《布倫希爾德的赫爾之旅》原典

Helreið Brynhildar

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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。

After the death of Brynhild there were made two bale-fires, the one for Sigurth, and that burned first, and on the other was Brynhild burned, and she was on a wagon which was covered with a rich cloth. Thus it is told, that Brynhild went in the wagon on Hel-way, and passed by a house where dwelt a certain giantess. The giantess spake:

"Thou shalt not further forward fare,
My dwelling ribbed with rocks across;
More seemly it were at thy weaving to stay,
Than another's husband here to follow.

"What wouldst thou have from Valland here,
Fickle of heart, in this my house?
Gold-goddess, now, if thou wouldst know,
Heroes' blood from thy hands hast washed."

Brynhild spake: 3.
"Chide me not, woman from rocky walls,
Though to battle once I was wont to go;
Better than thou I shall seem to be,
When men us two shall truly know."

The giantess spake: 4.
"Thou wast, Brynhild, Buthli's daughter, For the worst of evils born in the world;
To death thou hast given Gjuki's children,
And laid their lofty house full low."

Brynhild spake: 5.
"Truth from the wagon here I tell thee,
Witless one, if know thou wilt
How the heirs of Gjuki gave me to be
Joyless ever, a breaker of oaths.

"Hild the helmed in Hlymdalir
They named me of old, all they who knew me.
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"The monarch bold the swan-robes bore
Of the sisters eight beneath an oak; Twelve winters I was, if know thou wilt,
When oaths I yielded the king so young.

"Next I let the leader of Goths,
Hjalmgunnar the old, go down to hell,
And victory brought to Autha's brother;
For this was Othin's anger mighty.

"He beset me with shields in Skatalund,
Red and white, their rims o'erlapped;
He bade that my sleep should broken be
By him who fear had nowhere found.

"He let round my hall, that southward looked,
The branches' foe high-leaping burn;
Across it he bade the hero come
Who brought me the gold that Fafnir guarded.

"On Grani rode the giver of gold, Where my foster-father ruled his folk;
Best of all he seemed to be,
The prince of the Danes, when the people met.

"Happy we slept, one bed we had,
As he my brother born had been;
Eight were the nights when neither there
Loving hand on the other laid.

"Yet Guthrun reproached me, Gjuki's daughter,
That I in Sigurth's arms had slept;
Then did I hear what I would were hid,
That they had betrayed me in taking a mate.

"Ever with grief and all too long
Are men and women born in the world;
But yet we shall live our lives together,
Sigurth and I. Sink down, Giantess!"

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。

「妳不許穿越
走過
以岩石支撐的
我的庭院；
妳更該做的，
是織出織帶，
而非來尋訪
別人的丈夫。

妳從瓦爾蘭來，
要來我的屋裡
尋什麼，
妳這反覆無常的傢伙？
妳這黃金的瓦爾，
若妳想知道，
慷慨的女人，妳曾從手上
洗去丈夫的鮮血。」
布倫希爾德說：

「別責備我，
岩石中的女人，
縱使我曾
出海征戰；
我們兩人之中，
我會被視為更高貴，
無論何處，只要人們
知道我倆的出身。」
女巨人說：

「妳，布倫希爾德，
布德利的女兒，
帶著最惡的命數
降生世間；
妳使吉烏基的
子女喪命，
又將他們美好的家業
毀於一旦。」
布倫希爾德說：

「我將從車上，
明智地告訴妳，
妳這愚昧至極的女人，
若妳想知道，
吉烏基的繼承人
如何使我
失去愛情，
又背棄誓言。

在赫呂姆谷，
所有認識我的人，
都喚我作
戴盔的希爾德。

另一人名叫阿格納爾，
是奧達的兄弟，
沒有任何生靈
願意幫助他。

那勇毅的國王
命人將我們
姊妹八人的羽衣
帶到橡樹下；
那時我十二歲，
若妳想知道，
當我向年輕的君王
立下誓言。

隨後，我讓年老的
希亞爾姆貢納爾
在哥德人的國土上
走向赫爾；
我將勝利賜予
年輕的奧達之兄；
奧丁為了此事
對我大發雷霆。

他在斯卡塔林中
用盾牌將我圍住，
紅盾與白盾
盾緣相接；
他命唯有一人
能打破我的沉睡，
那人在任何地方
都不知畏懼。

他使我的廳堂四周，
朝南的一面，
高高燃起
一切木材之敵；
他命唯有一名勇士
能騎馬越過，
那人須為我帶來
法夫納身下的黃金。

那慷慨的黃金分贈者
騎著格拉尼前來，
來到我養父
掌管的廳堂；
在那裡，眾人都覺得
他一人勝過所有人，
那丹麥的海上勇士，
置身於扈從之間。

我們安然同眠，
共睡一張床，
彷彿他與我
是親生兄妹；
一連八夜，
我倆誰也不曾
將手搭到
另一人身上。

吉烏基的女兒
古德倫以此責備我，
說我曾在西格爾德的
臂彎裡安睡；
我這才知道
我不願知道的事：
他們在婚配一事上
欺騙了我。

活著的女人與男人，
都將長久地、太過長久地
以深重的悲苦
滋養此生；
我和西格爾德
將要一同
走到生命盡頭。
沉下去吧，女巨人的族類！」