Jón fekk ást af hreinum
óþrotnanda drottni;
lærði hann lögmál dýrðar,
ljóst yfir Jésú brjósti.
Hann stóð Krist undir krossi
kæstr Máríe næstri;
hann drakk eitr hjá ýtum
einfaldr með trú hreina.
Gleði Jésús hier inni
Jóns postula minni.
Jón fekk ást af hreinum óþrotnanda drottni; yfir Jésú brjósti lærði hann ljóst lögmál dýrðar. Hann stóð undir krossi Krist, kæstr Máríe næstri; einfaldr drakk hann eitr hjá ýtum með hreina trú. Jésús gleði hier inni minni Jóns postula.
John received love from the pure unfailing Lord; on Jesus’s breast he learned the clear law of glory. He stood under the Cross of Christ, dearest to Mary [who was] closest by; straightforward, he drank poison among men, with pure faith. May Jesus make joyful herein a memorial toast for John the Apostle.
[5] stóð undir krossi Krist: Cf. John XIX.25-6 Stabant autem iuxta crucem Iesu mater eius et soror matris eius ... cum vidisset ergo Iesus matrem et discipulum stantem quem diligebat ‘Now there stood by the Cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother’s sister ... when Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved’; cf. Jón1x 414.