Sunday, October 04, 2020
Days of Strife
Beowulf 1059-1062 (tr. Howard D. Chickering, Jr.):
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Therefore understanding is always best,The same, tr. Francis B. Gummere:
the spirit's forethought. Much love, much hate,
must he endure who thinks to live long
here in this world, in our days of strife.
Forþan bið andgit æghwær selest,
ferhðes foreþanc. Fela sceal gebidan
leofes ond laþes, se þe longe her
on ðyssum windagum worolde bruceð.
Therefore is insight always best,
and forethought of mind. How much awaits him
of lief and of loath, who long time here,
through days of warfare this world endures!
