76. Among Fitjung's sons | saw I well-stocked folds,--
Now bear they the beggar's staff;
Wealth is as swift | as a winking eye,
Of friends the falsest it is.
77. Cattle die, | and kinsmen die,
And so one dies one's self;
But a noble name | will never die,
If good renown one gets.
78. Cattle die, | and kinsmen die,
And so one dies one's self;
One thing now | that never dies,
The fame of a dead man's deeds.
79. Certain is that | which is sought from runes,
That the gods so great have made,
And the Master-Poet painted;
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . of the race of gods:
Silence is safest and best.
80. An unwise man, | if a maiden's love
Or wealth he chances to win,
His pride will wax, but his wisdom never,
Straight forward he fares in conceit.
[76. in the manuscript this stanza follows 79, the order being: 77, 78, 76, 80, 79, 81. Fitjung ("the Nourisher"): Earth.
79. This stanza is certainly in bad shape, and probably out of place here. Its reference to runes as magic signs suggests that it properly belongs in some list of charms like the Ljothatal (stanzas 147-165). The stanza-form is so irregular as to show either that something has been lost or that there have been interpolations. The manuscript indicates no lacuna; Gering fills out the assumed gap as follows:
"Certain is that which is sought from runes,
The runes--," etc.]
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76. Deyr fé, deyja frćndr,
deyr sjalfr it sama,
en orđstírr deyr aldregi,
hveim er sér góđan getr.
77. Deyr fé, deyja frćndr,
deyr sjalfr it sama,
ek veit einn, at aldrei deyr:
dómr um dauđan hvern.
78. Fullar grindr sá ek fyr Fitjungs sonum,
nú bera ţeir vánar völ;
svá er auđr sem augabragđ,
hann er valtastr vina.
79. Ósnotr mađr,
ef eignask getr
fé eđa fljóđs munuđ,
metnađr hánum ţróask,
en mannvit aldregi,
fram gengr hann drjúgt í dul.
80. Ţat er ţá reynt, er ţú ađ rúnum spyrr
inum reginkunnum, ţeim er gerđu ginnregin
ok fáđi fimbulţulr, ţá hefir hann bazt, ef hann ţegir.
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