Wardruna – Ormagardskvedi
Ormagardskvedi Eigi hugðak orma at aldrlagi mínu verðr mjök mörgu sinni, þats minnst varir sjálfan. Eigi hugðak orma at aldrlagi mínu verðr mjök mörgu sinni, þats minnst varir sjálfan. Nú munk nár af bragði ok nær dýrum deyja. Gnyðja mundu grísir, ef galtar hag vissi, mér er gnótt at grandi, grafa inn rönum sínum ok harðliga hváta, hafa mik sogit, ormar nú munk nár af bragði ok nær dýrum deyja. | Snake Pit Poetry I did not look to a snake To be my bane Things happen very often To one that one thinks of the least I did not look to a snake To be my bane; Things happen very often To one that one thinks of the least Soon now will my body Die among the beasts The young pigs would squeal If they knew the state of the boar Of the injury done to me Snakes dig in my flesh Stab at me harshly And have sucked on me Soon now will my body Die among the beasts |