Allar ógnir fær þú eigi vitat,
þær sem helgengnir hafa;
sætar synðir verða at sárum bótum;
æ koma mein eptir munuð.
Þú fær eigi vitat allar ógnir, þær sem helgengnir hafa; sætar synðir verða at sárum bótum; mein koma æ eptir munuð.
You will never get to know all the terrors which those who have gone to Hell have; sweet sins turn into bitter compensations; injuries always come after pleasure.
[2] fær þú eigi vitat ‘you will never get to know’: Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 95) notes a parallel use of the inexpressibility topos for the torments of Hell in Has 39.