Текст и перевод песни Gealdýr - Baldrs Draumar

Baldrs Draumar

Senn váru æsir allir á þingi,
Ok ásynjur allar á máli,
Ok um þat réðu ríkir tívar,
Hví væri Baldri ballir draumar.

Þá reið Óðinn fyrir austan dyrr,
Þar er hann vissi völu leiði;
Nam hann vittugri valgaldr kveða,
Unz nauðig reis, nás orð of kvað:

"Hvat er manna þat mér ókunnra,
Er mér hefir aukit erfitt sinni?
Var ek snivin snævi ok slegin regni
Ok drifin döggu, dauð var ek lengi."

Baldr's Dreams

All the gods were sitting in council,
And all the goddesses were in conclave,
And the great gods were deliberating,
Why Balder should have such evil dreams.

Then rode Odin from the east,
Where he knew the way of a witch;
He began to chant a powerful spell,
Until a witch rose up, and spoke these words:

"Who is that man I do not know,
Who has caused me such pain?
I have been beaten by snow and lashed by rain,
And battered by dew, and long have I been dead."