one.
May I for my own self song's truth reckon,
Journey's jargon, how I in harsh days
Hardship endured oft...
trans. by Ezra Pound
two.
I can sing a true song about myself,
tell of my travels, how in the days of tribulation
I often endured a time of hardship...
trans. by Kevin Crossley-Holland
three.
This verse is my voice, it is no fable,
I tell of my travelling, how in hardship
I have often suffered laborious days...
trans. by Edwin Morgan
original.
Mæg ic be me sylfum soðgied wrecan,
siþas secgan, hu ic geswincdagum
earfoðhwile oft þrowade...
from the 10th Century Exeter Book
(to Contents)
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