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It is time to chant from the chanter’s stool;By the wells of Urth I was,I saw and was silent, I saw and thought,And heard the speech of Hor.(Of runes heard I words, nor were counsels wanting,At the hall of Hor,In the hall of Hor;Such was the speech I heard.)Time ‘tis to discoursefrom the preacher’s chair. —By the well of UrdI silent sat,I saw and meditated,I listened to men’s words.Of runes I heard discourse,and of things divine,nor of graving them were they silent,nor of sage counsels,at the High One’s hall.In the High One’s hall.I thus heard say:Mál’s at þylja þular stóli á:Urþar brunni atsák ok þagþak, sák ok hugþak,hlýddak á manna mál.of rúnar heyrþak dœma, né of ráþum þögþuHáva höllu at,Háva höllu í;heyrþak segja svá.‘Tis time to speak from the Sage’s Seat;hard by the Well of WeirdI saw and was silent, I saw and pondered,I listened to the speech of men.Of runes they spoke, and the reading of runeswas little withheld from their lips:at the High One’s hall, in the High One’s hall,I thus heard the High One say:—Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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