Lyrics of Egil saga - Faun

Egil saga (original)

Hefir hon haft langan vanmátt,
Ok þat var kröm mikil;
Fékk hon enga nótt svefn ok var
Sem hamstoli væri.
Ristnar hafa verið rúnar, ok er sá einn bóndason
Heðan skammt í brott, er þat gerdi,
Ok er síðan miklu
Verr en áðr.
Egil reist rúnar ok lagði undir hægendit
Í hvíluna, þar er hon hvíldi;
Henni þótti sem hon vaknaði ór svefni ok sagði
At hon var þá heil.
Skalat maðr rúnar rísta,
nema ráða vel kunni,
þat verðr mörgum manni,
es of myrkvan staf villisk;
sák á telgðu talkni
tíu launstafi ristna,
þat hefr lauka lindi
langs ofrtrega fengit.
Egill reist rúnar ok lagði undir hægindið
í hvíluna, þar er hún hvíldi.
Henni þótti sem hún vaknaði úr svefni
ok sagði, at hún var þá heil
Skalat maðr rúnar rísta,
nema ráða vel kunni,
þat verðr mörgum manni,
es of myrkvan staf villisk;
sák á telgðu talkni
tíu launstafi ristna,
þat hefr lauka lindi
langs ofrtrega fengit.

(translation)

Has she had a long weakness,
And it was a great deal of trouble;
She did not get a night's sleep and was
As a hamstole would be.
The carvings have been runes, and he is the only farmer's son
From here, a short distance away, when it did,
Ok is then a lot
Worse than before.
Egil built a rune and laid it down slowly
In the rest, where she rested;
She thought she woke up and said
That she was then whole.
A man shall run up and down,
unless you know how to handle it,
it will happen to many people,
es of myrkvan staf villisk;
sank on counted talc
ten letters carved,
it has onion springs
langs ofrtrega fengit.
Egil built a rune and laid it under his arm
to rest, where she rested.
She thought she woke up
and said that she was well then
A man shall run up and down,
unless you know how to handle it,
it will happen to many people,
es of myrkvan staf villisk;
sank on counted talc
ten letters carved,
it has onion springs
langs ofrtrega fengit.