6. "My heart did drive me, | my hand fulfilled,
And my shining sword so sharp;
Few are keen | when old age comes,
Who timid in boyhood be."

Fafnir spake:

7. "If thou mightest grow | thy friends among,
One might see thee fiercely fight;
But bound thou art, | and in battle taken,
And to fear are prisoners prone."

Sigurth spake:

8. "Thou blamest me, Fafnir, | that I see from afar
The wealth that my father's was;
Not bound am I, | though in battle taken,
Thou hast found that free I live."

Fafnir spake:

9. "In all I say | dost thou hatred see,
Yet truth alone do I tell;
The sounding gold, | the glow-red wealth,
And the rings thy bane shall be."

Sigurth spake:

10. "Some one the hoard | shall ever hold,
Till the destined day shall come;
For a time there is | when every man
Shall journey hence to hell."

[7. Fafnir here refers to the fact that Hjordis, mother of the still unborn Sigurth, was captured by Alf after Sigmund's death; cf. Fra Dautha Sinfjotla, note.]

6. "Hugr mik hvatti, hendr mér fulltýðu
ok minn inn hvassi hjörr;
fár er hvatr, er hröðask tekr,
ef í barnæsku er blauðr."

Fáfnir kvað:

7. "Veit ek, ef þú vaxa næðir fyr þinna vina brjósti,
sæi maðr þik vreiðan vega;
nú ertu haftr ok hernuminn;
æ kveða bandingja bifask."

Sigurðr kvað:

8. "Því bregðr þú mér, Fáfnir, at til fjarri séak
mínum feðrmunum;
eigi em ek haftr, þótt ek væra hernumi;
þú fannt, at ek laus lifi."

Fáfnir kvað:

9. "Heiftyrði ein telr þú þér í hvívetna,
en ek þér satt eitt segik: It gjalla gull
ok it glóðrauða fé, þér verða þeir baugar at bana."

Sigurðr kvað:

10. "Féi ráða vill fyrða hverr
æ til ins eina dags;
því at einu sinni skal alda hverr
fara til heljar heðan."