Death Song
Attributed to the Venerable Bede
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Before departing on the compelled journey
Through death's narrows, none is so clever
That he knows his own end and needn't think
On what judgment he'll get for good or evil,
Consider the soul's sentencing hereafter.
The Original:
(West Sахon)
For þām nīedfere nǣniġ wyrþeþ
þances snotora, þonne him þearf sȳ
tō ġehycgenne ǣr his heonangange
hwæt his gāste gōdes oþþe yfeles
æfter dēaþe heonon dēmed weorþe.
(Northumbrian)
Fore þēm nēdfæræ nǣnig wiorðit
þoncsnotora þan him þarf sīe
tō ymbhycggannæ ǣr his hionongǣ,
hwæt his gāstæ gōdæs æþþa yflæs
æfter dēoþdæge dœ̄mid wiorðæ
Attributed to the Venerable Bede
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Before departing on the compelled journey
Through death's narrows, none is so clever
That he knows his own end and needn't think
On what judgment he'll get for good or evil,
Consider the soul's sentencing hereafter.
The Original:
(West Sахon)
For þām nīedfere nǣniġ wyrþeþ
þances snotora, þonne him þearf sȳ
tō ġehycgenne ǣr his heonangange
hwæt his gāste gōdes oþþe yfeles
æfter dēaþe heonon dēmed weorþe.
(Northumbrian)
Fore þēm nēdfæræ nǣnig wiorðit
þoncsnotora þan him þarf sīe
tō ymbhycggannæ ǣr his hionongǣ,
hwæt his gāstæ gōdæs æþþa yflæs
æfter dēoþdæge dœ̄mid wiorðæ
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