Heilung - Fylgija Ear (Live version) (English translation)

Heilung – Fylgija Ear (Live version)

English translation

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German, English (Old English)

Original lyrics

Fylgija Ear (Live version)

Grab bleibt ekel jedem Edeling

Wenn faulendes Fleisch sich gärt

Grund klagt grausam kühlend

Fahren die Gaben hin, verfaulen Garben

Freude bricht fort, Verträge brechen

Ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun

ðonne fæstlice flæsc onginneþ

hraw colian, hrusan ceosan

blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ

wynna gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ

Feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum

sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan

gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan

Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned

felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum

mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht

Ðorn byþ ðearle scearp; ðegna gehwylcum

anfeng ys yfyl, ungemetum reþe

manna gehwelcum, ðe him mid resteð

Os byþ ordfruma ælere spræce

wisdomes wraþu ond witena frofur

and eorla gehwam eadnys ond tohiht

Rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum

sefte ond swiþhwæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan

meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas

Cen byþ cwicera gehwam, cuþ on fyre

blac ond beorhtlic, byrneþ oftust

ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ

Hægl byþ hwitust corna; hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte

wealcaþ hit windes scura; weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan

Nyd byþ nearu on breostan; weorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum

to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre, gif hi his hlystaþ æror

Is byþ ofereald, ungemetum slidor

glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust

flor forste geworuht, fæger ansyne

Eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow

heard hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres

wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle

Sigel semannum symble biþ on hihte

ðonne hi hine feriaþ ofer fisces beþ

oþ hi brimhengest bringeþ to lande

Tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trywa wel

wiþ æþelingas; a biþ on færylde

ofer nihta genipu, næfre swiceþ

Beorc byþ bleda leas, bereþ efne swa ðeah

tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum wlitig

heah on helme hrysted fægere

geloden leafum, lyfte getenge

Man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof

sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican

forðum drihten wyle dome sine

þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan

Lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht

gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum

and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ

and se brimhengest bridles ne gymeð

Ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun

ðonne fæstlice flæsc onginneþ

hraw colian, hrusan ceosan

blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ

wynna gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ

English

Translation

Fylgija

[German] The grave is terrible to every earl,

when the fixed flesh begins,

the corpse cooling, to choose the earth

paleness as its bedmate. Fruits fail,

joys depart, mankind ceases to be.

[Old English] The grave is terrible to every earl,

when the fixed flesh begins,

the corpse cooling, to choose the earth

paleness as its bedmate. Fruits fail,

joys depart, mankind ceases to be.

ᚠ - Wealth is a comfort to every man,

although every man must share it out greatly

if he would obtain a portion of the Lord’s glory.

ᚢ - The ox is single-minded and over-horned,

most savage beast, fighting with his horns,

well-known moor-stepper. That is a proud creature.

ᚦ - Thorns are severely sharp. To any thane

seizing it is an evil, measurelessly cruel

to every man who comes to rest upon it.

ᚩ - The mouth is the beginning of all speech,

a support to wisdom and a comfort to the wise,

and a prosperity and trust to every earl.

ᚱ - Riding is a comfort to every warrior

in the hall, and very trying to those who sit upon

a powerful courser over the mile-paths.

ᚳ - A torch is known by every living being to be on fire,

white and bright, most often burning

where the nobles rest themselves within.

ᚻ - Hail is the whitest of grains. It comes down from heaven’s breeze,

the wind’s showers rolls it down, and after it becomes water.

ᚾ - Need is a constraint on the breast, although it often comes to the sons of men

a help and a healing of every one, if they hearken to his demands before.

ᛁ - Ice is really cold, measurelessly slippery

glistening clear as glass, most like gemstones

a floor created by frost, and a fair face.

ᛖ - The new year is the hope of men, when God allows,

the Holy Heaven’s King, the earth to give

her bright fruits to rich and poor alike.

ᛋ - The sun is ever a hope to seamen,

when they carry themselves over the fishes’ bath,

until their brine-horses bring them to shore.

ᛏ - Tir is a certain token, it keeps its troth well

with noble men. It is always on its journey

over the clouds of night, never wandering.

ᛒ - Birch lacks fruit, even though it bears

shoots without seed. It is lovely in its branches,

high in its crown and fairly adorned,

laden with leaves, pressing into the breeze.

ᛗ - Man is in mirth, dear to his brother;

though every one must depart to another place,

because the Lord wishes, through his own doom,

that our wretched flesh be commended to the earth.

ᛚ - The waters seem to men to be broad,

if they should venture upon an unstable ship,

and the sea-waves terrify them so,

and the brine-horse cares not for his bridle.

ᛠ - The grave is terrible to every earl,

when the fixed flesh begins,

the corpse cooling, to choose the earth

paleness as its bedmate. Fruits fail,

joys depart, mankind ceases to be.

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Submitted by

EH800 on 2018-11-17

Author's comments:

Runes added by me.

Translation source:

https://anglosaxonpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-rune-poem/

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BlauerKeks

Thu, 26/08/2021 - 17:09

The German bits:

Grab bleibt ekel jedem Edeling ------ (The) Grave is disgusting to every nobleman
- Grab - Grave
- bleibt - stay, remain, continue to be; is
- ekel - disgust(ing)
- jedem - every/each
- Edeling - noble(man)
Wenn faulendes Fleisch sich gärt ------ When rotting flesh is fermenting
- wenn - when
- faulendes - rotting
- Fleisch - flesh
- sich gärt - is fermenting
Grund klagt grausam kühlend ------ (The) Reason/Cause/Ground/Bedrock/Base (not sure which one it is here) laments, cruel(ly), cooling
- Grund - any of the following: reason, cause, ground, bedrock, base, and more. Given the grave mention, I'd assume the ground? Or the non-German bits make it clearer
Fahren die Gaben hin, verfaulen Garben ------ The offerings pass away, sheaves rot
- Fahren... hin - pass away (I would assume in this context)
- die Gaben - the offerings
- verfaulen - rott
- Garben - sheaves
Freude bricht fort, Verträge brechen ------ Joy breaks off/fractures away, contracts break
- Freude - joy, happiness
- bricht fort - breaks off
- Verträge - contracts
- brechen - break

I found an English translation of the Old English first verse somewhere else:

“The grave is horrible to every knight,
when the corpse quickly begins to cool
and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth.
Prosperity declines, happiness passes away
and covenants are broken.”

Georgedvno

Wed, 16/03/2022 - 20:30

Are you sure Eoh is Ehwaz? I think it's Eihwaz ᛇ
Eihwaz in old English is ēoh
And besides the lyrics more related to Eihwaz Rune

Eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow
heard hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres
wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle

The new year is the hope of men, when God allows,36
the Holy Heaven’s King, the earth to give
her bright fruits to rich and poor alike.

Eihwaz Rune also represents Rebirth
Divinations: movement toward, Enlightenment, endurance, initiation, protection; or confusion, destruction, dissatisfaction, weakness, death

While Ehwaz is; Horse
Divinations: Harmony, teamwork, trust, marriage, loyalty, a friend; or duplication, disharmony, mistrust, betrayal, nightmares, indecision, an enemy.