Old English Poems. Anonymous

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СКАЧАТЬ I made trial, torn from my people;

      Far from my folk I have followed my travels.

      Therefore I sing the song of my wanderings,

      55 Declare before the company in the crowded mead-hall,

      How gifts have been given me by the great men of earth.

I was with the Huns and with the Hræda-Goths,

With the Swedes and with the Geats and with the southern Danes,

      With the Wenlas I was and with the Vikings and with the Wærna folk.

60 With the Gepidæ I was and with the Wends and with the Gefligas.

With the Angles I was and with the Swæfe and with the Ænenas.

With the Saxons I was and with the Secgans and with the Suardones.

With the Hronas I was and with the Deanas and with the Heatho-Raemas.

      With the Thuringians I was and with the Throwendas;

65 And with the Burgundians, where a bracelet was given me.

Guthhere there gave me a goodly jewel,

      As reward for my song: not slothful that king!

With the Franks I was and with the Frisians and with the Frumtingas.

With the Rugians I was and with the Glommas and with the Roman strangers.

70 Likewise in Italy with Ælfwine I was:

      He had, as I have heard, a hand the readiest

      For praiseworthy deeds of prowess and daring;

      With liberal heart he lavished his treasures,

      Shining armlets —the son of Eadwine.

75 I was with the Saracens and with the Serings;

      With the Greeks I was and with the Finns and with far-famed Cæsar,

      Who sat in rule over the cities of revelry—

Over the riches and wealth of the realm of the Welsh.

With the Scots I was and with the Picts and with the Scride-Finns.

80 With the Lidwicingas I was and with the Leonas and with the Longobards,

With the Hæthnas and with the Hærethas and with the Hundings;

      With the Israelites I was and with the Assyrians,

      And with the Hebrews and with the Egyptians and with the Hindus I was,

With the Medes I was and with the Persians and with the Myrging folk,

      85 And with the Mofdings I was and against the Myrging band,

And with the Amothingians. With the East Thuringians I was

And with the Eolas and with the Istians and with the Idumingas.

And I was with Eormanric all of the time;

      There the king of the Goths gave me in honor

      90 The choicest of bracelets —the chief of the burghers—

      On which were six hundred pieces of precious gold,

      Of shining metal in shillings counted;

I gave over this armlet to Eadgils then,

      To my kind protector when I came to my home,

      95 To my beloved prince, the lord of the Myrgings,

      Who gave me the land that was left by my father;

And Ealhhild then also another ring gave me,

      Queen of the doughty ones, the daughter of Eadwine.

      Her praise has passed to all parts of the world,

      100 Wherever in song I sought to tell

      Where I knew under heavens the noblest of queens,

      Golden-adorned, giving forth treasures.

      Then in company with Scilling, in clear ringing voice

      ’Fore our beloved lord I uplifted my song;

      105 Loudly the harp in harmony sounded;

      Then many men with minds discerning

      Spoke of our lay in unsparing praise,

      That they never had heard a nobler song.

      Then I roamed through all the realm of the Goths;

      110 Unceasing I sought the surest of friends,

      The crowd of comrades of the court of Eormanric.

      Hethca sought I and Beadeca and the Harlungs,

Emerca sought I and Fridla and East-Gota,

      Sage and noble, the sire of Unwen.

115 Secca sought I and Becca, Seafola and Theodoric,

Heathoric and СКАЧАТЬ