《奧德倫的悲嘆》原典

Heyrða ek segja
í sögum fornum,
hvé mær of kom
til Mornalands;
engi mátti
fyr jörð ofan
Heiðreks dóttur
hjalpir vinna.

Þat frá Oddrún
Atla systir,
at sú mær hafði
miklar sóttir;
brá hon af stalli
stjórnbitluðum
ok á svartan
söðul of lagði.

Lét hon mar fara
moldveg sléttan,
unz at hári kom
höll standandi;
svipti hon söðli
af svöngum jó,
ok hon inn of gekk
endlangan sal,
ok hon þat orða
alls fyrst of kvað:

"Hvat er frægst
hér á foldu,
eða hvat er hlézt
Húnalands?"
Ambótt kvað:
"Hér liggr Borgný
of borin verkjum,
vina þín, Oddrún,
vittu, ef þú hjalpir."
Oddrún kvað:

"Hverr hefir vísir
vamms of leitat?
Hví eru Borgnýjar
bráðar sóttir?"
Ambótt kvað:

"Vilmundr heitir
vinr haukstalda,
hann varði mey
varmri blæju
fimm vetr alla,
svá hon sinn föður leyndi."

Þær hykk mæltu
þvígit fleira,
gekk mild fyr kné
meyju at sitja;
ríkt gól Oddrún,
rammt gól Oddrún,
bitra galdra
at Borgnýju.

Knátti mær ok mögr
moldveg sporna,
börn þau in blíðu
við bana Högna;
þat nam at mæla
mær fjörsjúka,
svá at hon ekki kvað
orð it fyrra:

"Svá hjalpi þér
hollar véttir,
Frigg ok Freyja
ok fleiri goð,
sem þú feldir mér
fár af höndum."
Oddrún kvað:

"Hnék-at ek af því
til hjalpar þér,
at þú værir þess
verð aldregi;
hét ek ok efndak,
er ek hinig mælta,
at ek hvívetna
hjalpa skyldak,
þá er öðlingar
arfi skiptu."
Borgný kvað:

Ær ertu, Oddrún,
ok örvita,
er þú mér af fári
flest orð of kvatt,
en ek fylgðak þér
á fjörgynju,
sem vit bræðrum tveim
of bornar værim."
Oddrún kvað:

"Man ek, hvat þú
mæltir enn um aftan,
þá er ek Gunnari
gerðak drekku;
slíks dæmi kvað-at-tu
síðan mundu
meyja verða
nema mér einni."

Þá nam at setjask
sorgmóð kona
at telja böl
af trega stórum:

"Var ek upp alin
í jöfra sal,
- flestr fagnaði -
at fira ráði;
unða ek aldri
ok eign föður
fimm vetr eina,
svá at minn faðir lifði.

Þat nam at mæla
mál ið efsta
sjá móðr konungr,
áðr hann sylti:
mik bað hann gæða
gulli rauðu
ok suðr gefa
syni Grímhildar.

En hann Brynhildi
bað hjalm geta,
hana kvað hann óskmey
verða skyldu;
kvað-a hann ina æðri
alna mundu
mey í heimi,
nema mjötuðr spillti.

Brynhildr í búri
borða rakði,
hafði hon lýði
ok lönd um sik;
jörð dúsaði
ok upphiminn,
þá er bani Fáfnis
borg of þátti.

Þá var víg vegit
völsku sverði
ok borg brotin,
sú er Brynhildr átti;
var-a langt af því
heldr válítit,
unz þær vélar
vissi allar.

Þess lét hon harðar
hefndir verða,
svá at vér öll höfum
ærnar raunir;
þat mun á hölða
hvert land fara,
er hon lét sveltask
at Sigurði.

En ek Gunnari
gatk at unna,
bauga deili,
sem Brynhildr skyldi.

Buðu þeir árla
bauga rauða
ok bræðrum mínum
bætr ósmáar;
bað hann enn við mér
bú fimmtían,
hliðfarm Grana,
ef hann hafa vildi.

En Atli kvaðsk
eigi vilja
mund aldrigi
at megi Gjúka;
þeygi vit máttum
við munum vinna,
nema ek helt höfði
við hringbrota.

Mæltu margir
mínir niðjar,
kváðusk okkr hafa
orðit bæði;
en mik Atli kvað
eigi mundu
lýti ráða
né löst gera.

En slíks skyli
synja aldri
maðr fyr annan,
þar er munúð deilir.

Sendi Atli
áru sína
um myrkvan við
mín at freista;
ok þeir kómu þar,
er þeir koma né skyldu-t,
þá er breiddum vit
blæju eina.

Buðum vit þegnum
bauga rauða,
at þeir eigi
til Atla segði,
en þeir hvatliga
heim skunduðu
ok óliga
Atla sögðu.

En þeir Guðrúnu
görla leyndu því,
at hon heldr vita
halfu skyldi.

Hlymr var at heyra
hófgullinna,
þá er í garð riðu
Gjúka arfar;
þeir ór Högna
hjarta skáru,
en i ormgarð
annan lögðu.

Var ek enn farin
einu sinni
til Geirmundar
gerva drykkju;
nam horskr konungr
hörpu sveigja,
því at hann hugði mik
til hjalpar sér
kynríkr konungr,
of koma mundu.

Nam ek at heyra
ór Hléseyju,
hvé þar af stríðum
strengir gullu;
bað ek ambáttir
búnar verða,
vilda ek fylkis
fjörvi bjarga.

Létum fljóta
far sund yfir,
unz ek alla sák
Atla garða.

Þá kom in arma
út skævandi
móðir Atla,
- hon skyli morna -,
ok Gunnari
gróf til hjarta,
svá at ek máttig-a-k
mærum bjarga.

Oft undrumk þat,
hví ek eftir mák,
linnvengis Bil,
lífi halda;
er ek ógnhvötum
unna þóttumk
sverða deili,
sem sjalfri mér.

Sattu ok hlýddir,
meðan ek sagðak þér
mörg ill of sköp
mín ok þeira;
maðr hverr lifir
at munum sínum;
nú er of genginn
grátr Oddrúnar."

I have heard it told in olden tales
How a maiden came to Morningland;
No one of all on earth above
To Heithrek's daughter help could give.

This Oddrun learned, the sister of Atli,
That sore the maiden's sickness was;
The bit-bearer forth from his stall she brought,
And the saddle laid on the steed so black.

She let the horse go o'er the level ground,
Till she reached the hall that loftily rose, (And in she went from the end of the hall;)
From the weary steed the saddle she took;
Hear now the speech that first she spake:

"What news on earth, .......
Or what has happened in Hunland now?"

A serving-maid spake:
"Here Borgny lies in bitter pain,
Thy friend, and, Oddrun, thy help would find."

Oddrun spake: 5.
"Who worked this woe for the woman thus,
Or why so sudden is Borgny sick?"

The serving-maid spake:
"Vilmund is he, the heroes' friend,
Who wrapped the woman in bedclothes warm,
(For winters five, yet her father knew not)."

Then no more they spake, methinks;
She went at the knees of the woman to sit; With magic Oddrun and mightily Oddrun
Chanted for Borgny potent charms.

At last were born a boy and girl,
Son and daughter of Hogni's slayer;
Then speech the woman so weak began,
Nor said she aught ere this she spake:

"So may the holy ones thee help,
Frigg and Freyja and favoring gods,
As thou hast saved me from sorrow now."

Oddrun spake: 9.
"I came not hither to help thee thus
Because thou ever my aid didst earn;
I fulfilled the oath that of old I swore,
That aid to all I should ever bring,
(When they shared the wealth the warriors had)."

Borgny spake: 10.
"Wild art thou, Oddrun, and witless now,
That so in hatred to me thou speakest;
I followed thee where thou didst fare,
As we had been born of brothers twain."

Oddrun spake: 11.
"I remember the evil one eve thou spakest,
When a draught I gave to Gunnar then;
Thou didst say that never such a deed
By maid was done save by me alone."

Then the sorrowing woman sat her down
To tell the grief of her troubles great.

"Happy I grew in the hero's hall
As the warriors wished, and they loved me well;
Glad I was of my father's gifts,
For winters five, while my father lived.

"These were the words the weary king,
Ere he died, spake last of all:
He bade me with red gold dowered to be,
And to Grimhild's son in the South be wedded.

"But Brynhild the helm he bade to wear,
A wish-maid bright he said she should be;
For a nobler maid would never be born
On earth, he said, if death should spare her.

"At her weaving Brynhild sat in her bower,
Lands and folk alike she had; The earth and heaven high resounded
When Fafnir's slayer the city saw.

"Then battle was fought with the foreign swords,
And the city was broken that Brynhild had;
Not long thereafter, but all too soon,
Their evil wiles full well she knew.

"Woeful for this her vengeance was,
As so we learned to our sorrow all;
In every land shall all men hear
How herself at Sigurth's side she slew.

"Love to Gunnar then I gave,
To the breaker of rings, as Brynhild might;
To Atli rings so red they offered,
And mighty gifts to my brother would give.

"Fifteen dwellings fain would he give
For me, and the burden that Grani bore;
But Atli said he would never receive
Marriage gold from Gjuki's son.

"Yet could we not our love o'ercome,
And my head I laid on the hero's shoulder;
Many there were of kinsmen mine
Who said that together us they had seen.

"Atli said that never I
Would evil plan, or ill deed do;
But none may this of another think,
Or surely speak, when love is shared.

"Soon his men did Atli send,
In the murky wood on me to spy;
Thither they came where they should not come,
Where beneath one cover close we lay.

"To the warriors ruddy rings we offered,
That nought to Atli e'er they should say; But swiftly home they hastened thence,
And eager all to Atli told.

"But close from Guthrun kept they hid
What first of all she ought to have known.
..................
..................

"Great was the clatter of gilded hoofs
When Gjuki's sons through the gateway rode;
The heart they hewed from Hogni then,
And the other they cast in the serpents' cave.

"The hero wise on his harp then smote,
..............
For help from me in his heart yet hoped
The high-born king, might come to him.

"Alone was I gone to Geirmund then,
The draught to mix and ready to make;
Sudden I heard from Hlesey clear
How in sorrow the strings of the harp resounded.

"I bade the serving-maids ready to be,
For I longed the hero's life to save;
Across the sound the boats we sailed,
Till we saw the whole of Atli's home.

"Then crawling the evil woman came,
Atli's mother— may she ever rot! And hard she bit to Gunnar's heart,
So I could not help the hero brave.

"Oft have I wondered how after this,
Serpents'-bed goddess! I still might live,
For well I loved the warrior brave,
The giver of swords, as my very self.

"Thou didst see and listen, the while I said
The mighty grief that was mine and theirs;
Each man lives as his longing wills,—
Oddrun's lament is ended now."

我曾聽人講述，
在古老的傳說裡，
一位女子如何來到
摩爾納蘭；
大地之上，
沒有任何人
能為海德雷克的女兒
施以援手。

奧德倫聽聞此事，
她是阿特利的姊妹，
得知那位女子
正受重病折磨；
她從馬廄牽出
銜著韁嚼的駿馬，
往那匹黑馬背上
安放馬鞍。

她策馬奔過
平坦的土路，
直到來到一座
高聳的殿堂；
她從瘦腹駿馬背上
卸下馬鞍，
接著走進屋內，
穿過長長的廳堂，
她開口說出的
第一句話是：

「這片土地上，
有什麼眾人傳說的消息，
匈人的國土裡，
又發生了什麼事？」
婢女說：
「博爾格妮躺在這裡，
陣痛使她不支，
她是妳的朋友，奧德倫，
看看妳能否救她。」
奧德倫說：

「是哪一位男子
使她蒙受羞辱？
博爾格妮為何
遭受劇烈的陣痛？」
婢女說：

「他名叫威爾蒙德，
是養鷹勇士們的朋友，
他將這位女子
擁在溫暖的衾被裡，
整整五個寒暑，
她始終瞞著父親。」

我想她們
不曾再多說什麼，
仁厚的女子走上前去，
坐在產婦雙膝之前；
奧德倫高聲吟唱，
奧德倫強力吟唱，
為博爾格妮唱出
威猛的咒語。

一女一男終於能夠
踏上大地，
那兩個可愛的孩子，
是她與殺害霍格尼之人生的；
那位瀕死的女子
這才開口說話，
在這之前，
她不曾說過一句話：

「願仁慈的神靈
如此扶助妳，
弗麗嘉與芙蕾雅，
還有更多神祇，
正如妳為我
除去了苦難。」
奧德倫說：

「我俯身過來，
向妳施以援手，
並不是因為妳
曾經配得這份援助；
我立過誓，也履行了，
當年我如此說過，
無論何事，
我都應當相助，
那時諸位王侯
正在分配遺產。」
博爾格妮說：

「妳瘋了，奧德倫，
妳失去了理智，
竟滿懷惡意，
對我說出這許多話，
可我曾在這大地上
一路追隨著妳，
彷彿我們的父親
原是兄弟兩人。」
奧德倫說：

「我記得妳
那天傍晚說過的話，
當時我正為貢納爾
調製酒飲；
妳說這樣的事，
往後不會再有
任何女子去做，
除了我一人。」

於是那位
滿懷哀愁的女子坐下，
懷著深重的悲痛，
細數自己的苦難：

「我在王侯的殿堂裡
受到撫育，
——眾人大都歡喜——
由人們照料長大；
我享受生命，
享用父親的財富，
卻只有五個寒暑，
那時父親尚在人世。

那位疲憊的君王
在死去之前，
開口說出了
最後的話語：
他吩咐以赤金
作為我的陪嫁，
將我遠嫁南方，
嫁給格里姆希爾德之子。

他卻吩咐布倫希爾德
戴上頭盔，
說她應當成為
一位遂願的女武神；
他說世間不會
養育出比她更高貴的
女子，
除非命運將她摧毀。

布倫希爾德在閨房裡
編織帶飾，
她身邊有臣民，
也有自己的土地；
大地轟然震動，
高天也一同震響，
當那殺死法夫納的人
穿越她的城堡。

隨後有人以
瓦爾蘭的劍行兇，
布倫希爾德所有的
城堡也被攻破；
此後並未過多久，
只過了極短的時日，
她便知曉了
那一切詭計。

她為此施行了
殘酷的報復，
使我們所有人
都飽受苦難；
這件事必將傳遍
每一國的人群，
她如何為了西格爾德
讓自己死去。

而我卻愛上了貢納爾，
那位分贈指環的人，
正如布倫希爾德
本來應當愛他那般。

他們早早便獻上
赤金的指環，
也向我的兄弟們
提出厚重的補償；
他還願為娶我獻上
十五座莊園，
以及格拉尼背負的財寶，
只要他肯收下。

阿特利卻說，
他絕不願意，
永遠不會收下
吉烏基之子的聘禮；
然而我們無法
克制心中的愛欲，
我只能將頭依偎在
那位分贈指環的人身旁。

我的許多親族
紛紛議論，
說他們曾看見
我們兩人在一起；
阿特利卻說，
我絕不會
圖謀有辱名節之事，
也不會做出醜行。

然而任何人
都不該替別人
否認這樣的事，
當情欲居中作主。

阿特利派遣
他的使者，
穿過幽暗的樹林，
前來窺探我；
他們來到了
不該來的地方，
那時我們兩人
正共蓋一床衾被。

我們向那些侍從
獻上赤金指環，
要他們別把此事
告訴阿特利，
他們卻急忙
趕回家去，
懷著惡意
告訴了阿特利。

他們卻向古德倫
將此事瞞得嚴實，
儘管她本應
加倍知情。

可以聽見
金蹄駿馬的蹄聲，
那時吉烏基的繼承人
騎馬進入庭院；
他們從霍格尼胸中
剜出了心臟，
又將另一人
投入蛇窟。

那時我恰好
又出了一趟門，
前往蓋爾蒙德家，
為他籌備酒宴；
睿智的君王
開始撥動豎琴，
因為他心想，
我會前來救他，
那位出身高貴的君王
以為我會到來。

我開始聽見
自赫勒島傳來的聲音，
琴弦如何因痛苦
而淒厲鳴響；
我吩咐婢女們
準備動身，
我要挽救
那位君王的性命。

我們讓船隻
駛過海峽，
直到我望見
阿特利的整片宅邸。

這時那可憎的女人
蜿蜒爬了出來，
她是阿特利的母親，
——願她枯槁而死——
她朝貢納爾體內
鑽噬，直達心臟，
使我再也無法
救下那位英傑。

我常常驚訝，
為何在那之後，
我這蛇床之比爾，
還能繼續活著；
我自知愛著
那位奮勇赴戰、
分贈寶劍的人，
就如愛我自己。

妳坐著傾聽，
聽我向妳訴說
我與他們所遭遇的
許多悲慘命運；
每個人都依著
自己的心願活著；
如今奧德倫的哀泣
已經終了。」