6. Then of many | things they talked,
When thus the men | so wise had met.
Sigurth spake:
"To me, if thou knowest, | my mother's brother,
Say what life | will Sigurth's be."
Gripir spake:
7. "Of men thou shalt be | on earth the mightiest,
And higher famed | than all the heroes;
Free of gold-giving, | slow to flee,
Noble to see, | and sage in speech."
Sigurth spake:
8. "Monarch wise, | now more I ask;
To Sigurth say, | if thou thinkest to see,
What first will chance | of my fortune fair,
When hence I go | from out thy home?"
Gripir spake:
9. "First shalt thou, prince, | thy father avenge,
And Eylimi, | their ills requiting;
The hardy sons | of Hunding thou
Soon shalt fell, | and victory find."
Sigurth spake:
10. "Noble king, | my kinsman, say
Thy meaning true, | for our minds we speak:
For Sigurth mighty | deeds dost see,
The highest beneath | the heavens all?"
[9. Thy father: on The death of Sigmund and Eylimi at the hands of Hunding's sons see Fra Dautha Sinfjotla and note.]
|
|
6. Mæla námu ok margt hjala
þá er ráðspakir rekkar fundusk.
Sigurðr kvað:
"Segðu mér, ef þú veizt, móðurbróðir:
Hvé mun Sigurði snúna ævi."
Grípir kvað:
7. "Þú munt maðr vera mæztr und sólu
ok hæstr borinn hverjum jöfri,
gjöfull af gulli, en glöggr flugar,
ítr áliti ok í orðum spakr."
Sigurðr kvað:
8. "Segðu, gegn konungr, gerr en ek spyrja,
snotr, Sigurði, ef þú sjá þykkisk:
Hvat mun fyrst gerask til farnaðar,
þá er ór garði emk genginn þínum?"
Grípir kvað:
9. "Fyrst muntu, fylkir, föður of hefna,
ok Eylima alls harms reka;
þú munt harða Hundings sonu
snjalla fella, muntu sigr hafa."
Sigurðr kvað:
10. "Segðu, ítr konungr, ættingi, mér
heldr horskliga, er vit hugat mælum:
Sér þú Sigurðar snör brögð fyrir,
þau er hæst fara und himinskautum?"
|
