《哈爾巴德之歌》原典
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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。
"Hverr er sá sveinn sveina,
er stendr fyr sundit handan?"
Ferjukarlinn kvað:
"Hverr er sá karl karla,
er kallar of váginn?"
Þórr kvað:
"Fer þú mik um sundit,
fæði ek þik á morgun;
meis hef ek á baki,
verðr-a matr in betri;
át ek í hvíld,
áðr ek heiman fór,
síldr ok hafra;
saðr em ek enn þess."
Ferjukarlinn kvað:
"Árligum verkum
hrósar þú, verðinum;
veizt-at-tu fyrir görla,
döpr eru þín heimkynni,
dauð, hygg ek, at þín móðir sé."
Þórr kvað:
"Þat segir þú nú,
er hverjum þykkir
mest at vita,
at mín móðir dauð sé."
Ferjukarlinn kvað:
"Þeygi er sem þú
þrjú bú góð eigir;
berbeinn þú stendr
ok hefr brautinga gervi,
þatki, at þú hafir brækr þínar."
Þórr kvað:
"Stýrðu hingat eikjunni,
ek mun þér stöðna kenna, -
eða hverr á skipit,
er þú heldr við landit?"
Ferjukarlinn kvað:
"Hildolfr sá heitir,
er mik halda bað,
rekkr inn ráðsvinni,
er býr í Ráðseyjarsundi;
bað-at hann hlennimenn flytja
eða hrossaþjófa,
góða eina
ok þá, er ek görva kunna;
segðu til nafns þíns,
ef þú vill um sundit fara!"
Þórr kvað:
"Segja mun ek til nafns míns,
þótt ek sekr séak,
ok til alls eðlis:
Ek em Óðins sonr,
Meila bróðir,
en Magna faðir,
þrúðvaldr goða,
við Þór knáttu hér dæma!
Hins vil ek nú spyrja,
hvat þú heitir."
Ferjukarlinn kvað:
"Hárbarðr ek heiti,
hylk um nafn sjaldan."
Þórr kvað:
"Hvat skaltu of nafn hylja,
nema þú sakar eigir?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"En þótt ek sakar eiga,
þá mun ek forða fjörvi mínu
fyr slíkum sem þú ert,
nema ek feigr sé."
Þórr kvað:
"Harm ljótan
mér þykkir í því
at vaða um váginn til þín
ok væta ögur minn;
skylda ek launa
kögursveini þínum
kanginyrði,
ef ek kæmumk yfir sundit."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Hér mun ek standa
ok þín heðan bíða;
fannt-a þú mann in harðara
at Hrungni dauðan."
Þórr kvað:
"Hins viltu nú geta,
er vit Hrungnir deildum,
sá inn stórúðgi jötunn,
er ór steini var höfuðit á;
þó lét ek hann falla
ok fyrir hníga.
Hvat vanntu þá meðan, Hárbarðr?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Var ek með Fjölvari
fimm vetr alla
í ey þeiri,
er Algræn heitir;
vega vér þar knáttum
ok val fella,
margs at freista,
mans at kosta."
Þórr kvað:
"Hversu snúnuðu yðr konur yðrar?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Sparkar áttu vér konur,
ef oss at spökum yrði;
horskar áttu vér konur,
ef oss hollar væri;
þær ór sandi
síma undu,
ok ór dali djúpum
grund of grófu;
varð ek þeim einn öllum
efri at ráðum;
hvílda ek hjá þeim systrum sjau,
ok hafða ek geð þeira allt ok gaman.
Hvat vanntu þá meðan, Þórr?"
Þórr kvað:
"Ek drap Þjaza,
inn þrúðmóðga jötun,
upp ek varp augum
Alvalda sonar
á þann inn heiða himin;
þau eru merki mest
minna verka,
þau er allir menn síðan of séa.
Hvat vanntu þá meðan, Hárbarðr?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Miklar manvélar
ek hafða við myrkriður,
þá er ek vélta þær frá verum;
harðan jötun
ek hugða Hlébarð vera,
gaf hann mér gambantein,
en ek vélta hann ór viti."
Þórr kvað:
"Illum huga
launaðir þú þá góðar gjafar."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Þat hefr eik,
er af annarri skefr,
of sik er hverr í slíku.
Hvat vanntu þá meðan Þórr?"
Þórr kvað:
"Ek var austr
ok jötna barðak
brúðir bölvísar,
er til bjargs gengu;
mikil myndi ætt jötna,
ef allir lifði
vætr myndi manna
undir Miðgarði.
Hvat vanntu þá meðan, Hárbarðr?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Var ek á Vallandi
ok vígum fylgdak,
atta ek jöfrum,
en aldri sættak;
Óðinn á jarla,
þá er í val falla,
en Þórr á þrælakyn."
Þórr kvað:
"Ójafnt skipta
er þú myndir með ásum liði,
ef þú ættir vilgi mikils vald."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Þórr á afl ærit,
en ekki hjarta;
af hræðslu ok hugbleyði
þér var í hanzka troðit,
ok þóttisk-a þú þá Þórr vera;
hvárki þú þá þorðir
fyr hræðslu þinni
hnjósa né físa,
svá at Fjalarr heyrði."
Þórr kvað:
"Hárbarðr inn ragi,
ek mynda þik í hel drepa,
ef ek mætta seilask um sund."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Hvat skyldir um sund seilask,
er sakir ro alls engar?
Hvat vanntu þá, Þórr?"
Þórr kvað:
"Ek var austr
ok ána varðak,
þá er mik sóttu
þeir Svárangs synir;
grjóti þeir mik börðu,
gagni urðu þeir þó lítt fegnir,
þó urðu þeir mik fyrri
friðar at biðja.
Hvat vanntu þá meðan, Hárbarðr?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Ek var austr
ok við einhverja dæmðak,
lék ek við ina línhvítu
ok launþing háðak;
gladdak ina gullbjörtu,
gamni mær unði."
Þórr kvað:
"Góð átt þú þér mankynni þar þá."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Liðs þíns
væra ek þá þurfi, Þórr,
at ek helda þeiri inni línhvítu mey."
Þórr kvað:
"Ek munda þér þá þat veita,
ef ek viðr of kæmumk."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Ek mynda þér þá trúa,
nema þú mik í tryggð véltir."
Þórr kvað:
"Emk-at ek sá hælbítr
sem húðskór forn á vár."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Hvat vanntu þá meðan, Þórr?"
Þórr kvað:
"Brúðir berserkja
barðak í Hléseyju;
þær höfðu verst unnit,
vélta þjóð alla."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Klæki vanntu þá, Þórr,
er þú á konum barðir."
Þórr kvað:
"Vargynjur þat váru,
en varla konur,
skelldu skip mitt,
er ek skorðat hafðak,
ægðu mér járnlurki
en eltu Þjalfa.
Hvat vanntu meðan, Hárbarðr?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Ek vark í hernum,
er hingat gerðisk
gnæfa gunnfana,
geir at rjóða."
Þórr kvað:
"Þess viltu nú geta,
er þú fórt oss óljúfan at bjóða."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Bæta skal þér þat þá
munda baugi,
sem jafnendr unnu,
þeir er okkr vilja sætta."
Þórr kvað:
"Hvar namtu þessi
in hnæfiligu orð,
er ek heyrða aldregi
in hnæfiligri?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Nam ek at mönnum
þeim inum aldrænum,
er búa í heimis skógum."
Þórr kvað:
"Þó gefr þú gott nafn dysjum,
er þú kallar þær heimis skóga."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Svá dæmi ek of slíkt far."
Þórr kvað:
"Orðkringi þín
mun þér illa koma,
ef ek ræð á vág at vaða;
ulfi hæra
hygg ek þik æpa munu,
ef þú hlýtr af hamri högg."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Sif á hó heima,
hans muntu fund vilja,
þann muntu þrek drýgja,
þat er þér skyldara."
Þórr kvað:
"Mælir þú at munns ráði,
svá at mér skyldi verst þykkja,
halr inn hugblauði,
hygg ek, at þú ljúgir."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Satt hygg ek mik segja;
seinn ertu at för þinni,
langt myndir þú nú kominn, Þórr,
ef þú litum færir."
Þórr kvað:
"Hárbarðr inn ragi,
heldr hefr þú nú mik dvalðan."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Ása-þórs hugða ek
aldregi mundu
glepja féhirði farar."
Þórr kvað:
"Ráð mun ek þér nú ráða;
ró þú hingat bátinum,
hættum hætingi,
hittu föður Magna."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Farðu firr sundi,
þér skal fars synja."
Þórr kvað:
"Vísa þú mér nú leiðina,
alls þú vill mik eigi um váginn ferja."
Hárbarðr kvað:
Lítit er at synja,
langt er at fara;
stund er til stokksins,
önnur til steinsins,
haltu svá til vinstra vegsins,
unz þú hittir Verland;
þar mun Fjörgyn
hitta Þór, son sinn,
ok mun hon kenna hánum áttunga brautir
til Óðins landa."
Þórr kvað:
"Mun ek taka þangat í dag?"
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Taka við víl ok erfiði,
at upprennandi sólu,
er ek get þána."
Þórr kvað:
"Skammt mun nú mál okkat,
alls þú mér skætingu einni svarar;
launa mun ek þér farsynjun,
ef vit finnumk í sinn annat."
Hárbarðr kvað:
"Far þú nú,
þars þik hafi allan gramir."
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。
Thor was on his way back from a journey in the East, and came to a sound; on the other side of the sound was a ferryman with a boat. Thor called out:
"Who is the fellow yonder, on the farther shore of the sound?"
The ferryman spake: 2.
"What kind of a peasant is yon, that calls o'er the bay?"
Thor spake: 3.
"Ferry me over the sound; I will feed thee therefor in the morning;
A basket I have on my back, and food therein, none better;
At leisure I ate, ere the house I left,
Of herrings and porridge, so plenty I had."
The ferryman spake: 4.
"Of thy morning feats art thou proud, but the future thou knowest not wholly;
Doleful thine home-coming is: thy mother, methinks, is dead."
Thor spake: 5.
"Now hast thou said what to each must seem
The mightiest grief, that my mother is dead."
The ferryman spake: 6.
"Three good dwellings, methinks, thou hast not;
Barefoot thou standest, and wearest a beggar's dress;
Not even hose dost thou have."
Thor spake: 7.
"Steer thou hither the boat; the landing here shall I show thee;
But whose the craft that thou keepest on the shore?"
The ferryman spake: 8.
"Hildolf is he who bade me have it,
A hero wise; his home is at Rathsey's sound.
He bade me no robbers to steer, nor stealers of steeds,
But worthy men, and those whom well do I know.
Say now thy name, if over the sound thou wilt fare."
Thor spake: 9.
"My name indeed shall I tell, though in danger I am, And all my race; I am Othin's son,
Meili's brother, and Magni's father,
The strong one of the gods; with Thor now speech canst thou get.
And now would I know what name thou hast."
The ferryman spake: 10.
"Harbarth am I, and seldom I hide my name."
Thor spake: 11.
"Why shouldst thou hide thy name, if quarrel thou hast not?"
Harbarth spake: 12.
"And though I had a quarrel, from such as thou art
Yet none the less my life would I guard,
Unless I be doomed to die."
Thor spake: 13.
"Great trouble, methinks, would it be to come to thee,
To wade the waters across, and wet my middle;
Weakling, well shall I pay thy mocking words,
if across the sound I come."
Harbarth spake: 14.
"Here shall I stand and await thee here;
Thou hast found since Hrungnir died no fiercer man."
Thor spake: 15.
"Fain art thou to tell how with Hrungnir I fought,
The haughty giant, whose head of stone was made;
And yet I felled him, and stretched him before me.
What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"
Harbarth spake: 16.
Five full winters with Fjolvar was I,
And dwelt in the isle that is Algrön called;
There could we fight, and fell the slain,
Much could we seek, and maids could master."
Thor spake: 17.
"How won ye success with your women?"
Harbarth spake: 18.
"Lively women we had, if they wise for us were;
Wise were the women we had, if they kind for us were;
For ropes of sand they would seek to wind,
And the bottom to dig from the deepest dale.
Wiser than all in counsel I was,
And there I slept by the sisters seven,
And joy full great did I get from each.
What, Thor, didst thou the while?"
Thor spake: 19.
"Thjazi I felled, the giant fierce,
And I hurled the eyes of Alvaldi's son
To the heavens hot above;
Of my deeds the mightiest marks are these,
That all men since can see.
What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"
Harbarth spake: 20.
"Much love-craft I wrought with them who ride by night,
When I stole them by stealth from their husbands;
A giant hard was Hlebarth, methinks:
His wand he gave me as gift,
And I stole his wits away."
Thor spake: 21.
"Thou didst repay good gifts with evil mind."
Harbarth spake: 22.
"The oak must have what it shaves from another;
In such things each for himself.
What, Thor, didst thou the while?"
Thor spake: 23.
"Eastward I fared, of the giants I felled
Their ill-working women who went to the mountain;
And large were the giants' throng if all were alive;
No men would there be in Mithgarth more.
What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"
Harbarth spake: 24.
"In Valland I was, and wars I raised,
Princes I angered, and peace brought never;
The noble who fall in the fight hath Othin,
And Thor hath the race of the thralls."
Thor spake: 25.
"Unequal gifts of men wouldst thou give to the gods,
If might too much thou shouldst have."
Harbarth spake: 26.
"Thor has might enough, but never a heart;
For cowardly fear in a glove wast thou fain to crawl,
And there forgot thou wast Thor;
Afraid there thou wast, thy fear was such,
To fart or sneeze lest Fjalar should hear."
Thor spake: 27.
"Thou womanish Harbarth, to hell would I smite thee straight,
Could mine arm reach over the sound."
Harbarth spake: 28.
"Wherefore reach over the sound, since strife we have none?
What, Thor, didst thou do then?"
Thor spake: 29.
"Eastward I was, and the river I guarded well,
Where the sons of Svarang sought me there;
Stones did they hurl; small joy did they have of winning;
Before me there to ask for peace did they fare.
What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"
Harbarth spake: 30.
"Eastward I was, and spake with a certain one,
I played with the linen-white maid, and met her by stealth;
I gladdened the gold-decked one, and she granted me joy."
Thor spake: 31.
"Full fair was thy woman-finding."
Harbarth spake: 32.
"Thy help did I need then, Thor, to hold the white maid fast."
Thor spake: 33.
"Gladly, had I been there, my help to thee had been given."
Harbarth spake: 34.
"I might have trusted thee then, didst thou not betray thy troth."
Thor spake: 35.
"No heel-biter am I, in truth, like an old leather shoe in spring."
Harbarth spake: 36.
"What, Thor, didst thou the while?"
Thor spake: 37.
"In Hlesey the brides of the Berserkers slew I;
Most evil they were, and all they betrayed."
Harbarth spake: 38.
"Shame didst thou win, that women thou slewest, Thor."
Thor spake: 39.
"She-wolves they were like, and women but little;
My ship, which well I had trimmed, did they shake;
With clubs of iron they threatened, and Thjalfi they drove off.
What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"
Harbarth spake: 40.
"In the host I was that hither fared,
The banners to raise, and the spear to redden."
Thor spake: 41.
"Wilt thou now say that hatred thou soughtest to bring us?"
Harbarth spake: 42.
"A ring for thy hand shall make all right for thee,
As the judge decides who sets us two at peace."
Thor spake: 43.
"Where foundest thou so foul and scornful a speech?
More foul a speech I never before have heard."
Harbarth spake: 44.
"I learned it from men, the men so old,
Who dwell in the hills of home."
Thor spake: 45.
"A name full good to heaps of stones thou givest
When thou callest them hills of home."
Harbarth spake: 46.
"Of such things speak I so."
Thor spake: 47.
"Ill for thee comes thy keenness of tongue,
If the water I choose to wade;
Louder, I ween, than a wolf thou cryest,
If a blow of my hammer thou hast."
Harbarth spake: 48.
"Sif has a lover at home, and him shouldst thou meet;
More fitting it were on him to put forth thy strength."
Thor spake: 49.
"Thy tongue still makes thee say what seems most ill to me,
Thou witless man! Thou liest, I ween."
Harbarth spake: 50.
"Truth do I speak, but slow on thy way thou art;
Far hadst thou gone if now in the boat thou hadst fared."
Thor spake: 51.
"Thou womanish Harbarth! here hast thou held me too long."
Harbarth spake: 52.
"I thought not ever that Asathor would be hindered
By a ferryman thus from faring."
Thor spake: 53.
"One counsel I bring thee now: row hither thy boat;
No more of scoffing; set Magni's father across."
Harbarth spake: 54.
"From the sound go hence; the passage thou hast not."
Thor spake: 55.
"The way now show me, since thou takest me not o'er the water."
Harbarth spake: 56.
"To refuse it is little, to fare it is long;
A while to the stock, and a while to the stone;
Then the road to thy left, till Verland thou reachest;
And there shall Fjorgyn her son Thor find,
And the road of her children she shows him to Othin's realm."
Thor spake: 57.
"May I come so far in a day?"
Harbarth spake: 58.
"With toil and trouble perchance,
While the sun still shines, or so I think."
Thor spake: 59.
"Short now shall be our speech, for thou speakest in mockery only; The passage thou gavest me not I shall pay thee if ever we meet."
Harbarth spake: 60.
"Get hence where every evil thing shall have thee!"
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。
「那小子中的小子是誰,
站在海峽的另一邊?」
船夫說:
「那漢子中的漢子是誰,
隔著海灣大聲叫喊?」
索爾說:
「渡我過海峽,
明早我給你飯吃;
我背上有個食籃,
再沒有更好的食物;
我歇息時吃過一餐,
就在離家之前,
吃了鯡魚和山羊肉;
至今肚子還飽著。」
船夫說:
「你把那一餐
誇作清早的功業;
往後的事,你卻全不清楚,
你家中一片淒涼,
我想,你母親已經死了。」
索爾說:
「你如今說的,
是任誰聽了
都覺得非同小可的消息:
我的母親死了。」
船夫說:
「你這副模樣,
可不像有三座好莊園;
你光著腿站在那裡,
穿得像個流浪乞丐,
連條褲子也沒穿。」
索爾說:
「把小舟駛到這裡,
我會指給你停靠的地方——
對了,你停在岸邊的船,
究竟是誰的?」
船夫說:
「他名叫希爾多爾夫,
是他命我看守這船,
那位深謀遠慮的勇士,
住在拉德塞島海峽;
他吩咐我別渡強盜,
也別渡偷馬賊,
只渡好人,
還有我熟識的人;
報上你的名字,
若你想渡過海峽!」
索爾說:
「我會報上我的名字,
縱使我是個罪人,
也會說明全部身世:
我是奧丁的兒子,
梅利的兄弟,
曼尼的父親,
眾神中掌握巨力者,
你此刻正與索爾說話!
現在我要問你,
你叫什麼名字。」
船夫說:
「我叫哈爾巴德,
很少隱瞞姓名。」
索爾說:
「你何必隱瞞姓名,
除非你犯了罪?」
哈爾巴德說:
「縱使我犯了罪,
也能保住自己的性命,
不受你這種人傷害,
除非我命中注定要死。」
索爾說:
「我覺得這實在
是件惱人的苦事:
涉過海灣去找你,
還得弄濕我的行囊;
我定要報復
你這裹破布的小子
說出的尖酸話,
只要我過得了海峽。」
哈爾巴德說:
「我就站在這裡,
在這裡等你;
自赫朗格尼爾死後,
你還沒遇過更強悍的人。」
索爾說:
「你如今想提的,
是我與赫朗格尼爾的搏鬥,
那個狂妄的巨人,
腦袋是石頭做的;
我仍將他擊倒,
讓他伏在我面前。
那時你做了什麼,哈爾巴德?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我與菲約爾瓦爾一起,
整整過了五個寒冬,
就在那座
名叫阿爾格倫的島上;
我們在那裡交戰,
斬殺敵手,
嘗試種種事,
追求女人。」
索爾說:
「你們和那些女人相處得如何?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我們的女人活潑得很,
若肯對我們溫馴就好了;
我們的女人聰慧得很,
若肯對我們忠心就好了;
她們拿沙子
搓成繩索,
又從深谷裡
挖出泥土;
我獨自一人,計謀卻
勝過她們所有人;
我與那七姊妹同寢,
盡得她們的歡心與歡愛。
那時你做了什麼,索爾?」
索爾說:
「我殺了夏基,
那個強橫的巨人,
將阿爾瓦爾迪之子的
雙眼向上拋去,
拋上那澄澈的天空;
那是我功業
最偉大的標記,
從此人人都看得見。
那時你做了什麼,哈爾巴德?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我對那些暗夜騎行的女巫
使盡情愛的詭計,
誘得她們離開丈夫;
我認為赫勒巴德
是個強悍的巨人,
他送我一根魔杖,
我卻騙得他失了神智。」
索爾說:
「你竟以惡意
回報那些好禮。」
哈爾巴德說:
「一株橡樹刮下另一株的東西,
便歸自己所有,
這種事人人只顧自己。
那時你做了什麼,索爾?」
索爾說:
「我在東方,
痛擊巨人那些
精於作惡的妻子,
她們正往山裡去;
巨人一族必定極其龐大,
若他們全都活著,
米德加爾特之中
就不會有人類了。
那時你做了什麼,哈爾巴德?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我在瓦爾蘭,
投身戰事,
挑起諸王爭鬥,
從不勸他們和解;
奧丁擁有那些
戰死沙場的貴族,
索爾卻擁有奴隸的族類。」
索爾說:
「你若在阿薩神族之間分派人眾,
必定分得不公,
只要你有那麼一點權力。」
哈爾巴德說:
「索爾力氣倒是充足,
卻毫無膽量;
你因恐懼與怯懦,
把自己塞進手套裡,
那時你也不覺得自己是索爾了;
你當時怕得
既不敢
打噴嚏,也不敢放屁,
生怕法亞拉聽見。」
索爾說:
「懦弱的哈爾巴德,
我定要打死你,送你到赫爾那裡,
只要我的手伸得過海峽。」
哈爾巴德說:
「何必伸手越過海峽,
我們又毫無仇怨?
那時你做了什麼,索爾?」
索爾說:
「我在東方,
守著河流,
當時前來攻擊我的,
是斯瓦朗的兒子們;
他們拿石頭砸我,
卻沒嚐到多少得勝的喜悅,
反倒先向我
乞求和平。
那時你做了什麼,哈爾巴德?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我在東方,
與某位女子談情,
和那白如亞麻的姑娘嬉戲,
暗中幽會;
我使那金光燦爛的姑娘歡喜,
少女享盡歡愛。」
索爾說:
「你那時在那裡,倒有段好豔遇。」
哈爾巴德說:
「那時我倒需要
你的幫忙,索爾,
好讓我留住那白如亞麻的少女。」
索爾說:
「那時我定會幫你,
只要我能在場。」
哈爾巴德說:
「那時我倒會信任你,
只要你不背信欺騙我。」
索爾說:
「我可不是那種咬腳跟的傢伙,
像春天穿的破舊皮鞋。」
哈爾巴德說:
「那時你做了什麼,索爾?」
索爾說:
「我在赫勒塞島
痛擊狂戰士的妻子;
她們作惡多端,
欺騙了所有人。」
哈爾巴德說:
「你做了件可恥的事,索爾,
竟去毆打女人。」
索爾說:
「她們是母狼,
簡直算不得女人,
她們猛撞我的船,
那船早已讓我支穩,
她們拿鐵棒威嚇我,
又追趕夏爾維。
那時你做了什麼,哈爾巴德?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我在軍隊之中,
那支軍隊來到這裡,
高舉戰旗,
染紅長矛。」
索爾說:
「你如今想提的,
是你前來向我們挑釁的事。」
哈爾巴德說:
「那就用一只手鐲
賠償你吧,
照仲裁者所定的條件,
他們有意讓我們兩人和解。」
索爾說:
「你從哪裡學來
這些譏諷的話,
我從未聽過
比這更尖刻的言語?」
哈爾巴德說:
「我是向那些
年邁的人學來的,
他們住在世間的林野裡。」
索爾說:
「你倒替墳塚取了個好名字,
竟稱它們為世間的林野。」
哈爾巴德說:
「對於這類事,我就是這麼說的。」
索爾說:
「你的伶牙俐齒
會給你招來災禍,
只要我決意涉過海灣;
我想你定會
嚎得比狼還響,
只要你挨上一鎚。」
哈爾巴德說:
「希芙在家裡有個姘夫,
你該想去見見他,
你該對他使出力氣,
那才是你更該做的事。」
索爾說:
「你信口胡說,
專挑最讓我惱怒的話,
你這膽怯的漢子,
我想,你在撒謊。」
哈爾巴德說:
「我想我說的是真話;
你這一路走得真慢,
索爾,你如今早已走遠了,
若你從天明就趕路。」
索爾說:
「懦弱的哈爾巴德,
你如今可把我耽擱得夠久了。」
哈爾巴德說:
「我從未想過,
阿薩神族的索爾
竟會讓一個牧人耽誤行程。」
索爾說:
「現在我給你個忠告;
把船划到這裡,
我們別再互相恫嚇,
來見曼尼的父親。」
哈爾巴德說:
「離海峽遠一點,
我不會渡你過去。」
索爾說:
「那你現在替我指路,
既然你不肯渡我過海灣。」
哈爾巴德說:
「指路倒不難,
走起來卻遠;
走一陣到那樹幹,
再走一陣到那石頭,
接著沿左邊的路走,
直到你抵達維爾蘭;
在那裡,菲約爾金
會遇上她的兒子索爾,
她會指給他親族往來的道路,
通往奧丁的領土。」
索爾說:
「我今天到得了那裡嗎?」
哈爾巴德說:
「吃盡苦頭、費盡力氣,
到太陽升起時,
我想,你就能到了。」
索爾說:
「我們的話如今就到此為止,
既然你只拿嘲諷回答我;
你拒絕渡我,我定會報答你,
若我們還有再見的一天。」
哈爾巴德說:
「你現在就走吧,
到那惡鬼把你整個捉去的地方!」