, | ęr žon se wlonca dęg | |||
bodige žurh byman | brynehatne leg, | ||||
egsan oferžrym. | Ne biš nęnges eorles tir | ||||
leng on žissum life, | sižžan leohtes weard | ||||
ofer ealne foldan fęžm | fyr onsendeš. | ||||
55 | Lixeš lyftes męgen, | leg onetteš, | |||
blęc byrnende, | blodgyte weoržeš | ||||
mongum gemeldad, | męgencyninges žrea; | ||||
beofaš eal beorhte gesceaft, | brondas lacaš | ||||
on žam deopan dęge, | dyneš upheofon. | ||||
60 | žonne weras ond wif | woruld alętaš, | |||
eoržan yrmžu, | seoš žonne on ece gewyrht. | ||||
žonne biš gecyžed | hwa in clęnnisse | ||||
lif alifde; | him biš lean gearo. | ||||
Hyht węs a in heofonum, | sižžan user hęlend węs, | ||||
65 | middangeardes meotud, | žurh ža męstan gesceaft | |||
on ful blacne beam | bunden fęste | ||||
cearian clomme. | Crist ealle wat | ||||
gode dęde; | no žęs gilpan žearf | ||||
synfull sawel, | žęt hyre sie swegl ongean, | ||||
70 | žonne he gehyrweš ful oft | halge lare, | |||
brigdeš on bysmer. | Ne con he žęs brogan dęl, | ||||
yfles ondgiet, | ęr hit hine on fealleš. | ||||
He žęt žonne onfindeš, | žonne se fęr cymež, | ||||
geond middangeard | monegum gecyžeš, | ||||
75 | žęt he biš on žęt wynstre weorud | wyrs gescaden, | |||
žonne he on ža swižran hond | swican mote, | ||||
leahtra alysed. | Lyt žęt geženceš, | ||||
se že him wines ględ | wilna bruceš, | ||||
siteš him symbelgal, | siž ne bemurneš, | ||||
80 | hu him ęfter žisse worulde | weoršan mote. | |||
Wile žonne forgieldan | gęsta dryhten | ||||
willum ęfter žęre wyrde, | wuldres ealdor, | ||||
žam že his synna nu | sare gežencež, | ||||
modbysgunge | micle dreogeš; | ||||
85 | him žęt žonne geleanaš | lifes waldend, | |||
heofona hyrde, | ęfter heonansiže | ||||
godum dędum, | žęs že he swa geomor wearš, | ||||
sarig fore his synnum. | Ne sceal se to sęne beon | ||||
ne žissa larna to lęt, | se že him wile lifgan mid gode, | ||||
90 | brucan žęs boldes | že us beorht fęder | |||
gearwaš togeanes, | gęsta ealdor. | ||||
žęt is sigedryhten | že žone sele frętweš, | ||||
timbreš torhtlice; | to sculon clęne, | ||||
womma lease, | swa se waldend cwęš, | ||||
95 | ealra cyninga cyning. | Foržon cwicra gehwylc, | |||
deophydigra, | dryhtne hyreš, | ||||
žara že wile heofona | heahžu gestigan. | ||||
Hwęžre žęt gegongeš, | žeah že hit sy greote bežeaht, | ||||
lic mid lame, | žęt hit sceal life onfon, | ||||
100 | feores ęfter foldan. | Folc biž gebonnen, | |||
Adames bearn | ealle to spręce; | ||||
beoš žonne gegędrad | gęst ond bansele, | ||||
gesomnad to žam siže. | Sož žęt wile cyžan, | ||||
žonne we us gemittaš | on žam męstan dęge, | ||||
105 | rincas ęt žęre rode, | secgaš žonne ryhta fela, | |||
eal swylce under heofonum gewearš | hates ond cealdes, | ||||
godes ožže yfles; | georne gehyreš | ||||
heofoncyninga hyhst | hęleža dęde. | ||||
Nęfre mon žęs hlude | horn ažyteš | ||||
110 | ne byman ablawež, | žęt ne sy seo beorhte stefn | |||
ofer ealne middangeard | monnum hludre, | ||||
waldendes word; | wongas beofiaš | ||||
for žam ęrende | žęt he to us eallum wat. | ||||
Oncwež nu žisne cwide; | cuž sceal geweoržan | ||||
115 | žęt ic gewęgan ne męg | wyrd under heofonum, | |||
ac hit žus gelimpan sceal | leoda gehwylcum | ||||
ofer eall beorht gesetu, | byrnende lig. | ||||
Sižžan ęfter žam lige | lif biš gestaželad, | ||||
welan ah in wuldre | se nu wel ženceš. | ||||