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Hovamol
8. Happy the one who wins for himself
Favor and praises fair;
Less safe by far is the wisdom found
That is hid in another's heart.
Favor and praises fair;
Less safe by far is the wisdom found
That is hid in another's heart.
9. Happy the man who has while he lives
Wisdom and praise as well,
For evil counsel a man full oft
Has from another's heart.
Wisdom and praise as well,
For evil counsel a man full oft
Has from another's heart.
10. A better burden may no man bear
For wanderings wide than wisdom;
It is better than wealth on unknown ways,
And in grief a refuge it gives.
For wanderings wide than wisdom;
It is better than wealth on unknown ways,
And in grief a refuge it gives.
11. A better burden may no man bear
For wanderings wide than wisdom;
Worse food for the journey he brings not afield
Than an over-drinking of ale.
For wanderings wide than wisdom;
Worse food for the journey he brings not afield
Than an over-drinking of ale.
12.[1] Less good there lies than most believe
In ale for mortal men;
For the more he drinks the less does man
Of his mind the mastery hold.
In ale for mortal men;
For the more he drinks the less does man
Of his mind the mastery hold.
- ↑ Some editors have combined this stanza in various ways with the last two lines of stanza 11, as in the manuscript the first two lines of the latter are abbreviated, and, if they belong there at all, are presumably identical with the first two lines of stanza 10.
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