Ic
þis
giedd
wrece
bi
me
ful
geomorre,
minre
sylfre
sið.
Ic
þæt
secgan
mæg,
hwæt
ic
yrmþa
gebad,
siþþan
ic
up
weox,
niwes
oþþe
ealdes,
no
ma
þonne
nu.
5
A
ic
wite
wonn
minra
wræcsiþa.
ærest
min
hlaford
gewat
heonan
of
leodum
ofer
yþa
gelac;
hæfde
ic
uhtceare
hwær
min
leodfruma
londes
wære.
ða
ic
me
feran
gewat
folgað
secan,
10
wineleas
wræcca,
for
minre
weaþearfe.
Ongunnon
þæt
þæs
monnes
magas
hycgan
þurh
dyrne
geþoht,
þæt
hy
todælden
unc,
þæt
wit
gewidost
in
woruldrice
lifdon
laðlicost,
ond
mec
longade.
15
Het
mec
hlaford
min
herheard
niman,
ahte
ic
leofra
lyt
on
þissum
londstede,
holdra
freonda.
Forþon
is
min
hyge
geomor,
ða
ic
me
ful
gemæcne
monnan
funde,
heardsæligne,
hygegeomorne,
20
mod
miþendne,
morþor
hycgendne.
Bliþe
gebæro
ful
oft
wit
beotedan
þæt
unc
ne
gedælde
nemne
deað
ana
owiht
elles;
eft
is
þæt
onhworfen,
is
nu
swa
hit
no
wære
25
freondscipe
uncer.
Sceal
ic
feor
ge
neah
mines
felaleofan
fæhðu
dreogan.
Heht
mec
mon
wunian
on
wuda
bearwe,
under
actreo
in
þam
eorðscræfe.
Eald
is
þes
eorðsele,
eal
ic
eom
oflongad,
30
sindon
dena
dimme,
duna
uphea,
bitre
burgtunas,
brerum
beweaxne,
wic
wynna
leas.
Ful
oft
mec
her
wraþe
begeat
fromsiþ
frean.
Frynd
sind
on
eorþan,
leofe
lifgende,
leger
weardiað,
35
þonne
ic
on
uhtan
ana
gonge
under
actreo
geond
þas
eorðscrafu.
þær
ic
sittan
mot
sumorlangne
dæg,
þær
ic
wepan
mæg
mine
wræcsiþas,
earfoþa
fela;
forþon
ic
æfre
ne
mæg
40
þære
modceare
minre
gerestan,
ne
ealles
þæs
longaþes
þe
mec
on
þissum
life
begeat.
A
scyle
geong
mon
wesan
geomormod,
heard
heortan
geþoht,
swylce
habban
sceal
bliþe
gebæro,
eac
þon
breostceare,
45
sinsorgna
gedreag,
sy
æt
him
sylfum
gelong
eal
his
worulde
wyn,
sy
ful
wide
fah
feorres
folclondes,
þæt
min
freond
siteð
under
stanhliþe
storme
behrimed,
wine
werigmod,
wætre
beflowen
50
on
dreorsele.
Dreogeð
se
min
wine
micle
modceare;
he
gemon
to
oft
wynlicran
wic.
Wa
bið
þam
þe
sceal
of
langoþe
leofes
abidan.
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Audio Files
In addition to the poetic transcription of the poem we
have included a seqential reading of the poem broken into 12
distinct sections each wave is between 15 and 25 seconds in length and
progress sequentially through the text. The recording device was
faulty and so the quality of the audio files is poorer than we would like,
but we will attempt to fix these in the future, until then the links below
will provide some opportunity to hear the poem read (although a bit
crackly).
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