Gripir spake:

21. "Before me lay | in clearest light
All of thy youth | for mine eyes to see;
Not rightly can I | wise be called,
Nor forward-seeing; | my wisdom is fled."

Sigurth spake:

22. "No man, Gripir, | on earth I know
Who sees the future | as far as thou;
Hide thou nought, | though hard it be,
And base the deeds | that I shall do."

Gripir spake:

22. "With baseness never | thy life is burdened,
Hero noble, | hold that sure;
Lofty as long | as the world shall live,
Battle-bringer, | thy name shall be."

Sigurth spake:

24. "Nought could seem worse, | but now must part
The prince and Sigurth, | since so it is,
My road I ask,-- | the future lies open,--
Mighty one, speak, | my mother's brother."

Gripir spake:

25. "Now to Sigurth | all shall I say,
For to this the warrior | bends my will;
Thou knowest well | that I will not lie,--
A day there is | when thy death is doomed."


 



Grípir kvað:

21. "Lá mér um æsku ævi þinnar
ljósast fyrir líta eftir;
rétt em ek ráðspakr taliðr
né in heldr framvíss, farit þats ek vissak."

Sigurðr kvað:

22. "Mann veit ek engi fyr mold ofan,
þann er fleira sé fram en þú, Grípir;
skal-at-tu leyna, þótt ljót séi,
eða mein gerisk á mínum hag."

Grípir kvað:

23. "Er-a með löstum Iögð ævi þér,
láttu, inn ítri, þat, öðlingr, nemask,
því at uppi mun, meðan öld lifir,
naddéls boði, nafn þitt vera."

Sigurðr kvað:

24. "Verst hyggjum því, verðr at skiljask
Sigurðr við fylki at sógöru;
leið vísa þú, - lagt er allt fyrir -
mærr, mér, ef þú vilt, móðurbróðir."

Grípir kvað:

25. "Nú skal Sigurði segja görva,
alls þengill mik til þess neyðir;
muntu víst vita at vætki lýgr;
dægr eitt er þér dauði ætlaðr."

 


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