Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 8
1923Happy the one who wins for himselfFavor and praises fair;Less safe by far is the wisdom foundThat is hid in another’s heart.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 8
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 8
1866He is happy,who for himself obtainsfame and kind words:less sure is thatwhich a man must havein another’s breast.Olive Bray · stanza 8
1908Old Norse
Hinn es s ǽ ll es sér of getrlof ok líknstafi;ód ǽ lla er viþ þat es maþr eiga skalannars brjóstum í.English translation
Happy is he who wins for himselffair fame and kindly words;but uneasy is that which a man doth ownswhile it lies in another’s breast.Source
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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- Public domain in the United States
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