David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 799.
Hulin* mín hyggju báli
hrekkjóttu jörð slóttig
hefir mest hrunið í ástar
hyr með glæpum fyrri.
Fals, ágirni og fúlust
flærð mig þannveg lærði,
synd mier sæt að kendiz
seimvín líkt hjá eimi.
Fyrri hefir {slóttig hyggju jörð mín}, hulin* hrekkjóttu báli, mest hrunið í ástar hyr með glæpum. Fals, ágirni, og fúlust flærð lærði mig þannveg, að synd kendiz mier sæt, líkt seimvín hjá eimi.
‘Formerly my cunning land of thought [HEART], enveloped in treacherous flame, has plunged altogether into love’s fire through sins. Deceit, cupidity and foulest guile taught me in such a way that sin seemed sweet to me, like honeyed wine in comparison with smoke.’
[7]: See NN §2874. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: at den søde synd syntes mig som ... ‘that the sweet sin seemed to me like ...’.
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Hulinn mín hyggju báli
hrekkjóttu jörð slóttig
hefir mest hrunið í ástar
hyr með glæpum fyrri.
Fals, ágirni og fúlust
flærð mig þannveg lærði,
synd mier sæt að kendiz
seimvín líkt hjá eimi.
Hulinn min hyggiu bali. hreckiottu jord slottig. | hefir mest hrunid j astar. hyrr med glæpum fyrrj. Fals agirnj. ok f|uluz. flærd mik. þannueg lærdi. synd mer sæt at kendiz. seim vín // líkt hia eimj |
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