Thursday, November 30, 2023

Nietzsche and Scandinavian saga

 It's a paraphrase from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (The Saga of Half and His Heroes):


Ek hefi hjarta
hart í brjósti,
síz mér í æsku
Óðinn framdi.

English translation by Peter Tunstall:

Hard is the heart
I have in my breast.
As a child I found
favour with Odin.

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