《雷金之歌》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。
"Hvat er þat fiska,
er renn flóði í,
kann-at sér við víti varask?
Höfuð þitt
leystu helju ór,
finn mér lindar loga."
Geddan kvað:
"Andvari ek heiti,
Óinn hét minn faðir,
margan hef ek fors of farit;
aumlig norn
skóp oss í árdaga,
at ek skylda í vatni vaða."
Loki kvað:
"Segðu þat, Andvari,
ef þú eiga vill
líf í lýða sölum,
hver gjöld fáa
gumna synir,
ef þeir höggvask orðum á?"
Andvari kvað:
"Ofrgjöld fáa
gumna synir,
þeir er Vaðgelmi vaða;
ósaðra orða,
hverr er á annan lýgr,
oflengi leiða limar."
Loki sá allt gull þat, er Andvari átti. En er hann hafði framreitt gullit, þá hafði hann eftir einn hring, ok tók Loki þann af hánum. Dvergrinn gekk inn í steininn ok mælti:
"Þat skal gull,
er Gustr átti,
bræðrum tveim
at bana verða
ok öðlingum
átta at rógi;
mun míns féar
manngi njóta."
Æsir reiddu Hreiðmari féit ok tráðu upp otrbelginn ok reistu á fætr. Þá skyldu æsirnir hlaða upp gullinu ok hylja. En er þat var gört, gekk Hreiðmarr fram ok sá eitt granahár ok bað hylja. Þá dró Óðinn fram hringinn Andvaranaut ok hulði hárit. Loki kvað:
"Gull er þér nú reitt,
en þú gjöld hefir
mikil míns höfuðs;
syni þínum
verðr-a sæla sköpuð;
þat verðr ykkarr beggja bani."
Hreiðmarr sagði:
"Gjafar þú gaft,
gaft-at-tu ástgjafar,
gaft-at-tu af heilum hug;
fjörvi yðru
skylduð ér firrðir vera,
ef ek vissa ek þat fár fyrir."
Loki kvað:
"Enn er verra
- þat vita þykkjumk -
niðja stríð of neppt;
jöfra óborna
hygg ek þá enn vera
er þat er til hatrs hugat."
Hreiðmarr kvað:
"Rauðu gulli
hygg ek mik ráða munu,
svá lengi sem ek lifi;
hót þín
hræðumk ekki lyf,
of haldið heim heðan."
Fáfnir ok Reginn kröfðu Hreiðmarr niðgjalda eftir Otr bróður sinn. Hann kvað nei við. En Fáfnir lagði sverði Hreiðmar, föður sinn, sofanda. Hreiðmarr kallaði á dætr sínar:
"Lyngheiðr ok Lofnheiðr,
vitið mínu lífi farit,
mart er þat, er þörf þéar."
Lyngheiðr sagði:
"Fá mun systir,
þótt föður missi,
hefna hlýra harms."
Hreiðmarr kvað:
"Al þú þó dóttur,
dís ulfhuguð,
ef þú getr-at son
við siklingi;
fá mey mann
í meginþarfar;
þá mun þeirar sonr
þíns harms reka."
Þá dó Hreiðmarr, en Fáfnir tók gullit allt. Þá beiddist Reginn at hafa föðurarf sinn, en Fáfnir galt þar nei við. Þá leitaði Reginn ráða við Lyngheiði, systur sína, hvernig hann skyldi heimta föðurarf sinn. Hon kvað:
"Bróður kveðja
skaltu blíðliga
arfs ok æðra hugar;
er-a þat hæft,
at þú hjörvi skylir
kveðju Fáfni féar."
Þessa hluti sagði Reginn Sigurði. Einn dag, er hann kom til húsa Regins, var hánum vel fagnat. Reginn kvað:
"Kominn er hingat
konr Sigmundar,
seggr inn snarráði,
til sala várra,
móð hefir meira
en maðr gamall,
ok er mér fangs ván
at frekum ulfi.
Ek mun fæða
folkdjarfan gram;
nú er Yngva konr
með oss kominn;
sjá mun ræsir
ríkstr und sólu;
þrymr um öll lönd
örlögsímu."
Sigurðr var þá jafnan með Regin, ok sagði hann Sigurði, at Fáfnir lá á Gnitaheiði ok var í orms líki. Hann átti ægishjalm, er öll kvikendi hræddust við. Reginn gerði Sigurði sverð, er Gramr hét. Þat var svá hvasst, at hann brá því ofan í Rín ok lét reka ullarlagð fyrir straumi ok tók í sundr lagðinn sem vatnit. Því sverði klauf Sigurðr í sundr steðja Regins. Eftir þat eggjaði Reginn Sigurð at vega Fáfni. Hann sagði:
"Hátt munu hlæja
Hundings synir,
þeir er Eylima
aldrs synjuðu,
ef meir tyggja
munar at sækja
hringa rauða
en hefnd föður."
Hjálprekr konungr fekk Sigurði skipalið til föðurhefnda. Þeir fengu storm mikinn ok beittu fyrir bergsnös nökkura. Maðr einn stóð á berginu ok kvað:
"Hverir ríða þar
Ræfils hestum
hávar unnir,
haf glymjanda?
Seglvigg eru
sveita stokkin,
mun-at vágmarar
vind of standask."
Reginn svaraði:
"Hér ro vér Sigurðr
á sætréum;
er oss byrr gefinn
við bana sjalfan;
fellr brattr breki
bröndum hæri,
hlunnvigg hrapa.
Hverr spyrr at því?"
Maðr kvað:
"Hnikar hétu mik,
þá er hugin gladdak
Völsungr ungi,
ok vegit hafðak;
nú máttu kalla
karl af bergi
Fengi eða Fjölni;
far vil ek þiggja."
Þeir viku at landi, ok gekk karl á skip, ok lægði þá veðrit. Sigurðr kvað:
"Segðu mér þat, Hnikarr,
alls þá hvárttveggja veizt
goða heill ok guma:
hver bözt eru,
ef berjask skal,
heill at sverða svipun."
Hnikarr kvað:
"Mörg eru góð,
ef gumar vissi,
heill at sverða svipun;
dyggva fylgju
hygg ek ins dökkva vera
hrottameiði hrafns.
Þat er annat,
ef þú ert út of kominn
ok ert á braut búinn,
tvá þú lítr
á tái standa
hróðrfúsa hali.
Þat er it þriðja,
ef þú þjóta heyrir
ulf und asklimum;
heilla auðit
verðr þér af hjalmstöfum,
ef þú sér þá fyrri fara.
Engr skal gumna
í gögn vega
síð skínandi
systur Mána;
þeir sigr hafa,
er séa kunnu,
hjörleiks hvatir,
eða hamalt fylkja.
Þat er fár mikit,
ef þú fæti drepr,
þars þú at vígi veðr;
tálar dísir
standa þér á tvær hliðar
ok vilja þik sáran sjá.
Kembður ok þveginn
skal kænna hverr
ok at morgni mettr,
því at ósýnt er,
hvar at aftni kemr;
illt er fyr heill at hrapa."
Sigurðr átti orrostu mikla við Lyngva Hundingsson ok bræðr hans. Þar fell Lyngvi ok þeir þrír bræðr. Eftir orrostu kvað Reginn:
"Nú er blóðugr örn
bitrum hjörvi
bana Sigmundar
á baki ristinn;
engr var fremri,
sá er fold ryði,
hilmis arfi,
ok hugin gladdi."
Heim fór Sigurðr til Hjálpreks. Þá eggjaði Reginn Sigurð til at vega Fáfni.
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。
Sigurth went to Hjalprek's stud and chose for himself a horse, who thereafter was called Grani. At that time Regin, the son of Hreithmar, was come to Hjalprek's home; he was more ingenious than all other men, and a dwarf in stature; he was wise, fierce and skilled in magic. Regin undertook Sigurth's bringing up and teaching, and loved him much. He told Sigurth of his forefathers, and also of this: that once Othin and Hönir and Loki had come to Andvari's waterfall, and in the fall were many fish. Andvari was a dwarf, who had dwelt long in the waterfall in the shape of a pike, and there he got his food. "Otr was the name of a brother of ours," said Regin, "who often went into the fall in the shape of an otter; he had caught a salmon, and sat on the high bank eating it with his eyes shut. Loki threw a stone at him and killed him; the gods thought they had had great good luck, and stripped the skin off the otter. That same evening they sought a night's lodging at Hreithmar's house, and showed their booty. Then we seized them, and told them, as ransom for their lives, to fill the otter skin with gold, and completely cover it outside as well with red gold. Then they sent Loki to get the gold; he went to Ron and got her net, and went then to Andvari's fall and cast the net in front of the pike, and the pike leaped into the net." Then Loki said:
"What is the fish that runs in the flood,
And itself from ill cannot save?
If thy head thou wouldst from hell redeem,
Find me the water's flame."
Andvari spake: 2.
"Andvari am I, and Oin my father,
In many a fall have I fared;
An evil Norn in olden days
Doomed me in waters to dwell."
Loki spake: 3.
"Andvari, say, if thou seekest still
To live in the land of men,
What payment is set for the sons of men
Who war with lying words?"
Andvari spake: 4.
"A mighty payment the men must make
Who in Vathgelmir's waters wade;
On a long road lead the lying words
That one to another utters."
Loki saw all the gold that Andvari had. But when he had brought forth all the gold, he held back one ring, and Loki took this from him. The dwarf went into his rocky hole and said:
"Now shall the gold that Gust once had
Bring their death to brothers twain,
And evil be for heroes eight;
Joy of my wealth shall no man win."
The gods gave Hreithmar the gold, and filled up the otter-skin, and stood it on its feet. Then the gods had to heap up gold and hide it. And when that was done, Hreithmar came forward and saw a single whisker, and bade them cover it. Then Othin brought out the ring Andvaranaut and covered the hair. Then Loki said:
"The gold is given, and great the price
Thou hast my head to save; But fortune thy sons shall find not there,
The bane of ye both it is."
Hreithmar spake: 7.
"Gifts ye gave, but ye gave not kindly,
Gave not with hearts that were whole;
Your lives ere this should ye all have lost,
If sooner this fate I had seen."
Loki spake: 8.
"Worse is this that methinks I see,
For a maid shall kinsmen clash;
Heroes unborn thereby shall be,
I deem, to hatred doomed."
Hreithmar spake: 9.
"The gold so red shall I rule, methinks,
So long as I shall live;
Nought of fear for thy threats I feel,
So get ye hence to your homes."
Fafnir and Regin asked Hreithmar for a share of the wealth that was paid for the slaying of their brother, Otr. This he refused, and Fafnir thrust his sword through the body of his father, Hreithmar, while he was sleeping. Hreithmar called to his daughters:
"Lyngheith and Lofnheith, fled is my life,
And mighty now is my need!"
Lyngheith spake:
"Though a sister loses her father, seldom
Revenge on her brother she brings."
Hreithmar spake: 11.
"A daughter, woman with wolf's heart, bear,
If thou hast no son with the hero brave;
If one weds the maid, for the need is mighty,
Their son for thy hurt may vengeance seek."
Then Hreithmar died, and Fafnir took all the gold. Thereupon Regin asked to have his inheritance from his father, but Fafnir refused this. Then Regin asked counsel of Lyngheith, his sister, how he should win his inheritance. She said:
"In friendly wise the wealth shalt thou ask
Of thy brother, and better will;
Not seemly is it to seek with the sword
Fafnir's treasure to take."
All these happenings did Regin tell to Sigurth.
One day, when he came to Regin's house, he was gladly welcomed. Regin said:
"Hither the son of Sigmund is come,
The hero eager, here to our hall;
His courage is more than an ancient man's,
And battle I hope from the hardy wolf.
"Here shall I foster the fearless prince,
Now Yngvi's heir to us is come;
The noblest hero beneath the sun,
The threads of his fate all lands enfold."
"Loud will the sons of Hunding laugh,
Who low did Eylimi lay in death,
If the hero sooner seeks the red
Rings to find than his father's vengeance."
King Hjalprek gave Sigurth a fleet for the avenging of his father. They ran into a great storm, and were off a certain headland. A man stood on the mountain, and said:
"Who yonder rides on Rævil's steeds,
O'er towering waves and waters wild?
The sail-horses all with sweat are dripping,
Nor can the sea-steeds the gale withstand."
Regin answered: 17.
"On the sea-trees here are Sigurth and I,
The storm wind drives us on to our death;
The waves crash down on the forward deck,
And the roller-steeds sink; who seeks our names?"
The Man spake: 18.
"Hnikar I was when Volsung once
Gladdened the ravens and battle gave;
Call me the Man from the Mountain now,
Feng or Fjolnir; with you will I fare."
"Hnikar, say, for thou seest the fate
That to gods and men is given;
What sign is fairest for him who fights,
And best for the swinging of swords?"
Hnikar spake: 20.
"Many the signs, if men but knew,
That are good for the swinging of swords;
It is well, methinks, if the warrior meets
A raven black on his road.
"Another it is if out thou art come,
And art ready forth to fare,
To behold on the path before thy house
Two fighters greedy of fame.
"Third it is well if a howling wolf
Thou hearest under the ash;
And fortune comes if thy foe thou seest
Ere thee the hero beholds.
"A man shall fight not when he must face
The moon's bright sister setting late; Win he shall who well can see,
And wedge-like forms his men for the fray.
"Foul is the sign if thy foot shall stumble
As thou goest forth to fight;
Goddesses baneful at both thy sides
Will that wounds thou shalt get.
"Combed and washed shall the wise man go,
And a meal at morn shall take;
For unknown it is where at eve he may be;
It is ill thy luck to lose."
Sigurth had a great battle with Lyngvi, the son of Hunding, and his brothers; there Lyngvi fell, and his two brothers with him. After the battle Regin said:
"Now the bloody eagle with biting sword
Is carved on the back of Sigmund's killer;
Few were more fierce in fight than his son,
Who reddened the earth and gladdened the ravens."
Sigurth went home to Hjalprek's house; thereupon Regin egged him on to fight with Fafnir.
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。
「這是什麼魚,
在水流中游竄,
卻不知防備災禍?
要把你的頭顱
從赫爾手中贖回,
就替我找來泉水之焰。」
狗魚說:
「我名叫安德瓦利,
父親名叫歐因,
我曾游歷許多瀑布;
惡毒的諾恩
在遠古便為我定下命運,
要我在水中游蕩。」
洛基說:
「告訴我,安德瓦利,
若你還想
活在人間的廳堂裡,
世人的子嗣
若以言語互相攻訐,
將得到什麼報償?」
安德瓦利說:
「世人的子嗣
將付出沉重的代價,
那些涉過瓦德格爾米爾河的人;
凡以不實之言
誣衊他人的,
肢體都將受苦,長久無盡。」
洛基看見了安德瓦利所有的黃金。他把黃金交出來時,還留下了一枚指環,洛基也從他手中奪走了。矮人走進岩石裡,說道:
「古斯特曾擁有的
這些黃金,
將使兩兄弟
喪命,
也將為八位
王侯招來紛爭;
我的財富,
無人能安享。」
阿薩神族把財寶交給赫瑞德瑪,將水獺皮塞滿,立在地上。接著,諸神必須堆起黃金,將它完全遮住。堆好之後,赫瑞德瑪上前查看,看見還有一根鬍鬚露在外面,便要求把它遮住。於是奧丁取出安德瓦拉諾特指環,蓋住了那根毛。洛基說:
「黃金如今已交給你,
為贖我的頭顱,
你得了厚重的賠償;
你的兒子
命中卻不會因此得福;
這將使你們兩人喪命。」
赫瑞德瑪說:
「你給了禮物,
給的卻不是友愛之禮,
也不是出於真心;
你們本該
全都送命,
倘若我早知這場災禍。」
洛基說:
「還有更壞的事,
我自信知道,
親族的紛爭還說得太輕;
我想,那些王侯
如今尚未出生,
這財寶已注定要使他們相仇。」
赫瑞德瑪說:
「這赤紅的黃金,
我想我會掌管,
只要我還活著;
你的威嚇,
我絲毫不怕,
你們就此回家去吧。」
法夫納與雷金向赫瑞德瑪索取為兄弟奧特爾之死所付的賠償。他不肯給。法夫納便趁父親赫瑞德瑪熟睡時,用劍刺傷了他。赫瑞德瑪呼喚女兒們:
「林格海德、洛芬海德,
要知道,我的性命將盡,
此刻亟需你們相助。」
林格海德說:
「姊妹縱然
失去了父親,
也少有向兄弟報仇的。」
赫瑞德瑪說:
「那就養育一個女兒吧,
狼心的女子,
若你無法與王侯
生下兒子;
為女兒尋個丈夫,
以應這迫切之需;
她的兒子便會
為你的悲痛復仇。」
赫瑞德瑪隨即死去,法夫納拿走了全部黃金。雷金要求分得父親留給自己的遺產,法夫納卻不肯。於是雷金向姊妹林格海德求教,問該如何討回父親的遺產。她說:
「你該和善地
向兄弟請求
分得遺產,並求他心存善意;
你不該
用劍向法夫納
索討財富。」
雷金把這些事告訴了西格爾德。有一天,西格爾德來到雷金家中,受到熱情款待。雷金說:
「西格蒙德的後裔
已來到這裡,
這位果決的勇士
來到我們的廳堂;
他的膽氣
勝過年長之人,
我盼能從這兇猛的狼
得到收穫。
我要養育
這位臨陣無懼的王者;
如今英格維的後裔
已來到我們身旁;
這位君王將成為
日光之下最強盛的人;
他的命運之索
將聲震諸國。」
此後,西格爾德時常與雷金相處。雷金告訴西格爾德,法夫納盤踞在格尼塔荒原,化作巨蛇的形貌。他有一頂恐懼之盔,一切生靈見了都害怕。雷金為西格爾德打造了一把劍,名叫格拉姆。這把劍鋒利無比;西格爾德把它探入萊茵河中,讓一撮羊毛順流漂來,劍便將羊毛和流水一樣切開了。西格爾德又用這把劍劈開雷金的鐵砧。此後,雷金慫恿西格爾德去殺法夫納。西格爾德說:
「洪丁的兒子們
將放聲大笑,
就是那些奪走
埃利米性命的人,
倘若這位王者
更想追求
赤紅的指環,
而非為父報仇。」
希亞爾普雷克國王給了西格爾德一支船隊,讓他去為父報仇。他們遭遇猛烈風暴,在一處岩岬前迎風航行。有個人站在岩石上,說:
「是誰在那裡騎著
雷維爾的駿馬,
越過高聳的巨浪、
轟鳴的大海?
張帆的駿馬
渾身濺滿汗水,
海灣的駿馬
怕是抵擋不住狂風。」
雷金回答:
「是我和西格爾德,
正在海上之木上;
吹來的順風
把我們直送死亡;
陡峭的碎浪落下,
高過船首,
滾木上的駿馬直往下墜。
是誰在問?」
那人說:
「人們曾稱我赫尼卡爾,
當我殺戮過後,
年輕的沃爾松後裔啊,
使烏鴉飽享歡喜之時;
如今你可以稱
這岩上的老者
為芬格或菲約爾尼爾;
我想搭你們的船。」
他們轉向岸邊,老者上了船,風暴便平息了。西格爾德說:
「告訴我,赫尼卡爾,
既然你兼知
諸神與世人的吉兆:
若要交戰,
揮劍之時,
什麼徵兆最好?」
赫尼卡爾說:
「揮劍之時,
吉兆有許多,
但願世人能知曉;
我認為,漆黑的
烏鴉是持劍者
可靠的隨行之靈。
另一個吉兆是,
當你走出門外,
準備啟程,
看見兩個
渴求榮耀的男子
站在庭前空地上。
第三個吉兆是,
你聽見狼
在梣樹枝下長嚎;
若你先看見
那些戴盔的戰士前來,
他們便會為你帶來好運。
任何人都不該
迎著晚照的
瑪尼之姊
奮力作戰;
勝利屬於
目光清楚的人,
他們奮勇揮劍交戰,
或排成楔形戰陣。
若你走向戰場時,
腳下絆了一跤,
那是極大的凶兆;
欺人的女靈
站在你左右兩側,
想看你受傷流血。
明智的人都應
梳洗整齊,
早晨也要吃飽,
因為誰也不知道
傍晚會身在何處;
在好運來臨之前倒下,實在不幸。」
西格爾德與洪丁之子林格維及其兄弟大戰。林格維與他的三個兄弟都在那裡陣亡。戰後,雷金說:
「如今,血鷹已被
鋒利的劍刃
刻在殺害西格蒙德之人
的背上;
染紅大地、
使烏鴉歡喜的人中,
無人能勝過
這位王者的繼承人。」
西格爾德回到希亞爾普雷克那裡。雷金隨後慫恿西格爾德去殺法夫納。