Weland among the Wurmas / wandered in exile,
A single-minded earl / he suffered hardship,
He had for his comrades / care and longing,
Winter-cold wretchedness; / woe he often found,
When Nithhad him / with need constrained,
Bitter sinew-cutting / of a better man.
That overpassing, / this also may.
To Beadohild was not / her brother’s death
As sore in her soul / as herself’s own plight,
For she clearly / conceived had ‘
That she was mothering; / nor might she ever
With certainty think / how that should be.
We have heard, we many, / of Hilda’s raping.
That overpassing, / this also may.
Was deep beyond plumbing / the passion of the Geat
So that love-sorrow him / of his sleep all robbed.
That overpassing, / this also may.
Theodoric governed / thirty winters
The Maerings’ burgh; / to many ’twas known.
That overpassing, / this also may.
We have asked and learned of / Eormanrices
Wolfish thoughts / (he ruled widely the folk
Of the Gothic realm); / that was a grim King.
Sate many a wight / by sorrows bounden,
Woe awaiting, / wished well enough
That overcome / that kingdom were.
That overpassing, / this also may.
Sitteth any sorrowful, / severed from fortune,
His soul darkened, / to himself thinketh he
That his share of evil / endless is?
Let him then bethink him / that beyond this world
Our Lord All-Wise / often changeth;
To many an earl / His Mercy sheweth,
Certain glory; / to some of sorrows a portion.
And I of myself / will say this thing,
That for a while I was / the IJeodening’s bard;
To my duke was I dear; / and Deor was my name,
I had, for many winters, / a worthy office,
A handsome lord, until / Heorrenda now,
A man skilled in lays, / the land-right has taken
Which the Shelter of Earls / of old did give me.
That overpassing, / this also may.
(Charles Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff)
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