Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 165
1923An eighteenth I know, that ne’er will I tellTo maiden or wife of man,—The best is what none but one’s self doth know,So comes the end of the songs,—Save only to her in whose arms I lie,Or who else my sister is.Hávamál · Ljóðatal
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 165
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 165
1866For the eighteenth I knowthat which I never teachto maid or wife of man,(all is betterwhat one only knows.This is the closing of the songs)save her alonewho clasps me in her arms,or is my sister.Olive Bray · stanza 163
1908An eighteenth I know: which I ne’er shall tellto maiden or wife of man,save alone to my sister, or haply to herwho folds me fast in her arms;most safe are secrets known to but one-the songs are sung to an end.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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