Hvern dag, er þú heilsu náir,
vertu þér at nokkru nýtr;
sótt ok dauði kemr, þá er sízt varir;
brigt er lýða líf.
Hvern dag, er þú náir heilsu, vertu nýtr þér at nokkru; sótt ok dauði kemr, þá er sízt varir; brigt er lýða líf.
Every day in which you enjoy good health, be useful to yourself in something; sickness and death come when one least expects them; humans’ life is fickle.
[6] lýða: synda 624
[6] brigt er lýða líf ‘humans’ life is fickle’: The saying brigt er… is quite common in ON-Icel. literature. It is also used in Has 55/1. The unpredictability of health and wealth is also dealt with in Sól 8.