~ Historical & Classical Poetry ~
Sigidrifa´s prayer
from the Eddic Sigdrifumál
"Hail
Day ! Hail Sons of Day !
Hail
Night and her Hail So daughter !
Gaze
on us with gracious eyes,
Award
us victory, we who wait.
Hail
the Aesir ! Hail Asynjur !
Hail the all-giving Earth !
Wisdom
and fair speech grant to us who sit here,
And
healing hands while we live."
Based on the translation by Jack Hart.
Image: "Brunhilde
awakes" by Arthur Rackham.
Old Norse original:
"Heill dagr,
heilir dags synir,
heil nótt oc nipt!
Óreiŝom augom
lítiŝ ocr ŝinig
oc gefit sitiondom sigr!
Heilir ĉsir,
heilir ásynior,
heil siá in fiolnŭta fold!
mal oc manvit
gefit ocr merom tveim
oc lecnishendr, meŝan lifom!"