Föður ok móður unn þú fróðhugaðr
jöfnum ástarhug;
hvárkis þeira ræki maðr hylli svá,
at týni annars ást.
Unn þú fróðhugaðr föður ok móður jöfnum ástarhug; maðr ræki hylli hvárkis þeira svá, at týni ást annars.
Love, wise-minded, your father and mother with equal affection; a man should not care for the favour of one of them such that he loses the other’s love.