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Original lyrics
Das Hildebrandslied
Ik gıhorta dat ſeggen
dat ſih urhettun ænon muotın
hıltıbrant entı hadubrant untar herıun tuem
ſunu fatarungo ıro ſaro rıhtun
garutun ſe ıro gudhamun gurtun ſih ıro ſuert ana
helıdoſ ubar rınga do ſie to dero hıltu rıtun
hıltıbrant gımahalta herıbranteſ ſunu her uuaſ heroro man
feraheſ frotoro her fragen gıſtuont
fohem uuortum ƿer ſin fater ƿarı
fıreo ın folche …
eddo ƿelıhheſ cnuoſleſ du ſiſ
ıbu du mı enan ſageſ ık mı de odre uuet
chınd ın chunıncrıche chud ıſt mın al ırmındeot
hadubrant gımahalta hıltıbranteſ ſunu
dat ſagetun mı uſere lıutı
alte antı frote dea erhına ƿarun
dat hıltıbrant hættı mın fater ıh heıttu hadubrant
forn her oſtar gıhueıt floh her otachreſ nıd
hına mıtı theotrıhhe entı ſinero degano fılu
her fur laet ın lante luttıla ſitten
prut ın bure barn unƿahſan
arbeo laoſa her raet oſtar hına
deſ ſid detrıhhe darba gıſtuontum
fatereſ mıneſ dat uuaſ ſo frıuntlaoſ man
her ƿaſ otachre ummet tırrı
degano dechıſto untı deotrıchhe
darba gıſtontun her ƿaſ eo folcheſ at ente ımo ƿaſ eo peh&a tı leop
chud uuaſ her … chonnem mannum
nı ƿanıu ıh ıu lıb habbe …
ƿettu ırmıngot quad hıltıbrant obana ab hevane
dat du neo dana halt mıt ſuſ ſippan man
dınc nı gıleıtoſ …
ƿant her do ar arme ƿuntane bauga
cheıſurıngu gıtan ſo ımo ſe der chunıng gap
huneo truhtın dat ıh dır ıt nu bı huldı gıbu
hadubrant gımahalta hıltıbranteſ ſunu
mıt geru ſcal man geba ınfahan
ort ƿıdar orte …
du bıſt dır alter hun ummet ſpaher
ſpenıſ mıh mıt dınem ƿuortun ƿılı mıh dınu ſperu ƿerpan
pıſt alſo gıalt& man ſo du eƿın ınƿıt fortoſ
dat ſagetun mı ſeolıdante
ƿeſtar ubar ƿentılſeo dat ınan ƿıc furnam
tot ıſt hıltıbrant herıbranteſ ſuno
hıltıbrant gımahalta herıbranteſ ſuno
ƿela gıſihu ıh ın dınem hruſtım
dat du habeſ heme herron goten
dat du noh bı deſemo rıche reccheo nı ƿurtı
ƿelaga nu ƿaltant got quad hıltıbrant ƿeƿurt ſkıhıt
ıh ƿallota ſumaro entı ƿıntro ſehſtıc ur lante
dar man mıh eo ſcerıta ın folc ſceotantero
ſo man mır at burc enıgeru banun nı gıfaſta
nu ſcal mıh ſuaſat chınd ſuertu hauƿan
breton mıt ſinu bıllıu eddo ıh ımo tı banın ƿerdan
doh maht du nu aodlıhho ıbu dır dın ellen taoc
ın ſuſ heremo man hruſtı gıƿınnan
rauba bıhrahanen ıbu du dar enıc reht habeſ
der ſi doh nu argoſto quad hıltıbrant oſtar lıuto
der dır nu ƿıgeſ ƿarne nu dıh eſ ſo ƿel luſtıt
gudea gımeınun nıuſe de mottı
ƿerdar ſih hıutu dero hregılo rumen muottı
erdo deſero brunnono bedero uualtan
do lettun ſe ærıſt aſckım ſcrıtan
ſcarpen ſcurım dat ın dem ſcıltım ſtont
do ſtoptun to ſamane ſtaım bort chludun
heƿun harmlıcco huıtte ſcıltı
untı ımo ıro lıntun luttılo ƿurtun
gıƿıgan mıtı ƿabnum
TrampGuyTranslation
Hildibrandis liuþ
Ik gahausida þata qiþan
þatei sik ushaitandane ainaha gamotun
Hildibrand jah Hadubrand miþ harjam twaim
Sunus jah atta ize sarwa manwidedun.
Manwidedun eis ize haifstaskairpa, gairdaidedun sik ize hairu ana
Haliþs, ufaro hriggam, þan eis du hilda iddjedun
Hildibrand qaþ Heribrandis sunus:
is was alþjiza manna,
Libainais frodiza
Is fraihnan dugann
Fawaim waurdam, hvas is atta wesi
Libaine in liuþa
Aiþþau hvileikis kunjis þu sijais.
Jabai þu mis ainana qiþais
Ik mis anþarata kann
Barn in þiudangardja
Kunþ ist mis allans fairhvuþiudos
Hadubrand qaþ Hildibrandis sunus:
þata qeþun mis unsarai liudeis
Aldai jah frodai þaiei airizans wesun
þatei Hildibrand haihaiti meins fadar
Ik haitada Hadubrand
Faura is austrai gawandida
Flauh is Otahris moþs
Hina miþ þiudareika jah seinaize haifstjande filu
Is fralaus in landa leitilans bileiþandans
Bruþs bawiþai, barn unwahsan
Arbilaus
Is rann austrai hina
þis fram þiudareika þaurbos stodun
Attins meinis:
Sa was swe liufs manna
Is was Otahair
Unbilaistiþs woþs
Haifstjandai liufista
miþ þiudareika.
Is was aiw liuþis at andja, imma was aiw haifst du liubamma:
Kunþs was is, amala manne.
Ni wenja ik ju libaiþ.
"Waistu guþ" qaþ Hildibrand iupana af himinis,
þatei þu ni aiw þans miþ sis silbam mannam
ni gawalides"
Wandida is ufar armans biwindedans gulþans kaisarahriggans gitanans, swe imma þans kaisar gaf, Hunne tuha: " þatei ik þus ita nu bi godein gibau"
Hadubrand qaþ, Hildibrandis sunus: "miþ gaiza skal gibos andniman
uzds wiþra uzd
þu is, alþeis Hunna, filu froþs
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GothicSpeaker on 2015-02-23Last edited by GothicSpeaker on 2016-03-22
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Comments
GothicSpeaker
Thu, 26/11/2015 - 15:23
Directly on the OHG, but where I didn't fully understand it I used a modern German translation.
A linguist told me that the original might have been of Gothic origin so this might be what the original had looked like.
Sciera
Thu, 26/11/2015 - 19:08
As far as I know it was probably written in northern Italy by Langobardians (Upper High Germans), and then half-translated into its current form somewhere else. Why yes, of course there could have been an older poem in Gothic that this one is based on. Especially since the main characters are a Gothic soldier who fought under king Theoderich, and his son. But who knows? The story is historically incorrect, so I assume it was written quite some time after the events.
Btw, I found a modern back translation into Langobardian here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kpRFU7YKY8
(starting at 6:11)
Sciera
Mon, 19/03/2018 - 14:04
The lyrics page of the Hildebrandslied was split into 2 because one band who covered it had split it like that. I've now merged the entries.
This translation is therefore now incomplete, but I'll leave it published in any case.
It would be great if you could complete it, though, if you have time.
GothicSpeaker
Sun, 01/07/2018 - 12:34
Ok, I 'll see what I can do.
About translator
Impressive. I don't understand enough Gothic to judge it.
Did you base your translation on another translation, or directly on the OHG text?