Lyrics and translation Corvus Corax - Sigeleasne Sang

Sigeleasne Sang

Ðá cóm of more
Under misthleoþum
Grendel gongan
Godes yrre bær•
Mynte se mánscaða
Manna cynnes
Sumne besyrwan
In sele þám héan•
Né þæt se áglaéca
Yldan þóhte
Ac hé geféng hraðe
Forman síðe
Slaépendne rinc
Slát unwearnum•
Bát bánlocan
Blód édrum dranc•
Synsnaédum swealh
Sóna hæfde
Unlyfigendes
Ealgefeormod
Fét ond folma
Lícsár gebád,
Atol aéglaéca
Him on eaxle wearð,
Syndolh sweotol
Seonowe onsprungon
Burston bánlocan
Béowulfe wearð,
Gúðhréð gyfeþe
Scolde Grendel þonan,
Feorhséoc fléön
Under fenhleoðu,
Sécean wynléas wíc
Gryreléoð galan
Godes andsacan
Sigeléasne sang,
Sár wánigean
Helle hæfton
Héold hine fæste
Sé þe manna wæs
Mægene strengest
On þaém dæge
þysses lífes.

Sigel's Song

Then came the stranger
Under misty clouds
Grendel walked
Bearing God's wrath.
The cursed fiend
Intended to devour
A man in the high hall.
But the fearsome one
Did not expect to lose
He was quickly seized
First time
Sleeping warrior
He slew unawares.
Tore the sinews of the bones
Drank the blood from the veins.
Swallowed the lumps of flesh
Had his fill
Of the unlucky one
Ate him whole
Feet and hands
Gnawed the corpse
The fierce monster
Was climbed on his shoulder
The fatal blow was clear
The muscles sprung
The bones broke
Beowulf won
The battle
Grendel had to flee
Mortally wounded
Under the marsh
Seeking his joyless home
Singing his death song
The enemy of God
Sigel's song
Painfully wounded
Held fast by the trap
Of Hell
He was held tightly
By the one who was the
Strongest of all men
On that day
Of this life.