《巴德爾之夢》原典
Baldrs draumar
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古諾爾斯語原文採用冰島學者 Guðni Jónsson 版本的標準化拼寫。
Senn váru æsir
allir á þingi
ok ásynjur
allar á máli,
ok um þat réðu
ríkir tívar,
hví væri Baldri
ballir draumar.
Upp reis Óðinn,
alda gautr,
ok hann á Sleipni
söðul of lagði;
reið hann niðr þaðan
niflheljar til;
mætti hann hvelpi,
þeim er ór helju kom.
Sá var blóðugr
um brjóst framan
ok galdrs föður
gól of lengi;
fram reið Óðinn,
foldvegr dunði;
hann kom at hávu
Heljar ranni.
Þá reið Óðinn
fyrir austan dyrr,
þar er hann vissi
völu leiði;
nam hann vittugri
valgaldr kveða,
unz nauðig reis,
nás orð of kvað:
"Hvat er manna þat
mér ókunnra,
er mér hefir aukit
erfitt sinni?
Var ek snivin snævi
ok slegin regni
ok drifin döggu,
dauð var ek lengi."
Óðinn kvað:
"Vegtamr ek heiti,
sonr em ek Valtams;
segðu mér ór helju,
ek mun ór heimi:
Hveim eru bekkir
baugum sánir,
flet fagrlig
flóuð gulli?"
Völva kvað:
"Hér stendr Baldri
of brugginn mjöðr,
skírar veigar,
liggr skjöldr yfir,
en ásmegir
í ofvæni;
nauðug sagðak,
nú mun ek þegja."
Óðinn kvað:
"Þegj-at-tu, völva,
þik vil ek fregna,
unz alkunna,
vil ek enn vita:
Hverr mun Baldri
at bana verða
ok Óðins son
aldri ræna?"
Völva kvað:
"Höðr berr hávan
hróðrbaðm þinig,
hann mun Baldri
at bana verða
ok Óðins son
aldri ræna;
nauðug sagðak,
nú mun ek þegja."
Óðinn kvað:
"Þegj-at-tu, völva,
þik vil ek fregna,
unz alkunna,
vil ek enn vita:
Hverr mun heift Heði
hefnt of vinna
eða Baldrs bana
á bál vega?"
Völva kvað:
Rindr berr Vála
í vestrsölum,
sá mun Óðins sonr
einnættr vega:
hönd of þvær
né höfuð kembir,
áðr á bál of berr
Baldrs andskota;
nauðug sagðak,
nú mun ek þegja."
Óðinn kvað:
"Þegj-at-tu, völva,
þik vil ek fregna,
unz alkunna,
vil ek enn vita:
Hverjar ro þær meyjar,
er at muni gráta
ok á himin verpa
halsa skautum?"
Völva kvað:
"Ert-at-tu Vegtamr,
sem ek hugða,
heldr ertu Óðinn,
aldinn gautr."
Óðinn kvað:
"Ert-at-tu völva
né vís kona,
heldr ertu þriggja
þursa móðir."
Völva kvað:
"Heim ríð þú, Óðinn,
ok ver hróðigr,
svá komir manna
meir aftr á vit,
er lauss Loki
líðr ór böndum
ok ragna rök
rjúfendr koma."
英譯採用 Henry Adams Bellows 的1923年譯本,已屬公有領域;詩節編號可能與原文不同。
Once were the gods together met,
And the goddesses came and council held, And the far-famed ones the truth would find,
Why baleful dreams to Baldr had come.
Then Othin rose, the enchanter old,
And the saddle he laid on Sleipnir's back;
Thence rode he down to Niflhel deep,
And the hound he met that came from hell.
Bloody he was on his breast before,
At the father of magic he howled from afar;
Forward rode Othin, the earth resounded
Till the house so high of Hel he reached.
Then Othin rode to the eastern door,
There, he knew well, was the wise-woman's grave;
Magic he spoke and mighty charms,
Till spell-bound she rose, and in death she spoke:
"What is the man, to me unknown,
That has made me travel the troublous road?
I was snowed on with snow, and smitten with rain,
And drenched with dew; long was I dead."
Othin spake: 6.
"Vegtam my name, I am Valtam's son;
Speak thou of hell, for of heaven I know:
For whom are the benches bright with rings,
And the platforms gay bedecked with gold?"
The Wise-Woman spake: 7.
"Here for Baldr the mead is brewed,
The shining drink, and a shield lies o'er it;
But their hope is gone from the mighty gods.
Unwilling I spake, and now would be still."
Othin spake: 8.
"Wise-woman, cease not! I seek from thee
All to know that I fain would ask:
Who shall the bane of Baldr become,
And steal the life from Othin's son?"
The Wise-Woman spake: 9.
"Hoth thither bears the far-famed branch,
He shall the bane of Baldr become,
And steal the life from Othin's son.
Unwilling I spake, and now would be still."
Othin spake: 10.
"Wise-woman, cease not! I seek from thee
All to know that I fain would ask:
Who shall vengeance win for the evil work,
Or bring to the flames the slayer of Baldr?"
The Wise-Woman spake: 11.
"Rind bears Vali in Vestrsalir,
And one night old fights Othin's son; His hands he shall wash not, his hair he shall comb not,
Till the slayer of Baldr he brings to the flames.
Unwilling I spake, and now would be still."
Othin spake: 12.
"Wise-woman, cease not! I seek from thee
All to know that I fain would ask:
What maidens are they who then shall weep,
And toss to the sky the yards of the sails?"
The Wise-Woman spake: 13.
"Vegtam thou art not, as erstwhile I thought;
Othin thou art, the enchanter old."
Othin spake:
"No wise-woman art thou, nor wisdom hast;
Of giants three the mother art thou."
The Wise-Woman spake: 14.
"Home ride, Othin, be ever proud;
For no one of men shall seek me more Till Loki wanders loose from his bonds,
And to the last strife the destroyers come."
繁體中文譯文由 AI 根據古諾爾斯語原文翻譯,並參考英文譯文。
眾阿薩神族一同
齊聚議會,
所有女神
也共商大事,
威能赫赫的諸神
商議著此事:
為何巴德爾
頻遭凶夢。
奧丁起身,
這位人世的創生者,
在斯雷普尼爾背上
安放馬鞍;
他從那裡向下馳去,
前往尼福爾赫爾;
途中遇見一頭獵犬,
從赫爾冥界而來。
那頭獵犬
前胸染血,
朝著咒術之父
久久嗥叫;
奧丁繼續前行,
腳下大地隆隆作響;
他來到了
赫爾高聳的殿堂。
奧丁隨即策馬
繞到門東,
他知道那裡
有女先知的墳墓;
他向那通曉巫術的女子
吟唱喚醒亡者的咒歌,
直到她不情願地起身,
以死者之口說道:
「是哪個
我不認識的人,
使我踏上
這艱苦的行程?
我曾被白雪覆蓋,
被雨水拍打,
被露水浸透,
我已死去許久。」
奧丁說:
「我名叫維格塔姆,
是瓦爾塔姆之子;
告訴我冥界之事,
我會說人世之事:
那些長椅為誰
鋪滿金環,
華美的座臺為誰
覆上黃金?」
女先知說:
「此地為巴德爾
釀好了蜜酒,
清澈的佳釀,
上面覆著盾牌,
阿薩神族的兒子們
卻已絕望;
我已勉強說出,
如今我要沉默。」
奧丁說:
「女先知,別沉默,
我要向妳探問,
直到一切明白,
我還想知道:
誰將成為
巴德爾的死因,
奪走奧丁之子
的性命?」
女先知說:
「霍德爾帶著高長的
著名枝條來到此地,
他將成為
巴德爾的死因,
奪走奧丁之子
的性命;
我已勉強說出,
如今我要沉默。」
奧丁說:
「女先知,別沉默,
我要向妳探問,
直到一切明白,
我還想知道:
誰將向霍德爾
報此血仇,
將巴德爾的殺手
斬送上火葬堆?」
女先知說:
「琳德將生下瓦利,
在西方的殿堂,
這位奧丁之子
出生一夜便將殺敵:
他不洗手,
也不梳頭,
直到將巴德爾的仇敵
送上火葬堆;
我已勉強說出,
如今我要沉默。」
奧丁說:
「女先知,別沉默,
我要向妳探問,
直到一切明白,
我還想知道:
那些少女是誰,
隨心哭泣,
又朝天拋起
頸巾的角緣?」
女先知說:
「你不是維格塔姆,
並非我原先所想,
你其實是奧丁,
年邁的創生者。」
奧丁說:
「妳不是女先知,
也不是睿智的女子,
妳其實是三個
巨人的母親。」
女先知說:
「奧丁,騎馬回去吧,
且自得意吧,
待到那時,你才會再來,
在人群中尋我問訊:
當洛基掙脫束縛,
自由離去,
而諸神黃昏來臨,
毀滅者紛紛到來。」