Engi oftreysti, þótt eigi sé gamall,
at muni lengi lifa;
skugga sinn hygg ek eigi mega skatna flýja
né heldr forðaz feigð.
Engi oftreysti, at muni lifa lengi, þótt sé eigi gamall; ek hygg skatna mega eigi flýja skugga sinn né heldr forðaz feigð.
Nobody may trust too much that he will live long, even if he is not old; I think that men cannot escape their shadow nor avoid the approach of death.